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2016–17

Fine Arts 2016–17

AcknowledgementsAntonella Salvatore and Inge Lyse Hansen, John Cabot University, Rome

Juliet Franks, The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford

Sarah Linford, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Rome

Ilaria Bozzi, Adriana Caneva, Martina Caruso, Eleonora Castagna, Clelia Colantonio, Marina Dacci, Adrienne Drake, Niccolò Fano, Marta Federici, Flavio Ferri, Bryony Harris, Jahan Khajavi, Ansel Krut, Shiro Nishimoto, Pier Paolo Pancotto, Marta Pellerini, Giulia Ruberti, Donatella Saroli

Claudia Canovai, Marie-Claire Desjardin, Valeria Frezza, Elaine Robertson

Photography courtesy of the artists and architect, except: Roberto Apa (pages 5, 6, 8–11, 14–17, 22–7, 29–36, 38–41)

All works © the artists and architect

Editor: Marco PalmieriGraphic design: Praline

Printed in Belgium by Graphius

Published in 2017 by the British School at Rome 10 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AH

British School at RomeVia Gramsci 61, 00197 Rome

A charity registered in England and Wales (no. 314176)

www.bsr.ac.uk

ISSN 1475-8733ISBN 978-0-904152-78-4

The Derek Hill FoundationThe Bridget Riley Art Foundation

The Incorporated Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarshipswith David and Pam McKee,

and The Wood Foundation

Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trustwith Ms Jennifer Dowling

The donors to the Scholars’ Prize in Architecture

4 Preface: Christopher Smith

7 Introduction: Marco Palmieri

Exhibitors 14 Kelly Best 16 Chris Browne 18 Caroline Cloutier 20 Gary Deirmendjian 22 Maria de Lima 24 Maria Farrar 26 Grant Foster 28 Morgan Gostwyck-Lewis 30 Peter McDonald 32 Neil McNally 34 Catherine Parsonage 36 Kate Power 38 Sinta Tantra 40 Vivien Zhang

43 Biographies

51 BSR Faculty of the Fine Arts and Staff

Contents

4 CHRISTOPHER SMITH — DIRECTOR

This is my eighth and last preface to the British School at Rome Fine Arts Catalogue, and gives me a chance to look back, and forwards.

The presence of artists at the BSR is more than simply a historical anomaly — it is part of our very essence. The building we currently occupy began life as a pavilion for British Art in 1911. The Fine Arts are written into our lease of the building, our charter and our mission. This breadth is one of the ways in which we remain distinctive as an overseas research centre — no other of the British International Research Institutes can boast a century of supporting the highest quality of artists, and our artists have always been themselves international, and have become even more so. The quality and innovation of work that emerges from successive groups of artists is phenomenal.

It has been a personal joy for me to be part of such a creative and exciting community, and, as happened when I was an award-holder myself, my eyes have been repeatedly opened by the capacity of our artists to make us pause and focus or refocus our attention. Exposure to art of this quality changes the way we see the world.

Over the past years, we have sought to respond to the immense contribution that our artists make by improving the environment in which they work. The studios and gallery have been renovated. We have more artists’ talks, a more professional approach to documenting and presenting work, and we have maintained an integrated programme of events and visits. I am grateful to Jacopo Benci, Marina Engel, Stefania Gerevini, Joanna Kostylo, Sue Russell and Thomas-Leo True, who in their various capacities have done so much to foster this environment, and I wish to pay tribute to the work of Marco Palmieri in taking Fine Arts forward in recent years.

The Fine Arts at the BSR receive no public funding, and it is through the extraordinary generosity of a series of trusts, foundations and individuals that we are able to support the residencies at the BSR. I would like to thank: the Arts Council of Wales (sponsored by the Welsh Government and supported by The National Lottery); The Bridget Riley Art Foundation; the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec; the Derek Hill Foundation; the Helpmann Academy (with David and Pam McKee, and the Wood Foundation); the Incorporated Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarships; the Linbury Trust; the

National Art School, Sydney (with Jennifer Dowling); the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust; and the William Fletcher Foundation (NSW, Australia); as well as the private donors to the Scholars’ Prize in Architecture, including Bob Allies, Will Alsop, Tim Bell, Jeremy Blake, Nicholas Champkins, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Horatio and Emily Furman, Simon Gill, John Graham, John Melvin, Steven Morant, Robert Voticky and David Wrightson. We are delighted that new residencies are joining established ones, and we are also very grateful to all those who have supported visiting artists’ talks and studio visits. This generosity is critical for our future, and for sustaining the vibrant culture of the BSR.

As we look to the future, I am convinced that the Fine Arts should play an increasing role in the way we demonstrate the importance of the BSR as part of the cultural ecosystem that supports our collective values and helps our societies grow and transform. The dialogue established between art and the world, a concentrated reflection on and engagement with form and substance, is a fundamental part of what it is to be human. I have often been humbled by the generosity of artists in sharing — and never more so than in the extraordinary year of achievement — and I feel immensely privileged to have been able to support such wonderful creativity.

