CV
Born in Jambinu/ Geraldton, Western Australia, 1985 | Currently lives and works in Naarm/ Melbourne.
Education
2023 Masters of Contemporary Art (First Class Honours), VCA University of Melbourne
2007 Bachelor of Arts (Art) (Honours) (First Class), Curtin University of Technology, Perth
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Living Grid, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria
2022 The Middle Distance, St Heliers Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne
2015 Unknown Complexity, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo
Formless, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
Puzzletheque (Adaptation V), Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne
2014 Light Transit, Innovators 1, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2010 Ma, Perth Galleries, Perth
2009 Klein Knot, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2008 Monoform; Manifold, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Monoform in Space, Perth Galleries, Perth
2007 Monoform, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Textile (Inter)action, Linden New Arts, Melbourne
2023 VCA Grad Show, VCA, University of Melbourne, Southbank
Care Structures curated by Kate Vassallo, M16 Artspace, Canberra
Line/Loop/Line, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
B-SIDE, Blindside, Melbourne
Fundraising exhibition, BUS Projects, Melbourne
From Where I Stand, curated by Kim Donaldson, VCA Artspace, Melbourne.
From With(in), George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Move it, Franklin Street Frames, Metro Tunnel Creative Program, Melbourne
B-Side, Blindside, Melbourne
It’s a Process, curated by Kate Just, VCA Artspace, Melbourne.
2021 B-Side, Blindside, Melbourne
Weaving Futures, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2020 B-Side, Blindside, Melbourne
2019 ATW18, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
Warped Perspectives, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Plexus, curated by Kate Vassallo Blindside, Melbourne
2018 Beyond the Veil, curated by Jake Treacy, Blindside, Melbourne
Black & White, Justin Art House Museum, Prahran
2016 Pattern+, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2015 Differences in Identity, Sala del Portale, Venice
Sculpture at Bathers, North Fremantle
2013 Art & Australia Collection 2003-2013, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
Pattern, Curated by Diane Soumilas, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2012 Symphonic Encounters, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
Group Show, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship 2010, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Return to Sender, Blindside ARI, Melbourne
Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2011 Transits, as a part of Critical Mobility, Bus Projects, Melbourne
BG3, Bei Gao Studio 3, Beijing, China
2010 Freedman Foundation Awards Exhibition, COFAspace, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Perth Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, VIC
PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2009 Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
Spectrum curated by Lisa Keen, ACGA Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne
Linden Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2008 Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Perth Galleries, Royal Exhibition Building, VIC
Closet Circus- Works from the Horn Collection, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
Sculpture, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2007 Economy, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Smaller Picture, Perth Galleries, Perth
2006 The Zone, collaborative project with Poets of the Machine, Fremantle Fashion Festival, WA
Art in Bloom, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
New Design, Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney
The Overlap and the Intersect, with Elizabeth Delfs, Fremantle Arts Centre
MATTEReality 2, The Moores Building, Fremantle
New Works, New Faces 6, Perth Galleries, Subiaco
2005 Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
MATTEReality, The Moores Building, Fremantle
Grants | Awards | Residencies
2023 Fiona Myer White Story Award
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, VIC.
Recipient, Mentoring Masters Program, VCA Access, University of Melbourne
2022 Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
Finalist, Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Art Homestead, VIC
Recipient, Small Project Grant, City of Yarra, VIC.
