CONTACT
brooke.kferguson@gmail.com
CV
Brooke Ferguson
Born 1989. Proserpine, Australia
Education
2017 Maumaus Independent Study Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
2007–2010 Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art) Honours, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2020-2021 Mercury, David Pestorius Projects, Brisbane
2019 Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane
2019 Make Room!, The Soylent Spot, Brisbane
2017 Work-shy, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016 Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane
2016 Refrain/Reprise, Frank Moran Memorial Hall, Brisbane
2014 Half Finished Sentences, Blindside, Melbourne
2012 Closer Apart, Inflight, Hobart
2011 Pause/Play, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2011 Incremental Maintenance, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2010 Full Stop, NoFrills*, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2021 XXXX, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
2019 The Annual, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2018 Annual, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016 Vexations, The Soylent Spot, Brisbane
2016 Libris Awards: Australian Artist Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, Mackay
2016 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2016 Scott Ferguson (Brooke Ferguson and Erika Scott), Two Souls Speakers, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2015 Another Queue, Accidentally Annie Street Offsite, New Farm Bowls Club, Brisbane
2014 Extended Conversation Pieces, MAF Project Rooms, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2014 Conversation Pieces, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2013 [Q] ARI / Boxcopy, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2013 hot air, [Q] ARI - inbetweenspaces, Sydney Contemporary 13, Sydney
2012 Brooke Ferguson and Sebastian Moody, Knock, Accidentally Annie Street Offsite, Brisbane
2012 Video Easy - Three projects, Brisbane
2012 First Test - Current Projects, Brisbane
2011 Fresher, inbetweenspaces, Brisbane
2011 Whippersnappers, Level ARI, Brisbane
2010 Fresher Cunts, inbetweenspaces, Brisbane
Performative events
2015 Scott Ferguson at the IMA’s 40th Birthday Party, Institute of Modern Art. 21 November
2015 When the world was a wonder, Captain Burke Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 2 October
2015 Apparent Horizon, Wilson’s Outlook Reserve, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 21 August
2014 A Rose is a Rose is a Daisy, Cathedral Square, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 28 February
2014 Highflying, Highgate Hill Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 31 January
2013 Punch, Musgrave Road, Brisbane (with Erika Scott). 8 November
2011 Time and Tide, New Farm Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 25 November
2011 Brooke Ferguson and Eve Roleston, Let Down + When Dolphins Cry, supported by GIRRLSOUND, Griffith Conservatorium, Brisbane
Projects (exhibitions, one-night events, etc)
2019 Multitudinous seas – Narelle Jubelin, inkjet print on paper, edition of 25
2018 Multitudinous seas – Peter Simpson, inkjet print on paper, edition of 25
2017 Dave Hullfish Bailey + Sam Watson: Citycat Project 2006-2016, Qualipura, Lisbon. 26 July
2017 Glossary, Qualipura, Lisbon. 22 June
2017 Sea See C, Qualipura, Lisbon. 4 May. Featuring Courtney Coombs, Anita Holtzclaw and Catherine or Kate.
2015 Alone Together (curated with Rachael Haynes) – Boxcopy, Brisbane. 11 June - 4 July
2015 Interview with Anastasia Booth. Exhibition catalogue for Sepulchre, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2014 - 2015 Sliding Door, limited editions. Boxcopy, Brisbane. Featuring Archie Moore, Dirk Yates, Danielle Clej, Daniel McKewen, Erika Scott, Timothy P Kerr, Annie Boman, Elizabeth Willing, Catherine or Kate, Hayley Brandon, Marianne Templeton and Benjamin Crowley.
2012 Passages, Current Projects, Brisbane. 2 May - 19 May
2012 Clear Dove Tone, Level, Brisbane. 11 August. Featuring Hayley Brandon, Danielle Clej, Pirrin Francis, Michaela Gleave, Rachael Haynes, Catherine or Kate, Jess Olivieri, Sarah Werkmeister.
2012 Cleanskins, Level, Brisbane. 28 July. Featuring Michelle Knowles, Melissa Ryke, Erika Scott, Jemima Wyman.
2012 Eddy, Metro Arts, Brisbane. 29 February - 17 March. Featuring Danielle Clej, Channon Goodwin, Chistopher Handran, Erika Scott, Majena Mafe, Mark Webb.