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December MostraInstallation view, 2016

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December MostraInstallation view, 2016

7MARCO PALMIERI — VISUAL ART RESIDENCY AND PROGRAMME CURATOR

Over the past four years as Visual Art Residency and Programme Curator, I have been offered the wonderful opportunity to work with a constantly growing number of artists, architects and filmmakers. Through the residency programme at the British School at Rome, which sees new award-holders entering our studios every three months, the dynamics and conversations between the numerous talented creative individuals are in a constant and exciting state of perpetual flux; ideas are exchanged, works are produced, collaborations are fostered and ambitious projects are developed — together with national and international institutions, galleries, museums and foundations. The achievements of all our award-holders, both new and old, stand as a permanent testament to the feverish amount of activity that takes place here throughout the year.

As a renowned centre for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, truly unique in its kind, we constantly endeavour to support and enrich the experience of every award-holder — support that is offered not only by the ambitious programme of events presented by Marina Engel and Jacopo Benci, but also through the series of visiting artists, who generously offer their time to visit the BSR and present insightful talks about their practice and ongoing projects.

This year, we had the privilege of inviting five artists to stay at the BSR as our guests: Emma Hart, David Ryan, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Pàdraig Timoney and Marc Camille Chaimowicz. Each artist presented a talk (in the case of Marc Camille Chaimowicz in conversation with Roger Cook; and in David Ryan’s case, a wonderful performance inspired by his previous stay at the BSR as an award-holder), offered studio visits to our artists, and enjoyed a more informal encounter with our award-holders and scholars over dinner. The intimate atmosphere which is created around a dinner table is unique — and in my opinion vital — in creating meaningful connections between artists, curators, writers, gallerists and collectors. It offers a brief but truly enjoyable moment for spontaneous conversations.

Dialogue, therefore, is central to the art of creative production. Through a series of studio visits, which are offered throughout the year with numerous members of the creative world, award-holders are offered the chance to explore and test out their ideas with peers

and mentors. In this arena of exchange each opinion is as valid or as questionable as an other. Views and opinions, whether the award-holder’s or the visitor’s, should not be accepted at face value; instead they should be discussed, questioned, elaborated, and possibly rejected or adopted.

I am extremely grateful to the numerous people who have come through the BSR to discuss their views and opinions with our award-holders this year, particularly to Ilaria Bozzi, Eleonora Castagna, Clelia Colantonio, Adrienne Drake, Marta Federici, Flavio Ferri, Emma Hart, Sarah Linford, Vivien Lovell, Marta Pellerini, Donatella Saroli and Pàdraig Timoney.

The time spent at the BSR, in the studio producing work and developing nascent ideas, culminates every three months during the three exhibitions held by our award-holders, or Mostre, presented in our gallery spaces. The shows offer the BSR a chance to present the work produced by the award-holders during their stay in Rome, and offers the Roman audience an opportunity to see and further explore what happens inside our walls.

The three shows were made possible by the hard work of all our award-holders, and the continuous support of all the BSR staff. Further help was offered through the technical support of the Fine Art Interns: Claudia Canovai, Marie-Claire Desjardin, Valeria Frezza and Elaine Robertson.

The BSR residency programme, together with all the artists, architects and filmmakers that become part of this growing family, will continue to support creative dialogue, research, collaboration and production, ideals that have been and continue to remain central to what the BSR represents.

Introduction

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March Mostra Installation view, 2017

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March Mostra Installation view, 2017

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June Mostra Installation view, 2017

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June Mostra Installation view, 2017

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December Mostra9–17 December 2016Kelly Best; Maria de Lima; Maria Farrar; Grant Foster; Catherine Parsonage; Vivien Zhang

March Mostra17–25 March 2017Caroline Cloutier; Morgan Gostwyck-Lewis; Neil McNally; Catherine Parsonage; Sinta Tantra; Vivien Zhang

June Mostra15–24 June 2017Chris Browne; Gary Deirmendjian; Peter McDonald; Catherine Parsonage; Kate Power; Sinta Tantra; Vivien Zhang

Exhibitions

Exhibitors

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FrameWatercolour on paper, dimensions variable, 2016

KELLY BEST

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UntitledFresco on wood, 14 × 19 cm, 2016

16 CHRIS BROWNE

SubOil on canvas, 54 × 26 cm, 2017

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18 CAROLINE CLOUTIER

Hidden Behind the CornerDigital print on adhesive vinyl, 270 × 300 cm, 2017

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20 GARY DEIRMENDJIAN

link — bsrSite specific intervention, cotton thread, 1.6 km total length, 2017

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22 MARIA DE LIMA

Maria IOil on canvas, 70 × 100 cm, 2016

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Rose Sequence (Growths)Oil on canvas, 120 × 80 cm, 2016

24 MARIA FARRAR

Al Dente Oil on canvas, 130 × 180 cm, 2016

I DisagreeOil on canvas, 96 × 126 cm, 2016

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MedusaWatercolour on paper, 23 × 31 cm, 2016

26 GRANT FOSTER

VanityCharcoal, glue, pigment and oil on canvas, 28 × 36 cm, 2016

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Beside the Boot, the Truncheon RestsCharcoal, pigment, glue and oil on canvas, 135 × 180 cm, 2016

