Kylie Stillman

Kylie Stillman, born 1975
Lives Melbourne, Australia
Email: mail@kyliestillman.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Commissions
Glimmer Warning, 2023 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
Long Form, 2022 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Pattern Maker, 2021 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Not fully or properly either of two things, 2020 Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn VIC
Eucalypt Commission, 2019 Castlemaine State Festival VIC
Note, 2017 Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy VIC
Opposite of Wild, 2017 Linden New Art, VIC and Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Local Branch, 2016 Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW, curated by Elissa Blair
Over, Under, Around and Through, 2015 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
The Perversity of Purpose, 2013 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Vessel, 2011 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Yamadori, 2011 Hermes Sydney, Window Installation, NSW
Size of Life, 2010 Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC
Banksias, 2010 Westpac Banking Group, Corporate Art Collection, Sydney, NSW
Form Guide, 2009 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Little Room, 2007 Meat Market, Melbourne, VIC and Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
The Informal Garden, 2005 Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, VIC and Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Semiformal, 2004 Platform 2 Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, VIC
Park Views, 2003 Clubs Project, Melbourne, VIC

Selected Group Exhibitions
Bayside Local, 2023 Bayside Gallery, VIC
For the Love of Trees, 2021 Burrinja Gallery VIC
The McCelland Collection: 50 Years, 2021 McClelland Gallery VIC
A Stitch in Time, 2019 Hamilton Art Gallery VIC curated by Maudie Palmer AO and Eugene Howard
Unfolding Time - Penelope Seidler’s Gift to Maitland, 2019 Maitland Regional Art Gallery NSW
The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower, 2019 Noosa Regional Gallery QLD curated by Michael Brennan
Delineation, 2019 Town Hall Gallery, VIC curated by Elle Groch
Trace, 2018 Bunjil Place, VIC curated by Penny Teale
Installation Contemporary, 2018 Sydney Contemporary, curated by Nina Miall
Facade, 2018 Parliament House, ACT
All the better to see you with: Fairy tales transformed, 2017 Ian Potter Museum of Art, curated by Samantha Comte
Boundless Volumes, 2017 Parliament House, ACT
Another Look, 2017 Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn VIC
Cornucopia, 2016 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Fleurieu Art Prize, 2016 Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide SA
Sydney Contemporary, 2015 Carriageworks, Sydney NSW
Ex libris - the book in contemporary art, 2014 Geelong Art Gallery, curated by Lisa Sullivan
Paper Weight, 2014 Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Re-writing the Image: Text as Art, 2014 Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, curated by Marion Piper
Air Born, 2013 McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, curated by Penny Teale
Unbound, 2013 Macquarie University Art Gallery, curated by Rhonda Davis and John Potts
Wonderland, 2012 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, curated by Antoanetta Ivanova
Melbourne Art Fair, 2012 Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, VIC
Good Company, 2012 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Recycled Library, 2011 Altered books, Touring exhibition
Public Lounge, 2010 Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC, curated by Danny Lacy
Form, 2010 Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, 2010 Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne, VIC
Korean International Art Fair, 2010 COEX, Seoul, Korea
Pinned & Framed, 2009 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Small & Wall, 2009 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, 2008 Art Gallery of SA, curated by Felicity Fenner
Melbourne Art Fair, 2008 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
Public Sculpture, 2008 Utopia Art Sydney, NSW
Snap Freeze: Still Life Now, 2007 Tarrawarra Museum of Art, VIC, curated by Jenna Blyth
Room, 2007 Cast, TAS, curated by Derek Hart
Room, 2007 Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS, curated by Derek Hart
Artefact: A Melbourne Keepsake, 2007 City Museum, VIC, curated by Simon Gregg
Bookish, 2006 Australian Galleries, Works on Paper Melbourne, VIC
Melbourne Art Fair, 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
Recent Acquisitions, 2006 Mackay City Council Collection, Artspace Mackay, QLD
Uncanny - The Unnaturally Strange, 2005 Artspace, NZ, curated by Rhana Devenport
The Art of Flowers, 2005 Government House, Sydney, NSW
Sydney Art on Paper Fair, 2005 Byron Kennedy Hall, Sydney, NSW
Fortuna, 2005 University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
Compendium, 2004 Platform, Melbourne, VIC, curated by Martina Copely
Transcribe, 2002 Entrepot Gallery, Hobart, TAS, curated by Alicia King
100,000 flakes of snow, 2002 Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Creatures, 2002 George Paton Gallery, Melbourne University, VIC

Grants, Awards and Residencies
Mornington Peninsula Shire's Police Point Artist in Residence, November 2022
Finalist National Works on Paper Award, 2020 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
City of Frankston Arts Grant, 2020
Finalist McClelland National Small Sculpture Awards, 2020
City of Melbourne Arts Grant, 2020
Winner Montalto Sculpture Prize, 2019
Finalist National Works on Paper Award, 2018 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
City of Melbourne Arts Grant, 2017
Winner People’s Choice Prize: Fleurieu Art Prize, 2016
Artist in Residence, 2015 Borough of Queenscliffe, VIC
Finalist Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, 2012 Deakin University Art Gallery, VIC
Finalist Waterhouse Natural History Prize, 2012 South Australia Museum, SA
New York Studio Residency, 2009 Australia Council for the Arts
Studio Residency, 2007 Arts House Meat Market, City of Melbourne
Arts Development Grant, 2007 Arts Victoria
Milan Studio Residency, 2006 Australia Council for the Arts,
Finalist ABN AMRO - Emerging Art Award 2005 Sydney, NSW
New Work: Emerging Artist Grant, 2004 Australia Council for the Arts
Finalist National Works on Paper Award, 2004 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
Honorable Mention Summer Salon, 2002 CCP, VIC
Acquisitive Prize Postcard Show, 2001 Linden Gallery, VIC

