David Lawrey & Jaki Middleton

(collaborative practice)

AWARDS, GRANTS and COMMISSIONS

2010

Australia Council New Work Grant

2008

NAVA Marketing Grant for NSW Artists

2007

Australia Council New Work Grant (Emerging category)

Experimenta New Visions Commission

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

Consolidated Life, Peloton, NSW

The Message, ICAN, NSW

2009

Time Trap, Firstdraft, Sydney

2008

The wayback machine, MOP Projects, Sydney

2006

The sound before you make it, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW

2005

The sound before you make it, Phatspace, Sydney

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

Spirit World, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW

Inaugural Exhibition, NTBA Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2009

New Acquisitions 09, Museum of Contemporary Art

A Fairy's Tail, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW

Abandon Normal Devices, FACT - Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool UK

Reality Check: Watching Sylvania Waters, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW

Three of a Perfect Pair, MOP Projects, NSW

Vertigo, Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW

Appear Offline, Albion Place, Sydney. Curated by Gaffa Gallery

Experimenta Playground: International Biennale of Media Art

Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria

Albury Library Museum, NSW

Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, QLD

2008

Play++ at ISEA2008, Sculpture Square, Singapore

Experimenta Playground: International Biennale of Media Art

Performance Space, Sydney

Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia, Adelaide

Western Australian Museum, Perth

The farside of the moon, McClelland Gallery, Victoria

2007

Re:Staged Works, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW

Experimenta Playground, Black Box, Melbourne, Victoria

Vertigo, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA

2006

Eyes Lies and Illusions, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Locating the Photographic, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania

Dream Machine, Next Wave Festival Containers Village, Melbourne

The Late Sessions, Hoyts Cinema; Sydney (curated by Soda_Jerk as part of the Half Dozen festival)

2005

Stars of Track & Field, Campelltown Arts Centre, NSW

Automated Artifact, Rocketart, Newcastle

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010

Elizabeth Stanton 'Back to Reality' Art Monthly Australia, Issue 228, April 2010

2009

Bec Dean 'Temporal Agitation' RealTime, Studio, September 4, 2009

Emma White 'Time Trap<' runway issue 15:Lies, November 2009

Daniel Mudie Cunningham 'Reality Check: Watching Sylvania Waters', catalogue essay, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery 2009

Bec Dean 'The edge of Reality' RealTime issue #93, Oct-Nov 2009

Rachel Kent 'New Acqusitions 09', catalogue essay, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009

2008

Daniel Mudie Cunningham, 'The Wayback Machine', catalogue essay, The Wayback Machine, MOP Projects, May 2008

2007

Emma McRae & Liz Hughes, 'Enter the Playground' catalogue essay, Experimenta Playground: International Biennale of Media Art, August 2007

Thomas Reynolds, 'Vertigo' Pelican, Vol 78 ed 5, August 2007

Judith McGrath, 'Ready, Set, Vertigo' XPress, issue 1067, July 2007

Anneke Jaspers, 'Vertigo', catalogue essay, July 2007

Justine Khamara, 'Eyes Lies and Illusions' Artlink vol 27 no 2, 2007

Angela Ndalianis, 'A Panesemiotic Cornucopia' Realtime 77, Feb-March 2007

1/2 Doz. 2006 Catalogue, 1/2 Doz.

2006

Matthew Clayfield, 'The Shock of the Old: Eyes, Lies and Illusions' Metro Magazine, Issue 151, 2006.

Saige Walton, 'The sound before you make it' Catalogue text, Eyes, Lies and Illusions, ACMI, November 2006

The Art Life, 'One Night Only' www.artlife.blogspot.com, June 2006

Clare Lewis, 'The Late Sessions' Artlink vol 26 no 2, 2006

Holly Williams, 'Empire Games' Australian Art Market Report, issue 19, Autumn 2006

Dominique Angeloro, 'Stars of Track and Field' Artlink vol 26 no 1, 2006

The Art Life, 'We Are Golden' www.artlife.blogspot.com, February 2006

2005

Dominique Angeloro, 'Thriller' Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, Sept 30, 2005

RESIDENCIES

2009

Australia Council Los Angeles Studio Residency

Frasers Studio Residency

Firstdraft Studio Residency

2005

Gallery Wren Studio Residency

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney

Wollongong City Gallery

Private collections

David Lawrey

Born 1973 Melbourne, Australia

EDUCATION

2002

Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours Class 1), SCA, University of Sydney

1997

Bachelor of Science/ Law, James Cook University/UNSW

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2004

Winner, SUPRA Acquisitive Art Award 2004

2003

Finalist, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Emerging Prize

2002

Runner up, New Photo Artist of the Year, Photo Technica Award

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006

Sometimes, MOP Projects, Sydney

Sometime I might, Umbrella Studio Townsville, QLD

2005

I ain't in this for your revolution Sherman Artbox, Sydney

Turning Tricks, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

Tag Team Tournament, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2004

What the World Needs Now II, Phatspace Sydney

Firstdraft is dead long live Firstdraft, Firstdraft Gallery Sydney

2003

How long is a piece of string? Phatspace Sydney

I'm cracking skulls Firstdraft, Sydney

Ghetto Blast Kudos Gallery Sydney

How long is a piece of string? Phatspace, Sydney

informe, Australia Centre, Berlin

Emerging, Gosford Regional Art Gallery

Minilab, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2002

Phototechnica New Photo Artist of the Year, ACP, Paddington

Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth

Five go to Billycock Hill Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2001

Degree Show Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle

PROJECTS

2008 – present

Assistant Editor, Runway magazine

2004 – 2006

Co-Director, Firsdraft Gallery, Sydney

2002 – present

Editorial Board Member, Runway magazine

Jaki Middleton

Born 1979 Sydney, Australia

EDUCATION

2008

Master of Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

2002

Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours class 1) SCA, University of Sydney

AWARDS, GRANTS and RESIDENCIES

2007

Australia Council London Studio Residency

2006

NAVA Visual and Craft Artists' Grant

2003

Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Scholarship

University Postgraduate Award Recipient

Finalist, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Emerging Prize

2002

NAVA Marketing Grant for NSW Artists

2000

Winner, Photo Technica New Australian Photo Artist of the year

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

Following the white rabbit Westspace Gallery, Melbourne; Pelt, Sydney

2005

Back on this side of the door SCA gallery, Sydney

2004

You cannot show weakness in this world Phatspace, Sydney

2003

Pilot, Rocketart, Newcastle, NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Unreal-esque GrantPirrie, Sydney, NSW

2005

Sold Out:DIY (w/c6) Truck Art, Cremer St, London, UK

2003

How long is a piece of string? Phatspace, Sydney

Are we there yet? Watch This Space, Alice Springs

three quiet rooms Bus gallery, Melbourne

informe, Australia Centre, Berlin

Murder in the dark Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

Emerging, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2002

Lead Balloon, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

Monopolies, Performance Space, Sydney

One hundred places, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2000

Photo Technica Award, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney

PROJECTS

2008 – present

Managing Editor, Runway magazine

2002 – 2004

Co-Director, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney

2002 – present

Editorial Board Member, Runway magazine (Founding Editor)

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