28 MORGAN GOSTWYCK-LEWIS

Corner PhotographPhotograph, 30 × 20 cm, 2017 (collaboration with Katherine Waters)

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Coloured CorniceInstallation, dimensions variable, 2017

30 PETER MCDONALD

Rome DrawingsAcrylic gouache on A4 paper and cigarette boxes, 2017

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Painting and Sculpture ShowAcrylic gouache, card, pencil shavings and glass on cigarette box, 2017

32 NEIL MCNALLY

Pariolini Setting Fire To A Street Sign Outside The British School At Rome As The Police Drive Past Without Stopping

Oil and bread on canvas, 300 × 197 cm, 2017

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Jacques Rancière Stopped Talking Because Someone Fainted During His Speech At The Rome Conference On Communism At The Galleria Nazionale D’Arte Moderna

(In the Future There Will Be No Painters, Only Men and Women Who Paint)Oil on canvas, 250 × 118 cm, 2017

34 CATHERINE PARSONAGE

Carry Me from Garbo’sIndian ink, pastel and oil pastel on Fabriano paper in perspex frame, 66 × 111 cm, 2017

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Campari SpringColoured pencil, pastel and watercolour on Fabriano paper in perspex frame, 66 × 111 cm, 2017

36 KATE POWER

Insidious DistanceTimber, cardboard, bubblewrap, papier mâché, gesso, paint and fabric, dimensions variable, 2017

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a condition for doing things together (with Catherine Parsonage)Single channel video, 20 minutes 11 seconds, 2017

38 SINTA TANTRA

The Piranesi Effect (Screen)Tempera on linen, four panels 60 × 180 cm, 2017

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Tuca Tuca — Spring Time in RomeTempera on linen, 130 × 180 cm, 2017

40 VIVIEN ZHANG

Paths Stamper (Drape)Mixed media on canvas, 46 × 51 cm, 2016

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Velvet MurmursOil and acrylic on canvas, 140 × 160 cm, 2016

Biographies

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KELLY BESTCreative Wales–BSR Fellow, October–December 2016www.kellybest.co.uk

Education2004–7 BA (Hons), Fine Art, Kingston University

Selected one person exhibitions 2017 Vanishing Point, Oriel Davies, Newtown2016 All Walls Are Interrupted, Plymouth Arts Centre,

Plymouth2015 Sunder, g39, Cardiff Velum, Eastside Projects, Birmingham2014 Between 590 and 610, Oriel Davies, Newtown Out Lines, Chapter, Cardiff

Selected group exhibitions2017 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome National Eisteddfod of Wales, Abergavenny2015 Exeter Phoenix Open, Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Exercise x, Gallery Footings, Bute Park, Cardiff Drawing, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen 3-Phase; Jerwood Encounters (joint show with

Georgie Grace), Jerwood Space, London2014 From Here and There, Elysium Gallery, Swansea From Here and There, Clara Hatton Gallery,

Colorado Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies, Newtown Everything Else is Just the Weather (joint show

with Mark Houghton), MDP / Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Everything Else is Just the Weather (joint show with Mark Houghton), Arcadecardiff, Cardiff

Unit(e), g39, Cardiff2013 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh2012 John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery,

Liverpool

Selected awards and residencies2016 Creative Wales–BSR Fellowship, British School

at Rome Arts Council Wales Large Production Grant Do Without, residency with Georgie Grace,

Low Parkamoor, Cumbria (Jerwood Charitable Foundation / Jerwood Visual Arts)

Arts Council of Wales Research and Development Grant

2014 Mark Devereux Projects, residency with Mark Houghton, Manchester

2011 Salt, Coastal Currents Residency, Hastings

CHRIS BROWNEWilliam Fletcher Foundation Scholar, April–June 2017chrisbrowneartist@gmail.com

Education1993–4 Florence Academy of Art, Florence1989–92 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney

Selected one person exhibitions 2016 Arch and Aperture, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney2011 Addition, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney2006 Capriccio, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney1998 Antipodes, Wanganui Arts Complex, Whanganui

Selected group exhibitions2017 June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2016 Archibald Portrait Prize, Sydney2007 Salon de Refuses, Sydney2005 Kedumba Drawing Prize, Sydney

Selected awards and residencies2017 William Fletcher Foundation Scholarship, British

School at Rome 2014 Blackheath Art Prize2008 Blackheath Art Prize2005 Blackheath Art Prize1992 Alice Bale Travelling Scholarship, Melbourne

Teaching2006–17 Figure and portrait painting, Julian Ashton

Art School

CAROLINE CLOUTIERQuébec Resident, January–March 2017www.carolinecloutier.netcaroline.cloutier@hotmail.fr

Education2006–9 BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal2002–5 College Degree in Fine Arts, Cégep Montmorency,

