Eloise Kirk has completed Masters at Sydney College of the Arts and further was 2014 Recipient AGNSW Cite de International Residency, Paris. Finalist 2015 Macquarie Bank and John Fries Emerging Artist Awards and 2016 Finalist Grace Cossington Smith Awards and Fisher Ghost Awards.
EDUCATION
2011-2012 Masters of Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts
2007-2010 BVA (hons), Sydney College of the Arts
2009 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Canada), exchange program
2012 Certificate in Taxidermy and Animal Artistry
SOLO SHOWS
2016 Darklings, Colville Gallery, Hobart
The Backs of Giants, GallerySmith, Melbourne
Contemporary Arts Tasmania, Project Space, Hobart
2015 Beyond the Pale, Gallery 9, Sydney
Smoke Follows Beauty, Bus Projects, Melbourne
4000 Miles, 146 Art Space (Arts Tasmania), Hobart
Online Showcase, Chasm Gallery, New York
2014 Quake/Matter, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 The Deepest Cave on Earth, Artereal Gallery Project Space, Sydney
2011 Outopia, PSH Gallery, Rozelle
2010 Untitled, Mori Gallery, Darlington
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2016 Every Mirror on Earth, Constance Gallery, Hobart
Safari Arts Festival, Sydney
Grace Crossington Smith Art Award Finalist
2015 Macquarie Group Collections “New Acquisitions” exhibitions
Forever is an Optimistic View, Archive Space, Sydney
Island Salon, Underbelly Arts Festival, Sydney
Young Moderns, Colville Gallery, Hobart
Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2014 Participating Artist for Performance Month, Art Space, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre
Do Your Thing, Farr St Studios, Sydney
Milksop, Blindside Gallery. Melbourne
Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, Hobart
2013 Sharp Hot Stink, Constance Gallery, Hobart
Milksop, Christchurch University Gallery, New Zealand
Breathing Space, MOP Gallery, Sydney
2012 Love, Loss, Longing (Sydney Fringe Festival), Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Cronies, Roslyn Oxley, Sydney
2011 As it Stands, Papermill Gallery, Sydney
Take Care, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2010 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, Chrissie Cottier Gallery, Sydney
SCA Showcase, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour
AWARDS/RESIDENCYS/PUBLICATIONS
2016 Queenstown Residency, (Queenstown Arts Festival, Tasmania
Highly Commended Brighton Jetty Sculpture Prize
Finalist Bruny Island Art Prize
2015 Tasmania Regional Arts Grant
Nominated for the Macquarie Bank Emerging Artist Award
Regional Arts Tasmania Grant
John Fries Emerging Art Award, Finalist
Copyright Agency Career Fund Grant
Contemporary Art Tasmania Studio Residency
2014 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Finalist
Artist in Residence at the Tasmanian School of Art
Bay of Fires Art Prize, (Highly Commended)
Recipient of the Art Gallery of NSW Cite de Internationale Residency, Paris
Recipient of an Australia Council ArtStart Grant
2013 Runway Magazine Contributor for ‘Prototype’ Sydney/Berlin
Publication for Breathing Space (essay by Victoria Curruthers)
Recipient of the Frazer Studio Residency (Brand X)
2011 Australian Postgraduate Award
2010 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, (Highly commended)
2009 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Exchange Scholarship
Exhibition: tidal.20 City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award
Exhibitions
5 Dec 2020 - 30 Jan 2021
145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Colville Gallery
Galleries
91a Salamanca Place, Battery Point
View and purchase Eloise Kirk’s work here: http://www.colvillegallery.com.au/artists/eloisekirk.php