Marlaina Read Born Adelaide, Australia, lives and works in Toronto, Canada. I am interested in ideas of mapping, labyrinths, oceanic charting, self made dictionaries, place marking, topologies, pre-modern dwellings, ritual, and cultural geography. I work primarily in photo media, as well as film and installation. EDUCATION 2012 Master of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2004 Visual Communication and Media Arts, Universitat der Kunste, Berlin 2001 - 2004 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons), Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University SOLO / 2 Person 2012 Terrains of Hesitation CoFA Space Sydney 2011 Do you have a recurring dreamspace - can you describe it to me? Kudos Gallery Sydney 2011 Dwell (for Yuula Benivolski) as part of Format Festival Adelaide 2010 Markers for better living (tree) Format Gallery Adelaide 2010 On My Shore ESP Gallery Sydney 2005 A small exhibition of works.. Exeter Gallery Adelaide 2003 Ravens and Writing Desks Newspace Gallery Sydney GROUP 2012 Roseanne / Angry Format Gallery Adelaide Alive and Well Firstdraft Gallery Sydney 2011 Occupy House Martin Place, Sydney (large scale installation) Democracy is dead Pitt St Mall, Sydney (performance) 2010 Mythologies Fausto Coppi Space as part of Format Festival Adelaide (curator & participant) Works 2004-2005 The Reading Room Adelaide 2009 Format + 2% BIG Queens Theatre Adelaide (projection work) SUPERNATURE Urban Cow Gallery Adelaide (curator & participant) A Shrill Chuckle of Irrepressible Delight Mu Mason Film Archives Sydney (film screening) 2008 Square One Mori Gallery Sydney 2007 Showcase Mahan Gallery Columbus Ohio Square One Chalk Horse Gallery Sydney 2006 Acquiescence Fringe Festival Adelaide Adelaide Fringe Festival Opening Night Adelaide (projection work) 25/25 Arts on Bourke Sydney 2005 Human Expo Overtoom301 Amsterdam (instalaltion Intimacy Box) Intimacy Campbell Works London The Social The Arsenal Los Angeles 2004 Rudgang UDK Berlin Swing Tiergarten Berlin (performance) Degree Show SCA Gallery Sydney 2003 In Other Words Phatspace Sydney (curator & participant) E-Motion Castelo de S. Jorge Lisbon Degree Show SCA Gallery Sydney 2002 Sophomore Newspace Gallery Sydney Darkroom SCA Gallery Sydney You Me Us and Them SCA Gallery Sydney Tomorrow Forever Newspace Gallery Sydney (curator & participant) AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2013 Residency at NES Artist Residency, Iceland (forthcoming) 2012 The Portable Hole, Curated residency with Monique Mouton, Artscape Gibralter Point Toronto 2010 Residency at Artscape Gibralter Point Toronto 2006 Selected as one of 25 artists under 25 by Art and Australia Magazine and Noise 2004 Six month exchange to Universitat der Kunste Berlin Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Exchange Scholarship Mary Catherine Dally Bursary PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011 Interview for 2SER Radio Sydney 2009 Interview for Canvas FBi Radio Sydney Workshop for Format Festival 'Art and the very small press' Adelaide Editor and Publisher of INVISIBLE CITY online PDF art magazine www.invisiblecity.org A Sandcastle film clip for musician Bud Petals song My Home 2008 Interesting South Belvoir Street Theatre (presentation) 2004 Tutorial Assistant (Farbe Photographie) UDK Berlin 2002-2003 Gallery Assistant and Administration Newspace Gallery Sydney PUBLICATION 2012 YEN Magazine Issue 56 2012 Guard of women, Strategic essentialism, practiced place - Occupy Melbourne Digest 2011 The power of Silence as a form of non-violent direct action - Occupy Sydney Digest 2011 FBI Radio blog - Canvas Interview http://www.fbiradio.com 2011 Side Street sydney - Interview http://www.sidestreetsydney.com.au 2010 Light Journeys - Group show http://lightjourneys.net.au 2010 FORMAT Collective Annual 2010 Mythologies (Exhibition Catalogue) 2009 SUPERNATURE Rip It Up Issue 1016 (AU) 2009 Spotlight: SUPERNATURE Fringe Benefits www.fringebenefits.com.au 2009 INVISIBLE CITY www.invisiblecity.org (editor and publisher) 2009 TOMO Interview and images www.tomo.com.mx (Mexico) 2009 And I Still Miss You Issue One http://andistillmissyou.com 2007 Kiss Machine Goodbye Issue (Can) 2006 25/25 Art & Australia Vol 43 No 4 2005 Common People Journal (Can) 2005 Frankie Magazine Issue 6 2005 / Magazine Issue 4 (US) 2005 Matrix Magazine Issue 72 New Victorians (Can & US)