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MCGREGOR, LAITH CV
2007 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), VCA
2007 Drawing Master Class, with Greg Creek
2006 Bachelor of Fine Art (Major in Painting), Victorian College of the Arts
2001 Bachelor of Screen Production, Queensland Collage of Art (2 years completed)
1999 Diploma of Visual Arts, Cooloola Institute of TAFE
AWARDS & PRIZES
2009 Emerging Artist New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, finalist
2009 Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award, Winner
2009 Centre Intermondes Residency, La Rochelle, France
2009 Elizabeth and Keith Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, shortlisted
2009 Wilson HTM National Art Prize, finalist
2008 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Winner, Bendigo Art Gallery
2008 RIPE: Art & Australia/ANZ Private Bank Contemporary Art, shortlisted
2008 The New Fresh Cut, Exhibition and development grant, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2007 VCA Award, Drawing Master Class, with Greg Creek, 2007
2007 Tania Brougham Award
2006 National Gallery Womens Association Award
2000 Golden Key National Honours Society
COLLECTIONS
Gallery of Modern Art Queenland
National Gallery of Victoria
Monash University Museum of Art
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Artbank
The Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
Joyce Nissen Collection
Acacia Collection
Private Collections throughout Australia, France, Indonesia and the US
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Inland Sea Shanty, Centre Intermondes, La Rochelle France
2010 Matured/Maturing Square II, Wellington City Gallery, New Zealand
2009 Based on a True Fable, Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery
2009 So It Goes, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Shape It Any Way You Like, TCB Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Goodbye tata, Helen Gory Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Satire, Alliance De France, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 SSFA2010, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney NSW
2009 Seppuku, Lindeberg Contemporary Art, Melbourne VIC
2009 Volume II Contemporary Video work, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2009 A4 Art Westspace, Melbourne, VIC
2009 Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art Melbounre
2009 Family Guy, Lake Macquarie City Gallery
2009 Maturing, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Night Projection Window
2009 The more you ignore me, the closer I get, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2009 Too Much of Me: 7 Paths through the Absurd, (with detour)*, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
2009 I Walk the Line, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney NSW
2008 A4 Art. West Space, Melbourne
2008 New Fresh Cut, The Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2008 Laith McGregor, Tom Polo, Emily Portmann, Jackson Slattery, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2008 Fuck Your Heroes, West-Space, Melbourne
2007 Artsmash Victoria Park Gallery, Melbourne
2007 VCA Graduate Exhibition(Honours), Melbourne
2007 Eildon Premiere, Alliance De France, Melbourne
2007 Hungry like the Wolf, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Draw 4, Viewing Space, Melbourne
2006 Someday Christmas Show, Someday Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Who am I, Publics Mojo, Sydney/Melbourne
2006 Monstermunch, Keith & Lottie Gallery, Perth
2006 Thinning Distance, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
2006 Blame it on the Rain, Robot, Melbourne
2006 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
2006 Wallara Travelling Scholarship Elizabeth Murdoch Gallery Melbourne
2005 Pretend Paper, Patterson Warehouse, Melbourne
2004 St.Kilda Art Supplies Showcase, Metropolis Gallery,Melbourne
2002 37.5, Loft Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Hand Luggage, Travelling / Virtual exhibition, Europe
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
Draw 4, Viewing Space, Melbourne 2006
Thinning Distance, Spectrum Project Space, Perth 2006
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Suzanne Boccalatte and Meridith Jones. ‘Trunk Volume One: Hair’ pp 262 - 267
Strickland, Katrina. 'McGregor Stars for Sullivan + Strumpf' The Australian Financial Review, 3 September 2009
Strickland, Katrina. ‘Qantas Helps Artists to Take Off’ The Australian Financial Review. Thursday 9 July 2009 . 47
McDonald, John. ‘On Their Marks, Get Set, Go’ Sydney Morning Herald, 9 -10 May 2009 pp. 16-17
Clement, Tracey. ‘No Nude is Good News’ Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 1-7 May 2009 p. 21
O’Riordan, Maurice, Art Monthly Australia, cover image and editorial, May 2009 #219
Art Guide, cover, May/June 2009
Art Almanac, profile, May 2009 p. 178
Kiely, A. Draw On Inspiration, Vogue Living, Jan-Feb 09 p 53-54
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