BIOGRAPHY
1965 Born Boston Massachusetts, USA
1985 Visiting Artist, Purchase College, University of New York, USA
1987 Photographer, Ethnic Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
1988 Visual Diploma, Australian National University, Canberra
1990-91 Technical Assistant, Print Making, Australian National University, Canberra
1998 Australian Citizenship
2002 Deputy Director, Australian National Capital Artists, Canberra
2003-07 Technical Assistant, Craft ACT
2008- Technical Assistant, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2009-15 Arts Tutor, Messengers Arts Program, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra
2010 Set Designer, Red dress theatre production, Denmark
2016-22 Art Installer ADF Arts for Recovery program, University of Canberra
2020 Art Mentor and Tutor, Regeneration, creative arts project for disaster-affected communities
2023 to present Art Mentor, Australian Defence Force Arts for Recovery program, University of Canberra
2023- Visiting artist – Five Ways studio, Cooma, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Climacteric”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2022 “Directly-Indirectly”, Cox Gallery (Canberra Art Biennial), Canberra
2021 “Axis”, assemblages, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2020 “City State”, Belco Arts “Going the distance” campaign, online exhibition, Canberra
2019 “On the horizon”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2017 “Strange couplings”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2015 “Under construction”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2012 “Façade”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2011 “Toy boys”, Jas Hugonnet Gallery, Canberra
2010 “Murus”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2010 “Bull’s head”, Jas Hugonnet Gallery, Canberra
2009 “The Cube”, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space, ACT
2008 “Recent works”, Jas Hugonnet Gallery, Canberra
2006 “Hm. Truths”, New England Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2004 “Distillation”, ANCA Gallery, “House”, Barry Stern Gallery, Paddington, NSW
2002 “Rooms”, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2002 “New Works”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2001 “Landscape”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
2000 “Housed”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1999 “Rms”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
1998 “Boxed”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1997 “Some of my Father’s Toasters” Artstop, ACT
1996 “Aquifer”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1995 “State of Combustion”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
1995 “Enshrined”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 “Signs”, Ben Grady Gallery
1993 “Land Affected”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1992 “Landscape Constructions”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1992 “New Works”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Tilt, 2 Artists - Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts, CT
2024 Compression, 2 Artists - Beaver Galleries, Deakin, ACT
2023 Drawn to Place: A shift in the landscape, Curated by Belinda Hungerford, New England Regional Museum, NSW
2023 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2022 “Molecule”, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
2021 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2021 “Timeline”, with Pat Hoffie, Curated by David Broker, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2021 “HABITAT : Ways of living”, Curated by Mark Bayley, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2020 “Contour 556/2020, Mixing Room Gallery, ACT
2019 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, ACT
2018 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, ACT
2018 “Contour 556”, East Space, ACT
2017 Sydney Contemporary
2017 Carriageworks, Sydney (Beaver Galleries)
2017 Outdoor Sculpture Festival, Canberra Grammar School, ACT
2016 “Contour 556”, National Library of Australia, ACT
2016 “Bird Connections”, 107 Projects, Redfern, NSW
2016 “30 years, 30 artists, 30 works”. Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2015 “Peculiar Library”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2015 “CAPO Auction”, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2015 Canberra Opening of Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, Canberra
2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne (Beaver Galleries)
2014 “Mash Up Glue Up”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka, Canberra
2013 Sydney Contemporary
2013 Carriageworks, Sydney (Beaver Galleries)
2013 “Shaping Canberra – The Exhibition”, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2013 “Digest”, Canberra Glassworks Gallery, Curated by Scott Chaseling
