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Born 1980, Westmead, Australia
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EDUCATION
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2002
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Western Sydney
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2012
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Motherland, in association with Head On Photo Festival, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
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2011
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Liam Benson, in association with Head On Photo Festival, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
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2010
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Southern Cross’ Lullaby, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle
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2006
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Werewolves, MOP Gallery, Redfern
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2011
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Femmes Hommes: the figure in contemporary art, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
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2011
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The Pioneers, MOP Projects, Sydney
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2010
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No Artist is an Island, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle
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2010
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Body capital, Loop Space, Newcastle
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2010
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Southern Cross’ Lullaby, The Lock Up residency & exhibition, Newcastle
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2010
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In Temperance, Popup Gallery, Sydney
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2010
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Re/Gendered, Platform Artists Group Inc. Degraves St Subway (Campbell Arcade), Melbourne
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2009
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Horror Come Darkness, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Macquarie Park,
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2009
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The More You Ignore Me the Closer I get, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
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2009
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Identifiable Culture, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
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2008
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Dream Merchant, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
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2008
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Becos I’m Worf It, MOP Projects, Sydney
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2008
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Performing for the Camera, Firstdraft Galley, Sydney
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2008
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SafARI 2008,Gaffa, Sydney
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2008
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MAN, Penrith regional Gallery, Emu Plains, Penrith
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2008
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Bent Western, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
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2007
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Our Lucky Country (still different) Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
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2007
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Becos I’m Worf It, Linden Centre for Contemporary arts, Melbourne,
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2007
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At the Vanishing Point; the show to launch the space, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney
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2007
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Postcards from the edge, The Black Loft, Dublin, Ireland
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2007
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Dream Merchant, Kings artist run initiative, Melbourne,
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2006
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Our Lucky Country, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
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2006
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Snowdropping, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
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2006
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Queering the Mardi Gras, MLC Gallery, Ultimo
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2006
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Overt Compensation: Reloaded, Depot Gallery, Waterloo
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2006
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Gang Festival 05-06, Pelt Gallery, Chippendale
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2006
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Horsepower, Liverpool Regional Gallery, Liverpool
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2005
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Designfesta: Through a Strangers Eyes, Tokyo
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2005
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Gang Festival 05-06, Various spaces, Indonesia
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2005
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Western front, Art is a Social Space, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown,
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2005
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C-Town Bling, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown
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2005
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Satellite of love, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
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2005
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Satellite of love, Phatspace, Darlinghurst
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2005
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Dress code, MOP Gallery, Redfern
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2005
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Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mori Gallery, Sydney, February
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2005
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Overt Compensation, Depot Gallery, Waterloo
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2004
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Sideshow Valley: opening night and installation launch, 2004 SOOB festival, Brisbane
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2004
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Going Pro Project,The Lewers Bequest, Penrith Regional Gallery, Penrith
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2004
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Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize, Southbank Brisbane L’Ovest, Firstdraft Gallery, Surry Hills
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2003
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The art of condoms, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst
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2003
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What the world needs now 2, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst
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2003
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Decoding Sub-cultures, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
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2003
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Self Discipline, Phatspace Gallery, Darlinghurst
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2002
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Structurally unsound, UWS Grad show, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood
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2002
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Smudge, Palace Gallery, South Brisbane, Queensland
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2002
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Queering the streets, Sydney 2002 Gay Games, Sports and Culture Festival
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RESIDENCIES
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2010
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The Lock Up residency, Newcastle, 2010
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2007
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Our Lucky Country residency program, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea
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AWARDS/ RECOGNITIONS
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2011
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Winner of the Contemporary Award category of the Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
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2011
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Winner of the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Art Gallery, Sydney
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2011
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Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Finalist, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast
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2011
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Winner of the Mardi Gras Art Prize, Sydney
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2009
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The Fishers Ghost art Award, Recipient photographic award
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2009
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The Blake Prize, finalist
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2007
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The Helen Lempriere Traveling Art Scholarship, finalist
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2007
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Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
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2007
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Art and Australia RIPE award, finalist
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2007
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Linden Innovators program, Recipient, Linden Centre For Contemporary Art, St Kilda
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2006
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Iris Award, PCP, Perth, finalist
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2006
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CCP Colour Factory Award, CCP, Fitzroy, finalist
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2005
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Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, finalist
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
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2010
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‘Liam Benson: Drag Race Riot’, by Daniel Mudie Cunningham. Runway, Issue 16: Disappearance
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2007
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‘So who the bloody hell are we?’ Sophia Kouyoumdjian, Our Lucky Counrty (still different), Hazelhurst & MOP Projects. ISBN 9781921437014
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2009
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‘Dream Merchant’ by Josephine Skinner, Runway, Issue 13: Dead
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2008
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‘Our Lucky Country (still different) Jo Higgins, Artlink, Vol 28 no 1
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2008
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‘Art on the Outskirts: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre’, Dominique Angeloro, Art & Australia Vol 48 no 3
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2007
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‘Our Lucky Country’ (difference) Elise Routledge, Runway, Issue 9: Change
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THE MOTEL SISTERS
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The Motel Sisters is an ongoing performative/inter-arts collaboration between Liam Benson and Naomi Oliver since 2004.
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www.motelsisters.com
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