Kellie ODempsey
Kellie ODempsey
BIO
Incorporating dynamic gestural line work using traditional drawing
materials, paint , collage and the not so traditional, perspex, billboard posters and car wreckage Kellie's work is a site specific practice. Her vibrant approach includes interdisciplinary collaboration with other performance artists, musicians and a diverse collection of productions.
Kellie O'Dempsey's vast scope of work spans international platforms Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne, London, Shanghai - and a wide range of locations: She has practiced in situ from rehearsal studios of a ballet company, rock festivals, thespians in The Barbican Theatre, to commuters in a subway at peak hour.
Kellie has worked with and in conjunction with the Brisbane Powerhouse working with the Splinter Group's Lawn and Roadkill and also Ridiculusmus's Importance of being Earnest.
She has been Artist in Residence at Soundlabs Festival, Italy (2006/2005),
Festival Internationale de Benicassim, Spain (2006/2005).
EDUCATION
2008 | S.C.U. Lismore, NSW Masters in Visual Arts (currently)
2001 | Box Hill Institute, Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training
1999 | V.C.A. Melb. Uni. (Film and TV) Postgraduate Dip. of Animation
1998 | S.C.U. Lismore, NSW. B.A. Media and Communications (3rd year Major)
1996 | V.C.A., Melbourne University Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing Major)
AWARDS
2008 | Australian Postgraduate Award, Masters at S.C.U. Lismore
2004 | Queensland Performing Arts Centre, New emerging artist award
2001 | Open Slather - Short Film Festival. Open Category winner for Don't forget to Breathe.
2000 | AFI Distribution for 'Hung Up' Short Animated Film
1999 | Gla Exhibition- Honourable Mention, from Jacques Derrida & Mike Parr
1999 | Creative Film Award for The Hollywoodford Film Festival 'Don't Forget to Breathe.
1994 | HSV Channel 7 Award in Drawing (VCA Graduation Award)
Solo Exhibitions
2009 | The Spectacle Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2008 | Suspened Animation Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni Lismore.
2007 | There is roadkill on the walls, installation- The Brisbane Powerhouse
2007 | A Live Hanging in the Subway Opening The Vitrine.
2007 | Plat form Artists Group (ARI) Degraves-Flinders Street Subway Melbourne
2007 | Drawing Live with Sunwrae Ensemble, Apollo Bay & Darebin Music Festival, Melbourne
2006 | Artist in Residence Festival International de Benicassim Spain
2005 | Kellie O'Dempsey, A Live Hanging. Piece Gallery Mullumbimby.
2005 | Sophiensaele, Berlin Germany, Lawn in Berlin
2005 | Tante Emma Laden Gallery, Berlin Germany
2005 | One day on a corner in Kreutzberg
2005 | F.I.B. Benicassim, Spain. live Music festival drawings
2005 | Soundlabs Music & Arts Fest. Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy
2005 | The Barbican, London, UK/The Brisbane Powerhouse
2005 | The Importance of Drawing Earnest
2004 | The Brisbane Powerhouse -Seeds from Lawn
2004 | Lismore Regional Gallery Launched ART SPACE
2004 | Live drawings of The Ice- Cream Makers
2004 | Queensland Arts Council Regional Tour Drawings that Dance
2003 | Queensland Performing Arts Centre Emerging Artist Exhibition
2003 | QPAC Board Rooms -Performance, Drawings and Paintings
Group Exhibitions
2009 | Home Studio Lismore Regional Gallery,
2008 | Hang Live Hang Still Atisan, Brisbane
2008 | Imaginary Gardens, Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni Lismore.
2007 | Convictions, Nanjing, University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
2007 | The Barbican, London, Ridiclusmus 10th Anniversary
2007 | Drawing is everything Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni, Lismore
2007 | Barratt Galleries (Grand opening) with Jan Davis, Alstonville
2006 | Soundlabs Festival Roseto degli Abruzzo, Italy. Live drawing
1999 | Gla Exhibition - VCA Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
2004-05 | Queensland Arts Council - Regional Exhibition Tour, Drawings that Dance.
