| 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 |