2021 Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, NSW
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, VIC
Finalist, Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestry, Australian Tapestry Workshop, VIC
2020 Recipient, Creative Victoria Grant
2019 Finalist, Darebin Art Award, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, VIC
Highly Commended, Kate Derum Award for Small Tapestry, Australian Tapestry Workshop
Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, VIC
2018 Residency, Heima Art Residency, Iceland
Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, Finland
Residency, Australian Tapestry Workshop, VIC
2017 Finalist, Paramor Prize: Art + Innovation, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, NSW
2015 Finalist, Gold Coast Art Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery, QLD
Residency, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo
Australian Artists Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts
2014 Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2013 Winner, Art & Australia/ Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Award
2012 Finalist, Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport VIC
2011 Residency (May/June) Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
2010 Residency (Oct-Dec) Draw International, France
Residency, ACME Studios, London
Recipient, The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
Recipient, Janet Holmes a Court Artists Grant
2009 Finalist, Churchie Emerging Artist Award, Brisbane QLD
2008 Recipient, Development Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts, WA
2007 Winner, People’s Choice Award, Bank West Contemporary Art Award 2007, PICA
Finalist, ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
2006 Recipient, New Works Grant, Department of Culture and the Arts WA
Commissions | Projects
2023 Public Artwork, 240 Queens Street, Brisbane
Workshop, Textile Action, George Paton Gallery
2022 Public Artwork, 1 The Esplanade, Elizabeth Quay, Perth
2021 Public Artwork, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Workshop, Building Impossible Spaces, Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC
2020 Public Artwork, Wyndham Park, Wyndham City Council, VIC
Public Artwork, Taopu Smart City, Shanghai, China
Weaving Futures Project, Australian Tapestry Workshop
Workshop as part of Escher X Nendo, NGV, Melbourne
2019 Public Artwork, Terminal 2, Melbourne International Airport
2018 Artwork Projection, William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane
Lighting installation, Riverside Quay, Southbank Melbourne
2017 Façade, Riverside Quay, Fender Katsalidis Architects, Melbourne
2016 Public Artwork, Brunswick Town Hall, Moreland City Council, Melbourne
Mural, Level 9, 2 Riverside Quay, PwC, Southbank Melbourne
2014 The Shipping Lane restaurant, Fremantle
2013 Curator, Complex Matter Beam Contemporary, Melbourne
2012 Minter Ellison Pty Ltd, Perth
Ferdydurke bar, Melbourne
2011 Curator, Trans-Siberian Arts Centre: a Kitchen project, Russia, Mongolia, China
The Palais’ display home, Riverstone Construction, Perth, WA
2010 Presenter, Pecha Kucha 3, P3, University of Westminster, London
LIFEwithBIRD Concept Store, GPO Building, Melbourne
2009 Presenter, Pecha Kucha, State of Design festival, The Toff in Town, Melbourne
Perkins Architects Pty Ltd. Melbourne
2008 Artist for the Western Australian Business and Arts Partnership Awards, Department of
Culture and the Arts, Perth
2007 Walker Architects, Sydney
Collections
Artbank
Curtin University of Technology
The Elizabeth and Lloyd Horn Collection (WA)
Merri-bek City Council
Tsinghua University, Beijing
University of Melbourne
Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection
Wyndham City Council
Private Collections (Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Malaysia, Japan, UK)
Selected Bibliography
2023 Rochelle Siemienowicz, “Me and my mentor: Britt Salt and Hannah Gartside,” Artshub, 21 Aug, 2023.
Izzy Baker and Mia Palmer-Verevis, From With(in), exhibition essay, Mar 2023.
2022 Sopia Cai, “20/20 Vision”, exhibition catalogue essay, Nov 2023.
2021 “Britt Salt: Building Impossible Spaces”, Heide MOMA, Broadsheet, July 2021.
Britt Salt, A Monochrome Colouring Book, self published, Nov 2021.
2016 Nick Lanaghan, “Mirvac Revamps Riverside”, Financial Review, 15 Sep 2016
“2 Riverside Quay Completed”, Urban Developer, 21 Dec 2016
2014 Dan Rule, Innovators 1: Review, The Age
2012 Jane Button, Britt Salt: Art & Australia/ Credit Suisse Contemporary Art Award, Art &
Australia, Vol.52 No.2 Summer 2012/13
Dan Rule, Symphonic Encounters, Review, Art Guide, July/August 2012
2010 Andrew Nicholls, Britt Salt: Drawing in Three Dimensions, Australian Art Review
2009 Kate Vickers Art News, Spring Issue INSITE magazine, WA
2008 Robert Nelson, Breathing heroic and sinister life into the inert lump, The Age, VIC
Ashley Crawford, Around the Galleries- Britt Salt Monoform: Manifold, The Age, VIC
Gabriella Coslovich, Australia’s Creative Talent Smiles all the way to the (Art), The Age VIC
Erin Coates, Out of the Box: ‘Economy’ in Perth, #210 June, Art Monthly, Australia
Ric Spencer, Monoform: (or “how I learned to enjoy puzzles”), catalogue essay
Closet Circus- Works from the Horn Collection, Foreword by John Stringer and text by Diana Roberts and Stuart Elliott, Published by Fremantle Press.
2007 Penny Craswell, Folded Forms- Britt Salt, August Issue, INDESIGN magazine, Sydney
Leta Keens, Right Now WHO- Britt Salt, February-March 2007, Belle Australia
Australia’s 50 Most Collectable Artists- Nomination, Australian Art Collector- Issue 39
2006 Ric Spencer, The Overlap and the Intersect, The West Australian, Perth
Emily Howes, Emerging- Brittany Salt, Object magazine –Issue 49, Sydney
2005 Ric Spencer, MATTEReality, The West Australian, Perth