Artist Statement
As a proud palawa,Tasmanian Aboriginal woman with strong connections to my ancestral home of tebrakunna in the north-east of Tasmania, my art practice seeks to bring attention to historical, cultural and political events that have been ignored or buried by colonial histories. I work across sculpture, photography and mixed-media to assert a living and dynamic culture.
Artist Bio & CV
Mandy Quadrio was born in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from a Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art degree at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University in 2016, she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts achieving 1st Class Honours. Mandy is currently a Doctoral candidate in Fine Arts at Griffith University.
Mandy Quadrio
Born: Melbourne, Australia
Mob/Country: pairabeene clan, tebrakunna, Coastal Plains Nation, north-east Tasmania; Oyster Bay Nation, eastern Tasmania
Education
2018 – Doctoral candidate in Visual Arts (DVA) Queensland College of Arts (QCA), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
2017 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) 1st Class, QCA, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
2014 – 2016 Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (C.A.I.A.), Queensland College of Art (QCA), Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland
2013 Certificate III in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts, Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
2002 – 2007 Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology), University of Queensland (partial completion)
Exhibitions
2019 (upcoming) Hobiennale, Hobart, Tasmania
movement at the edge, solo exhibition, Outer Space, Brisbane
with a steely resolve, solo exhibition, Firstdraft, Sydney
the country within, solo exhibition, Institute of Modern Art Belltower, Brisbane
face to face to face, BEAUT (Brisbane & Elsewhere Art UnTriennial), Kuiper Projects, Brisbane
Pacifica Symposium exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2018 Around and Within, Macquarie Bank Art Collection, Barangaroo, Sydney
Unleashed, Artisan, Brisbane
Converse, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
Speaking Beyond the Vitrine, solo exhibition, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Hatched, National Graduate Art Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
Continuing Culture, Maiwar Festival, Art Space Vitrines, Queen & Edward Street, Elizabeth & Edward Streets, Brisbane CBD
2017 Flying Arts Exhibition, Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Continuum, Queensland College of Art Honours graduate showcase, Brisbane
2016 Sculpture 16, Queensland College of Art graduate showcase, Brisbane
(Contributor to) Art of the Skins, Possum Skin Cloak Project, State Library of Queensland
A Unified Field, Art from the Margins, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Kultcha, Jugglers Artspace, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
2015 Blak History Month, St Andrews War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane
2014 Away from Country, Project Gallery, QCA, Brisbane Link
Awards
2019 Finalist Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
2018 Finalist Hatched, National Graduate Art Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2017 Griffith University Medal for Outstanding Academic Excellence
2017 St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Award for Artistic Merit, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
2011 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards, Brisbane
Residencies
2019 Australia Council Innovation Lab 2019 – Hobart & Sydney
Collections
2017 St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Public Art
2019 Challenging the Aesthetics of Mythic Identity, Queensland College of Art Undercroft, Griffith University, Brisbane
2018 Continuing Culture, Maiwar Festival, Brisbane CBD Art Space Vitrines, Queen & Edward Street, Elizabeth & Edward Streets, Brisbane City Council
2017 Challenging the Aesthetics of Mythic Identity, Queensland College of Art Undercroft, Griffith University, Brisbane