| VALENTINA PALONEN |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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1984 | Born Athens Greece |
2014- | PhD candidate, RMIT University |
2010- 11 | Master of Fine Arts (Research), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
2009 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne |
2008 | Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2015 | Hunting the far mountain, Gould Galleries, South Yarra |
| Water people from the sky (atelier ouvert), Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
2013 | Wilding, Gould Galleries, South Yarra. |
| Leaf & Limb, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah. |
2012 | Power Things, Blindside Artist Run Space, Melbourne |
| Fata Morgana, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. |
| Power Things, Blindside Artist Run Space, Melbourne. |
| Silent Stone Singing, Academy Gallery, Launceston |
2011 | Shape Shifter, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne |
| Linden Innovators 2011, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne |
| Stranger than Fiction (Souvenirs from the Periphery), NO NO GALLERY, |
| Melbourne |
2010 | Refuse to Surrender, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne |
| Biomorphica, C3 Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2016 | An Extraterrestrial Experience (curated by Michelle Gordon), C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford Heathen, Mailbox Art Space (curated by Mitchel Brannan), Melbourne |
2015 | The Director's Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne Shift, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Brunswick |
2014 | Incinerator Art Prize, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds |
| Sculpture14 Prize, Toyota community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne |
| Belle Arti-Chapman and Bailey Art Award, Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford |
2013 | Blob, Strange Neighbor, Melbourne |
| SEVENTH Gallery Annual Fundraiser 2013, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne |
| West Space Annual Fundraiser 2013, West Space, Melbourne |
| Linden Postcards, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda |
2012 | West Space Annual Fundraiser 2012, West Space, Melbourne |
| Winter Warmers, Gould Galleries, South Yarra |
| Rainbow Eaters (Curated by Mitchel Brannan), West Space, Melbourne |
| Wild vs Man (Curated by Caroline Phillips), Goodtime Studios, Melbourne |
| Neon Forest, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford |
| Linden Postcards, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda |
| Entry, Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick |
| Rainbow Eaters (Curated by Mitchel Brannan), West Space, Melbourne |
| Man vs Wild (Curated by Caroline Phillips), Goodtime studios, Melbourne |
2011 | Masters Graduate Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank |
| Allsorts, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| Belle Arti- Chapman and Bailey Art Award, Chapman & Bailey, Abbotsford |
| Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Finalists, Margaret Lawrence |
| Gallery, Southbank |
2010 | 2010 Directors Cut Exhibition, Blake Society online exhibition |
| Tomorrow, Michael Koro Galleries, Melbourne |
| Proud to be VCA, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne |
| Black & White: Shades of Grey, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne |
| The Feminist Salon: The Envelope, West Wing, Melbourne |
| New Releases, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne |
| Holes in the Wall, private residence (Special event), Melbourne |
2009 | VCA Graduate Exhibition 2009, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne |
| Proud to be VCA, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne |
| Arsennale I was Joking, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne |
| Revolution of Art, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay |
| Graduating Student Award Exhibition, Inner City Clayworkers Gallery, Sydney |
| Border Art Prize, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah |
2008 | 12 x 12 group exhibition, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay |
| Transit08, Southern Cross University, Lismore. |
| Small Works Show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| SCU Student Art Prize, Next Art Gallery, Lismore |
| Footprints, Next Art Gallery, Lismore |
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| PROFESSIONAL & RESIDENCES |
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2014-15 | Artist in residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris |
2015 | Guest artist in residence, Northcote Pottery, East Brunswick |
| Casting from Nature: An Introduction to Silicone Moulds & Resin Casts (workshop) Northcote Pottery Supplies BSC Artist in REsidence, Brunswick Secondary College, Brunswick (ceramic workshop) |
2014 | Recasting the Mandrake: Folklore, Vegetables and Agency, Australian National University, Environmental Humanities Conference (Affective Habitus: New Environmental Histories of Botany, Zoology and Emotions) |
2013 | Casting from Nature: An Introduction to Silicone Moulds & Resin Casts (workshop) Tweed River Regional Art Gallery |
2012 | Signs of Life: The Art of Artificial Animism (Arts Forum), University of Tasmania |
| Refining Ideas & Actualising Artworks (Guest Lecture), University of Tasmania |
| Silicone Moulds & Resin Casts (workshop) University of Tasmania |
| Volunteer arts worker, Arts Project Australia, Northcote |
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| AWARDS |
2016 | The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (Finalist), Brighton |
2014-16 | RMIT PhD Scholarship |
2013 | Brett Whitley Traveling Art Scholarship, Sydney (Finalist) |
2012 | New Work Grant (Early Career), Australia Council for the Arts |
| Janet Holmes à Court Artist Grant, NAVA |
| Border Art Prize (2nd Prize) |
| Power Cité des Arts Residency, Paris |
| University of Tasmania Artist-in-Residence Program |
2011 | Elliott Family Ten Year Collection Acquisitive Award |
| Popper Family Acquisitive Award |
| Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (Finalist) |
2010- 11 | Australian Postgraduate Award |
2010 | City of Melbourne Art Grant (Young Artist Category) |
| Friends of the Victorian College of the Arts Grant |
2009 | Dr David Rosenthal Award |
2007 | National Tertiary Art Prize (Finalist) |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| The University of Tasmania |
| Elliott Family Ten Year Collection |
| Popper Family Collection |
| Various private collections |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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| Valentina Palonen Signs of Life: The Art of Artificial Animism (2012) |
| Master of Fine Arts (Research) Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. |
| ‘Artnotes’ in Art Monthly, Dec/Jan 2012-13 |
| Mitchel Brannan ‘Power Things’ (Exhibition catalogue) Nov-Dec 2012 |
| Nikita Vanderbyl 'Interview: Valentina Palonen' in Lip Magazine, 2012 |
| Plastic Fantastic & Sympathetic Magic, Pageworks of Runway Magazine, |
| November 2011 |
| Birrell, Meredith. Playing More, The Art Life, 25 July 2011, URL: http://theartlife.com.au/?p=5392 |
| Skerlj, Laura. Stranger than Fiction (Souvenirs from the Periphery), Exhibition catalogue, No No Gallery, Melbourne, October 2011 |
| Walter, Trent. Linden Innovators 2, Exhibition catalogue, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, June 2011 |
| Kenny, Anusha. Valentina Palonen’s Shape Shifter, Exhibition catalogue, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, February 2011 |
| Wallis, Philippa. Holes in the Wall, Exhibition catalogue, Special arts event curated by Theresa Harris, March 2010 |
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