Laval

Selected one person exhibitions 2016 Contre-espaces: déploiements, Centre VU,

Ville de Québec Contre-espaces: emboîtements, Galerie Nicolas

Robert, Montréal2014 Vertige, Centre Clark, Montréal Vertige: les miroirs, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal Les sabliers, Centre Diagonale, Montréal2012 Dédale, Centre Circa, Montréal2010 Apprivoiser le familier, Action Art Actuel, Saint-

Jean-sur-Richelieu

Selected group exhibitions2017 March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2016 Secret Places, Kunstsammlung des Landes OÖ,

Linz

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Les temps suspendus, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe-Claire

Illusion, Nicolas Robert Gallery, Montréal2015 Moving Still / Still Moving, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal2014 The Antichamber, Feature Art Fair, Toronto Symposium d’art in situ, Les jardins du précambrien,

Val-David La sculpture en temps et lieux, Centre Circa,

Montréal2013 Autour de l’UQAM, Galerie d’Este, Montréal Anagramme d’une chaise, MC Plateau-Mont-Royal,

Montréal2012 Lieux communs, Warren G. Flowers Gallery,

Montréal 4th Drawing Biennale, Musée des Beaux-Arts,

Mont-Saint-Hilaire Des choses suspendues, MC Côte-des-Neiges,

Montréal Lieux communs, MC Plateau Mont-Royal, Montréal2010 Comme une poignée de flèches, MC Plateau-

Mont-Royal, Montréal

Selected awards and residencies2017 Quebec Residency, British School at Rome2016 International artist in residence, Kunstsammlung

des Landes OÖ, Linz International Residencies Grant, Canada Council Artist in residence, Sagamie, Alma Art in the Park, residency program by The Rooms

(St. John’s), Gros-Morne National Park, Terre-Neuve Development Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres

du Québec2014 Échange d’artistes et d’atelier-résidence entre

le Québec et la Haute-Autriche Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz

Project Grant to Visual Artist, Canada Council for the Arts

International Artist in Residence Grant, Cultural Office, Upper-Austria Government

Studios and Residencies Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

Nomination: Best Exhibition / Artists Run Center Category — Montréal, Gala des arts visuels

Symposium d’art in situ, Les jardins du précambrien, Fondation Derouin, Val-David

2013 Development Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

2012 Travel Grant, Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

Artist in residence, Sagamie, Alma Summer residency, Circa, Montréal 2011 Research residency, Centre d’Artistes Atelier Graff,

Montréal Grant for Up-and-coming Artists, Conseil des Arts

et des Lettres du Québec2009 Special Project Grant, Association Facultaire des

Étudiants en Arts, UQAM 2007 Development and Internship Grant, OQWBJ

CollectionsMusée National des Beaux Arts du Québec; private collections

GARY DEIRMENDJIANNational Art School, Sydney, Resident, April–June 2017www.garo.com.au

Education2006 MFA, Sculpture, National Art School, Sydney 1990 BEng (Aeronautical), Honours, University of New

South Wales, Sydney

Selected one person exhibitions 2016 age of stuff, invited artist, LS2 — project space,

Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney2014 BLUT & BRODEN — gunter christmann,

installation, Cellblock, National Art School, Sydney warehouse mutant — balaclava, site specific

installation, Pink William, Balaclava, Melbourne2013 MICROVIDS, touring exhibition produced by dLux

MediaArts, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay2012 MICROVIDS, Artereal Gallery, Sydney2011 skin, Artereal Gallery, Sydney2010 ECG, Project Space, Artereal Gallery, Sydney gary deirmendjian — a survey of a broad practice,

University of Western Sydney, Nepean Campus, Sydney

2009 gary deirmendjian works — short experimental movies, invited artist, LOOP Project Space, Melbourne

2007 gary deirmendjian, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney2006 a wrestling with art — monumental expressions,

Master’s Exhibition, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney

Selected group exhibitions2017 ‘High Noon’. Mostra degli artisti delle Accademie

di Francia, Germania, Gran Bretagna, Spagna, Stati Uniti e Svizzera, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Campo Boario Campus, Rome

June Mostra, Britsh School at Rome, Rome MINING PYRITE: the Armory Exhibition 2017,

invited artist, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park

thinkers & dreamers, invited artist and exhibition creator, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst

2016 Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

HIDDEN — Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Walk, finalist, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney

Artereal 10 th Anniversary Exhibition, invited artist, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

2015 Sculpture by the Sea — Aarhus, major public installation, Aarhus

2014 Bildhauen, invited artist, Dominik Mersche Gallery, Sydney

Subject to Ruin, invited artist, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney

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2013 Sculpture by the Sea — Aarhus, finalist, major public installation, Aarhus

2012 EXCAVATION: the Armory Exhibition 2012, invited artist, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park

Sculpture in the Vines, invited artist — ambassador, Wollombi, Hunter Valley

UWS Sculpture Award & Exhibition, finalist, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

2011 Sculpture by the Sea — Aarhus, invited artist, major public installation, Aarhus

Willoughby Sculpture Prize, finalist, Willoughby Incinerator Art Space, Sydney

Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

2010 Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

Sculpture at Sawmillers, finalist, Sawmillers Reserve, McMahons Point, Sydney

Cranium, invited artist, Artereal Gallery, Sydney MFA Survey Exhibition 2010, NAS Gallery,

