MCGREGOR, LAITH
Born 1977, Queensland
2007 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2007 Drawing Master Class, with Greg Creek 2006 Bachelor of Fine Art (Major in Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2001 Bachelor of Screen Production, Queensland Collage of Art (2 years completed), Gold Coast
1999 Diploma of Visual Arts, Cooloola Institute of TAFE, Cooloola
AWARDS & PRIZES
2011 Art & Australia/Credit Suisse Art Award
2011 Australia Council for the Art, New Work Grant, Barcelona Residency
2010 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, finalist
2009 Australia Council for the Arts Emerging Artist New Work Grant
2009 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award, Sydney, 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, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne, GrantPirrie Gallery, Sydney, finalist
2008 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo, winner
2008 The New Fresh Cut, Exhibition and development grant, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2007 VCA Award, Drawing Master Class, with Greg Creek
2007 Tania Brougham Award, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2006 National Gallery Women’s Association Award, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2000 Golden Key National Honours Society
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
Joyce Nissen Collection, Melbourne
Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle
Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Ohne Titel (Them Listless Folk from Apocryphal), Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art
2011 Spook Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Pong Ping Paradise, West Space, Melbourne
2010 Moontown, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2010 William Jolly Bridge Projection, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2010 Inland Sea Shanty, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Inland Sea Shanty, Centre Intermondes, La Rochelle, France
2010 Matured/Maturing Square II, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 Based on a True Fable, Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery, Sydney
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
2011 Gertrude Studios Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
2011 KIAF11, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2011 Physical Video, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2011 New Psychedelia, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
2011 SSFA11, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2010 Freehand: Recent Australian Drawing, Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne
2010 New Acquisitions in Context, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2010 The Bic Show, The White Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010 The Grass Is Greener, Paradise Hills Studio & ARI Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Schadenfreude, TCB art inc. Melbourne
2010 Inhabit, William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane
2010 I am the Message, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
2010 ARTHK2010, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
2010 5 by 5, Comodaa - Contemporary Modern Australian Art, London, United Kingdom
2010 SSFA10, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
2009 Seppuku, Lindberg Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2009 The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2009 Family Guy, Lake Macquarie City Gallery, Lake Macquarie
2009 Maturing, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Night Projection Window, Melbourne
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
2009 Greatest Hits: Volume II, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
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
2008 New Romance, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
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 Thinning Distance, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
2006 Someday Christmas Show, Someday Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Who am I, Publics Mojo, Sydney/Melbourne
2006 Monstermunch, Keith & Lottie Gallery, Perth
2006 Blame it on the Rain, Robot, Melbourne
2006 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2006 Wallara Travelling Scholarship, Elizabeth Murdoch Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Pretend Paper, Patterson Warehouse, Melbourne
2002 37.5, Loft Gallery, Brisbane
2002 Hand Luggage, Travelling / Virtual exhibition, Europe
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2006 Draw 4, Viewing Space, Melbourne
2006 Thinning Distance, Spectrum Project Space, Perth
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