ELVIS RICHARDSON

Born 1965. Lives and works in Melbourne

Education
2018

PhD candidate, Deakin University

2002

MFA, Columbia University, New York

1995

MA, University of New South Wales

1992

BFA, University of New South Wales

Solo Exhibitions (since 2010)
2019

Time Frames, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2016

Settlement, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

2014

SLIDE SHOW LAND Dorothy and Jack, Galerie pompom, Sydney

2013

National House Search, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Slide Show Land, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Art and Text, Rae and Bennett Gallery, Melbourne

2012

Because I did it first, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

2011

It’s about time, DEATH BE KIND, Melbourne
The fall before the fall, UTS Gallery, Sydney (with Daniel Mudie Cunningham)

2010

Because I am Different, Hugo Michell, Adelaide
The Memorial (with Claire Lambe) DEATH BE KIND, Melbourne
Because I’m Lucky, Stigma Research Laboratory, (with John Vella) Conical, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions (since 2010)
2021

I AM HERE, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

2020

CONCRETE: art architecture design, Australian Design Centre, Sydney (touring nationally to 2022)

2019

For Love or Money, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, VIC

2018

True Estate, Knulp, Sydney
Force Fields for Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial
Drawing Wall, Shepparton Art Museum

2017

Versus Rodin: Bodies across space and time, curated by Leigh Robb, Art Gallery of South Australia

2016

Solid Gold Easy Action, Galerie pompom, Sydney
CCP Declares: On the Social Contract, curated by Pippa Milne, at the Centre for Contemporary
Photography, Melbourne
The Waiting Room, Artbank, Sydney
Future Feminist Archive Report, The Cross Art projects, Sydney
Green-eyed monster eating its own tail, curated by Barry Keldoulis, Paramount Building, Sydney
Hashtag Winning, The Bearded Tit, Sydney

2015

Exhibit A, curated by Carrie Miller, The Lock-Up, Newcastle
Crafted History, curated by Lisa Byrne, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood, VIC
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
Video Contemporary, curated by Ulanda Blair and Jess Bram, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks
Bad Spelling, curated by Robert Lake, Affiliated Text, Sydney
Writing Art, curated by Scott Donovan, Artspace, Sydney
Octopus 15: Lost and Profound, curated by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Transmission: Legacies of the Television Age, curated by Maggie Finch, National Gallery of Victoria

2014

Rendevoodoo, curated by Brigid Noone, Fontanelle Gallery, Adelaide
Curating Feminism, Sydney College of the Arts Galleries, Sydney
Benglis 73/74, curated by Geoff Newton, Sutton Project Space, Melbourne
Re-raising Conciousness, curated by Fayen deEvie, TCB, Melbourne
FIN, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne

2013

Stockland, Galerie pompom, Sydney
Dirt, Dust and Ruins, curated by Zanny Begg, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
Regimes of Value, curated by Elizabeth Gower, VCA Gallery
Game On, curated by Toni Bailey, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

2012

Ocular Lab Inc., VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Westpac Redlands Prize, National Art School, Sydney

2011

Trophy Wife, curated by Sarah Jones, DEATH BE KIND, Melbourne
Delux Edition #1 Delux Media
Have you ever, Hotel Lincoln Art Projects in partnership with the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne

2010

Hobart Art Prize, Tasmania Museum and Gallery, Hobart
Monumental Effect, DEATH BE KIND, Melbourne
Time Lapse Mega Mix, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne

Collaboration - FEMMO, with Virginia Fraser:
2018

Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

2015

BoxCopy, Brisbane
Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award finalist exhibition

2014

Curating Feminism, Sydney College of the Arts Galleries
Benglis 73/74, Sutton Project Space, Melbourne
Re-Raising Consciousness, TCB, Melbourne

Selected Bibliography (since 2000)
2017

Anna Dunhill, ‘Elvis Richardson’, Art Guide Australia, 28 April

2015

Andrew Stephens, ‘Are we still watching? Why TV is facing its biggest test’, The Age, 1 May
‘Kylie Johnson talks to Elvis Richardson’, Contemporary Art Tasmania, 10 February

2014

‘Q&A with Elvis Richardson’, NAVA, October 15

2009

Daniel Mudie Cunningham, ‘Elvis Richardson: Scaling Second-Hand Mountains’, Eyeline, issue 68

2006

Daniel Mudie Cunningham, ‘eBay and the Travelling Museum: Elvis Richardson’s Slide Show Land’. Eds. Ken
Hillis, Michael Petit and Nathan Epley. Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting and Desire. New York & London:
Routledge

2003

John McDonald, ‘After Hours’, Financial Review, 13 March
Anne Loxley, ‘An angel in disguise’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March
Elastic, A book
Anita and Beyond Catalogue, image and essay by Elvis Richardson

2002

Tanya Peterson, ‘Slide Show Land’, Eyeline, Winter
Bruce James, ‘Slide Show Land’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June

2001

Alex Gawronski, Broadsheet, January
Leah McLeod, Globe journal

2000

Courtney Kidd, ‘Galleries’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April
Courtney Kidd, Australian Art Collector, April

Awards
2014

ROI Award

2007

Australian Post Graduate Award

2004

NSW Marketing Grant

2003

Columbia University Presidents and Provosts Initiative Award and Grant
Columbia University School of the Arts Travel Grant

2000

The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship

1996

Pat Corrigan

Collections

Artbank

QAGOMA

Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art

City of Fremantle