National Art School, Sydney Sculpture 2010, invited artist, Brenda May Gallery,

Sydney 2009 Art at the Armory, invited artist, Newington Armory,

Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, invited artist,

Cottesloe Beach, Perth 46, Folk 1, invited artist, SNO — Contemporary Art

Projects, Sydney2008 57th Blake Prize, finalist, NAS Gallery, National Art

School, Sydney 3D Painting, invited artist, Conny Dietzschold

Gallery, Sydney UWS Sculpture Award & Exhibition, finalist,

University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

2007 Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award 2007, finalist, McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin

National Photographic Portrait Prize, finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

2006 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist, Werribee Park, Melbourne

ELEMENTS, invited artist, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney

2005 Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

East Coast Sculpture Show — 10th, invited artist, Thursday Plantation, Ballina

The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, finalist, Werribee Park, Melbourne

Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole, invited artist, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

2004 UWS Sculpture Award & Exhibition, finalist, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

National Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, finalist, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne

Sculpture 2004, invited artist, Maunsell Wickes Gallery — Woollahra, Sydney

2003 East Coast Sculpture Show — 8th, finalist, Thursday Plantation, Ballina

less is more, invited artist, BMG Art, Adelaide Sculpture in the Vines, invited artist, Tallavera Grove

Vineyard, Hunter Valley2002 Sculpture by the Sea — Bondi, finalist, Bondi

to Tamarama coastline, Sydney Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, finalist,

Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney

Selected awards and residencies2017 National Art School, Sydney, Residency, British

School at Rome

Awarded numerous private and public commissions and invitations to create major public installations and interventions internationally. Please see website for details

Teaching2012 Sessional Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney

CollectionsRepresented in numerous institutional and private collections. Please see website for details

MARIA DE LIMAAbbey Fellow in Painting, October–December 2016www.mariadelima.co.ukmariadelima@hotmail.co.uk

Education2012–15 PgDip, Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, London2005–8 BA (Hons), Painting, Camberwell College of Arts

(UAL), London

Selected one person exhibition 2016 An Exit Soft to the Touch, ANDOR, London

Selected group exhibitions2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Modest Villa Immense Versailles, Kinman Gallery,

London Rose, Tower, The Kennington Residency, London2015 Outpost Members’ Show Selected by Nik Void,

Outpost, Norwich Royal Academy Schools Show, Royal Academy

Schools, London2014 A Union of Voices, Horatio Jr, London Conscientia: Latin American Consciousness, Lloyds

Club, London IVI Art Party, IVI, London2013 Art (After), ANDOR, London2011 Curfew Tower Residency Show, Catalyst Arts,

Belfast

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The Day of Saint George, Home Front, London2010 By Means of Matter, Generator Projects, Dundee2009 Filed of Sets — Pt I Conjunction, Peckham Rye

Multi-storey Car Park, London2008 Witness / N14, L’Avant Rue, Paris Furnished, 122 Lyndhurst Way, London Afterword, The Hall, London

Selected awards and residencies2016 Abbey Fellowship in Painting, British School at Rome2015 Agnes Ethel Mackay Travel Award2014 Peter Rippon Travel Scholarship, New York 2012 Trelex Residency, Trelex2010 Catalyst Arts Curfew Tower Residency, Curfew Generator Projects Residency, Dundee Field Resident Artist, London

MARIA FARRARDerek Hill Foundation Scholar, October–December 2016

Education2016 MFA, Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, University

College London 2012 BFA, Fine Art, University of Oxford

Selected one person exhibitions2017 Straits, Mother’s Tank Station, Dublin2016 Marine, Supplement Gallery, London2014 Philippine Embassy, London

Selected group exhibitions2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Paris Internationale, Mother’s Tankstation, Paris Sunday Art Fair, Supplement Gallery, London Pink Density, Clovis XV, Brussels2014 Curious Struggle, Arthouse1, London Debate, Curate, Collaborate, The Greenroom

Gallery, Krakow

Selected awards and residencies2016 Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship, British School

at Rome Melville Nettleship Prize, University College London Gwen John Scholarship, University College London 2013 Artist in residence, Mill Hill County High School,

London2010 John Farthing Anatomy Prize, University of Oxford

CollectionsMagdalen College Library, Oxford; Government Art Collection UK; Mother’s Tank Station, Dublin; private collections

GRANT FOSTERRome Fellow in Contemporary Art, October–December 2016www.grantfoster.org

Education 2010–12 MA, Fine Art, Painting, Royal College of Art, London2001–4 BA, Fine Art, Painting, University of Brighton

Selected one person exhibitions2017 Ground, Figure, Sky, Tintype, London2016 Popular Insignia, Galleria Acappella, Naples2015 Salad Days, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York2014 Holy Island, Chandelier Projects, London

Selected group exhibitions2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome The Classical, Transition Gallery, London SPORE, Kennington Residency, London Miami Vice, Transition Gallery, London2015 Carnival Glass, Block 336, London CURE, Transition Gallery, London The Alembic of Creative Thought, Westminster

