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Adam Laerkesen

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Selected Exhibitions

2018: ‘Imagine’
Inaugural group exhibition for the redeveloped Gippsland Art Gallery, curated by Simon Gregg.
‘My song is not your song’. Installation at Slot window gallery.

2017: ‘Absurdist Project’
107 Project Space with Anthony Cahill. Finalist – Blacktown City art prize.

2016: Finalist Fisher Ghost Prize
Campbelltown Arts Centre.

2014: Commissions
Sass & Bide /Robyn Davidson film maker and author of ‘Tracks’.

2013: Hypnopomp
Solo exhibition Gippsland gallery Sale Victoria, solo exhibition Dianne Tanzer gallery + projects Melbourne.

2011: Silence and Noise
Solo show Anita Traverso gallery Melbourne.

2011: Dreamweavers
National touring show 2011-13 curated by Simon Gregg.

2009: Animist Exodus
Solo show Anita Traverso gallery Melbourne.

2008: Biosphere
Manly Art Gallery and Museum with Stephen Crane.

2007: Wind Song
Damien Minton gallery solo show.

2006: After the Winter
Horus and Deloris gallery group show.

2005: Hemispheres
Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney. University show with Stephen Crane.

2002: Becton Biennial Outdoor Sculpture Show
Gas Works Gallery Melbourne.

2001: Sculpture by the Sea
Participant.

2000: Sculpture by the Sea
Finalist.

1999: The Green Line
Herringbone Gallery show with Locust Jones.

1999: Sydney Beirut Beirut Sydney
Cultural exchange show – E Space Beirut Lebanon.

1998: Sweat
Solo show at Tin Sheds Gallery.

1996: SEED
Kas Gallery show with Mark Goodell.

1995: Clumsy Kulture
Gallery solo Show.

1995: White Trash
Group Show, COFA Gallery, curated by Post Grad Students.

1994: Close Your Eyes
Beare Gallery Solo Show.

1994: Artspace
1st Open Group Exhibition.

1994: Amnesty International
Group Show.

1994: Grouped
Celf Gallery, Opening Group Show.

1993: Next Day Out
Group Exhibition in conjunction with The Big Day Out JJJ Radio.

1990: Task of the Translator
Solo show at Sylvester’s Studio Gallery.

1989: Arthaus
Gallery Exhibition, Sydney.

1988: Putting on the Ritz
338 Gallery, Sydney.

1987: Arx 87
Distance Project Praxis, Fremantle.

1987: Histories
Group Exhibition, Performance Space.

1987: SEE EX S.C.A. GO
Graduate Show Pier 2/3, Sydney.

1986: Hungry
Performance Space.

1985: WORKS
Solo Show -Plan Z Gallery, Sydney.

1984: Graduate Show
Cell Block Theatre, E.S.T.C.

Prizes and Commissions

2012: Finalist for Melbourne Sculpture Prize

2012: Finalist for John Fries Memorial Prize

2010: Sass and Bide
Major commission for Strand Arcade store.

2009 – 2015: Sass and Bide
Acquired five sculptures whilst commissioning a major sculpture which now sits at their HQ in Sydney.

2006: Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
Finalist.

2000: Best Sculpture in Wood Award
Sculpture by the Sea.

1990: NSW Traveling Art Scholarship
Works Gallery – Highly Commended.

Reviews and Publications

2013: AMagazine
Julia Champtaloup.

2012: Art Month
Discussion of my practice with Stephen Finely.

2011: Dreamweavers Catalogue
Art Nation TV interview for Dreamweavers.

2010: Australian Art Collector
Critics’ choice.

2010: Art Month
Profile.

2009: Sculpture and the Enemies Magazine
Profile.

2009: Trouble Magazine
Profile.

2009: Art Guide
Profile.

2008: Vogue Living
May Issue.

2005: Sydney Morning Herald Metro
‘Liquid Gold’, article by Tracey Clement.

1999: Daily Star (Beirut Newspaper)
Sydney Beirut, Beirut Sydney Show.

Collections

Art Bank

Robyn Davidson
Filmmaker and author.

Sue Cato
Cato Council.

Vaughn Busby
Sass and Bide

Baron and Associates

S & D Darger Company
Beirut, Lebanon.

Tertiary Education

1985-1987: Sydney College of the Arts
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Sculpture Major).

1983-1984: East Sydney Technical College of the Arts
Art Certificate.