Curriculum Vitae
- Education
- Grants, Awards & Residencies
- Solo Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Presentations & Papers
- Publications & Reviews
- Collections
Education
2003-2007 | Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, Melbourne |
1996-1999 | Master of Arts (by Research), University of Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology. (R.M.I.T.) |
1993-1994 | Postgraduate Honours, B.A. Fine Art (First Class). University of R.M.I.T. |
1987-1991 | Bachelor of Arts, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria |
1965-1967 | T.S.T.C. (Secondary Teaching-Art), Melbourne T.C., Uni. of Melbourne, R.M.I.T., Caulfield I.T., Prahran I.T. |
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2015 | Australian Artists’ Grant — a NAVA initiative, sponsored by Janet Holmes a Court, supported by Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts. |
2014 | Shortlisted, Geelong Contemporary Art prize |
2012 | Shortlisted, Geelong Contemporary Art prize |
2007 | Shortlisted, Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery |
2005 | Shortlisted, World Year of Physics Art Prize, Macquarie University, Sydney |
2005 | Shortlisted, Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery |
2005 | Arts Council England Grant with Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Gallery, U.K. |
2004 | Post Graduate Travel Grant Award, Monash University |
2003 | Australian Post-Graduate Award, (PhD. Monash University) |
2003 | Shortlisted, R. and M. McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah City Council, Melbourne |
2002 | Shortlisted, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery |
2000 | Arts Victoria Arts and Professional Development Grant, New Work (Illuminating Evidence) |
2000 | Studio-Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
2000 | Shortlisted, Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery |
2000 | City of Greater Geelong Arts Sponsorship Grant, Illuminating Evidence and Watermarks, Geelong 2000 Project |
2000 | V.A.C.F. Australia Council Grant, Geelong Gallery for Presentation and Promotion, Geelong 2000 Project |
1998 | Shortlisted Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery |
1998 | Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, Managed by N.A.V.A. with financial assistance from the Australia Council |
1997 | Studio-Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
1997 | Arts Victoria Arts 21 International Cultural Exchange Program, T.I.G.A.R. Inc. for Encounter – Confrontation, Dialogues in Contemporary Art, Australia–Italy |
1997 | City of Greater Geelong Arts Development Grant, T.I.G.A.R. Inc. for Encounter – Confrontation, Dialogues in Contemporary Art, Australia–Italy |
Solo Exhibitions
2024 | Ebb and Flow: the Overview Effect — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2019 | Umwelten – eco-fields & other universes — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2016 | Orbit: the Kepler Suite — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2013 | The Observatory — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2007 | Out There – in light of remote possibilities — Monash University Faculty Gallery, Melbourne |
2006 | A Remote Possibility — Stephen Mclaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2004 | Night Journeys — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2002 | Traversing Space — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2000 | Fenestration — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
1999 | Hyphen — West Space, Melbourne |
1999 | Place: (w)here/(t)here — Part of Momenta: Arts Geelong. Installation, Shop 105 Market Square, Geelong, Victoria |
1998 | Sounding — St.Stephen’s Church, Richmond, Melbourne. (Music Performance by Elysium Ensemble) |
1998 | Punctum — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
1997 | Paris Par Chance — Studio Installation, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris |
1996 | Fold — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
1995 | Re-inscription — Linden Gallery, St.Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne |
1992 | Nature Morte — James Street Gallery, Geelong, Victoria |
Group Exhibitions
2023 | Listening Earth – Curator: Felicity Spear.
Artists: Lesley Duxbury, Vicki Hallett, Debbie Symons, Rosie Weiss and Felicity Spear. Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2022 | Attuned. Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2021 | Biosphere – a sense of belonging – Curator: Felicity Spear.
