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Lives and works in Brisbane, Australia.

Bridie Gillman is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by ideas of place, and the ways in which experiences and memories shape our perspective of a site.

Bridie Gillman graduated from Queensland College of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) in 2013. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally, including Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane; Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney; The Walls, Gold Coast; Blindside, Melbourne and Run Amok, George Town, Malaysia. She is a past finalist of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, 15 Artists, the MAMA National Photography Prize, and in 2019 was winner of the Moreton Bay Region Art Award.  She has undertaken residencies in Kedewatan, Indonesia, in 2019 and George Town, Malaysia, in 2015, among others. In addition to her own art practice, Gillman is co-director of STABLE, an artist-run initiative in Brisbane.

EDUCATION

2013  Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours (Class 1), Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022  Quiet of day, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2021  Unreliable Memories, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
Amongst, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2020  A space between walls, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
With the sun in my eyes, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019  Before the leaves turn, SCAPE at Studio 125 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wide eyed, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2017  After, Innerspace Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Overnight, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2016  From here, Spiro|Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
You and I, we’ve got the same blood running through us, Cut Thumb, Brisbane
2015  Round Island Tour, Run Amok Gallery, George Town, Malaysia
Makeshift Monuments, A-CH Gallery, Brisbane
Moonbird, Gallery Ten, Hobart
2014  Translations, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
2013  Baggage Claim, Witchmeat, Brisbane

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022  Hugo Michell Gallery presents, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney
After Fairweather, Caboolture Regional Gallery, Caboolture
2021  CASCADE, Outer Space, Brisbane
Liminal States, The Old Lock Up, Maroochydore
2020  New Collectors, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2019  Breathing room, Collaborative show with Woven Kolektif, Cement Fondu, Sydney
Brisbane Art Design, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
Looking here, looking north, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
2018  10th Anniversary Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Platform 10, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2017  Woven, Verge Gallery, Sydney

2016  AusAsia, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2015  Anywhere, Elsewhere, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
The height of a mountain, the width of a valley, Metro Arts, Brisbane
The moment something is understood it begins to be forgotten, Blindside, Melbourne
Blue Monaro, Collaboration with Kylie Spear, The Walls Artspace, Gold Coast
2014  Day-Day! [dede], Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Air, 107 Projects, Sydney
2013  LiMEN: Graduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Crossing borders: video art, place and identity, The Hold Artspace at Northshore Containerval Festival, Brisbane
Middle Ground, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
EXIST-ENCE 5 Performance Art Festival, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
Arus Balik, Sanggar Bangun Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2012  +mas, Addition Gallery, Brisbane
2011  Coalesce, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2020  The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize, Brisbane (finalist)
2019  Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney (finalist) 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Brisbane (finalist)
Moreton Bay Art Award, Brisbane (Winner)
2018  Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney (finalist)
2016  PRIZENOPRIZE, The Walls Artspace, Gold Coast (finalist)
Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane (finalist)
MAMA; Murray Art Museum Albury (finalist)
2013  The GAS: Graduate Art Show  Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane

RESIDENCIES

2019  Kedewatan Residency Program, Ubud, Indonesia
2018  Outer Space Summer studio residency, Brisbane
2017  Carbon, George Town, Malaysia
2015  Rimbun Dahan at Hotel Penaga, George Town, Malaysia 2014 Ketjil Bergerak, Yogyakarta, Indonesia