nicola loder

born melbourne 1964
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education
2007- Current, PhD Fine Art, Monash University, Melbourne
1994-97 Master of Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1992-92 Post Graduate Diploma, Film, The Victorian College of the Arts
1986-89 Bachelor of Fine Art, Photography, The Victorian College of The Arts
1998-98 Lecturer in Media Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1994-97 Lecturer in Photography, Monash University - Swinburne University

solo exhibitions
2012 Tourist # 5 - disappearing project 1-40, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2009 Tourist # 3 - sighted child 1-11, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2006 Tourist #4 - May 1967, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2005 Tourist #2 - I am not a hoola girl, I am not a dog, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
Tourist #1 - blind child 1-6, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2003 Wild Thing, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Wild Thing, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1998 Landscape 1-18, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1996 Child 1-175: A Nostalgia for the Present, Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Broken In My Mouth, Main gallery, The Basement Project, Melbourne
1994 The Apprenticeship of Silence, Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Monash Gallery, Gippsland Campus
1993 Untitled, collaboration with Deborah Ostrow, The Basement Project, Melbourne
1991 Untitled, collaboration with Deborah Ostrow, Studio 12, Gertrude St, Melbourne

selected group exhibitions
2012 Liquid Archive, presented by and at MUMA, Melbourne
2011 Pressing Issues, Castlemaine Festival Exhibition, Castlemaine
2010 Sculpture Prize Exhibition, Lot 19 Gallery, Castlemaine
2006 Where Angels Tread, CACSA, Adelaide, curated by Blair French
2005 ‘I’m travelin’ light’ … ‘No, no you don’t travel light’, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
Qwest, short st art space, Melbourne, curated by Craig Cole
Trocadero inagural exhbibition, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
2004 Concern, VCA gallery, Melbourne, curated by Stuart Koop
2000 Telling Tales, the child in contemporary photography, Monash University Gallery,
Melbourne, Bendigo Art Gallery, Campbel Town City Bicentennial Art Gallery,
University of South Australia Art Museum, Brisbane City Gallery.
2001 Orbital, Lux Gallery, London, CCP Melbourne, curated by Keely Macarow
Remember Who You Are, 200 Gertrude Street, curator - Allison Weaver, Peta Clancy
1998 Identity Art - People of Diversity, Sydney, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore,
Jakarta, Thailand, South Korea, China, curator - Colin Simpson
Image ≠ Object, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, curator - Blair French
Strangely Familiar, Glasgow Exchange Exhibition, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art,
Melbourne, curator - Clare Williamson
Respond Red or Blue, Royal Melbourne Hospital, for Melbourne Festival
1997 Moet & Chandon touring exhibition, QAG Brisbane, NGV Melbourne,
AGWA Perth, NSWAG Sydney, AGSA Adelaide.
Rapport: Eight Artists from Singapore and Australia, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, IMA,
Brisbane, Curators - Natalie King and Tay Swee Lin,
New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Rapport: Eight Artists from Singapore and Australia, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore,
Monash Gallery, Melbourne
The Rupert Bunny Prize exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Labyrinth, Platform Gallery, curator - Rachael Kent, Melbourne
Steam, Stop 22, Melbourne, curator Marion Harper
Faktura, Stop 22, Melbourne, Curator - Rosalind Drummond
Pure Cinema, Charles Williams Gallery, Department of Architecture, R.M.I.T
Melbourne Curator Rosalind Drummond