Artists: Harry Nankin, Debbie Symons, Rosie Weiss, Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, and Felicity Spear. Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2021 | May Day. Curator: Stephen Wickham. Group exhibition exploring the Abstract. Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2020–21 | Third Space, Modern and Contemporary Printmaking. Geelong Gallery, Victoria. |
2020 | Art Aid Gippsland. Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria. |
2020 | Love in the time of COVID-19. GAG Projects. |
2019 | Space — Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria. Curator: Erin Mathews. |
2019 | The Moon — Geelong Gallery, Victoria. Curator: Lisa Sullivan. |
2019 | Parallel Universe — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear. |
2017 | Fossil - a slow acting violence — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear. |
2017 | Ad Hoc — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Stephen McLaughlan |
2016 | Sky Lab – Kepler’s Dream — La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo Curator: Felicity Spear |
2015 | Sky Lab: lines of sight and forces of attraction — The Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear |
2014 | Future Tense — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear |
2014 | Geelong Contemporary Art Prize — Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judges: Charlotte Day, Director Monash Museum of Art; Geoffrey Edwards, Director Geelong Gallery; Lisa Sullivan, Curator, Geelong Gallery) |
2014 | Reflex — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Stephen McLaughlan |
2013 | Sky Lab (2013) — Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria Curator: Felicity Spear |
2013 | Alchemy — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2013 | Geelong’s Built Environment — Geelong Gallery, Victoria |
2012 | Geelong Contemporary Art Prize — Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judges: Susan McCulloch, Australian Art Books; Geoffrey Edwards, Director Geelong Gallery; Lisa Sullivan Curator, Geelong Gallery) |
2012 | Seeing Books–The Arts Libraries Society / Australia & New Zealand Conference 2012 — Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne |
2012 | Grounds — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2011 | Sky Lab: from where you stand (2011) — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear |
2011 | Selected_Sites.1 — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2010–2011 | ... a person looks at a work of art ... — Geelong Gallery, Victoria Works by Anne Zahalka, Edward Heffernan, Eric Thake, Peter Tyndall, Douglas Watson and Felicity Spear. |
2009 | Sky Lab (2009) — Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Curator: Felicity Spear |
2009 | Beyond Visibility: Light and Dust — Felicity Spear (curator), David Malin and Gulumbu Yunupingu University of Technology Sydney: Gallery |
2009 | Beyond Visibility: Light and Dust — Felicity Spear (curator), David Malin and Gulumbu Yunupingu Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne |
2009 | Shared Sky — Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, Melbourne Curators: Allison Holland and Stephen Gilchrist |
2008 | Three Gallery Artists — Shane Kent, Sara Lindsay and Felicity Spear Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2007 | Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards – Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judge – Robert Heather, Curator, State Library of Victoria) |
2007 | Stephen McLaughlan Gallery at 45 Downstairs – Melbourne |
2006 | Which Way Is Up? – University of Hertfordshire Art and Design Gallery, U.K. |
2006 | Nicholas: The Life of a Building – Blindside, Melbourne |
2005–2006 | World Year of Physics Art Prize – Macquarie University, Sydney (Judges – Dr. Paula Dawson, Prof. Bob Clark) |
2005 | Which Way Is Up? – Fermynwoods Contemporary Art Gallery, U.K. |