2013 “Triangle”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2013 “Intensity of Purpose”, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2012 “Small works”, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2012 “Transit of Venus”, School of Art, ANU
2012 “End of the world”, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2011 “Atonement”, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW
2011 “Pin-wonderwall”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2011 “Lakeside”, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
2010 “Something in the air”, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
2010 “Recent works”, Giraffe designs, Mitchell, ACT
2010 “Winds of change”, Weereewa Sculpture Walk, Weereewa, NSW
2009 “COPY Cat”, Canberra Contemporary Arts Space, ACT
2009 “Sculpture by the Sea”, Denmark
2009 “Cut –Paste”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2008 Bega Regional Gallery, NSW
2008 25 Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Auction, National Archives of Australia, Canberra
2008 “Skin Deep” Auction, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2008 “Sculpture by the Sea”, Bondi, NSW
2008 “Sculpture by the Sea”, Cottesloe, WA
2008 “Inaugural Exhibition” Gather”, The Q Arts Centre, Queanbeyan, NSW
2007 “Sculpture by the Sea”, Bondi, NSW
2007 “Urban Gothic”, Craft ACT, Canberra
2007 “Shifting Perspectives”, Craft ACT, Canberra
2007 “Phoenix Prize”, Australian National University, Canberra
2006 “Haze”, Kamberra Wine Company, Canberra
2006 “Domain Project”, Alinga Street West, Canberra
2006 “Occupation Resistance reliance”, Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Armidale, NSW
2006 “Five”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2005 “Composite”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2005 “Sculpture 2005”, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2005 “Tsunami auction”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2004 “Sculpture”, Maunsell Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2004 “Box”, ANCA Tenants Exhibition, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2004 “24...7 Instored”, Woden Plaza, Canberra
2003 “By George”, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2003 “New Sculptures”, Maunsell Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2003 “Packs saddle”, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW
2002 “Catalogue exhibition”, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2001 “Reflecting Canberra”, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
2001 “Peer Pressure”, Access Contemporary Art Space, Sydney
2001 “Termenos”, Festival of Contemporary Arts, ACT
2000 “Landscape”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
2000 “Prelude”, permanent collection exhibition, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT
2000 “Australian Contemporary Art Fair 8”, Melbourne
1998 “Dog’s Breakfast”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
1998 “New Works”, Helicopter Hangar, Garangular, NSW
1998 “Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6”, Melbourne
1997 “Question Exhibition”, Healthpact, Canberra
1997 “Rhythm of light, 2 artists”, ACT Legislative Assembly, Canberra
1997 “South Port Art Festival”, St Alban, QLD
1996 “Gulp”, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
1996 “Reconstructed Guitars”, Festival of Contemporary Arts, ACT
1995 “Installation”, Festival of Contemporary Arts, ACT
1994 “Survey”, Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1994 “Images 2”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1994 “Australian Contemporary Art Fair 3”, Melbourne
1994 “Clear Case”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1992-7 “Survey”, Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney
1991 “On the Wall, On the Floor, Two Artists”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1990 “Rugs to Wrought Iron”, Sister Gallery, Yass, NSW
1990 “Affinities”, School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra
1990 “Artist Made”, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1989 “Uncertain Vessel”, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
1988 “Asch Warming”, University of Southern California Gallery, USA
1987 “Ethnic Diversity within LA”, University of Southern California Gallery, USA
1987 “Two Sides of China”, University of Southern California Gallery, USA
1985 “Two Artists”, Fire Side Lounge, University of New York, USA
AWARDS / COMMISSIONS
2024 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Compression exhibition, Beaver Galleries
2020 Grant recipient, Belco Arts, “Going the Distance” campaign
2020 Grant recipient, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation award