Collections
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artbank
Australian Library of Art, State Library of Queensland
Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Deakin University Art Collection
City of Boroondara, Town Hall Gallery
Fisher Library/University of Sydney Art Collection
Macquarie Group Collection
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park
Montalto
Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Qatar Foundation
State Library of Victoria
Tamworth Regional Gallery
Westpac Art Collection
Wyndham Cultural Centre

Selected Bibliography
’Fine Art Fiona’ May 2023 Conversation with Fiona McIntosh, Season 2, Episode 5 Spotify and Apple Podcast
’Pattern Maker’ 2021 Exhibition catalogue
’Not fully or properly either of two things’, 2020 Exhibition catalogue
'Artist talk (Recorded)’, August 2020 Conversation with Rachel Keir-Smith, Town Hall Gallery, VIC
’The Secret Life of Books’, 7 August 2020, Art Guide Australia by Sheridan Hart
'Shadow, scale and industrial waste’, 21 March 2019, ‘Remember the Wild’ by Rachel Fetherston
'Art as Defiance', July 2018 Conversation with Danny Lacy, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
'The Opposite of Wild', 14 June 2017, Art Guide Australia by Nadiah Abdulrahim
‘The Art Life’, August 2015 by Sharne Wolff
‘Profile: Kylie Stillman’ Owen Craven, Artist Profile V3, 2015
‘Ex libris - the book in contemporary art’, 2014 Geelong Art Gallery, curated by Lisa Sullivan
‘The Macquarie Group Collection: The land and its psyche’ Felicity Fenner, UNSW Press, 2013
‘Exhibition Review – Perversity of Purpose’ Gina Fairley, World Sculpture News, Autumn 2013
‘The Art Life’, August 2013 by Sharne Wolff
‘Unbound’ (catalogue) Rhonda Davis and John Potts, 2013
‘Art Made from Books’ Edited by Laura Heyenga, Chronicle Books, 2013
‘Wonderland’ (catalogue) Antoanetta Ivanova, Taipei Cultural Foundation, MoCA Taipei, 2012
‘Fair play’ Susie Burge, Harper’s Bazaar Australia, August 2012
‘Bespoke Melbourne’ Liza Power, The Age A2, April 28, 2012
‘Fair Trade’ John McDonald, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug, 11, 2012
‘Artemis – Newcastle Art Gallery Society Magazine’ Aug 2011 – Jan 2012
‘Elle Talent’ Elle UK Magazine, 2011
‘Turning books back into trees’ Metro London, May 9, 2011
‘Insight – Westpac Private Bank’ Saadia Durham, Issue 1, 2011
‘Fashion and art find a fit’ Georgina Safe, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 11, 2011
‘Carving our her niche’ Megan Miller, Herald Sun, Nov 12, 2010
‘New message in old medium’ Liza Power, The Age, May 14, 2010
‘Three artists to watch’ Susie Burge, Harpers Bazaar, March 2010
‘Size of Life’ (catalogue) Simon Gregg, Gippsland Art Gallery, 2010
‘Recycled Library: Altered Books’ (catalogue) Michael Wardell, Artspace Mackay, 2009
‘Little Room’ (catalogue) Anne Sanders, 2007
‘The World of the Book’ Clare Williamson and Des Cowley, Miegunyah Press, 2007
‘Exhibition Review – Little Room’ Gina Fairley, World Sculpture News page 58, Autumn 2007
‘Handle With Care’ (catalogue) Felicity Fenner, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2007
‘Snap Freeze: Still Life Now' (catalogue) Jenna Blyth, TarraWarra Museum of Art, 2007
‘Artefact A Melbourne Keepsake’ (catalogue) Simon Gregg, City Museum, 2007
‘Room’ (catalogue) Derek Hart and Philip Watkins, Cast Gallery 2007
‘Bright Young Things’ Vogue Living Nov/Dec, 2007
‘The (Sydney) Magazine’ Annemarie Lopez, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 2007
‘Sightlines Critical Guide’ Frances Johnson, The Age, September 14, 2007
‘Review: Room’ Sean Kelly, Artlink vol 27 #3, 2007
‘Reviews – Room’ Bec Tudor, Art & Australia, Vol 45 No1 Spring, 2007
‘Australian Art Collector’ Australia’s most collectable artists the full list, Jan-Mar 2006
‘The Informal Garden’ (catalogue) Georgia Harvey, Gertrude Contemporary, 2005
'Uncanny - The Unnaturally Strange' (catalogue) Rhana Devenport, Artspace New Zealand, 2005
‘The (Melbourne) Magazine’ Gabriella Coslovich, The Age, May 2005
‘Critic’s Picks’ Dominique Angeloro, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 27-Jun 2, 2005
‘Fully Booked’ Virginia Were, Art News New Zealand, Summer 2005

Education

RMIT Honours Fine Art - Painting (1999)
RMIT BA Fine Art - Painting (1996-98)

Published catalogues (PDF versions)

Long Form 2022, Exhibition catalogue
Pattern Maker 2021, Catalogue essay by Rachel Keir-Smith
Not fully or properly either of two things 2020, Exhibition catalogue
Opposite of Wild 2017, Catalogue essay by Penny Teale
Over, under, around and through 2015, Exhibition catalogue
The Perversity of Purpose 2013, Catalogue essay by Chloe Watson
Size of Life 2010, Catalogue essay by Simon Gregg
Red Maple 2008, Catalogue essay by Alexie Glass-Kantor
Little Room 2007, Catalogue essay by Anne Sanders
The Informal Garden 2005, Catalogue essay by Georgia Harvey