2005 | Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards – Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judge – Dr. Colin Holden) |
2005 | 05 Formal – Stephen Mclaghlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2004 | Narrative Voices – 45 Downstairs. Melbourne |
2003 | On View: Selected Work by PhD and Masters By Research – Monash University |
2003 | R. and M. McGivern Art Prize – Maroondah Art Gallery, Victoria (Judges – Jason Smith, National Gallery of Victoria, Dr. Jeanette Hoorn, Uni. of Melbourne, Dianne Tanzer, Gallery Director) |
2003 | A4 Art – West Space, Melbourne |
2002 | The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize – Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judges - Jason Smith, National Gallery of Victoria, Geoffrey Edwards-Director Geelong Art Gallery, Louise Tegart, Shepparton Art Gallery) |
2002 | Works on Paper – Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
2001 | Recent Acquisitions 2001 – Geelong Gallery 2001/2, Geelong, Victoria |
2001 | Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse – Monash Gallery Of Art, Wheeler’s Hill, Melbourne |
2000 | The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize – Geelong Gallery, Victoria (Judges – Maudie Palmer, Stuart Koop – A.C.C.A.) |
2000 | Melbourne Art Fair 2000 – Stephen McLaughlan Gallery – Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne |
2000 | Illuminating Evidence – The Geelong Gallery, Victoria |
2000 | Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse – Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Touring Exhibition |
1999 | Concealment – Temple Studio, Melbourne |
1999 | Liquid: beyond the city limit, new art from Geelong – The Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria |
1999 | Art Zine – Spencer Street Gallery, Melbourne |
1998 | The Geelong Contemporary Art Prize – The Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria (Judges – Tedd Gott – Heide M.O.M.A., Linda Michael – M.O.M.A. Sydney, Zarah Stanhope – Monash University Museum of Art) |
1998 | Lodged – Temple Studio, Melbourne |
1998 | A.C.A.F. 6 Melbourne Art Fair – Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne |
1997 | Encounter – Confrontation, Dialogues in Contemporary Art, Australia–Italy – Touring Piedmont, Italy |
1996 | Rumble – Underground Photography – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne |
1996 | Pin-Hole Camera Exhibition – Visual Communication Gallery, R.M.I.T., Melbourne |
1995 | Ready – Wrapped and Self-Sealed – Linden Gallery, St. Kilda Arts Centre, Melbourne |
1995 | Modern Madonnas – The Geelong Gallery |
1995 | Heterodox – Volartile Contemporary Art Gallery, Geelong |
1994 | Artists in City Spaces – National Wool Museum Geelong |
1992 | Dominique Sagan Castlemaine State Drawing Prize – Castlemaine, Victoria |
1992 | Swan Hill Regional Gallery National Print and Drawing Award – Swan Hill, Victoria |
1991 | Survey 12 – The Geelong Gallery |
1991 | Through Womens’ Eyes – The Geelong Gallery |
1989 | Regional Artists Review – Artery Gallery, Geelong |
Presentations & Papers
2021 | AEGIS Art & Ecologies Research Network RMIT Seminar Webinar |
2020 | The Subjective Conditions of Mapping 2020 MPavilion Young Curators Program |
2019 | Keynote Presentation: Extending Vision (PDF) Deakin University – Symposium: Art, Visualisation and the Cosmos in Education. |
2016 | Presentation: The Sky Lab Project (PDF) Given at La Trobe University, Bendigo |
2012 | Presentation: Beyond Visibility Given at the National Library of Australia for ‘Star Light, Star Bright’ as part of ENLIGHTEN (Canberra Festival), with astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt and author Michael Leunig. |
2010 | Conference Paper: Extending vision: sky-situated knowledge and the artists eye Given at the seventh international conference on The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena - Bath, UK (INSAP VII) |
Publications & Reviews
2021 | Hannah Middleton, editor. LIGO Magazine, Issue 18 3/2021 (PDF).
