Pamela See
To Long Life [Crysanthenum and Lily] (2007)
Canson Mi-Teintes paper
53 x 46 cm

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
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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
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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
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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