Artist Statement
As a proud palawa,Tasmanian Aboriginal woman with strong connections to my maternal ancestral home of tebrakunna, the Coastal Plains Nation north-eastern Tasmania, and the Oyster Bay Nation of eastern Tasmania, my art practice seeks to bring attention to historic, 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 the Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA) degree at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University in 2016, she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts with 1st Class Honours. In 2021 Mandy received her Doctorate in Visual Art (DVA).
Mandy Quadrio
Born: Melbourne, Australia
Mob/Country: trawlwoolway people, Tebrakunna, Coastal Plains Nation, north-east Tasmania; Oyster Bay Nation, eastern Tasmania
Education
2018 – 2021 Doctor of 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
2022
Collaboration in Terra Incognita: Inclusiveness is a good way, San Teonisto Church, Treviso, Italy
Beyond Misty Histories, MONA FOMA, representing Constance ARI, Hobart
Contributor to Uwe ka lani, Ola ka honua 2021 (When the heavens weep, the earth lives) Kaili Chun, APT10 GOMA, Brisbane
2021
Whose time are we on? in Slow moving waters, TarraWarra Biennial 2021, Melbourne
Her Beauty, Her Terror, group exhibition, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Brisbane
I speak to uncover the mouths of silence, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (permanent acquisition), Launceston
Water Rites, ACE Open, Tarnanthi festival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contemporary art, Adelaide
QCA HDR Represent: A 2021 retrospective, POP Gallery, Brisbane
2020
Strike at the foundation, Indigenous women’s exhibition, Rite of passage, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Kelp Culture 2020 Project, The Climate Foundation, International travelling exhibition
Her, Milani Gallery CARPARK, Brisbane
52proposalsforthe20s Maria Lind’s Instagram project, in collaboration with D Harding
Uterine Bag series, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, Tasmania
2019
here lies lies, solo exhibition, Hobiennale 2019, representing Outer Space ARI, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart,
movement at the edge, solo exhibition, Outer Space ARI, Brisbane
with a steely resolve, solo exhibition, Firstdraft ARI, Sydney
the country within, solo exhibition, Institute of Modern Art (IMA) Belltower, Brisbane
face to face to face, solo exhibition, BEAUT (Brisbane & Elsewhere Art UnTriennial), with Kuiper Projects, Brisbane
Pacifica Symposium exhibition, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2018
Around and Within, Macquarie Bank Art Collection, Space Gallery, 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 (PICA), 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 (SLQ), Brisbane
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, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane Link
Prizes / Awards
2021 Finalist 15 Artists, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Brisbane
2019 Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize 2019, Sydney
2018 Finalist, Hatched, National Graduate Art Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2017 Griffith University Medal for Outstanding Academic Excellence, Brisbane
2017 St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Award for Artistic Merit, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Brisbane
2011 Finalist, Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards, Brisbane
Residencies
2022 Residency Sydney: Rivus Sydney Biennale
2022 Biennale delegate: Australia Council Biennale Delegates Program
2022 ‘Through a lens of visitation,’ Monash University cultural exchange (2), Sarina, north-Queensland
2021 Open studio – BAD 2021 Festival (Brisbane Art Design), Brisbane
2021 Griffith University, Hope Street Artist Residency, Brisbane
2020 Griffith University, Hope Street Artist Residency, Brisbane
2020 Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, Kings Cottage studio residency, Launceston
2020 ‘Through a lens of visitation,’ Monash University cultural exchange (1), Sarina, north-Queensland
2018 Australia Council Innovation Lab 2018: Sydney
2018 Australia Council Innovation Lab 2018: Hobart
Collections
2021 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
2017 St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane
Public Art
2017 – 2021
Challenging the Aesthetics of Mythic Identity (digital image), Queensland College of Art Undercroft, Griffith University, Brisbane
2018
Continuing Culture (sculptural installations), Maiwar Festival, Brisbane CBD Art Space Vitrines, Corner Queen & Edward Street, Corner Elizabeth & Edward Streets, Brisbane City Council
Media / Events
2022: Ground into Place, written paper for Pacific Journal (peer reviewed)
2022: Speaking within the kelp, Un Magazine, Un Projects Inc., Melbourne
December 2021: Artlink Indigenous “Visualising Sovereignty,’ Review of Water Rites, Lady Shania Richards
7 – 9 October 2021: Participant: QUT Symposium – Grounded in Place: Dialogues Between First Nation Artists in Australia, Taiwan, and Aotearoa
28 – 29 August 2021: The Mercury Weekender (Tasmania), ‘Shaking things up,’ QVMAG, Launceston
14 August 2021: The Mercury (Tasmania), ‘New permanent collection,’ QVMAG, Launceston
25 March 2021: First Look: Inside the 7th TarraWarra Biennial; https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/first-look-inside-the-7th-tarrawarra-biennial/news-story/0f5ecc677e82a60faa08ea429912438a,
23 November 2020: Interview – Examiner newspaper, re Uterine Bag Show, Launceston
2020: Editorial Assistant, Gordon Bennett: Selected Writings, Published by Power Publications and Griffith University Art Museum
December 2019: Interview with Ed Ayres: The Art Show, ABC Radio National: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/studio-artist:-mandy-quadrio/11785024
July 2019: Interview with Daniel Browning: AWAYE, ABC Radio National: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/mandy-quadrio/11443724
December 2019: WIN News, Tasmania
December 2019: Justine Youssef and Mandy Quadrio in conversation, NAVA Podcast: https://visualarts.net.au/podcasts/episode-49-mandy-quadrio/
Art Guide 2019: “Artist Run Initiatives take over Hobart in Hobiennale,” https://artguide.com.au/artist-run-initiatives-take-over-hobart-in-hobiennale
July 2018: Review of Hatched exhibition, PICA, Pelican magazine
May 2018: Interview – Koori Mail re Hatched exhibition, Perth
2018: Interview – Radio TalkBlak Program, BBM 98.7 FM Cairns, re Metro Arts exhibition
2018: Interview – Radio Goolarri, 6GME 99.7 FM Broome, W.A re Metro Arts exhibition
2018: Online magazine interview by Tianey Miekus, Art Guide Australia, re Metro Arts exhibition