1999 | Australian Film Commission - Education Funding from New Imaging
Incorporating dynamic gestural line work using traditional drawing
materials, paint , collage and the not so traditional, perspex, billboard posters and car wreckage Kellie's work is a site specific practice. Her vibrant approach includes interdisciplinary collaboration with other performance artists, musicians and a diverse collection of productions.
Kellie O'Dempsey's vast scope of work spans international platforms Berlin, Brisbane, Melbourne, London, Shanghai - and a wide range of locations: She has practiced in situ from rehearsal studios of a ballet company, rock festivals, thespians in The Barbican Theatre, to commuters in a subway at peak hour.
Kellie has worked with and in conjunction with the Brisbane Powerhouse working with the Splinter Group's Lawn and Roadkill and also Ridiculusmus's Importance of being Earnest.
She has been Artist in Residence at Soundlabs Festival, Italy (2006/2005),
Festival Internationale de Benicassim, Spain (2006/2005).
EDUCATION
2008 | S.C.U. Lismore, NSW Masters in Visual Arts (currently)
2001 | Box Hill Institute, Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training
1999 | V.C.A. Melb. Uni. (Film and TV) Postgraduate Dip. of Animation
1998 | S.C.U. Lismore, NSW. B.A. Media and Communications (3rd year Major)
1996 | V.C.A., Melbourne University Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing Major)
AWARDS
2008 | Australian Postgraduate Award, Masters at S.C.U. Lismore
2004 | Queensland Performing Arts Centre, New emerging artist award
2001 | Open Slather - Short Film Festival. Open Category winner for Don't forget to Breathe.
2000 | AFI Distribution for 'Hung Up' Short Animated Film
1999 | Gla Exhibition- Honourable Mention, from Jacques Derrida & Mike Parr
1999 | Creative Film Award for The Hollywoodford Film Festival 'Don't Forget to Breathe.
1994 | HSV Channel 7 Award in Drawing (VCA Graduation Award)
Solo Exhibitions
2009 | The Spectacle Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2008 | Suspened Animation Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni Lismore.
2007 | There is roadkill on the walls, installation- The Brisbane Powerhouse
2007 | A Live Hanging in the Subway Opening The Vitrine.
2007 | Plat form Artists Group (ARI) Degraves-Flinders Street Subway Melbourne
2007 | Drawing Live with Sunwrae Ensemble, Apollo Bay & Darebin Music Festival, Melbourne
2006 | Artist in Residence Festival International de Benicassim Spain
2005 | Kellie O'Dempsey, A Live Hanging. Piece Gallery Mullumbimby.
2005 | Sophiensaele, Berlin Germany, Lawn in Berlin
2005 | Tante Emma Laden Gallery, Berlin Germany
2005 | One day on a corner in Kreutzberg
2005 | F.I.B. Benicassim, Spain. live Music festival drawings
2005 | Soundlabs Music & Arts Fest. Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy
2005 | The Barbican, London, UK/The Brisbane Powerhouse
2005 | The Importance of Drawing Earnest
2004 | The Brisbane Powerhouse -Seeds from Lawn
2004 | Lismore Regional Gallery Launched ART SPACE
2004 | Live drawings of The Ice- Cream Makers
2004 | Queensland Arts Council Regional Tour Drawings that Dance
2003 | Queensland Performing Arts Centre Emerging Artist Exhibition
2003 | QPAC Board Rooms -Performance, Drawings and Paintings
Group Exhibitions
2009 | Home Studio Lismore Regional Gallery,
2008 | Hang Live Hang Still Atisan, Brisbane
2008 | Imaginary Gardens, Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni Lismore.
2007 | Convictions, Nanjing, University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China
2007 | The Barbican, London, Ridiclusmus 10th Anniversary
2007 | Drawing is everything Next Gallery, Southern Cross Uni, Lismore
2007 | Barratt Galleries (Grand opening) with Jan Davis, Alstonville
2006 | Soundlabs Festival Roseto degli Abruzzo, Italy. Live drawing
1999 | Gla Exhibition - VCA Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS
2004-05 | Queensland Arts Council - Regional Exhibition Tour, Drawings that Dance.
1999 | Australian Film Commission - Education Funding from New Imaging
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