‘Where Imagination Meets Science’ in Art, Music and Gravitational Waves, pp. 14–24. |
2020 | 2020 Love in the time of COVID-19. GAG Projects | Art Gallery of South Australia. |
2019 | Talking Art with curator Lisa Sullivan, Viewing The Moon, Geelong Gallery (August 2019). |
2019 | Ed Ayres Interview, The Art Show. Fly Me To The Moon (July 17 2019) | Webpage (PDF) | Podcast | |
2019 | Erin Matthews, Stars, Science Fiction and Spacemen – exhibition catalogue essay. ‘SPACE: 50 years since man first stepped on the Moon’, (Gippsland Art Gallery July 2019). |
2019 | Peter Hill, In Tandem – a short essay on Parallel Universe (April 2019). |
2017 | Sam Leach, A Fossilised Future (PDF) (24 August 2017), in thearticle.com.au . |
2016 | La Trobe University and Felicity Spear, catalogue, ‘Sky Lab: Kepler’s Dream’ (August 2016). |
2016 | National Science Week (August 2016). |
2016 | Paul Northam, ‘Sky Lab’ articles in the Bendigo Advertiser (28/30 August & 15/20 September) |
2016 | Enrico Bossan Editor, Rosa Maria Falvo Curator, book – essays/catalogue, ‘Looking Down Under – Contemporary Artists From Australia’, Luciano Benneton Collection, (Fabrica Italy, 2015). www.imagomundiart.com |
2015 |
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2014 | Nicholas Campion, Rolf Sinclair Eds. Culture and Cosmos – A Journal of the History of Astrology and Cultural Astronomy Vol. 16 no 1 and 2, 2012 , proceedings from the seventh conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPVII), Bath October 2010., University of Wales, UK. |
2013 | Felicity Spear – Sky Lab catalogue essay and artists’ notes, (Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria). |
2013 | Ashley Crawford - Profile ‘Star Power’ article in Weekly Review Greater Geelong, May 23-29, Fairfax Media. |
2012 | Anne Bennett - ‘Seeing Artists’ Books as Research’, conference paper, Seeing Books – The Arts Libraries Society / Australia & New Zealand Conference 2012, Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne |
2012 | Dan Rule - ‘Grounds’ review in The Age (Melbourne, 11/12/2012). |
2012 | Niall Byrne - ‘The Art of Astronomy’ article in Stories of Australian Astronomy 2012, Science in Public, Melbourne. |
2011 | Felicity Spear et al, Sky Lab - from where you stand, brochure essay, (Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne 2011) |
2010 | Sam Leach - Article: Response To Questions - Felicity Spear - Sky Lab, Art Info, February 2010 |
2009 | Penny Webb, Sky Lab, article, Galleries, The Age Melbourne Magazine Issue # 62, December 2009 |
2009 | Felicity Spear et al, Sky Lab, brochure essay, (Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne 2009–10) |
2009 | Robert McFarlane, Beyond Visibility: light and dust, review - ‘Visual Abundance on Earth and Beyond’. ozphotoreview.blogspot.com |
2009 | FBi 94.5 Sydney, Beyond Visibility: light and Dust, radio interview, Canvas – Arts, Culture and Ideas |
2009 | Richard Jinman, Beyond Visibility: light and dust, article, Art, The Sydney Magazine, Issue 77, Sept. 2009 |
2009 | Stephen Zagala, ‘Art for Earthlings’ in Beyond visibility: light and dust, catalogue essay, Monash Gallery of Art, University of Technology Sydney Gallery. (Melbourne 2009) |
2009 | Peter Hill, ‘Art, science and mapping: reconstructing experience’ in Beyond Visibility: light and dust, catalogue essay, Monash Gallery of Art, University of Technology Sydney Gallery. (Melbourne 2009) |
2009 | Stephen Gilchrist and Allison Holland, Shared Sky, feature article, Imprint. Winter 2009 Vol. 44 No. 2 |
2009 | Christopher Allen, ‘Heavens Above,’ review, The Weekend Australian, (May 2–3 2009) |
2009 | Allison Holland, ‘The Stars of Terra Australis’ in Shared Sky, catalogue essay, National Gallery of Victoria, (Melbourne 2009) |
2008 | Alison Bunbury, Making a mark – prints and drawings gifted by Ian Brown, catalogue essay, National Gallery of Victoria, (Melbourne 2008) |
2007 | Caroline Durre, Out There – in light of remote possibilities, brochure essay, (Melbourne 2007) |
