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EXHIBITION

Wayfaring
21 February - 10 March 2007

SELECTED WORKS


Emma Van Leest

CURRICULUM VITAE

1978 Born in Melbourne
Currently based in Melbourne

2000 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) (Honours), RMIT University, Melbourne
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) RMIT University, Melbourne

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Wayfaring, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2006 A homage to a private place, First Draft Inc, Sydney
2006 A barn for a goddess and other tales, West Space, Melbourne
2005 The things you do for love, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2005 December Saints, Seventh Gallery Inc, Melbourne
2004 Recent works, Little Salon, Fitzroy
2004 Recent works, Body, St Kilda East
2003 Recent works, Body, St Kilda East
2003 144 grids (a piece of ivory), Red Gallery, North Fitzroy
2003 Untitled installation, Early Space, Fitzroy
2003 Untitled installation, Experimental Art Space, Melbourne University Student Union, Melbourne

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Paper-cut, 24HRArt Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2007 To Be Confirmed ..., Art, Design and Craft Biennial 2007, QUT Art Museum, Queensland
2007 Royal Rumble 2, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
2006 Christmas Collectors Exhibition, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2006 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Prize, ABN AMRO, Melbourne
2006 Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Lexicon (curator: Martina Copley), Exhibition Space at Melbourne City Library, Melbourne
2006 Selekta 2006, West Space, Melbourne
2006 Snapshot: Inaugural Exhibition, John Buckley Fine Art, Richmond
2006 Postscript (curator: Simon Gregg), RMIT Project Space, Carlton
2005 It's all about us (curator: Geneine Honey), Arts Victoria, Southbank
2004 Exploration 5 (curator: Claire Harris), Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Explorations in paper (collaboration with Claire Best), Level 11 Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Leisureland (curator: Jenni Port), Red Gallery, North Fitzroy
2003 Open studio events (June and December), The Blender Studios, Melbourne
2001 Emerging artists program, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
2000 RMIT painting honours graduate show, Span Galleries, Melbourne
1999 RMIT painting graduate show, RMIT University, Melbourne

COLLECTIONS

Price Waterhouse Coopers
Private collections in Australia, United States, Indonesia and New Zealand

GRANTS & COMMISSIONS

2008 Sanksriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
2007 Skills and Arts Development, Australia Council
2007 Australia Cultural Fund
2005 New work, Australia Council
2003 Melbourne University Student Union

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Vogue Living Australia November 2007, Bright young things
Megan Backhouse, The Age, Saturday 20 January 2007, In galleries, it's show time
Simon Gregg, In Trouble, December 2006/January 2007, Melburnin'
Pamela Mei-Leng See, Craft Australia website, July 2006, Cutting in: Comparing Sino-Australian paper-cutting practice
Freya Lombardo, Monument, Issue 68 2005, Hot Young Designers 2005
Simon Gregg, Artlink, Volume 25 No 3 2005, December Saints

 

 


Wintergarden Installation
Federation Square
11 July – 21 August 2007

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Emma van Leest Untitled (cupid) 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
16 x 22 cm
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Emma van Leest Untitled (swan) 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
16 x 13 cm
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Emma van Leest Borne in Mind 2006
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
11 x 15 cm
Bourne in mind
Emma van Leest
On the Day She Returned II 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
23 x 16cm
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Emma van Leest
On the Day She Returned III 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
28 x 28 cm
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Emma van Leest
On the Day She Returned IV 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
24 x 32 cm
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Emma van Leest
On the Day She Returned V 2007
Synthetic paper, paper, glue, foam core
24 x 32 cm
evl
Emma van Leest
December Saints 1 2005
Acid free paper
50.5 x 65.5 cm
December Saints 1
Emma van Leest
December Saints 2 2005
Acid free paper
31.8 x 65.5 cm
December Saints 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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