Kieren Seymour
Born London, UK 1980. Lives and works in Victoria.
PhD, Deakin, candidate, 2021.
Bard MFA New York, 2018, incomplete.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) R.M.I.T. 2015.
Exchange studies at Zurcher Hochshule De Kunste (Zhdk), Zurich 2010.
Upcoming exhibitions:
2024 Neon Parc, Melbourne.
Selected Solo and two person exhibitions:
2024
Sins Of The Cloud, Neon Parc, 2024
2022
An Endless Supply, Hamish McKay, 2022. (NZ)
World Builder World Destroyer, Neon Parc, 2022.
2021
Rucas, Bitcoin and The Four Seasons, Neon Parc, 2020.
2018
Blue Blindness, NKN, 2018.
2017
Love Job, Kieren Seymour & Dana Hoey, Sutton Projects, Melbourne.
Meet The Family, Kieren Seymour, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne.
2015
Peace of Mind, Kieren Seymour & Holly Wilson, RM, Auckland.
Burning Your Furniture to have the Warmest House in the Street, Kieren Seymour and Jackson Slattery, Alaska Projects, Sydney. 2015.
Lucas Golding & Kieren Seymour, Long Division, Melbourne.
2014
Kieren Seymour and Luke Sands, Sutton Projects, Melbourne.
Best Friend, Worst Friend, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne.
2013
Buridans Ass, Utopian Slumps Project Space, Melbourne.
Group exhibitions:
2024
Worlding, curated by Amber Smith, Platform Arts Geelong, 2024.
2023
The National, Museum Of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, 2023.
Thin Skin, Monash Museum Of Contemporary Art (MUMA), curated by Jennifer Higgie, 2023.
2022
Zombie Eaters, Murray Art Museum, 2022
Variations, Blindside Gallery, 2022
2017-2021
Laugh Now, Cry Later, Artist pages Un Magazine
Group show at Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, 2017.
Guts Salon, Curated by Bill Hawkins, South Yarra.
Irene Rose, Curated James Parkinson, Melbourne.
They Sprayed Him With Hisses, West Space, Curated by Patrice Sharkey.
Waiting For The Sun To Rise, TCB, Lucina Lane.
2016
A Global Audit: Drawing Everywhere, SACI Institute, Florence Italy.
2015
Sydney Contemporary, Curated by ACMI, Ulanda Blair and Jess Bram.
Flake Presents, Melbourne, Curated by Kate Meakin.
Thirty Twenty Seven, Sydney. Curated by Chris Dolman.
The Sweet Life, Blindside, Melbourne. Curated by Nick Chilvers.
2014
Fin, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne.
City of Yarra Grant.
Martin Kippenberger, Neon Parc, Melbourne.
Das Boot, Next Wave, Melbourne.
Brunswick Lakes, Group Show, Melbourne.
Melbourne Now, Channels, Speakeasy Cinema, Melbourne
2013
Wired for Melbourne, Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Melbourne.
Channels, ACMI, Melbourne.
NAVA grant.
STUDIO 6- PROJECT 3. Group Exhibition: Artwork Documentation, Melbourne.
感情警備員ビザ, featured in collaboration with Toru Ishigaki & Luke Cornelis Sands, TCB Art Inc, Melbourne.
Interpreting Variable Arrangments, Supermarket-2013-Stockholm Independent Art Fair.
Drunk vs. Stoned III , Neon Parc, Melbourne.
Bonmot , Bus Projects, Melbourne.
2012
Nell Artbar, (Eye for an Eye feat. Luke Sands ‘Contact lenses for Kieren’& Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself), MCA, Sydney.
That’s Hats, Place of Assembly, Melbourne.
Great Views, Snake Pit, Auckland.
Preview, School House Studios, Melbourne.
Artstart recipient, Australia Council.
We are that within which we operate, Kings ARI, Melbourne.
Collections:
Artbank, Sydney.
Private collections in Melbourne and Sydney.
Awards and Grants:
Exchange studies at Zurcher Hochshule De Kunste (Zhdk), Zurich 2010.
Artstart recipient, Australia Council, 2012.
NAVA grant, 2013.
City of Yarra Grant, 2014.
Laugh Now, Cry Later, Artist pages Un Magazine, 2017.
Fellowship and Scholarship, Bard University, 2018.
Australian Cultural Fund, 2018.
Creative Victoria Grant, 2020.
Deakin Scholarship Phd 2021.
