BIOGRAPHY
Claire Mooney
Born
1977, Melbourne
EDUCATION
2010
Postgraduate Diploma of Education (Visual Art), University of Melbourne
2004
Master of Visual Art , Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1999
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne
AWARDS & GRANTS
2021
Finalist / Darebin Art Prize 2021
Finalist / Banyule Award for Works on Paper
Made in Rezza / artist project commission
2018
Finalist / St Kevin's Art Award
2015
City of Yarra Small Projects Grant
2014
Finalist / City of Albany Art Prize
2009
Finalist / Agendo 2009
Finalist / Substation Contemporary Arts Prize
2008
NAVA Janet Holmes à Court grant
Melbourne Fringe Festival Visual Arts Award
2004
Winner / Athenaeum Club Visual Arts Award
Highly Commended / ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award
Winner / David Teleskivi Memorial Sculpture Prize
Winner / Galloway Lawson Award
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
A part and between, Five Walls, Melbourne
Fugitive Geometries, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2019
Uncertain Equilibrium (mural) Richmond Library, Yarra Council
2016
Pattern Remains, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2015
Lost Forms, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2013
A Slow Swarm Across the Surface, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2008
Over & Out, Bus, Melbourne
2006
At which point…, Bus, Melbourne
2005
26 Colours, Bus, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Other Art Fair, Meat Market, Melbourne
Tape Twenty Twenty Two, Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne
Made in Rezza, FUSE Darebin, Broadway Reservoir
2021
Darebin Art Prize 2021, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Banyule Award for Works on Paper 2021, Art Gallery 275 Ivanhoe Library
2018
Accession, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Exploration 18, Flinders Lane Gallery
St Kevin's Art Show, St Kevin's College
2017
Notfair Artfair 5, Windsor, Melbourne
2016
Resolutions: Creating liminal spaces, studioFive Gallery, Melbourne
2015
The Mad Minute: Rubicon Fundraiser Exhibition, Rubcion ARI, Melbourne
Place & Space, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2014
City of Albany Art Prize Exhibition, City of Albany Town Hall, WA
Connections: Teaching, Art & Life, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
Pinpoint: Banyule Contemporary Art Fair, Curated by Claire Watson, Hatch Contemporary Art Space
2013
Sensations of Artmaking: Triumphs, Torments & Risk-taking, Curated by Purnima Ruanglertbutr, Victorian Artists’ Society, Melbourne
2012
Crossing Boundaries: Teacher Artmaker Project, Curated by Purnima Ruanglertbutr, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2010
Something in the Air, Curated by Martina Copley, Gipps Street Gallery, Melbourne
2009
Post, Place Gallery, Melbourne
Agendo 2009, Phoenix Gallery, Deakin University, Melbourne
Substation Contemporary Arts Prize Exhibition, Substation, Melbourne
2008
Postcards, messages from the past, Curated by Shanley Burney, 141 Mailbox, Melbourne
Bus vs Blindside: Rumble in the Gallery, Curated by Charity Bramwell, City Library Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Lexicon, Curated by Martina Copley, City Library Gallery, Melbourne
Postscript, Curated by Simon Gregg, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
Minute Possibilities, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Translation, Curated by Martina Copley, 101 Gallery, Melbourne
New Painting Heroes, Curated by Viv Miller, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Graduates 2004, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2004
Special, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
VCA Graduate Show, Victorian College of the Arts
Athenaeum Club Visual Arts Award Exhibition, Athenaeum Club, Melbourne
ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award Exhibition, ANZ Bank, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
Bundoora Homestead (Darebin City Council) Art Collection
Athenaeum Club Contemporary Art Collection
Private collections, Melbourne