Biography
COLLEEN BOYLE is an artist and academic working out of Melbourne, Australia. Her current research interests include: theories of perception and representation; history and theory of photography; space exploration and space imaging; philosophical interpretations of imagination; scientific imaging and theories of scientific observation.
In 1977 her grandfather took her to see a matinee screening of the film Star Wars. The windows of the Yea town hall had been darkened with previously used black plastic that was ridden with tiny holes. The result was a galaxy of shining stars, and the film hadn't even started. Thus began Colleen's life-long fascination with all things to do with outer space.
Initially trained as a printmaker at Monash University, Colleen's art practice has now diversified into working with photography, sculptural elements, light, shadow, projections, mirrors and whatever else takes her fancy.
In 1977 her grandfather took her to see a matinee screening of the film Star Wars. The windows of the Yea town hall had been darkened with previously used black plastic that was ridden with tiny holes. The result was a galaxy of shining stars, and the film hadn't even started. Thus began Colleen's life-long fascination with all things to do with outer space.
Initially trained as a printmaker at Monash University, Colleen's art practice has now diversified into working with photography, sculptural elements, light, shadow, projections, mirrors and whatever else takes her fancy.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD, RMIT University, School of Art, 2016
MA, The University of Melbourne, Art History, 2000
Post Grad Diploma, Tourism & the Visual Arts, The University of Melbourne, 1997
BA, Monash University, Hons, Printmaking, 1994
Advanced Certificated of Art and Design, Outer Eastern College of TAFE, 1989
Curatorial Projects
To the Moon and Back, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, core program, 2019
Solo Exhibitions
Portion of the Surface Never Seen, RMIT School of Art Gallery, 2015
The Melencolia Project, Blindside, Melbourne, 2015
Object of Reflection, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, 2013
perception(deception), Horti Hall, Melbourne, 2003
Secrets of a Thousand Moons, Albert St Gallery, Mittagong, 1998
Group Exhibitions
Blindside B-Side, Blindside, Melbourne, 2017 (B-side with Rebecca Najdowski)
Flow, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, 2017 (Curated by Heather Hesterman)
Surfacing, Lightscape Projects, RMIT University, 2015-16 (Curated by Verity Hayward and Andy Tetzlaff)
Transparency, University of Colorado, USA, 2012 (Folio exchange)
Disrupture, Lightscape Projects, RMIT University, Melbourne, 2012 (Curated by Verity Hayward and Andy Tetzlaff)
Capriccio (variant), Trinity College Library, Melbourne, 2011-12 (Curated by Rod Gray)
Capriccio, Red Gallery, Melbourne, 2011 (Curated by Rod Gray)
Siemens/RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 2010
Secret Life of the City, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2010
Off Tap, Upstairs at the Napier, Melbourne, 2010
Re-Collection, Red Gallery, Melbourne, 2010
My Place, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2010
The Collective, Space 39, Melbourne, 2009
We Work Together, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2004
We Are Australian, various national & international venues, 1999 (Curated by Geoff La Gerche)
WestSpace Annual Fundraiser, WestSpace, Melbourne, 1997, 1999
Silicon Psyche, George Patton Gallery, Melbourne, 1996 (Curated by Anonda Bell)
Canson Student Print Award (finalist), various national venues, 1995
Monash Summer Salon, Monash University, Melbourne, 1994
12 Printmakers, Panorama, Melbourne, 1993
Collections
Monash University
RMIT University
University of Colorado
New Mexico Highlands University
The University of Iowa
Grinnell College, Iowa
Media/Press
'The Return of Moon Mania, but Are We Asking the Right Questions?', Gina Fairly, Artshub, 2019.
'Photo Exhibition Celebrates Moon Landing', Cosmos Magazine, 23 August 2019.
'Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2019: To the Moon and Back takes on lunar inspiration', Michelle Smith, The Courier (Ballarat), 19 August 2019.
'Flow: Counihan Gallery', Kate Gorringe-Smith, Imprint, June 8 2017
'Out of this World', Mercedes-Benz Magazine, March 2017
'New Artwork for Docklands', Docklands News, December 2016
Interview with Alex McCulloch on 'The Arts Show', November 11, 2016
'Art on the Ground that Looks to the Southern Sky', Suzannah Lyons, ABC Australia Plus, 2016
'Celestial Ground', Wonderment Walk, 2016
‘Artists in the Museum’, Roisin O'Dwyer, Insite Magazine, Sept-Oct 2011, p.8.