Waste, London Figuratively Speaking, Marcelle Joseph Projects,

Heike Moras Gallery, London2014 The Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London East London Painting Prize, Strand House, London Rx for Viewing (with Jesse Wine), Ana Cristea

Gallery, New York2013 Art Britannia, Miami Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Spike Island,

Bristol and ICA, London Implausible Imposters, Ceri Hand Gallery, London Creekside Open, selected by Paul Noble and Ceri

Hand2012 Backwards Man, CGP London2011 Memory of a Hope, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool The Future Can Wait presents Polemically Small,

Torrance Art Museum, Torrance2010 Between a Hole and a Home, James Taylor Gallery,

London2009 Royal Academy Summer Show, London2008 John Moores 25, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Selected awards and residencies2016 Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art, British School

at Rome2010 Leverhulme Bursary, London2008 John Moores 25, Prizewinner, Liverpool

CollectionsPrivate collections; Royal College of Art

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MORGAN GOSTWYCK-LEWISScholars’ Prize-winner in Architecture, January–March 2017morgan.g.lewis@gmail.com

Education2014 BArch (AIA), Cooper Union, New York2010 MA, Architecture (RIBA), University of Cambridge

Selected one person exhibition2014 Natural Error, Cooper Union, New York

Selected group exhibitions2017 March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2014 Open City, Cooper Union, New York

Selected awards and residencies2017 Scholars’ Prize in Architecture, British School

at Rome2014 Menschel Fellowship, Cooper Union, New York2013 Cooper Mack Fellowship, Cooper Union, New York2011 President’s Medal Commendation for Dissertation,

RIBA, London2010 David Wye Roberts Memorial Prize for the

Highest Distinction in Thesis Writing, University of Cambridge

Teaching2016–17 Critic, University of Westminster, London Critic, London Metropolitan University, London2016 Studio Trip Assistant, Royal College of Art, London

PETER MCDONALDAbbey Fellow in Painting, April–June 2017www.katemacgarry.com

Education1997–2000 PgDip, Royal Academy Schools, London1993–5 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Central Saint Martins School

of Art, London

Selected one person exhibitions2017 Mushrooms of Language, Kate Macgarry, London2011–12 Visitor, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,

Kanazawa2009 Art on the Underground, public commission for

Southwark Station, London

Selected group exhibitions2017 June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2016 Roppongi Art Night, More Art Museum, Tokyo Making and Unmaking, Camden Arts Centre,

London2007 Like Colour in Pictures, Aspen Art Museum,

Colorado

Selected awards and residencies2017 Abbey Fellowship in Painting, British School

at Rome

2008 First Prize Winner, John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize

2000 Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac Award

CollectionsGovernment Art Collection; 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

NEIL MCNALLYAbbey Fellow in Painting, January–March 2017www.neilmcnally.cominfo@neilmcnally.com

Education2009 MA, Painting, Royal College of Art, London2005 BA, Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University

of London

Selected exhibitions2017 March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome 2016 Lle Celf, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru,

Abergavenny2015 Localism, mima, Middlesbrough A Brief Flirtation with Corduroy, School of Art,

Birmingham City University, Birmingham2014 Roy Chubby Brown is Coming Home for Christmas,

Constantine Gallery, Teesside University, Middlesbrough

Far Off Things, Cardiff Contemporary, Cardiff Change at Crewe, The Studio, Llandudno2012 Residency, La Plate-forme, Dunkerque The Belgian Synesthesia Association, Motorcade /

Flashparade, Bristol Working-class Housing in 19th-century Britain,

Flock Gallery, European Centre for Photographic Research, University of Wales, Newport

The Man Don’t Give a Fuck, Motorcade / Flashparade, Bristol

2011 The Institute of Mental Health is Burning, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport

Painterly Effluvia, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle and Norman Rea Gallery, University of York

Nothing Gold Can Stay, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe

... so schon?, Nassauscher Kunstverein, Wiesbaden TVOD, Transition Gallery, London Face Value, Newport Museum and Art Gallery,

Newport 2010 Hell in a Handcart, Opposite 48 Hoxton Square,

London Heliotrope, Vulpes Vulpes, London Stay Lucky, Centre for Recent Drawing, London2009 CrASH, 110 Warner Road, London PALIMPSEST, 29 Thurloe Place, London Through the Wall, A Foundation, Rochelle School,

London RCA Show One, Royal College of Art, London

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Selected awards and residencies2017 Abbey Fellowship in Painting, British School at Rome2014 Wheatley Fellowship, Birmingham City University,

Birmingham2013 Artist in Residence, Teesside University,

Middlesbrough Axisweb Developing Writing on the Contemporary

Visual Arts2012 Transfert 2012 Residency, La Plate-Forme,

Dunkerque Blueprint 2012 Curators Award, Motorcade /

Flashparade, Bristol2009 Oberon Book Illustration Award2008 Paris Studio Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts,

Paris2007 Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers Award Villiers David Travel Award Winner of Celeste Art Prize Public Online Vote Prize

