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Pamela
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Biography
| Born | 28 March 1979, Brisbane |
Education
| 2001 | Masters of Business (MBus), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
| 2000 | Graduate Diploma of Communications (GradDipBus), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane |
| 1999 | Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | The
Fold, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Modernity, Egg Gallery, Beijing, China Grey Water, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland Entropy, John Paynter Gallery, The Lock-up Cultural Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| 2009 | On
the Move, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Queensland
Impact, Logan Art Gallery, Queensland Insurgent, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 | Intervention,
Museum of Brisbane, Queensland
Prohibition, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Float,
Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Consumption, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | He (her; unstressed), TCB art inc., Melbourne |
| 2005 | Home to Roost, The Vitrine, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane |
| 2004 | Eco-Tourism,
SOApBOx Gallery, Brisbane
Flocking Down Under, Umbrella Studio, Townsville |
Selected Site-specific Installations
| 2009 | Conflux
City, as part of the Conflux Festival, New York, NY, USA
The Brown Cloud, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA |
| 2008 | In
the Shade of Willow, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Homebush, Sydney
Surface Tension, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin Offshore Processing, 24:7 Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales |
| 2007 | High and Mighty, Lowly and Meek, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin |
| 2006 | Taking
like a fish to..., KickArts, Cairns, Queensland
Chinese Takeaway, The Window@QPAC, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane |
| 2005 | Home to Roost, The Vitrine, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane |
| 2004 | A Change in Frequency, Starterspace, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2003 | Window of Opportunity, Artspace Mackay, Queensland |
Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | New
Acquisitions, Parliament House, Canberra
Paper Trail: Drawings from the collection, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales Downside, Metro Arts, Brisbane Synchronicity, Redcliffe City Gallery, Queensland |
| 2009 | A
Chinese Legacy, The University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
One World, One Home, Qing Tong Museum, City of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Spectral Bequest, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane Coming Home: 37 Chinese Australian Artists, Linda Gallery, Beijing, China Object and Construct, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne Art on Paper, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney Paper, KickArts, Cairns, Queensland |
| 2008 | The
Year of the Bird, Hawkesbury Regional Galley, Windsor, New South Wales
Bird Flower, Egg Gallery, Beijing, China Heavenly Bodies, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney Shoot low! They are riding Shetlands, Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane Papercut, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin Multiplex, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney From Mao to Now, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Homebush, Sydney ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award 2008, ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney Bird Watching: A selection of works by Queensland artists, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland Scissors as Brush, Two Lines Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Exploration
7, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Shift: Changing Places, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales Open Door: Artists in Residence in Beijing, 798/Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China Ways of Being, Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China Installation Mode, NY Arts, Beijing, China My Own Private Oasis, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| 2006 | Pacific
Edge, Artspace Mackay, Queensland
A Summer Still Life, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane Animals as Allegory, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane |
| 2005–08 | Echoes of Home: Memory and mobility in recent Austral-Asian art, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia; Geraldton Art Gallery, Western Australia; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | San
Bao Zhi, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Lingua Franca: ARC Art Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Hall, Queensland Thing, What is on Our Side, Rocket Art, Newcastle, New South Wales The Home Show, Intrude Gallery, Melbourne CALD Exhibition, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane |
| 2002 | Yellow Children’s Art Exhibition for Chinese New Year, Hands On Art, Brisbane |
| 2001 | Scissors, Paper, Stone, Modus Studios, Brisbane |
| 1999 | Cluster, Campbell Mahoney Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1998 | The Exhibition for No Apparent Reason, Grunt Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1997 | Dolls and Other Objects, Palma Rosa Gallery, Brisbane |
Commissions
| Art
Built-in, South Bank Parklands, Brisbane
Brisbane Central Towers, 136 Albert Street, Brisbane Crown Casino, Melbourne Crown Towers, Taipa Island, Macau, China Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory Donor Boards, Mater Mothers’ Hospital, South Brisbane Stockwell, 199 Grey Street, South Bank, Brisbane The Opposite House, Beijing, China |
Selected Awards and Grants
| 2009 | Professional Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Canberra |
| 2006 | Commended,
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra, Queensland
Creative Sparks, Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship, Brisbane |
| 2005 | Australia-China Council General Funding, Brisbane |
| 2004 | Regional Art Development Fund, Mackay, Queensland |
| 2001 | Small Project Grant, Arts Queensland, Brisbane |
| 1998 | Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane |
Bibliography
| Aldred,
Debra. ‘A celebration of cultural diversity’, The Courier-Mail, 4 February
2002
Anon. Art Built-in South Bank, Public Art Agency, Arts Queensland, Brisbane, 2002 Anon. ‘Community Focus Key of Festival’, The Daily Mercury, 24 February 2003 Anon. ‘Intransient’, Map Magazine, 5 March 2005 Anon. ‘Pivot Points’, Townsville Sun, 30 May 2004 Bates, Elizabeth. ‘Pamela Mei-Leng See’, in Clark, Christine. Echoes of Home: Memory and mobility in recent Austral-Asian art [ex. cat.], Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 2005 Bladen, Victoria. ‘Animals as Allegory’, Machine, Vol 1, No. 4, 2006 Chester, Rodney. ‘Art of the state will be off the wall’, The Courier-Mail, 3 July 2002 Craig, Gordon. ‘Exquisite Precision’, World of Antiques & Art, February 2005 Craig, Gordon. Ways of Being [ex. cat], Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China, 2007 Croll, Catherine. ‘Pamela See’, Coming Home: 37 Chinese Australian Artists [ex. cat.], Sydney Olympic Park Authority, 2009 English, L. ‘Bread and Butter’, Time Off, 6 February 2002 Hampson, Jane. ‘Paper Cuts’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, January–March 2008 Higson, Rosalie. ‘Fluid Bridges to China’, The Australian, 11 February 2008 Giliberto, R. ‘Artist draws on cultural background’, Townsville Bulletin, 27 May 2004 Lord, C. ‘Folk Art’, Home, 5 June 2005 Maier, Heidi. ‘On the move: Pamela Mei-Leng See’, Art Guide Australia, January/February 2009 Robson, Diana. The Year of the Bird [ex. cat.], Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, 2008 Rogers, Emma. ‘Homage to her Chinese heritage’, The Courier-Mail, 22 November 2006 Rothnie, Susan. Bird Watching: A selection of works by Queensland artists [ex. cat.], Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland, 2008 See, Pamela. Paper [ex. cat.], KickArts, Cairns, 2009 See, Pamela. ‘Insurgent’, Pamela Mei-Leng See, [ex. cat.], Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, 2009 Turner, Tonya. ‘Traditional art of papercutting’, The Courier-Mail, 27 September 2007 |
Collections
| National
Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Parliament House, Canberra Artbank, Sydney Artspace Mackay, Queensland Griffith University, Brisbane Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane The Lock-up Cultural Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales The University of Queensland, Brisbane Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney Brisbane Airport Corporation, Queensland Brisbane City Council, Queensland Crown Casino, Melbourne Crown Towers, Taipa Island, Macau, China Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane Grand Hyatt, Wanchai, Hong Kong Hawkesbury One, Newcastle, New South Wales International Buddhist Association of Queensland, Brisbane McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Brisbane Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens, Queensland Mater Mothers’ Hospital, Brisbane Queensland Transport, Brisbane Swires Properties Ltd, Beijing, China |