Curriculum Vitae

Simone Eisler Born Brisbane 1975

EDUCATION / TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2007-9 Doctorate of Visual Arts Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2006 Lecturer, 3d Art and Design, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2005 Drawing Coordinator, Australian Indigenous Contemporary Art, Griffith University
2001-5 Tutor, Australian Indigenous Contemporary Art: Griffith University
2004 Sculpture/Installation Workshop Coordinator, Minister Arts Awards, Qld Art Gallery
2000 Bachelor of Visual Arts Hons, Fine Art, Sculpture, Queensland College of Art
1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Fine Art, Sculpture, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS - performances/installations/screenings
2009 (Upcoming November) The Armoured Forest, 2009 Arc Biennial of Art, Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
2009 Invisible Harvest, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2008 Anima Requiem, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2006 Anima Requiem, Whitebox Gallery, Qld College of Art, Griffith University
2001 The Dynamic of the Feminine, Artrageous Artspace, Brisbane
1998 A Unique Case of Interspecies, Urban Groove Artspace, Brisbane
1998 Sexy Little Critters on Stage, Magazine Space Eagle St Pier, Brisbane
1988 Little Critters, Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane
1996 Sirens, Hot Shots Kitchen, Red Hill

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2009
 (Current) Kemp Park Place, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane City Council,
2007
 Moonlit Menagerie, Brisbane Foreshore, Brisbane City Council,
 To Journey, Riverton Parenting Centre, Queensland Government,
 Hybrid Fantasia, Brisbane City Council: Lower Moora Park Playground,
 Moon Passing, Flinders Parade, Brisbane City Council,
 Moon Harvest, Brisbane Foreshore, Brisbane City Council,
 The Vines, Kalinga Park, Brisbane City Council, Sculptural Playground,
2004
 Sea of Houses, RE>GROWTH, Temporary Public Art, Redland Shire Council,
 The Peninsula, Forest Lake, Delphin and Lend Lease,
 Dining Room, Art Arch Infinite Temporary Public Art Project Slab, Brisbane City Council,
2003
 Urchin Dreaming, Varsity Lakes Gold Coast, Delphin and Lend Lease,
 Zoomorphic Jewels, Federation Park, Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce,
 Morning Glory, Riverside Regional Park Development Brisbane City Council,
2002
 Mythical Creatures, 175 Eagle St, Consolidated Properties, Brisbane,
 Tumbling Fish, Leda Constructions, Victoria Point Brisbane,
2001
 Aspirations on the way up, Art Built-In, Queensland Government, Brisbane Youth
Detention Centre,
2000
 Bush Bush, Nightclub Interior Design, Novotel Hotel Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS - performances/installations/screenings
2009
 Launch Clayton Utz Traveling Art Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane
 Moreton Bay Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, Brisbane
2008
 Rebirth, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2007
 Anima Requiem, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
La Revanche des Genres. Contemporary Australian Art, Les Brasseurs, Liege and Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
 Manufactured, Raw Space Galleries, Brisbane
2006
 Finalist Exhibition, Artworkers’ Award, Raw Space Galleries, Brisbane
Spring Works, E3 Gallery, East 3rd St, New York
2005
 Deo de la Meurtos, E3 Gallery, East 3rd St, New York
 Finalist Exhibition, Artworkers Award, Brisbane,
 Cultivating Eden, Bush Garden, (Collaboration with Arno King), Museum of Brisbane,
2004
 Four Thought, Four Female Sculptors, Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane,
 Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane,
2003
 Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Maria Perides Gallery, Brisbane,
 Senses, SOURCE 22 Gallery, Fortitude Valley,
2002
 The Kin Kin Experience, Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery, Brisbane,
Conspectus, (curated by Jose da Silva), 51 Merivale St, Brisbane,
2001
Gene Pool, Modus Studios, Brisbane,
 Peepshow, Modus Studios, Brisbane,
 Brisbane's Emerging Talent, Modus Studios, Brisbane,
1999
 Heartland, Smith and Stonely Gallery, Brisbane,
 Amorous Animations, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, Brisbane,
1998
 System C: Art and Technology, Carbon Studios, Brisbane,
 Apparatus: Kinetic Sculpture, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane,
 Women imaging women, Australian Embassy Gallery, Manila, Philippines,
 Imabuhae, BARAMASA Gallery, Manila, Philippines,
 Peepshow: Video and Photography, Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane,
1997
 Freakshow, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, Southbank Parklands, Brisbane,
 Solitary Confinement, Boggo Road Gaol, Brisbane,

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
 Cannon Hill Anglican College, Brisbane, Artist-in-residence, March 2009,
 Arts Queensland Career Development Grant, 2008,
 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, Artist-in-residence, January 2008,
 Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University, Research Grant, 2007,
 PAF (Performing Arts Forum), Artist-in-residence, St Erme, France, October 2007,
 Australia Council Studio Manila, Philippines, Post-Graduate Artist-in-residence, 1997.

PUBLICATIONS
 Ham, S, (2006) Artworker Summer Edition, Emerging Artist Profile, Artworkers’ Alliance, Brisbane,
 Campbell, J, (2004) Local Art Issue #17 December 2004 Re>Growth Imagining Nature, The Farm Artspace, Brisbane
 Lehmann, S, (2004) Absolutely Public Crossover: Art and Architecture, Images Publishing, Australia
 Gibson, L and Besley, J, (2004) Monumental Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Australia
 Maclean, S, (2004) Shell of a House December 10 Courier Mail
 Sorensen, R, and Aldred, D, (2004) City Ignites September 1 Courier Mail

COLLECTIONS
Queensland State Government,
Pine Rivers Regional Art Gallery,
Brisbane City Council,
Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce,
Consolidated Properties,
Delphin and Lend Lease,
Leda Constructions,
Novotel Hotel Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia,
Private collections in Australia, the Philippines and Paris.