• MARLEY DAWSON

Born 1982, lives Sydney

Foundation Concepts Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Experimental Drawing Tutor, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

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

Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons.), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

HEAVY INDUSTRY / LIGHT COMMERCIAL, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Box of Birds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

Trick Shop, Locksmith Project Space, Sydney

Marley Dawson (shed), Chalk Horse, Sydney

Geronimo Wells End, GrantPirrie Window, Sydney

ECR. A collaboration with Christopher Hanrahan, Performance Space, Sydney

She's not structural, (MVA graduation show), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Phenomenonononon, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

Batteries Not Included, curated by Malcolm Smith, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.

Looking Out, curated by Christopher Hanrahan, Macquarie University, Sydney

Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, Artspace, Sydney

Oblivion Pavilion, curated by Amanda Rowell, Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney

Stone villa annual show, Chrissie Cotter gallery, Sydney

Oblivion Pavilion, curated by Amanda Rowell, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Twotap video show. Kent St bar, Melbourne

Science Fair, Firstdraft, Sydney

Locksmith Fundraiser, Sydney

Im a good boy, Firstdraft, Sydney

Volta 2, Performance Space, Sydney

Volta 1, Performance Space, Sydney

Light Brigade, Chalk Horse, Sydney

DIY.Lotekhitec (curated by Jesse Hogan), Brightspace, Melbourne

Riki Tiki Tavi: I could be your big dipper (collaboration with Kate Mitchell), Firstdraft, Sydney

The Antipodes Project, Point Ephémère, Paris [an exchange project between Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris]

New 06, (as collaborative group, Makeshift: Anna Crane, Marley Dawson, Pep Prodromou, Ned Sevil) Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

The Antipodes Project, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney [an exchange project between Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris]

Terrain Vague, (collaboration with: Anna Crane, Marley Dawson, Pep Prodromou, Ned Sevil, Anwyn Crawford and Emma Davidson) Mori Gallery, Sydney

No Tyre Kickers, Phatspace, Sydney

Firstdraft is dead, Long live Firstdraft (Directors' Show), Firstdraft, Sydney

Honours graduation show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

How long is a piece of string?, Phatspace, Sydney

Me and my coma, Firstdraft, Sydney

WYWH, Firstdraft, Sydney

Royal Parade, Firstdraft, Sydney

Undergraduate Show, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney

What the world needs now, Phatspace, Sydney

Shelf life, Newspace Gallery, Sydney

Origins, Newspace Gallery, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Artbank

Private collections

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adam Geczy, `Doing Stuff' Eyeline No. 72, pp 21-25

Robert Nelson, `Inexorable march to ruin celebrated' The Age, April 2

`Looking Out' Exhibition catalog. Macquarie University Press

Christopher Hanrahan, `Trick Shop', Locksmith Project Space Press Release

Emily Hunt and Raquel Welch, `Marley Dawson' (interview) in OP, exh. cat. OBLIVION PAVILION, Gertrude Contemporay Art Spaces, Melbourne

Sydney College of the Arts and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, The Antipodes Project, exh. cat. , Paris and Sydney

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, New 06, exh. cat.

Luke Benedictus, `A shot of the new', The Age, 26 March 2006

Marley Dawson and Holly Williams, Me and my coma, exh. cat. Firstdraft, Sydney