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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.

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