Sylvia Schwenk Cv
     
    Lives and works in Sydney Australia
     
    EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
08 Candidate Doctor of Philosophy, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
08 Köln International School of Design, Germany
07 Bachelor of Visual Arts 1st Class Honours, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney NSW Australia
06 Üniversität der Künste Berlin, Germany
   
  RESIDENCIES
 
09 Kuntstledorf Schoppingen, Germany
07 Residency albb Saigon, Vietnam
   
 

AWARDS AND PRIZES

 
09 Stan + Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
09 Grant, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany James Kentley Memorial Scholarship, University of Sydney
09

Finalist Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast Arts Centre

09 Finalist Wilson National Art Prize, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
09 Postgraduate Research Support Scheme Grant, University of Sydney
  08 University of Sydney Postgraduate Award (3 year grant)
  08 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Exchange Scholarship
  06 Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Exchange Scholarship
  05 Finalist MCQ International Art Prize, Chifley Tower Sydney NSW
     
    PERFORMANCES
   
  09

One day, I think I'll lend a hand, but right now I need a new plasma TV, Artfair Sydney 09, RHI Pavilion, Moore Park, Sydney

  09

Remember the importance of SELF, Schöppingen, Germany

  09

One day I think I'll lend a hand, K+K carpark,  Schöppingen Germany

  09

X Performance Dunedin,The Octagon, Dunedin, New Zealand

  09

Red, blue or green? Bondi, Sydney

  08 Each in their own time, the Hub Newtown, Sydney NSW
  08 X Performance Köln, Altstadt Cologne, Germany NSW
  08 Life Preservers, Südstadt, Cologne, Germany
  08 Boots for Rising Waters, on the stairs of the Dom Cathedral, Cologne, Germany
  07 X Performance outside TNT Building, Redfern, Sydney NSW
  07 Under Surveillance, Martin Place, and St Leonards Train Station, Sydney
  07 X Performance Le Loi Saigon, Saigon, Vietnam
  07 X Performance George Street Sydney, Sydney NSW
     
    SOLO EXHIBITIONS
   
  10 The world is made up of unfinished stories Artereal Gallery Sydney
  09 One day, I think I'll lend a hand, but right now I need a new plasma TV, Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Forum für Kunstvermittlung, Germany
  09 They paved paradise put up a parking lot, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand 
  09 Anything you can see in person, you can see better on TV, Bondi, Sydney
  06 Eternal Return, Zapp Live Galerie, Berlin, Germany
     
    SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
   


  10 Linden Postcards, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
  10

Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Arts Centre

  10

Art Sydney 09 - Off the Wall, RHI Pavilion, Sydney

  10

Tickled Pink, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

  10

Climate Camp 09, Mori Gallery, Sydney

  09 Someone draws a flower on a wall beside a bed, School of Arts and Aesthetics Galleries, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
  09

Climate Emergency, At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Newtown

  09

Thesis, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery Melbourne

  09

Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast Arts Centre

  09 Altered States of Reality, Agora Gallery, New York
  09 Dunedin Fringe Festival, New Zealand
  09 Go Figure, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
  09 Wilson National Art Prize, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
  08 Watch this space … Brenda May Gallery, Sydney NSW
  08 Lobetrotters, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Canada
  08 Go North!, Halifax, Canada
  08 Red Cross Summer Exhibition, Nutshuis Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands
  08 Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival, Newtown, Sydney NSW
  08 Moran Prize – semifinalist
  08 Night Markets, Performance Space, Sydney NSW
  07 Degree Shows 2007, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney             NSW
07 Sydney Underground Film Festival, The Factory Theatre, Sydney NSW
07 The Howard Years, At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Sydney NSW
07 Trajectories of Dissent, Mori Gallery, Tooth Studios, and Little Fish Gallery Sydney NSW
07 Enviro-Collective Art Show, Exit Gallery, Sydney
07 Beautiful paper, beautiful design, albb, Saigon, Vietnam
06 Degree Shows 2006, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney NSW
06 berliner-fotoalbum, Linienstrasse Berlin, Germany
06 Szpilman Awards 2006, Berlin, Germany
06 Australia right now, Newspace Gallery, Sydney NSW
06 Rundgang, UdK, Berlin, Germany
06 Sommerwende International Arts Festival, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
05 On the Same Page, Greig and Hinde Gallery, Sydney NSW
05 … about, China Heights Gallery, Sydney NSW
05 Art Sydney 05 - Off the Wall Emerging Artist Showcase, RHI & Hordern Pavilion NSW
05 MCQ International Art Prize, Chifley Tower, Sydney NSW
05 … it's the economy, stupid, Newspace Gallery, Sydney NSW
05 Subculture, Newspace Gallery, Sydney NSW
   
  COLLECTIONS
 

 

 

Gold Coast City Art Gallery

  Corporate collections including
  Harris Freidman Hyde Page, Lawyers
  Insight Project Pty Ltd
  Sydney Adult & Children’s Ear Nose Throat Centre Sydney
  the ent centre Sydney
  Private Collections in Sydney, Berlin, Saigon, Cologne and The Hague