Awards
2017 Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship
2016 Artspace Mackay Foundation, Youth and Student Artists Book Award
2015 Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
2010 NAVA Ignition graduate prize
Residencies
2021 Sculptors Queensland residency
2017 Parramatta Artists Studios residency
2011 Metro Arts Artist in Residence
Collections
Artists’ Book Collection, State Library of Queensland
Mackay Regional Council Art Collection
Private collections
Bibliography
Scott, E. (Re)Presenting - An Apocalyptic Pin-Up, ARI Remix, May 2020 (online article)
Lacey, O. Brooke Ferguson, Refrain/Reprise. Eyeline Magazine, 86 (2017): 68. (review)
Ford, D. In Stereo, Two Souls Speakers, Bus Projects, 2016 (catalogue essay)
Dunnil, A. Keep Running, Art Guide Australia, 2015 (article)
McConchie, R. game of words, Half Finished Sentences, Blindside, 2014 (catalogue essay)
Bennett, L. Accidentally Annie Street. Art Monthly Australia, No. 257, Mar 2013: 56 (article)
Bennett, L, Ferguson, B and Moody, S. Knock, Accidentally Annie Street, 2012 (catalogue essay)
Walsh, T. Whippersnappers: Three Brisbane graduate artists, Das Platform, 2011 (review)
Handran, C. Pause/Play, Metro Arts, 2011(catalogue essay)
brooke.kferguson@gmail.com
CV
Brooke Ferguson
Born 1989. Proserpine, Australia
Education
2017 Maumaus Independent Study Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
2007–2010 Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art) Honours, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2020-2021 Mercury, David Pestorius Projects, Brisbane
2019 Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane
2019 Make Room!, The Soylent Spot, Brisbane
2017 Work-shy, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016 Australian Fine Arts, Brisbane
2016 Refrain/Reprise, Frank Moran Memorial Hall, Brisbane
2014 Half Finished Sentences, Blindside, Melbourne
2012 Closer Apart, Inflight, Hobart
2011 Pause/Play, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2011 Incremental Maintenance, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2010 Full Stop, NoFrills*, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2021 XXXX, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
2019 The Annual, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2018 Annual, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2016 Vexations, The Soylent Spot, Brisbane
2016 Libris Awards: Australian Artist Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, Mackay
2016 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2016 Scott Ferguson (Brooke Ferguson and Erika Scott), Two Souls Speakers, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2015 Another Queue, Accidentally Annie Street Offsite, New Farm Bowls Club, Brisbane
2014 Extended Conversation Pieces, MAF Project Rooms, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne
2014 Conversation Pieces, Boxcopy, Brisbane
2013 [Q] ARI / Boxcopy, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2013 hot air, [Q] ARI - inbetweenspaces, Sydney Contemporary 13, Sydney
2012 Brooke Ferguson and Sebastian Moody, Knock, Accidentally Annie Street Offsite, Brisbane
2012 Video Easy - Three projects, Brisbane
2012 First Test - Current Projects, Brisbane
2011 Fresher, inbetweenspaces, Brisbane
2011 Whippersnappers, Level ARI, Brisbane
2010 Fresher Cunts, inbetweenspaces, Brisbane
Performative events
2015 Scott Ferguson at the IMA’s 40th Birthday Party, Institute of Modern Art. 21 November
2015 When the world was a wonder, Captain Burke Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 2 October
2015 Apparent Horizon, Wilson’s Outlook Reserve, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 21 August
2014 A Rose is a Rose is a Daisy, Cathedral Square, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 28 February
2014 Highflying, Highgate Hill Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 31 January
2013 Punch, Musgrave Road, Brisbane (with Erika Scott). 8 November
2011 Time and Tide, New Farm Park, Brisbane (with Courtney Coombs). 25 November
2011 Brooke Ferguson and Eve Roleston, Let Down + When Dolphins Cry, supported by GIRRLSOUND, Griffith Conservatorium, Brisbane
Projects (exhibitions, one-night events, etc)
2019 Multitudinous seas – Narelle Jubelin, inkjet print on paper, edition of 25
2018 Multitudinous seas – Peter Simpson, inkjet print on paper, edition of 25
2017 Dave Hullfish Bailey + Sam Watson: Citycat Project 2006-2016, Qualipura, Lisbon. 26 July
2017 Glossary, Qualipura, Lisbon. 22 June
2017 Sea See C, Qualipura, Lisbon. 4 May. Featuring Courtney Coombs, Anita Holtzclaw and Catherine or Kate.
2015 Alone Together (curated with Rachael Haynes) – Boxcopy, Brisbane. 11 June - 4 July
2015 Interview with Anastasia Booth. Exhibition catalogue for Sepulchre, Boxcopy, Brisbane.
2014 - 2015 Sliding Door, limited editions. Boxcopy, Brisbane. Featuring Archie Moore, Dirk Yates, Danielle Clej, Daniel McKewen, Erika Scott, Timothy P Kerr, Annie Boman, Elizabeth Willing, Catherine or Kate, Hayley Brandon, Marianne Templeton and Benjamin Crowley.
2012 Passages, Current Projects, Brisbane. 2 May - 19 May
2012 Clear Dove Tone, Level, Brisbane. 11 August. Featuring Hayley Brandon, Danielle Clej, Pirrin Francis, Michaela Gleave, Rachael Haynes, Catherine or Kate, Jess Olivieri, Sarah Werkmeister.
2012 Cleanskins, Level, Brisbane. 28 July. Featuring Michelle Knowles, Melissa Ryke, Erika Scott, Jemima Wyman.
2012 Eddy, Metro Arts, Brisbane. 29 February - 17 March. Featuring Danielle Clej, Channon Goodwin, Chistopher Handran, Erika Scott, Majena Mafe, Mark Webb.
Awards
2017 Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor's Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship
2016 Artspace Mackay Foundation, Youth and Student Artists Book Award
2015 Melville Haysom Memorial Art Scholarship, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art
2010 NAVA Ignition graduate prize
Residencies
2021 Sculptors Queensland residency
2017 Parramatta Artists Studios residency
2011 Metro Arts Artist in Residence
Collections
Artists’ Book Collection, State Library of Queensland
Mackay Regional Council Art Collection
Private collections
Bibliography
Scott, E. (Re)Presenting - An Apocalyptic Pin-Up, ARI Remix, May 2020 (online article)
Lacey, O. Brooke Ferguson, Refrain/Reprise. Eyeline Magazine, 86 (2017): 68. (review)
Ford, D. In Stereo, Two Souls Speakers, Bus Projects, 2016 (catalogue essay)
Dunnil, A. Keep Running, Art Guide Australia, 2015 (article)
McConchie, R. game of words, Half Finished Sentences, Blindside, 2014 (catalogue essay)
Bennett, L. Accidentally Annie Street. Art Monthly Australia, No. 257, Mar 2013: 56 (article)
Bennett, L, Ferguson, B and Moody, S. Knock, Accidentally Annie Street, 2012 (catalogue essay)
Walsh, T. Whippersnappers: Three Brisbane graduate artists, Das Platform, 2011 (review)
Handran, C. Pause/Play, Metro Arts, 2011(catalogue essay)