CollectionsPrivate collections worldwide

CATHERINE PARSONAGESainsbury Scholar in Painting and Sculpture, October 2016–September 2017 www.catherineparsonage.comcatherineparsonage@hotmail.co.uk

Education 2011–13 MA, Painting, Royal College of Art, London2009–11 BA, Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University

Selected one person exhibitions2016 Catherine Parsonage: GRANPALAZZO,

Bosse and Baum, Zagarolo Catherine Parsonage, Art Rotterdam, House

of Egorn, Rotterdam 2015 a wrist that turns, House of Egorn, Berlin

Selected group exhibitions 2017 June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Full for it: Catherine Parsonage & Tomaso De Luca,

Garbo’s, Rome Paris is Burning, Garbo’s, Rome March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Le nouveau voyeurisme, Hotel Contemporary, Milan 2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2015 Rhythm, Movement, Caesura: Vesta Kroese

& Catherine Parsonage, Lychee One, London2014 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, World Museum,

Liverpool Manchester Contemporary: Rogue Project Space,

Granada Studios, Manchester Alex Mackin Dolin, Catherine Parsonage, Amalia

Ulman, Spazio Cabinet, Milan 2013 I DID DID I, ASC Gallery, London 21st Century & Design RCA — 2013, Christie’s,

London

Honeymoon, The Triangle Space, Chelsea School of Art and Design, London

2012 RCA Secret, Henry Moore Gallery, London BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery,

London, Wolverhampton, Glasgow

Selected awards and residencies 2016–17 Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture,

British School at Rome2015 Villa Lena Fellowship, Villa Lena, Palaia 2012–14 Basil Alkazzi Scholarship, London 2012 Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

Teaching 2012–15 Visiting Artist, Manchester Metropolitan University

KATE POWERHelpmann Academy Resident, April–June 2017katepowerartist.comkatekapowkapow@gmail.com

Education2009–14 Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours), South

Australian School of Art

Selected one person exhibitions 2016 Slipping Down, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne Things Between You and Me, Contemporary Art

Centre of South Australia: Project Space, Adelaide2015 Silent Sigh, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne all that effort and desire, Fontanelle Gallery,

Adelaide

Selected group exhibitions 2017 June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Holding is Next to Knowing, Sister Gallery,

Adelaide Mothership, Fontanelle Gallery, Port Adelaide Track, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide 2016 Once There Was There Wasn’t, NARS Foundation

Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Major Tender, Contemporary Art Centre of South

Australia, Adelaide Co-Curator of Vote For Me at FELTspace,

Fontanelle Gallery and Format Gallery, Adelaide The Five Hour Show, The Icelandic Association

of Visual Arts, Reykjavik Interface, Gallery Central, Perth2015 Unsettle, Paper Mountain ARI, Perth Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition,

Helpmann Academy, Adelaide2014 Grid Festival, Dymaxion Lab, Adelaide2013 Ustopia, FELTspace, Adelaide Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney Bigger Than Me, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide2012 Format Always Wins, Format Festival, Adelaide The Universe ... or Nothing, Format Collective

Gallery, Adelaide

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Roseanne Angry, Format Collective Gallery, Adelaide Drawn In, Seedling Art Space, Blackwood2011 Tooth and Nail Grand Opening Exhibition, Tooth

and Nail Gallery, Adelaide

Selected awards and residencies 2017 Helpmann Academy Residency, British School

at Rome2016 NARS Foundation Residency, Brooklyn, New York SIM, Samband Ilsenskra Myndlistarmanna (The

Association of Icelandic Visual Art), Reykjavik Adelaide Visual Art Critics Emerging Artist Award Carclew Project and Development Grant round 1 Helpmann Academy Grant round 1 2015 Helpmann Academy Grant rounds 1 and 2 Carclew Project Grant round 22014 Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation, South

Australian School of Art, University of South Australia

Constance Gordon Johnson Prize for Sculpture

SINTA TANTRAThe Bridget Riley Fellow, January–June 2017www.sintatantra.comstudio@sintatantra.com

Education2003–6 PgDip, Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, London2000–3 BA, Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University

College London

Selected public art commissions 2017 1947, commissioned by Folkestone Triennial,

Folkestone Pallio Drappallone, commissioned by Comune

di Siena, Siena The Sound of Colour, commissioned by St Paul’s

Way Medical Centre, London2016 A Means of Liberation, commissioned by Newnham

College, Cambridge2015 Songdo, commissioned by the South Korean

Government, Songdo Sensory Garden, commissioned by Bristol Royal

Infirmary Hospital, Bristol The Eccentricity of Zero, commissioned by Royal

British Society of Sculptors, London2015 Greater Reality of Elsewhere, commissioned

by Locwus International, Swansea2012 Together Yet Forever Apart, commissioned

by Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool A Beautiful Sunset Mistaken for a Dawn,

commissioned by Canary Wharf, London

Selected one person exhibitions 2016 A Romance of Many Dimensions, Pearl Lam Gallery,

Hong Kong2015 Fantastic / Chromatic, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery,

London

Essence of a Thing, House of St Barnabas, London Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra, Choi and Lager