2020 Grant recipient, ArtsACT HOMEFRONT funding
2020 Grant recipient, The Myer Foundation
2017 Winner, Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation Fellowship
2017 Finalist, CGS Harris Hobbs Outdoor Sculpture Prize, Canberra Grammar School
2015 Winner, The Workplace Research Associates Award, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Canberra
2013 Inductee to the Queanbeyan Cultural Honours Gallery, The Q, NSW
2012 Visual Artists award, Canberra Critics Circle, ACT
2009 Finalist, Blake Prize
2009 Finalist, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney
2009 Invited artist to represent Australia in Sculpture by the Sea, Denmark
2008 Finalist, Sculpture by the Sea, Perth
2008 Winner, Rosalie Gasgcoine Award, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, Canberra
2007 Finalist, Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
2007 Finalist, Phoenix Prize for Spiritual Art, Australian National University, Canberra
2006 Selected artist, Domain Project, ACT
2003 Highly commended, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2001 Awarded materials grant Arts ACT Cultural Council
1999 Catalogue Production grant, Arts ACT
1998 Development grant, Arts ACT
1995 Materials grant, Arts ACT
1994 Materials grant, Arts ACT
1993 Visual Artists award, Canberra Critics Circle, ACT
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Creative couples: Can a husband-and-wife team work independently and make great art? Sasha Grishin, Riot ACT , 9 September
2023 “A celebration of rugged beauty”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 18 February
2021 “Scavenger gives voice to materials”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 20 February
2020 “In City State...”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times
2019 “Premonitions urge us to act now”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 5 April
2017 “Asch creates a unique artistic language”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 14 March
2016 Catalogue, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2015 “Top 5 artists pick for 2015”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times
2015 “Footy Fever explores art and Sport”, Peter Haynes, Canberra Times, 25 September
2014 “Mash Up”, Sally Pryor, Canberra Times, 1 Feb
2013 “Processing culture”, Kerry-Anne Cousins, Canberra Times, 4 June
2013 “Enjoyable yet pointed show”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 22 June
2013 “The art of recycling”, David Butler, The Queanbeyan Age, Oct 13
2010 “Finding a life in sculpture”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 9 November
2010 “Something in the air”, catalogue, Canberra Museum and Gallery, June-October
2009 “Cut-Paste”, Lyn Mills, Canberra Times, July
2008 Art Monthly, October
2008 Art Almanac, September
2007 “Weereewa Sculpture”, Cayla Dengate, Canberra Times
2006 “Six ACT Sculptors”, Jenna Price, Canberra Times, October
2006 “Haze”, Sonia Barron, Canberra Times, December
2006 “Composite look”, Ron Cerabona, Canberra Times, December
2006 “Domain 2006”, Capital Magazine, November
2005 Vogue Living, Betsy Brennan, September
2005 “Undiscovered Artists”, Sasha Grishin, Australian Art Collector
2005 “Composite”, Philipa Kelly, Art Look, iss. 9, March
2004 “Distillation”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, November
2003 “Totems of Modern Life”, Kezia Geddes, Muse, August
2003 “By George”, Ron Cerabona, Canberra Times, March
2002 “Rooms”, Emily Ang, Muse, December
2001 “Reflections of Canberra”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, March
2001 “Lakes Edge”, Sonia Barron, Canberra Times, July
2001 Inside Out, August
2000 “Reproduced”, The Chronicle, January
1999-2000 “Reproduced”, Muse, No.191, December-January
1999 “Asch”, Artist Colour Catalogue
1992-99 “Reproduction”, Canberra Times, November
1998 SMH Galleries, Bruce James, April
1997 “Colour and Movement”, Cassie Proudfoot, Canberra Times, April
1996 “Reproduce”, Belle Magazine, November
1995 “Reproduce”, Temenos, No.1 Autumn
1995 “Reproduction/Review”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times
1994 “Landscapes of Rusted Iron”, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, June
1994 Images 2: Contemporary Australian Painting, Nevill Dury, Craftsman House, Roseville East
1994 “Critics Circle Awards 1994”, Muse, November
1993 “Exposure to Contrast”, Australian Weekend
1991 “Sensitive Witty and Wooden”, Sonia Barron, Canberra Times, October
1991 “On the Wall”, Kerry-Ann Cousins, Muse, December
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia; Artbank; ACT Legislative Assembly; Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT; Australian Academy of Science, ACT; Wesley Art Foundation; private and corporate collections in Australia, USA, UK, Denmark and the Netherlands