SYLVESTER, DARREN CV
Darren Sylvester
Born Sydney Australia, 1974. Lives and works in Melbourne.
2008 -2010, Master of Fine Art, Monash University, Melbourne
1996, BA Fine Art Photography, Graphic Design. Charles Sturt University (Riverina) N.S.W.
AWARDS & PRIZES
2006 ABN AMRO Emerging Artists Award (Finalist)
2005 ABN AMRO Emerging Artists Award (Finalist)
2004 Australia Council, Skills and Arts Development, Greene Street Studio, New York
2004 Arts Victoria, Arts Development/Creation
2001 Australian Film Commission, Script Development & Assistance funding for the screenplay, Tanhiro
2001 Arts Victoria Cultural Development Fund; The Ian Potter Foundation, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust
1999 Arts Victoria, Arts Development/Creation
COLLECTIONS
Murdoch University Collection
Art Gallery of Western Australia
National Gallery of Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
The City of Port Phillip, Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sir Elton John Collection
Australia Council for the Arts
Charles Sturt University, Riverina
Private collections throughout Australia, Switzerland, Singapore and Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Darren Sylvester, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Darren Sylvester, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne VIC
2006 I Want To Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2006 Our Future Was Ours, Johnston Gallery, Perth
2005 Recent Work, William Mora Galleries Melbourne
2005 We Can Love Since We Know We Can Lose Love, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2004 Don’t Lose Yourself In Tomorrow, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
2003 If All We Have Is Each Other, That’s OK, William Mora Galleries Melbourne & Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney
2001 A Life Falls Apart Without Order, William Mora Galleries Melbourne
2001 We Can Do Anything, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney Apr/Jun
2000 God Only Knows What I’d Be Without You, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
1999 London Paris Tokyo New York, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
1999 On the Phone..., ABC Multimedia.
1998 Life Together, Main Gallery. 200 Gertrude Street Melbourne
1997 arriving. departing, Helen Schutt Access Gallery.
1997 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
1995 Minor Words, Separovich Gallery, Wagga N.S.W.
1995 Points of Light Hired Conference Room, Wagga N.S.W.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Neo Goth: Back in Black, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, QLD
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art,Sydney, NSW
2008 Can’t Take My Eyes Off You , Rooftop Cinema, Melbourne. Curator Helen Frajman
2008 Décor, Glen Eira City Council Art Gallery, March
2007 Motion Pictures, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth. December
2007 Old Skool (Never Lose That Feeling), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA
2007 SSFA07, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 Old Skool is the New Skool, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, WA
2007 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art
2007 Perfect For Every Occasion: Photography Today, Heide Musuem of Art, NSW
2007 Albury City National Photography Prize, NSW
2007 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre, QLD
2007 The One and the Many, DELL Gallery, Queensland College of Art
2007 The Roving Eye, Gallery 1601, Washington DC
2007 Raised by Wolves, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2006 NEW06, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
2006 Special Reconnaissance, Gigantic Artspace, New York. November
2006 Supernatural Artificial, Nanyang Academy of Fine Art, Singapore
2006 The Roving Eye, Gigantic Artspace, New York
2006 Light Sensitive, Contemporary Australian Photography, National Gallery of Victoria
2006 Selecta, Westspace, Melbourne August
2006 Flaming Youth, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2006 Someone shows something to someone, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2005 Remote Control: Artists Making Moving Pictures, National Gallery of Victoria
2005 Supernatural Artificial Chulalangkorn Art Centre in Bangkok, Thailand
2005 Loaded, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Vic
2005 Awkward Silences, Linden Contemporary Art Spaces
2005 Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2005 Six Orbits Around the Blue Moon, Hamilton University, New Zealand.
2005 Make It Modern, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Melbourne
2005 Johnston Gallery Launch Johnston Gallery, Perth
2005 Recent Acquisitions – City of Port Phillip, Linden Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2004 Supernatural Artificial, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
2004 urban/exurban, TarraWarra Museum of Art, May–August
2004 Gold Coast City Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre.
2003 Photographica Australis, National Gallery of Thailand, Bangkok
2003 Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2003 City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart Town Hall. Tasmania
2003 Bloom, Perceiving Independence, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
2003 Stellar, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Auction
2002 Bittersweet, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2002 Photographica Australis, Sala De Exposiciones Del Canal De Isabel II, Madrid
2002 Happiness, PICA Perth, WA. Curator Charlotte Day
2002 Photograph and a Painting, Project Space. Christchurch, New Zealand.
2001 Fresh From Paris, CCP Melbourne. November
2001 Happiness, Adam Art Gallery Wellington, NZ
2001 Our Perfect Dream, Galerie 5020, Salzburg Austria
2001 City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart Town Hall. Tasmania
2001 Photograph and a Slogan, Rubyayre. Sydney. Curator, Nicholas Chambers
2000 Our Perfect Dream, 1st Floor. Melbourne. Curator, Sylvia Kranawetvogl
2000 William Mora Gallery Opening, William Mora Galleries Melbourne
1999 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art. Sydney
1999 Circuit, Arts Victoria. Curator, Mardi Foster
1999 Bill Posters Will Not Be Prosecuted, Federation Square Hoardings Project, Melbourne
1999 Smoke Free, Citylights. Melbourne
1998 Respond Red or Blue, Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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