Tracey Benson
PO Box 463
Nundah QLD 4012
mobile: 0410 690366
Email: traceyb@thehub.com.au
Education
Current Candidate, Research Masters of Arts, CINOVA, QUT
Diploma of Multimedia, SBIT/QANTM (ongoing)
1997/98
MA, Art History (research), University of Queensland (incomplete)
1996
Postgraduate Diploma Art History, University of Queensland
1992
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Monash University College Gippsland
1990/91
Bachelor of Fine Art, Northern Territory University
Diploma of Indonesian Language and Culture Satya Wacana Kristian University,
Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia
1989
Associate Diploma of Fine Arts, Hornsby TAFE
MULTIMEDIA ARTS PRACTISE
Online exhibitions
2000
BIT BY BIT
http://www.bitbybitdigital.org
Business of Art Center, Colorado USA
PROTEST=PROFIT HTTP://WWW.0100101110101101.ORG/PROTEST=PROFIT
IDAA
http://www.artistsownregistry.com.au/idaa
WDAMA
http://www.posit.com.au/cybergallery/digitalintro.html
IV2000
http://www.graphicslink.demon.co.uk/IV2000/
'Cowgrrls.com' www.cowgrrls.com
Cooloola Shire Gallery (touring nationally 2001)
'Topographies' curated by Linda Carroli. fireworks Gallery Brisbane.
http://www.thehub.com.au/~lcarroli/topo.html
1999
'Dialogue' International museum forum - III Krasnoyarsk Biennial: Studio
of the Future art technologies and Krasnoyarsk Museum na Strelke, the International
association 'Open Museum'and the internet centre of the Krasnoyarsk State
University
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/8809/krasn/dialogue/index.htm
(#5)
Sci-art99 Queensland Sciencentre (Missile web launch - MAAP)
http://www.sciencentre.qld.gov.au/sciencentre/whatsnew/sciart99/sciart1.htm
'Cooking with Carmen' Launch sites, Palace Gallery (MAAP)
'Watch out for those mad artist cowgrrls' National country Music Muster
artist in residence project http://www.cowgrrls.com
(Missile web launch - MAAP)
Ga;r Morumba
http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/gar_morumba/default.htm
'Bananarama 2000' Experimenta Media Arts on-line gallery http://www.experimenta.org (Missile web launch - MAAP)
'Synthetic bananas', digital art gallery, IV'99 (International conference of information visualisation, London) http://www.thehub.com.au/~traceyb/synthetic.htm
1998
'Griller girls' curated by Di Ball - Volt, the new performance
1996
'Virgins, Violets and Vamps' curated by edwina Bartlem
Digital video/slide Installations
1999
'Bodyline', Freak Show, Stage X Five to midnight
'My Country' video installation from Big Banana Time Inc:
The Next 5 Minutes 3: Tactical Media conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997
Critical Legal Conference '97, University College Dublin
Development Space, Metro Arts, Brisbane
'Framing Time: Text, Archive, Trace' SUNY Buffalo, New York
'Topologies: transformations in time and space', University of Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions/ Installations
1999
'Mercandise Mania' Soapbox Gallery window
'Shop window', Southbank Institute of TAFE library, Morningside
1998
'Partake', Palace Gallery
1997
'Welcome to Oz', Robert Hughes Gallery, Metro Arts
'Glut' from Big Banana Time Inc. Brisbane Fringe Festival, Princess Theatre, Brisbane
'Pollywaffle' from Big Banana Time Inc. Microspace, Metro Arts, Brisbane
'More' from Big Banana Time Inc. Cross Gallery, Brisbane
'Big Pineapple, Sacred Cows and Prickly Pears' The Big Pineapple, Nambour
1996
Big Banana Time-Sacred Cows and Prickly Pears, White Box Gallery, Brisbane
1995
Yesterday's History-Tomorrow's Mythology, Michael Burke Galleries,
Brisbane
1994
Memories of a Mythic Journey, Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
La Torte Cafe, Toombul, Brisbane
1994
'The Voyeurism Cafe' Shock of the New Festival, La Boite Theatre
