Holly Block
Melbourne Australia
education
Currently
2016
1998
Master of Contemporary Art
Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
Graduate Certificate in Visual Art
Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Art (Psychology)
University of Ballarat & Deakin University
solo exhibitions
2022
2021
2020
2018
2017
It's Love
Off the Kerb, Melbourne
Slippage
Chin Chin Wall of Art, Melbourne
Crawler
Chin Chin Wall of Art, Melbourne
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Flick & Cut (or Dolls)
MARS Gallery, Melbourne
Flick & Cut (or Dolls)
Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
group exhibitons
upcoming 2023
2021
2020
Sumatra Arts and Cultural Festival
(location TBC, Indonesia
FUTURE U
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Moving images
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell
Bundaberg Art Prize
Whale Wall building, Bundaberg
CCP Salon 2020
Centre Contemporary Photography
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Pleasure (curated by Helen Rayment, Julian Goddard, Evelyn Tsitas)
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
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Praxis 5,
SaRanG Building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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Slippage
Buxton Contemporary Big Screen
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After the Sand Storm, (curated by Kelly Yoon)
Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
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FromWhereIStand, (curated by Kim Donaldson)
Artspace, Victorian College of the Arts
Spring 1883, MARS gallery
The Windsor Hotel, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
While They Decide, Artspace,
Victorian College of the Arts
Sweet FA, (curated exhibition), Go West Festival, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
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CCP Salon 2017, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
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Giving Form, (curated exhibition),
Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
Five Cent Cinema, curated group exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival,
Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne
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The Idea's Show, curated group exhibition: Platform,
Project Space Galleries, Melbourne University, Melbourne
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Make Space Hold Space Claim Space,
Tribe for Art, Bluestone Church Art Space, Melbourne
2015
I Is Another, curated group exhibition,
George Pattern Gallery, Melbourne
IAMANY, curated group exhibition,
Darwin Visual Arts Assoication Darwin
Graduate exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
Melbourne
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mentorships
2019
2017
Emily Ferretti (as part of VCAACCES award)
Veronica Kent
Residencies
2021
2019
AWESOME award grant
VCA ACCESS residency,
Sarang building, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Awards & Grants
2020
2019
2014
Bundaberg Art Prize
Honourable Mention
VCA ACCESS Award
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Chin Chin Wall of Art Award
Maribrynong Council Arts Grant
Relevant professional experience
13 years dance and performance and choreography experience
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collectives and organisations
I Is Another
Director of Tribe for Art
Creative Spaces
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publications
FUTURE U catalogue, 2021
Praxis 5 catalogue, 2019
Sleepover Club, The significance of Hair and the Subversion of Craft, January, 2016​
Precinct 15, Victorian College of the Arts publication, 2015
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links
www.cosmicloverorjustsuperlikeme.com
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http://iisanotherinstallation.weebly.com