Cal MacKinnon   Curriculum Vitae

Born 1968
Lives and works between Northern NSW and South East Queensland

Qualifications
Diploma of Teaching A.C.P.E. 1990
Bachelor of Visual Arts: Southern Cross University

Representative Gallery
http://www.lorrainepilgrim.com

Exhibitions:
Solo

2008 language of the unspoken,
          Barratt Galleries Altonville

2007 The Circus Diaries,
          Victorian Arts Centre, (by invitation)

2006 Beyond The Pink Poodle,
          Cultural Heritage Expo, Robina Community Expo hall
          Gold Coast (by invitation)

2005 Beyond The Pink Poodle,
          Lismore Regional Gallery (by invitation)

2005 Finger Foods, Brisbane PowerhouseMuseum,
          Gay Pride Festival (by invitation)

2004 Moments of Virtue, Gold Coast City Art Gallery

2002 Femail, about love and correspondence,
          Adelaide Feast festival (By invitation).

2003 Lismore Art Fair/Winsome Hotel.
           Conversations with a Transvestite Movie Star
           2D hanging type c prints and sitespecific installation of hotel room.

2004 Letter to my absent lover, Winsome Hotel.
         Data projection of sequenced digital images and sound installation.

2002 The Main Drag, Stills Gallery Sydney,
         as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Program. (by invitation)

2000 A Body of Water, Waywood Gallery Byron Bay

2001 Oceans of Earth, Byron Bay Writers Festival site as part ofWaywood Gallery

Selected Group Shows:

2008 If you can’t stand the heat Lorraine Pilgrim Nyst Gallery

2008 Time of Transition Gold Coast City Art Gallery

2008 22 of the best, , Lorraine Pilgrim Group show Nyst Gallery

2006 Crysallis, Lismore Regional Gallery, (by invitation)

2006 C.A.S.E., Professional mixed exhibition, (by invitation)

2004 Surface, Queensland Centre for Photography,
          Touring Group show (by invitation)

2004 With all things left unsaid Grafton Regional Art Gallery
          Collaboration with abstract painter Susan Joyce

2003/04 Lismore Regional Art Gallery,
           Paddocks Full Of Cows And Chairs (by invitation).

2000 Luggage Not Baggage, PCL exhibitionists Sydney (by invitation)

Other group shows include:

The Border Art Prize, Ulrick Schubert Photography Prize, Josephine Ulrick National Portrait prize, Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Creative Photography Centre Byron Bay, Out Art Sydney, The Nude Salon Sydney,

Permanent collections:

Bibliotheca Librorum Apud Artificum, Artist book collection Sydney
Melbourne Performing Arts Museum Archive
Lismore Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Tweed Regional Art Gallery
Private Collections (both National and International)

Residencies:

2006 Artist in Residence ETHOS Foundation, Waging Peace, Art and Science
2005 Artist in residence Gondwana Centre Courageous Conversations
2004 Artist in residence Gondwana Centre Nature of Music Program

Awards:

First Place( joint winner) Lismore City Art Prize 2000
First Place and peoples choice Art in Jan 2002
Highly Commended Muswellbrook National photography 2002
First Place  St John Art prize 2000
First place Easter Arts Classic 2000
First Place Coraki Art Prize Photography 2006

Articles/Reviews:

The Melbourne Age, May 19th 2007
The Courier Mail BAM, May 2005
Sydney Morning Herald, Metro Magazine
writer Jenny Tabakoff, Feb 8-14 2002
SX News, Issue 54, writer Colin Bisset, 2002
Sydney Morning Herald, Review by Robert McFarlane,
Feb 13 2002
The Northern Star Newspaper, Jan 13, 2001
The Northern Star Newspaper, Aug 1, 2001
The Northern Star Newspaper, Jan 18, 2003
The Northern Star Newspaper, Jan 21, 2003

Artist Publications:

2007 Australia Post - Circus! Under the Big Top, Prestige booklet Philatelic Collection

2006 Catalogue published by Lismore Regional Art Gallery,
    For the exhibition Exhibition Chrysalis. .

2005 Catalogue published by Lismore Regional Art Gallery,
     essay written by Sally Brand, For the exhibition Beyond The Pink Poodle.

2004 Catalogue produced for touring Exhibition "Surface" ,
     Essay written by Brett Addlington Curator Gold Coast City Art Gallery. Published by      Queensland Centre Of Photography.

2003 A Paddock Full Of Cows and Chairs, Catalogue published for
     exhibition by Lismore Regional Art Gallery.

Commissions:

BMW Australia 2007
ANZ Bank 2007
Gold Coast City Council Cultural Heritage Branch 2006
The Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2006
The Melbourne Performing Arts Museum 2006
The Visual Arts Network NSW 2005
The Sunday Magazine  2005
Wellbeing magazine 2002-2005
Penguin Publishing 2004
Standard Universal knitting mills 2002-2004
The Byron Bay writers festival 2002 2003 2004
The International Documentary Festival 2003
Landcare Australia  2000-2004
The Australian Newspaper 2003
Gardening Australia Magazine 2000-2004
CRC Irrigation Futures (ongoing)
The Gondwana Centre (ongoing)

 

 

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