CARLA PRIIVALD

Born: 1970 Newcastle, NSW.

BIOGRAPHY
1970 Born Newcastle, NSW.
1989-90 Photographic Assistant - Branco Gaica Photography, Sydney.
1990 Travelled to Indonesia, Hawaii.
1994–95 Assistant Administrator - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.
1995-96 Graphic Artist/Director’s Assistant - Prime Television Northern, Newcastle.
1996 Graphic Artist - Nirvarra Productions, Newcastle.
1997 Travelled to Northern Thailand, Vietnam.
1997-98 Manager/Administrator - Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney.
1998 Travelled to Sweden, Greece.
1999 Travelled to Southern & North Western Australia.
1999-01 Set Design, Graphic Design, Scenic Artwork - Nova Productions, Sydney.
1999–02 Freelance Graphic Artist/Desktop Publisher, Sydney.
2000 Travelled to Thailand, France, Sweden, UK.
2001 Catalogue Design, Sydney College of the Arts Degree Show, University of Sydney.
2002 Research tour to Thailand, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Italy, USA.
2002- Currently Gallery Manager – Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
2003/04 Travelled to Fijian Islands.

EDUCATION
1986-87 Fine Arts Certificate - Newcastle College of TAFE, NSW.
1990 Higher School Certificate Matriculation, Newcastle College of TAFE, NSW.
1993 Bachelor of Arts/Visual Arts, University of Newcastle, NSW.
2001 Bachelor Fine Arts – Honours Class 1, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.
2003 Master of Visual Art, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

MIXED EXHIBITIONS
1992 Friction the Home Front, Watt Space, Newcastle, NSW.
1993 Group Show, Watt Space, Newcastle, NSW.
Graduating Exhibition, University of Newcastle, NSW.
Group Show, Zaara Street Café, Newcastle, NSW.
1995 Garagesaal, Curated by Franz Ehmann, Brisbane, QLD.
1995 Invitational – International Women’s Day, University of Queensland Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2001 Dry , paintings, prints and collaborative work with Cyndi Wish - SCA Gallery, Newspace, Sydney, NSW.
Degree Show – Honours & MVA, SCA, University of Sydney, NSW.
2002 Birthday Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
Size Was Not an Issue, Gallery Cafe, Sydney.
Con...temporary Window, Freespace & SCA, Sydney.
Staff Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
Dry City Walk, Public Performance, AGNSW to Pitt St, Sydney, Friday 14 June.
Vast - paintings, prints and collaborative work with Cyndi Wish - Dome Gallery, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
2003 Three Colours-Blue, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
The Dog Show, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney.
Postgraduate Degree Show - SCA, University of Sydney.
2004 Sculpture 2004 - Paper, Rock, Scissors, collaborative work with Hjalle Torell, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
Doggy Two, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney.
Three Colours-White, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.
Art for Labour, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney.
Drawing the Line, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney.
Extinction Denied, fundraising exhibition for the Humane Society International, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.

PUBLISHED/REPRODUCED
1992 Michael Hedger, ‘Art’, The Newcastle Herald, 12 Dec.
2002 Christine Hogan, Special Promotion, pg.3, Spectrum, SMH, June 29-30.
2003 Human Rights Defender, vol.12, issue 3, p32.
2004 TV Feature, ‘Sculpture 2004’ on ‘Today’ show, TCN9, Jan 28.
Profiles, Art Almanac, May, p140.
Sydney City, Wentworth Courier, Wed May 5, p14.
Sydney City, Wentworth Courier, Wed May 19, p26.

AWARDS/PRIZES
1993 1st Prize - Erotic Category, Edible Art Competition, Bar on the Hill, University of Newcastle, NSW.
1996 The Sex Files - with Byron Webb, Radio Industry Award for runner up in Best Regional Radio Documentary.

COLLECTIONS
Arthouse Hotel, Sydney; UTS Union Collection, Sydney; private and corporate collection around Australia.