Gallery, Cologne2011 Dynamic, Maximum, Tension, Liverpool Biennial,

Liverpool2010 Politics of Seduction, Stanley Picker Gallery,

Kingston University, London Arsenic Fantasy, Gaya Fusion Gallery, Bali2009 Real Phoney, Monika Bobinska Gallery, London2008 A Good Time and a Half!, commissioned by The

Southbank Centre, London

Selected group exhibitions 2017 ‘High Noon’. Mostra degli artisti delle Accademie

di Francia, Germania, Gran Bretagna, Spagna, Stati Uniti e Svizzera, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Campo Boario Campus, Rome

June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Identify Your Limitations, Acknowledge your

Periphery, Vitrine Gallery, Basel Changing Perspective, Jogja National Museum,

Yogyakarta March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Quotidian, Pearl Lam Gallery, Shanghai I Lost my Heart to a Spaceship Trooper, Griffin

Gallery, London2016 Lost and Found: Place, Space and Identity, World

Trade Centre, Jakarta Painting Now, Riccardo Crespi Gallery, Milan 2015 Infinity in Flux, ART | JOG | 8, Yogyakarta Inspired by Soane, Sir John Soane’s Museum,

London 2014 Bend Sinister, i-CAN, Yogyakarta What You See is What You See, Sinta Tantra and

Carsten Fock, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London Gatekeeper, William Holman Gallery, New York2013 ICAD, Indonesia Contemporary Art and Design,

Jakarta The Fine Line, Identity Gallery, Hong Kong Nick Hornby & Sinta Tantra: Collaborative Works,

Canary Wharf, London2012 Confined, NEST, The Hague2011 Apocalypstick, The Nunnery Gallery, London

Selected awards and residencies2017 The Bridget Riley Fellowship, British School at Rome2015 Shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting

Prize 2014 International Development Fund, Art Council UK

and British Council2012 First Prize, Painting and Decorating Industry Award The Royal British Society of Sculptors AHRBS2010 Shortlisted for the Jerwood Contemporary Painting

Prize2009 British Council Grant Courvosier ‘The Future 500’ in partnership with

The Observer Newspaper2007 Arts Council England Grant Westminster Civic Award, Public Arts

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2006 The Deutsche Bank Award in Fine Art The Gordon Luton Award, The Worshipful Company

of Painter-Stainers Trust2005 Michael Moser Award2003–6 Paul Smith Scholarship at The Royal Academy

of Arts 2002 Henry Moore Sculpture Fund Award

CollectionsBenetton Collection; Government Art Collection UK; various private international collections

VIVIEN ZHANGAbbey Scholar in Painting, October 2016–June 2017www.vivienzhang.com

Education2014 MA, Painting, Royal College of Art, London2008 BA, Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University

College London

Selected one / two person exhibitions2017 Vivien Zhang and Thomas van Linge, The Ryder,

London Vivien Zhang, Monteverdi, Castiglioncello del

Trinoro Solo Presentation, MiArt, Milan2016 South of Meaning: Travis Jeppesen and Vivien

Zhang; accompanying interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist, House of Egorn, Berlin

Cavity Drift, Galerie Huit, Hong Kong2015 Surf the Anodyne: the Chadwell Award 2014–15

Exhibition, The Rum Factory, London Deeper Bite: Teresita Dennis & Vivien Zhang,

Lychee One, London

Selected group exhibitions2017 Group Presentation, Art Basel, Basel ‘High Noon’. Mostra degli artisti delle Accademie

di Francia, Germania, Gran Bretagna, Spagna, Stati Uniti e Svizzera, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Campo Boario Campus, Rome

June Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome All as Long Distance Neighbours, SOYUZ, Pescara March Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome2016 December Mostra, British School at Rome, Rome Cue Collision, House of Egorn | London Lounge,

London Trembling Surfaces, Long March Space, Beijing Beyond Borders, Blain | Southern, London Sunny Side Up!, Rook & Raven, London Paper.Publications.Performance, Lychee One,

London2015 Visions from a New Generation: Celebrating 165

(Swarovski commission), Lane Crawford, Shanghai Repeat / Spiral, Renke Art, Hangzhou East London Painting Prize 2015, The Rum Factory,

London

Mapping in Memory, House of Egorn, Berlin2014 Saatchi New Sensations 2015, Victoria House,

London

Selected awards and residencies2016–17 Abbey Scholarship in Painting, British School

at Rome2014–15 The Chadwell Award (Residency), London 2014 Shortlisted, East London Painting Prize 2015,

London Shortlisted, Saatchi New Sensations, London Winner, Riverlight Award: large-scale commission

artwork in association with Futurecity, St James, and the Royal College of Art, London

Awardee, Drake’s fashion house collaboration, London

2013 Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris2009 Awardee, Andor Scholarship Award, Slade School

of Fine Art, University College London

Teaching2014 Visiting Artist, Slade School of Fine Art, University

College London Visiting Artist, Goldsmiths, University of London

CollectionsAspen Collection, London; Chadwell Collection, London; Royal College of Art, London; St James Group, London; Swarovski Archive

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