selected bibliography
2009 Tourist #3 sighted child 1-11, Stuart Koop, exhibition catalogue
2006 Tourist #4 may 1967, Anthony Gardner, exhibition catalogue
2005 Tourist #1 blind child 1-6, Anthony Gardner, feature article, UnMagazine, Issue 4, p12
2003 wild thing, Anthony Gardner, Eyeline, No. 52, p48
wild thing, Robert Nelson, The Age, December, A3, p7
wild thing, Featured Artist, Real time, June, p13
2002 Telling Tales, the child in contemporary photography, Margaret Moore, Photofile, May, p57
2000 Telling Tales, exhibition catalogue, Anne Marsh
Remember Who You Are, Peter Timms, Age, Wednesday July 21, p7
Orbital, exhibition catalogue essay, Keely Macarow
Orbital, Peter Timms, Age, Thursday July 13, p5
Orbital, Gabriella Coslovich, Age, Wednesday July 28, p7
1999 Orbital, Peter Hill, Artlink, V18 #4, p36
Respond Red or Blue’, Daniel Palmer, Eyeline, July
1998 Image ≠ Object, Alex Gawronski, <Globe>, Nov 9, issue 8s
Landscape 1-18, Anita Bragge, Herald Sun, Saturday September 19, p116
Landscape 1-18, Robyn McKenzie, Herald Sun, Monday March 2, p81
Landscape 1-18, Mike Edmonds, Herald Sun, Friday 20 March
Landscape 1-18, exhibition catalogue, Naomi Cass,
Landscape 1-18, Anna Claburne, Age, Wednesday February 25, p7
Image ≠ Object, Robert McFarlane, Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday June 17
Image ≠ Object, Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 16 June
Strangely Familiar, Clare Williamson, exhibition catalogue
Strangely Familiar, Peter Timms, Age, Wednesday Sep 26, p20
Respond Red or Blue’, exhibition catalogue, Marie Louise Hillcoat,
1997 Moet & Chandon touring exhibition, Colin Simpson, The Bulletin, page 71, May
Moet & Chandon exhibition catalogue, Anna Clabburn
Rapport, Wahyuni Hadi, ART AsiaPacific, Number 13, February
Rapport, Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, April page C6
Rapport , Jason Smith, Museum National, vol 5, no. 3 Feb. page 19-20
1996 Rapport, Robert Nelson, The Age, September
Rapport, exhibition catalogue, Natalie King, Rapport ex. Cat.
Rapport , Rachel Farnay, Asian art news, May/June page 80
Rapport , Rod McLeish, Temple Studio Publication #16, July page 5-8
Rapport, Susie Wong, The Strait Times, June
Rapport , Anne Marsh, The Herald Sun, September
Rapport , Natalie King, Real Time, August/September page
Child 1-175, Richard Holt, World Art, October
Child 1-175, exhibition catalogue, Edward Colless
Child 1-175, Freda Freiberg, The Age, April
1995 Faktura, Natalie King, Photofile, November
1994 The Apprenticeship of Silence, Zara Stanhope, Photofile, November
The Apprenticeship of Silence, Simeon Kronenberg, Agenda, September
The Apprenticeship of Silence, Clare Williamson, Lyn Tobias, Artfan, Spring
The Apprenticeship of Silence, Anne Marsh, Herald Sun, May

grants and awards
2006 Arts Victoria, Arts Development Grant
Wnner, (2d section) Williamstown Contemporary Art Festival
2002 Arts Victoria, Arts Development Grant
2000 Cinemedia/Experimenta, Project Grant
1997 Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council, Project Development Grant, New Work
Arts Victoria, Arts Development Grant
1995 Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australia Council, Project Development Grant, New Work

collections
2003 Crown Casino
2001 Besen Family
2000 Building 101 Collins St Melbourne
1998 Monash University Museum of Art
1996 National Gallery of Victoria
Victorian College of the Arts

professional experience and other projects
2003 - 06 Designed, built and managed short st art space & studios with my partner Geoff Crosby
2002 – 03 Produced Special, an exhibition of new migrant and refugee children’s photographs,
Footscray Community Arts Centre, The Immigration Museum, & Children’s Museum, Melbourne
2003 – 04 Produced the photography for WordUp, a publication documenting a series of workshops
in schools with spoken word artists such as Morganics. Worked with blind children from The Royal Victorian
Institute for the Blind taking photographs and new migrant and regugee children from the Western English Language
School for Smile, an exhibition of children’s photography at Artplay, Melbourne.
1998 Lecturer in Media Arts, RMIT, City Campus
1997 Lecturer in Photography, Monash University, Gippsland campus
Curated [insert title here], ARC Gallery, Yinnar, (exhibition of students work)
1994 - 95 Lecturer in Photography, Swinburne University, Prahran campus
1995 Lecturer in Photography, Monash University, Gippsland campus
Curated, Out of the Dark, Latrobe Regional Gallery, (exhibition of students work)
1993 - 95 Photography Tutor, St Kilda Park Primary School
1994 Curated Close Up On St Kilda Park, Linden Gallery (exhibition of students work)

artists publications
2006 Tourist #3 sighted child 1-11, exhibition catalogue essay by Stuart Koop, Melbourne
2006 Tourist #4 May 1967, exhibition catalogue essay by Anthony Gardner, Melbourne
2005 Tourist #2 I am not a hula girl, I am not a dog, exhibition catalogue essay by Anthony Gardner, Melbourne
Tourist #1 blind child 1-6, exhibition catalogue essay by Stuart Koop, Melbourne
2003 wild thing exhibition catalogue essay by Stuart Koop, Melbourne
2002 Special exhibition catalogue essay by Stuart Koop, Melbourne
1998 Landscape 1-18, exhibition catalogue essay by Naomi Cass, Melbourne
1996 Child 1-175: A Nostalgia for the Present, exhibition catalogue essay by Edward Colless, Melbourne
1994 The Apprenticeship of Silence ex. cat. Deborah Hennessy, Jennifer Higgie, Sandra Webster, Melbourne
Untitled, Deborah Ostrow / Nicola Loder exhibition catalogue, Melbourne


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