'Reservoir of Memory' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
1993
Gallery Two, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Tribal, Primordial & Iconic, Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
Performances
1999
'At home with Carmen Banana' - Photographic performance
1998
'Museum of the future' - Postcolonialism/representing difference, University
of South Australia
'Brownies' - All you can eat, Smith and Stoneley, Brisbane
1996
'Scalpland' VOLT-Brisbane Festival symposium, Institute of Modern Art,
Brisbane
1995
'Scalpland' University of Queensland, Art History Department
Two Person Exhibitions
1996
Ruth Sallows and Tracey Benson, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
'Sharp Lines' Brad Nunn and Tracey Benson, Bauhaus Gallery, Brisbane
Curated Exhibitions
1998
'Griller Girls' Institute of modern art, Brisbane - Curated by Di Ball
'Chew - All you can eat' Smith and Stoneley, Brisbane - Curated by Linda
Carroli
1997
'Trans' Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane - Curated by Courtney Pederson and Charles Robson
'Art Nineties' University Art Museum, University of Queensland - Curated by Bettina McAulay
(3 x 3D) = 21 Brisbane City Council Library - Curated by Karen Scott
1996
Virgins, Violets and Vamps Bauhaus Gallery - Curated by Edwina Bartlem
'Solitary Confinement' - Boggo Road Jail, Brisbane
'The Cigar Box exhibition' Customs House Gallery, Brisbane - Curated by Martin Davis
'Diaspora' Whitebox Gallery, Brisbane - Curated by Franz Ehmann
1995
'Identities' Launching exhibition, WandA (Women and Arts) Metro Arts,Brisbane
- Curated by Edwina Bartlem
1994
'The Goddess Within' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane - Curated
by Edwina Bartlem,
'Redefining Boundries' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane - Curated by Edwina
Bartlem,
Group Events
2000
1999
Staff exhibition 'Small works', Southbank Institute of TAFE Gallery
1998
Hinchinbrook art competition
'Decor' Smith and Stoneley on Stratton, Brisbane
1997
'Piss Christmas' Process Gallery, Brisbane
Linden Gallery Annual Postcard Exhibition
'Women behaving badly' Seecumb Gallery, Brisbane
'Seek and Find' New Cross Gallery, London
1996
Noosa Regional Gallery T-shirt Exhibition
'Impossible Boundaries' 'A Future without Limits' Queensland College of Art Gallery
'Nexus'- Aids awareness week Whitebox Gallery, Brisbane
'End of year clearance' Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
'Erratic' Cross Galleries, Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Artists Exhibition
1995
'Year of Tolerence' Metro Arts, Brisbane
'Perceptions' Offices of George, Patterson and Bates Comalco Building, Brisbane
Book Launch, Andrew McGahan's 1988 Michael Burke Galleries, Brisbane
'Combust' Queensland College of Art Gallery
Members Show, Access Arts
'Finale' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
1994
'Windows' Metro Arts, Brisbane
Static Art Show Shock of the New Festival La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
'Ritual of the Everyday' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
'Contemporary Culture' Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
Churchie Emerging Artists Exhibition
Salon Art Auction, Bartleme Galleries, Brisbane
1992
'Momentum', Switchback Gallery, Monash University College Gippsland
'Crowds' Switchback Gallery, Monash University College Gippsland
1991
'What is this thing called Art?' NTU Gallery
Members Show, 24HR ART. Darwin
1990
Blue Stocking Week Exhibition,
NTU Corridor Show Northern Territory University
1989
Royal Darwin Show
Printmaking Exhibition, Hornsby T.A.F.E.
Barry Stern Print Award Exhibition
Graduate Exhibition, Hornsby T.A.F.E
1988
Mural Commission Exhibition, Hornsby T.A.F.E.
