CV - SIAN WATSON (b. 1993)
EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
2015 Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), Australian National University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Gloaming, .M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
2023 Here or There, Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick, ACT
Happenchance, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
2022 Fact-based Dreaming, .M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
2021 Superimposed, Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick, ACT
Morphological, .M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
2020 Adaptation, Belconnen Art Centre, Belconnen, ACT
Migration, M16 ArtSpace, Griffith, ACT
2019 Future Fables, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
2018 Anthropocene Who?, .M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
Pending, Canberra Grammar Gallery, Red Hill, ACT
2017 Horse Moments, Tiniest Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Palmer Biennial, Palmer, SA
Brighton Jetty Sculptures, Brighton, SA
Think Big - SALA Silo Projections, Kanoonda, SA
SALA, Nearly Bar, Adelaide, SA
SALA and Foodland, Croyden, SA
2023 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Sculpture for Clyde, Batemans Bay, NSW
2022 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
Arthropoda, FELTspace, Adelaide, SA
Contour 556, Canberra Airport, Canberra, ACT
SALA, Thorne and Clark Winery, SA
Sculpture @ Shaw, Shaw Vineyard, Murrumbateman, NSW
2021 Spirit of 21, Cementa, Online Exhibition
2020 Contour 556, Lake Burley Griffin and Canberra Airport, ACT
Sculpture in the Garden, Mudgee, NSW
Screen Print on Paper, Megalo Print Studio, Online Exhibition
2019 The Way We Wear, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA
Heroine- Celebration and Protest in Women’s Art, M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
Bark, Gold Creek Station, Hall, ACT
Underscore Gallery, Whitefish, Montana, USA
2018 Contour 556, Lake Burley Griffin, ACT
Sculpture in the Paddock, Murrumbateman, NSW
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW
Place and Presence, Red Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Sculpture Bermagui, Bermagui, NSW
X 1, ANU Foyer Gallery, Acton, ACT
Cross Pollination, The Hive, Queanbeyan, NSW
2017 Shake It Up, Art Not Apart, Acton, ACT
At the End of the World, M Contemporary, Sydney, NSW
2016 Clear Water Sculpture Prize, Queanbyan, NSW
Margaret Munro Award Exhibition, ANU Foyer Gallery, Action, ACT
Love is in the Air - Members Show, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Braddon, ACT
Hidden, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Personal Geography, ANU Foyer Gallery, Action, ACT
Menagerie, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway, ACT
EASS 2016, Strathnairn Arts, Holt, ACT
Habitual Creatures, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen, ACT
Let there be Sculpture, Strathnairn Arts, Holt, ACT
Synthesis, M Contemporary, Woolarah, Sydney, NSW
Sculpture On The Edge, Bermagui, NSW
Faculty Staff Exhibition, Canberra Grammar School Gallery, Red Hill, ACT
2015 ANU School of Art Graduating Exhibition 2015, Acton, ACT
Sculpture in the Paddock, Yass, NSW
Random 2015, ANU Foyer Gallery, ACT
TRYA Awards, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
You Are Here – East Row Museum, Civic, ACT
You Are Here and So Are We, Civic, ACT
Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
2014 ANU School of Art Graduating Exhibition 2014, Acton, ACT
Sculpture on the Edge, Bermagui, NSW
TRYA Awards, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
#Sculpture, ANU Foyer Gallery, ACT
AWARDS / GRANTS / MENTORSHIPS
2021 Rosalie Gascoigne Memorial Award, CAPO
Recipient of the ArtsACT HOMEFRONT Funding
2020 Clitheroe Foundation Emerging Artist Mentor Program, Sculpture by the Sea
Moolarben Major Acquisition, Sculpture in the Garden
2018 McGrath Woden Emerging Artist Award, CAPO
Tuggeranong Arts Centre Emerging Artist Solo Exhibition Prize, Sculpture in the
Paddock
2016 ClearWater Sculpture Prize, Queanbeyan City Council
2015 Margaret Munro EASS Prize, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
Crafted Inc. Public Sculpture Commission, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
M Contemporary Exhibition Award, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
Strathnairn Arts Foundry Residency Award, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
Canberra Grammar School Exhibition Award, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
Canberra Grammar School Residency Award, ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
Sculpture in the Paddock Encouragement Award, Yass Soldiers Club
2014 Sculpture on the Edge Packers Prize, Cardog Designs, Bermagui
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Undergrazing, 2022, Hobart Place, Civic, ACT
Helios, Lawson Park, Mudgee, NSW
RESIDENCIES
2021 Artist in Residence at the Squatters Residence, The Foundations, Portland, NSW
2020 Living Studio Residency at Belconnen Art Centre, Belconnen, ACT
2016 Artist in Residence at Canberra Grammar, Red Hill, ACT
Artist in Residence at Strathnairn Bronze Foundry, Holt, ACT
2014 Artist in Residency at Mulwaree High School, Goulburn, NSW
PUBLICATIONS
2018 Vogue Living Australia, 2018, January/February, Page 100