2006 | Susan McCulloch, The New McCulloch Encyclopedia of Australian Art (The Miegunyah Press & Australian Art Editions 2006) — Entry: ‘Felicity Spear’ |
2005 | Alex Selenitsch, ‘Crux: Felicity Spear’ in Which Way Is Up? Brochure essay, (Fermynwoods Contemporary Art and University of Hertfordshire Gallery, U.K. 2005) |
2005 | OzArts Online, www.ozarts.com.au/events/which_way_is_up/ |
2004 | Penny Webb, ‘Some Trails Are Worth Following’, review The Age, (Melbourne,16/6) |
2004 | Lynne Boyd, ‘Painting Space’, Night Journeys, brochure essay, (Stephen McLaughlan Gallery May 2004) |
2003 | Pam Clements, Traversing Space, review, Eyeline – Contemporary Visual Arts No. 50 |
2002 | Robert Nelson ‘Prize offers fascinating tour of new directions’, review The Age, (Melbourne 21st September 2002) |
2002 | Penelope Richardson, Traversing Space, brochure essay, (Melbourne 2000) |
2002 | Website, Illuminating Evidence – Watermarks: Crossings, home.vicnet.net.au/~geelart/ |
2001 | Lesley Harding, Illuminating Evidence – Watermarks: Crossings, review Artlink – Australian Contemporary Art Quarterly Vol. 20 #4 |
2001 | Dinah Dysart and Julie Dunne, Art Bank – Australian Art in Public Space, feature article, Dept. Communication, Information Technology and the Arts |
2000 | Robert Nelson, ‘Unravelled Layers’, review, The Age, (Melbourne 30/8) |
2000 | Peter Hill, ‘Some Clues To An Exhibition’, in Illuminating Evidence – Watermarks: Crossings, catalogue essay, (Geelong Gallery 2000) |
2000 | Anonda Bell, Celebrating The Exquisite Corpse, catalogue, (Bendigo Art Gallery 2000) |
1999 | Anna Clabburn, Hyphen – A Place Between Histories, brochure essay, (West Space, Melbourne 1999) |
1999 | Profiles Art Almanac (July 1999) |
1999 | James McGregor, Liquid: Beyond the City Limit – New Art From Geelong, brochure essay, (Geelong Art Gallery 1999) |
1999 | Gallery Art and Australia Vol. 36 No. 4 (Fine Arts Press 1999) |
1999 | Andrew Box, ‘Momenta builds an arts tradition’, review, The Geelong Advertiser, (16/06/1999) |
1999 | Felicity Spear, Oblique Narratives, brochure essay for Michael Vale, Latrobe St. Gallery (Melbourne 1999) |
1998 | Anna Clabburn, ‘Installation Success’, review, The Age (Melbourne, September) |
1998 | Profiles – Art Almanac (July 1998) |
1998 | Rev. Ian Brown & Felicity Spear, Sounding, brochure essay, (St. Stephen's Church, Richmond, Melbourne 1998) |
1998 | Brenda Ludeman, ‘Tessera’, Lodged, brochure essay, (Temple Studio, Melbourne 1998) |
1997 | Anne Carew et al. Encounter – Confrontation, Dialogues in Contemporary Art, Australia–Italy, catalogue essay, (The Geelong Gallery 1997) |
1996 | Stuart Koop, Rumble – Notes on Underground Photography, article, (Centre for Contemporary Photography, July 1996) |
1995 | Robert Nelson, ‘There’s Still Life in the Genre’, review, The Age, (Melbourne 05/19/1995) |
1992 | Joanna Ransome, Nature Morte, review, The Geelong Advertiser, (Geelong 04/06/1991) |
1991 | Rod Carmichael, ‘Survey strikes a blow for sheer quality’s, review, The Geelong Advertiser, (Geelong 09/03/1991) |
Collections
The Geelong Gallery |
Australian Commonwealth Art Bank |
State Library of Victoria (Rare Books Collection) |
Monash University Library (Art and Design) |
Deakin University Art Collection |
Art Gallery of South Australia |
National Museum of Australia (ACT) |
National Galleries of Scotland |
The Ian Brown Collection |
Private and Corporate Collections locally and internationally |
Felicity Spear is an associate member of AEGIS (Art, Ecology, Globalization and the Interpretation of Science), www.rmit.edu.au/art/research/aegis.
She has written for artists, curated exhibitions, acted as an examiner in the PhD programs at RMIT and Deakin University, participated in floor talks associated with exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, Monash Gallery of Art and the Geelong Gallery, acted as a mentor and guest speaker at the Photography Studies College, and worked as an artist in residence and teacher in secondary schools.
Felicity is also an active member of Landcare in Victoria.