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
Wonderment Walk Sculpture Commission, 'Celestial Ground', 2016
RMIT School of Art HDR Research Funding, 2013
RMIT Higher Degree by Research Travel Scholarship, 2012
Australian Post Graduate Award, 2010-13
Memberships
Art and Science Collaborations Incorporated
PhD, RMIT University, School of Art, 2016
MA, The University of Melbourne, Art History, 2000
Post Grad Diploma, Tourism & the Visual Arts, The University of Melbourne, 1997
BA, Monash University, Hons, Printmaking, 1994
Advanced Certificated of Art and Design, Outer Eastern College of TAFE, 1989
Curatorial Projects
To the Moon and Back, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, core program, 2019
Solo Exhibitions
Portion of the Surface Never Seen, RMIT School of Art Gallery, 2015
The Melencolia Project, Blindside, Melbourne, 2015
Object of Reflection, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, 2013
perception(deception), Horti Hall, Melbourne, 2003
Secrets of a Thousand Moons, Albert St Gallery, Mittagong, 1998
Group Exhibitions
Blindside B-Side, Blindside, Melbourne, 2017 (B-side with Rebecca Najdowski)
Flow, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, 2017 (Curated by Heather Hesterman)
Surfacing, Lightscape Projects, RMIT University, 2015-16 (Curated by Verity Hayward and Andy Tetzlaff)
Transparency, University of Colorado, USA, 2012 (Folio exchange)
Disrupture, Lightscape Projects, RMIT University, Melbourne, 2012 (Curated by Verity Hayward and Andy Tetzlaff)
Capriccio (variant), Trinity College Library, Melbourne, 2011-12 (Curated by Rod Gray)
Capriccio, Red Gallery, Melbourne, 2011 (Curated by Rod Gray)
Siemens/RMIT Fine Art Scholarship Awards, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, 2010
Secret Life of the City, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2010
Off Tap, Upstairs at the Napier, Melbourne, 2010
Re-Collection, Red Gallery, Melbourne, 2010
My Place, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2010
The Collective, Space 39, Melbourne, 2009
We Work Together, 69 Smith Street, Melbourne, 2004
We Are Australian, various national & international venues, 1999 (Curated by Geoff La Gerche)
WestSpace Annual Fundraiser, WestSpace, Melbourne, 1997, 1999
Silicon Psyche, George Patton Gallery, Melbourne, 1996 (Curated by Anonda Bell)
Canson Student Print Award (finalist), various national venues, 1995
Monash Summer Salon, Monash University, Melbourne, 1994
12 Printmakers, Panorama, Melbourne, 1993
Collections
Monash University
RMIT University
University of Colorado
New Mexico Highlands University
The University of Iowa
Grinnell College, Iowa
Media/Press
'The Return of Moon Mania, but Are We Asking the Right Questions?', Gina Fairly, Artshub, 2019.
'Photo Exhibition Celebrates Moon Landing', Cosmos Magazine, 23 August 2019.
'Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2019: To the Moon and Back takes on lunar inspiration', Michelle Smith, The Courier (Ballarat), 19 August 2019.
'Flow: Counihan Gallery', Kate Gorringe-Smith, Imprint, June 8 2017
'Out of this World', Mercedes-Benz Magazine, March 2017
'New Artwork for Docklands', Docklands News, December 2016
Interview with Alex McCulloch on 'The Arts Show', November 11, 2016
'Art on the Ground that Looks to the Southern Sky', Suzannah Lyons, ABC Australia Plus, 2016
'Celestial Ground', Wonderment Walk, 2016
‘Artists in the Museum’, Roisin O'Dwyer, Insite Magazine, Sept-Oct 2011, p.8.
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
Wonderment Walk Sculpture Commission, 'Celestial Ground', 2016
RMIT School of Art HDR Research Funding, 2013
RMIT Higher Degree by Research Travel Scholarship, 2012
Australian Post Graduate Award, 2010-13
Memberships
Art and Science Collaborations Incorporated
