Victoria Lawson

Victoria Lawson (b. 1973) graduated with a PhD. Visual Arts in sculpture, performance and installation at Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney (2014), where she was also awarded a University Postgraduate Award (2008–2010). Recently she has performed a number of embodied interventions including, beware of the gap before boarding (2011–2014) and has exhibited in exhibitions such as: Taking up Space, articulate, Sydney (2015). In July, 2014 she gave a tour of selected works in Certains Abstract Things, Griffith University Art Gallery; in may, 2015 Lawson hosted the Institute of Modern Art’s reading group, and in July, 2015 she participated in RAQS Media Collective’s The Time Symposium as a part of ‘Imaginary Accord’ at the Institute of Modern Art. Her exhbition history includes: the nonevent entitled: the people are revolting (bare life), Magnetic Island (2013), Performing the Digital, Inflight Gallery, 2010; during 2008, THISISCURATING1 – 40…for Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney and Dream Merchant for the Blacktown Arts Centre (2008–2009); in 2007 she exhibited in the solo exhibition Walking to Work, series III, Brunswick street for QCP, Brisbane; in 2006: +Plusfactors at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA); Our Investment at the Queensland Centre for Photography and contributed to a mail art project for Artetica and unicef in Rome and Cesena, Italy. In 2008–2009 she was artist in residence at the Obras Art Foundation, Evoramonte, Portugal. She has completed a six months residency at St Andrew’s Cathedral School, Sydney (2008). From 12 september – 25 october she will be, once again, exhibiting in Dream Merchant for the Mosman Art Gallery.