| | JAMES PARRETT |
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| | BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1976 | Born Melbourne, Victoria |
| | Lives and works Melbourne |
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| | EDUCATION |
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| 1998 | B.A. Sculpture, Monash University, Melbourne |
| 2002 | B.A. Sculpture (Honours), Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne |
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| | SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2014 | Open Studio, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2013 | Arc, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Intersect, Gould Galleries, Melbourne (with Emma Langridge) |
| 2006 | 4square, Upstairs Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Some New Sculptures, Murdoch & Barclay Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Recent Sculptures, Murdoch & Barclay Gallery, Melbourne |
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| | SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2016 | Montalto Windery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria, WINNER |
| 2015 | The Director’s Choice 2015, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2015, Yarra Glen, Victoria |
| | Sculpture on the Wharf Exhibition 2015, Woolloomooloo, NSW |
| 2014 | McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey + Award, Langwarrin, Victoria |
| | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2014, Yarra Glen, Victoria |
| | Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| | Toyota Sculpture 14 Exhibiton, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
| | The Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, Vicotria |
| 2013 | Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2013, Yarra Glen, Victoria |
| | Sculpture for Sight, Adelaide, South Australia |
| 2012 | McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey + Award, Langwarrin, Victoria |
| | The Melbourne Sculpture Prize 2012, Melbourne |
| | Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne |
| | Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| 2011 | Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards 2011, Yarra Glen, Victoria |
| | Spectacle and Observer, Traffic Jam Gallery, Neutral Bay, NSW |
| | Allsorts, Gould Galleries, Melbourne |
| | Sculpture 2011, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney |
| 2010 | McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey + Award, Langwarrin, Victoria |
| | Deakin University small sculpture prize, Burwood, Victoria |
| | Yering station sculpture prize, Yarra Glen, Victoria |
| | Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, Queensland |
| | Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne |
| | Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| 2009 | Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney |
| | Lorne Sculpture Prize, Lorne, Victoria |
| | Object and Construct, Axia Modern Art, Melbourne |
| | Montalto Winery Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| 2008 | Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney |
| | Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne |
| | Melbourne International Flower + Garden Show Sculpture exhibition, |
| | Melbourne |
| | Contempora 2 Sculpture Prize, Docklands, Melbourne |
| 2007 | McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey + Award, Langwarrin, Victoria |
| | Sculpture 2007, Australian Art Resources, Southbank, Melbourne |
| | Exploration Seven. Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne |
| | S, VCA Gallery, Melbourne |
| | Montalto winery sculpture prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| 2006 | Moreland Sculpture Prize, Melbourne |
| | Williamstown Festival - Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne |
| | Montalto winery sculpture prize, Red Hill, Victoria |
| 2005 | McClelland Contemporary Sculpture Survey + Award. Langwarrin, Victoria |
| 2003 | Design Festa, Odaiba Big Site Convention Centre, Tokyo, Japan |
| | Keith & Helen Murdoch Travel Scholarship, V.C.A Gallery, Southbank, |
| | Melbourne |
| 2002 | Grad show, V.C.A School of Art, Melbourne |
| | Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney |
| | The Honours Show, V.C.A Student Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Association of Sculptors of Victoria Annual Exhibition, Telstra Building, |
| | Melbourne |
| | Ox cart studio group exhibition, Preview Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Is that the time-no that is a wrist watch, Mass Gallery, Melbourne |
| | (Next Wave Festival) |
| 1999 | Central Gold fields Sculpture Award, C.G.R.A.C, Maryborough, Victoria |
| 1998 | Monash Uni- Ararat Gallery, Ararat Tafe, Ararat, Victoria |
| | (Next Wave Festival) |
| 1997 | What’s all that about, Fresh Gallery, Melbourne |
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| | AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES/ COMMISSIONS |
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| 2016 | Winner of the Montalto Winery Scuplture Prize 2016 |
| 2012 | The Rabaul and Montevideo Maru Memorial, Australian War Memorial, |
| | Canberra ACT |
| | Shortlisted for the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award 2012 |
| 2011 | Invited (one of ten sculptors shortlisted) for the Southern |
| | Way/McClelland Peninsula Link Major Sculpture Commission, |
| | Mornington, Victoria |
| 2010 | Short listed (one of four sculptors) for the Red Hill shopping centre |
| | public art commission, Red Hill, ACT |
| 2009 | Metricon ‘Mandalay at Beveridge’ Hume Highway Commission |
| | Beveridge, Victoria |
| | Short listed (one of three sculptors) for proposed Chadstone shopping |
| | Centre western forecourt entrance commission, Chadstone, Melbourne |
| 2008 | Australand foyer commission, Rhodes Corporate Park, Rhodes N.S.W |
| 2007 | Short listed (one of four sculptors) for Proposed Crown Towers Hotel |
| | Lobby Commission, Southbank, Melbourne |
| 2006 | Wall piece for the new Becasse restaurant, Sydney C.B.D |
| 2002 | BMW Executive Lounge/sales room commission, Southbank, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Second Prize, The Tina Wentcher Prize, Association of Sculptors of |
| | Victoria Annual Exhibition, Telstra Building, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Hotel Sofitel Banner Project, Melbourne City Council and Hotel Sofitel |
| | 3rd year Open Day Sculpture Prize, Monash University |
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| | COLLECTIONS |
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| | Australian War Memorial, Canberra |
| | High Court of Australia, Canberra |
| | Monash University, Melbourne |
| | Becasse Restaurant, Sydney |
| | Spring and Parks Commercial and Industrial Property Consultants, |
| | Melbourne |
| | Numerous private collections |
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| | PUBLICATIONS |
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| | Cullum-Jenkins, Charlotte. Beveridge Boom Begins, North Central |
| | Review, May 2009 |
| | Backhouse, Megan. New kids on the block, Art Gallery Guide, May 2007 |
| | Makin, Jeff. Exploration 7, The Herald Sun, May 2007 |
| | Kelly, Brooke. Welding a bond with audience, The Moreland Leader, |
| | November 2006 |
| | Staff members: James Parrett, October-February 2006 |
| | McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park Newsletter, October 2005 |
| | McDonald, John. Marvels in Miniature, The Financial Review, October 2002 |
| | Evans, Holly. Until December 3, The Age, November 2001 |
| | Kelly, Alexandra. Flying the Banner for Art, The Melbourne Times, August |
| | 1998 |
| | McCulloch, Susan. Trio go to the wall for sake of their Art, The Australian |
| | July 1998 |
| | Cawthorne, Zelda. Welcome to Hotel d’art, Herald Sun, February 1998 |