| Susan Norrie |
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| Biography |
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| 1953 |
Born Sydney, Australia
Currently lives and works in Sydney |
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| Selected solo exhibitions |
| 2006 |
Black Wind, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
2004
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UNDERTOW, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
2003
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eddy, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth |
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notes from underground, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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UNDERTOW, AGNSW Contemporary Art Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
2002
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UNDERTOW, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne |
2001
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Thermostat, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland; Lord Mori Gallery, Los Angeles; and SOFA Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Forecast, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York |
2000
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Issue 141, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
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Grey Goods, Art + Industry Biennial, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand |
1999
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Grey Goods, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York |
1998
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Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
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Susan Norrie, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
1997
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco |
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Shudder, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide |
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Loophole, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
1996
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Inquisition, Mori Gallery, Sydney
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1995
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Shudder, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
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1994
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error of closure, Artspace, Sydney |
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trace, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
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Susan Norrie, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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Susan Norrie Projects 1990–1995, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne |
1993
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room for error, City Gallery, Wellington and Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand |
1991
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vis-à-vis, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York |
1990
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R.S.V.P., Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York |
1989
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PERIPHERIQUE, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia |
1988
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Objet d’art, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
1987
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Susan Norrie Paintings 1986–87, L’Hotel Pozzo di Borgo, Paris and Galerie Passages, Troyes, France
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1986
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Tall Tales and True, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
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Susan Norrie Paintings 1983–86, University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne |
1982
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Mori Gallery, Sydney |
1980
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Mori Gallery, Sydney
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| Selected group exhibitions |
2006
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Black Wind, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Adelaide Festival |
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Twilight, ‘EVERYWHERE’, Busan Biennale, South Korea |
2005
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World Without End, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
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Black Wind, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Het Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam; Bijloken Gent/Belgium; VerkadeFabricek s- Hertogenbosch |
2004
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Living together is easy, Art Tower Mito Museum, Japan and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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On Reason and Emotion, Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
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Plug-In, Futura, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Enola, Cinema Capacete IV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2004–02 |
Future Cinema, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; and touring: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Helsinki, Finland; ICC—Intercommunication Center, Tokyo |
2003
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FACE UP, Nationgalerie im Hamburger Bahnof, Berlin |
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BLOOM: Mutation, Toxicity and the Sublime, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
2002
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Step, CCNOA and Robert Preece Projects, Brussels, Belgium |
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Fieldwork Australian Art 1968–2002, National Galley of Victoria, The Ian Potter Centre, Melbourne |
2001
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Monochromes, University Art Museum, The University of Queensland, Brisbane |
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Morphologies; (dis) Location Project, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney |
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Lightness of Being: Contemporary Photographic Art from Australia, Monash University, Melbourne |
2000
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Rags to Riches, Fondation de la Tapisserie des Arts du Tissu, Belgium |
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Zeitgenossische fotokunst aus Australien, Neur Berliner Kunstverein and touring in Germany |
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Moving Image Project, Sydney International Airport, Sydney |
1999
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Signs of Life, Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne |
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Trace, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
1998
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All this and Heaven too, Adelaide Biennial of Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
1997
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Archives and the Everyday, Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra
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The Seppelt Contemporary Art Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney |
1995
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Through a Glass Darkly, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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1994
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Virtual Reality, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
1993
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Looking at Seeing and Reading, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney and Monash University, Melbourne
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1992
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Strangers in Paradise, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
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The Purloined Image, Flint Institute of Art, Michigan, United States of America |
1991
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Frames of Reference: Aspects of Feminism in Art, Artspace, Sydney
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1990
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Temporal Frames, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
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1987
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Emerging artists: selections from the Exxon Series, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1986
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ORIGINS + ORIGINALITY + BEYOND, Sixth Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney,
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1984
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Australian Visions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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| Residencies and awards since 1990 |
| 2008–07 |
Sally and Don Lucas Artist Residency Program, Montalvo, United States of America |
2007
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Representing Australia at the Venice Biennale
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| 2006–04 |
APA Scholarship for PhD studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2001 |
Artist in Residence, (dis) Location project, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
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| 2000–1999 |
Australia Council Fellowship |
1997
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Seppelt Contemporary Art Award Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
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1992
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Visiting Scholar, University of Indiana, Bloomington, United States of America
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| COLLECTIONS |
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| Selected bibliography |
| Bond, Tony, ‘Trace’, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, catalogue essay, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK |
| Cininas, Jazmina, ‘Susan Norrie: Undertow’, exhibition review, Frieze, London, 2003 |
| Creed, Barbara, ‘Susan Norrie, On Reason and Emotion’, exhibition catalogue, Biennale of Sydney, 2004, p. 158 |
| Engberg, Juliana, ‘Undertow’, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne Festival Visual Arts Program, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2002 |
| Engberg, Juliana, ‘Engulf’, Thermostat, exhibition catalogue, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, 2001 |
| Engberg, Juliana, ‘Signs of life: Melbourne International Biennial’, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne, 1999 |
| Grace, Helen, ‘underground passages’, Susan Norrie, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003 |
| MacKenzie, Andrew, ‘Susan Norrie, Undertow’, exhibition review, Contemporary, UK, December 2002 |
| Murphy, Bernice, ‘Zeitgenossusche fotokunst aus Australien’, exhibition catalogue, Neur Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 2000 |
| Perez, Ingrid, ‘Vanities-finishes’, Susan Norrie, exhibition catalogue, Art of New South Wales, Sydney, 1994 |
| Plant, Margaret, ‘Boundless Room, Boundless Sea’, Susan Norrie Projects, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, 1995 |
| Smith, Trevor, ‘Body Double’, Susan Norrie, exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1998 |
| Spate, Virginia, ‘Peripherique’, exhibition catalogue, Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, 1989 |
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| Acknowledgements |
| Susan Norrie’s project for the 2007 Venice Biennale was made possible through the commitment, passion and creative input of David Mackenzie (camera, editing, sound), Justin Hale (journalist, interpreter) and Robert Hindley (sound). |
| The artist would like to thank the following people for their endurance and patience: |
| Loretta Ryder, Terence Nuku, Ewen McDonald, Raniera Te Whiti Tui Tui Ryder-Nuku, Luke Parker, Noel Tovey, Kim Pettigrew, Juliana Engberg, Kitty Hauser, Stephen Mori, David Norrie, Russell Dumas, Helen Grace and Reva Childs. |
| With thanks to the people of Porong and East Java and Wowok (hadi ernowo), who continued to drive us day and night. |
| With thanks also to John Kaldor and the Australia Council team: Karilyn Brown, Anna Waldmann, Sophie O’Brien, Jane Silversmith and Jacqui Bonner. |
| The artist would also like to thank UNSW, COFA and Icinema for their support. |
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