Brad Lay lives and works on Kaurna land in Adelaide, South Australia.
He works across photography, video, sculpture, installation, sound
and drawing to explore complex relationships between people and environments.
CV
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours First Class), University of South Australia, 2009
Masters by Research, Visual Arts, University of South Australia, 2016
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023
From the Sea Foam Came Pegasus - The Hospital Research Foundation Creative Health Video and Moving Image Program
2019
Central Bio District - City of Adelaide Minor Works Building, Adelaide
2015
Mean Sea Levels - South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide
2013
Squid > I - FELTspace, Adelaide
2012
Beluga Love Triangle – Format Gallery, Adelaide.
2011
Self Kelp for the Shellfish - Seedling Art Space, Hawthorndene.
2010
Wave Data - Odradek, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide.
I’m Gonna Krill You! - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Project Space,
Adelaide
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS:
2021
Biophilia, Adelaide Town Hall, Adelaide
2019
Small Spaces/Big Ideas. Praxis Art Space, Adelaide
2018
Heysen Prize for Landscape Finalist Exhibition (Awarded the Highly Commended Prize)- Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Chuchotage - South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide
2017
Brisbane Art Prize - Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane.
The Other Art Fair - The Facility, Kensington, Victoria
2016
Heysen Prize for Landscape Finalist Exhibition - Hahndorf Academy, South Australia
Chroma Coded - FELTspace, Adelaide
2015
Ghostly Nature 2 - Adelaide Town Hall
CACSA Contemporary 2015 - Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide
2014
Transported - Incinerator Gallery, Moone Ponds, Victoria
Handheld - Various locations in regional South Australia
FeltMaps - Site specific installation in Port Adelaide
Gardenspace - Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
2013
Utopia into Dystopia, Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, New Zealand
Unbound, Kings ARI, Melbourne
2012
InneRestraint- MILS Gallery, Sydney
Endless Summer - Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide
CACSA@70- Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
Disappearance - Paper String Plastic, Adelaide
2011
INsideOUT - Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, US
Transcendence Through Repetition - FELTspace, Adelaide
Format Experimental Film Festival - Format Gallery, Adelaide
2010
Whisper Not To Shout - Magazine, Adelaide
Let Me In - Format Gallery, Adelaide
Small - Magazine, Adelaide
Heartlines - Multiple sites, University of South Australia
2009
BIG! - Queen’s Theatre, Adelaide.
Dot. Dot. Dot. - SASA Gallery, University of South Australia.
2008
Understars - Shaun Project Space, University of Sunderland, UK
On Screen In Street - Team Wearside, Sunderland
Speicher: Memories in the Attic - Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf
Freefall - University of South Australia, Adelaide
New Talent - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
2007
SANE - Shaun Project Space, University of Sunderland, UK
MEDIA/REVIEWS/WRITINGS
2018
Kemp, Jemima: Chuchotage. Quiet stories
http://concatenate.net.au/portfolio/chuchotage-quiet-stories/
2015
Mysticism and the Sublime in the Oceanscape of Now - Fine Print Magazine
http://www.fineprintmagazine.com/mysticism-and-the-sublime-in-the-ocean-scape-of-now/
2011
FELTspace GOLD - A survey of 28 Emerging South Australian Artists. Published by FELTspace, Adelaide, South Australia.
RESIDENCIES
2019
Art Works. Guildhouse Artist in Residence
2014
Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program
2011
Residency # 143 October 10 - 30, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida US.