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DAVID CHARLIE 

ARTIST CV
DAVID COLLINS Born in Perth, Western Australia

QUALIFICATIONS

2017 Masters by Research (MFA), Sydney College of the Arts – The University of Sydney

2010 Bachelor of Arts Visual Art (Honors) Curtin University of Technology, Perth

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 BABALON, Working Dog Gallery, Sydney

2020 HIRAETH, The Little Black Gallery, London (Online)

2018 Unity (in collaboration with Tony Albert and Warakurna Arts), Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

CRUSH (with Chiara Fragomeni and Stephen Summerlin), Wellington St Projects, Sydney

2017 Thief, Nicholas Projects, Melbourne

Wild Silence, FORM Gallery, Perth

2016 Pony, Stills Gallery, Sydney

HORSE BOY, Wellington St Projects, Sydney

2015 Neue Mythologie (with Carine Thevenau), Galerie Pavlova, Berlin, Germany

Silver Narcissus, PROJECT [504], Sydney

2013 Silk Atlas, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne

Plastic Eden, Venn Gallery, Perth

White Rhino, Edmund Pearce Art Gallery, Melbourne

2012 Momentary Thrill, Venn Gallery, Perth

White Rhino, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney

2011 White Rhino, Linton and Kay Contemporary, Perth

2010 Works by David Charles Collins, 1907, Perth

2009 Kids (with Abdul Abdullah), Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Perth

THOTH, Perth Contemporary for Photography, Perth

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 PHOTO 2024, Birrarung Lightboxes, Melbourne

Digitography, Compendium Gallery, Armadale NSW

Metamorphosis, FORM Gallery, Claremont WA

2023 Cruel Optimism, Tributary Projects, Canberra

Unashamed, Art Space on the Concourse, Chatswood NSW

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! World Pride Exhibition, Working Dog Gallery, Sydney

2022 Interspecies and Other Other, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne

The Blake Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney

A Gentle Misinterpretation, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth

Looking for Adam, XYZ Photo Gallery, Melbourne

2021 The Colours of Spring, ARTESPACE, Munich Germany

2019 Boys! Boys! Boys!, The Little Black Gallery (exclusive to Paddle8), London

The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria

The Unutterable, Down/Under Space, Sydney

Ritual, There Is Gallery, Perth

Antimagic, Down/Under Space, Sydney Australia

Movement, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW

Life is not Curated, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney

2018 Critical Bodies, Verge Gallery, Sydney

Fragile Armour, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth

In Cahoots: Artists Collaborate Across Country (in collaboration with Tony Albert and Warakurna Arts), Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth

Art Month, Collectors’ Space, MAY SPACE, Sydney

Collective, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

2017 Morphē, Down/ Under Space, Sydney, Australia

Namatjira Project Auction, curated by Tony Albert, Art Gallery of South Australia

Collective, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth

2016 They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Curatorial Marathon, Picture Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2015 Frühlings Salon, Galerie Pavlova, Berlin, Germany

Fair is Foul & Foul is Fair, Turner Galleries, Perth

Direction 1, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney

2014 Collective, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

Memento Mori, Lawrence Wilson, The University of Western Australia, WA

Frühlings Salon, Galerie Pavlova, Berlin, Germany

Panorama, Lawrence Wilson, The University of Western Australia, WA

2013 Censored, Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne

Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney

Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, Melbourne

Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

2012 Young Guns, Linton and Kay Contemporary, Perth

2011 Four by Four, The Bakery, Perth

Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

Pinyao International Photography Festival, Pinyao, China

2010 Mythology, Kurb Gallery, Perth

Grifting: Curtin Degree Fundraiser, Kurb Gallery, Perth

Curtin Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

2008 Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

Nyisztor Studio Group Show, Nyisztor Studio, Perth

Curtin Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

BREAK, Nyisztor Studio, Perth

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES

2022 The Blake Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney

2019 The William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria

2018 Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Home of the Arts, Brisbane

Semi finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

2016 Ravensthorpe WA, FORM residency, Western Australia

2015 Brighton Pavilion Residency curated by Andrew Nicholls, Brighton, United Kingdom

2013 Finalist, Hawkesbury Art Prize, Purple Noon Gallery, Sydney

Finalists, Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, Melbourne

Finalist, Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

2009 Finalist, Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

2008 Finalist, Iris Awards, Perth Centre of Photography, Perth

COLLECTIONS

Home of the Arts, Brisbane

Parliament House NSW

Patrick Corrigan Collection

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Western Australian Museum

Art Gallery Of Western Australia, WA

Lawrence Wilson, The University of Western Australia, WA