AWARDS
1999
Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts Queensland
Conference and workshop grant, ANAT
Artist in residence, Logan Youfest99
Artist in residence, National Country Music Muster, Gympie
Artist in residence, Dakabin High School
1998
Highly commended - Hinchinbrook art competition
1997
Metro Arts Artist Agreement- 3 year exhibition contract
Travel Grant, Department of Art History, University of Queensland
Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts Queensland
1996
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
1994
Individual Professional Development Grant, Arts Queensland
1993
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
Commissions
1997
Department of Art History 1998 First year Handbook University of Qld
1991
Co-ordinator, Beaufort Hotel Mural, Darwin
Mural Project, Marrara Football Stadium Northern Territory
Professional Activities
1999
Member, Committee Advisory Board for CNAIC254 Certificate in Arts (ATSI)
1997-99
Board member- Institute of Modern Art
1995-96
Founding member and Vice President WandA (Women and Arts), Brisbane
1995
Technical assistant Festival Fringe, Brisbane
Participant, 'Big Wig and Charger' Installation by Jay Younger Institute
of Modern Art, Brisbane
1990/91
Secretary, Fine Arts Social Club Northern Territory University
Conference papers presented
1999
Identities in action - University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'Workshopping the museum of the future'
1998
Postcolonialism/representing difference - University of South
Australia Topic: 'Museum of the future'
1997
Postgraduate Seminar Art History - University of Queensland Topic: 'Sighting Identity'
Critical Legal Conference '97 - University College Dublin Topic: 'Whose Country'
Topologies: transformations in time and space - University of Melbourne Topic: 'Mapping Identity'
Framing Time: Text, Archive, Trace - 6th Annual Graduates Conference SUNY
Buffalo, New York Topic: 'Big Banana Time Inc: My Country'
1995
Speaker, Sexuality Week, Griffith University Topic: 'Engendered Space:
Some Thoughts on how the Mobility of Women is Regulated by the Built Environment'
1994
Speaker, 'The Female Aesthetic' The Shock of the New Festival La Boite
Theatre, Brisbane
Participant,'Decolonising Knowlege Summer School', Blackwood VIC. Facilitated through Uni of Melbourne
1993
Basic Instructional Skills Course-Ithaca T.A.F.E
Collections
Dutch not for profit, Foundation for Social Movements, Amsterdam
Port Phillip City Council
Work in private collections in Queensland,Victoria, New South Wales and Northern
Territory
Catalogues
2000
'Topographies' by Linda Carroli
1998
'Disputing Taste' essay by Linda Carroli- All you can eat
'Decor' essay by Jane Gallagher
1997
"Welcome to Oz" Guarded Tours by Linda Carroli
TRANS, a global perspective
'Big Banana Time Inc : My Country' 'Writing Wrongs' by Linda Carroli
'Art Nineties' Bettina McAulay
1996
'Virgins Violets and Vamps'
'Solitary Confinement'
'Diaspora'
'Sharp Lines'
EMPLOYMENT
Teaching
2000
Lecturer (sessional), Electronic Media A & B, Computer Based
Design
University of the Sunshine Coast
1999
Tutor - Macintosh Word 5 at Queensland Artworkers Alliance
Teacher-Design; Exhibition Development, Faculty of visual arts, Southbank Institute of TAFE
Teacher - Introduction to computers, Indigenous Peoples Unit -Southbank
Insitiiute of TAFE
1998
Marker- Department of Art History, UQ
Lecturer/demonstrator - Academy of the arts, QUT
.5 Teacher - IIlustration; Visual Communication; Exhibition Development;
Collections Management; Introduction to the Internet; Assisting visitors to
appreciate Australian art, Faculty of Design, Arts and Media,Southbank Institute
of TAFE
Workshops
1997
Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University; Aesthetics: Phil 250
Dutton Park Pre-school
1994
Artsworker, Access Arts: Queensland Potters Gallery, Brisbane Institute of
Art
Gallery and Arts Administration experience
1997/98
Research Officer - University Art Museum, Uni of Qld
1997
Reseach Officer and relief Administrator - Logan City Gallery
Relieving curatorial officer - University Art Museum, Uni of Qld
RE:SITE Exhibitions co-ordinator - University Art Museum, Uni of Qld
1996
Casual exhibitions assistant - Griffith Artworks, Griffith University
Research assistant - University Art Museum, Uni of Qld
1994/97
Curatorial assistant - University Art Museum, Uni of Qld
1993/94
Volunteer administration assistant, Queensland Artworkers Alliance
Curatorial Experience
2000
Curator, 360 degrees: site and identity
online project
1999
Curator, 'Fuzzy logic' (Digitarts), Queensland Science Centre
1998
Curator, 'English Speaking Art' QUT MA exhibition, Palma Rosa Gallery, Brisbane
1997
Curator, 'Wild Women' works from the collection, University Art Museum,
Uni of Qld
1996
Co-Curator, 'A Future Without Limits', International Women's Day Exhibition Queensland College of Art Gallery
Curator, selected works from 'A Future Without Limits' University Art Museum, Uni of Qld Co-Curator:'Masculinity' Bauhaus Gallery, Brisbane
Other experience
1991
Graphic Artist, Mr T - Shirt, Darwin (Temporary Employment)
Memberships
ANAT
Experimenta Media Arts
Queensland Artworkers Alliance
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
dLux media arts
Digitarts
ISEA