Craig Cole

off the kerb

This latest series of work by Craig Cole continues his exploration of the metamorphism of an Australian urban and suburban environment and how this continual change affects the inhabitants. Within this context, Cole depicts public structures that are unnoticed but require a closer look to investigate the nuances of human contact. His painted canvases allow for contemplation of the process, giving the viewer a new understanding of the contemporary environment, prone to rapidly alter with the fast-paced evolution of technology. @craigcoleartist

CRAIG COLE

1977 – Born in Melbourne, Victoria

Email: coleism@hotmail.com Contact: 0434 284 776 Blog: www.craigcole.blogspot.com.au

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Agitator,Off the kerb,Melbourne

2012 Concrete Hermits, C3 Gallery, Melbourne .

2012 Exposed Aggregate, Five Walls Projects, Melbourne.

2008 I don’t want to grow up, Shifted Gallery, Melbourne.

2007 Dark side of the goon, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne

2006 From Broadie to Meltdown and Beyond, Trocadero Art Space,

2005 Getting Up, West Space, Melbourne.

2004 Septic Playground, Short Street Gallery, Melbourne.

2003 Praise the Board, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 3 Aspect of realism, Soho Galleries Sydney.

Alot .Trocadero Art Space, melbourne.

All the best, Soho Galleries, Sydney.

Modern ruin, Substatin, Melborne.

2012 Footscray on the Edge, Public Art Project supported by Maribyrnong

City Council.

Under Dogs, Five Walls Projects, Melbourne. The Other, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne.

2011 57 Irving Street, Footscray collaboration show in shop front windows supported by Maribyrnong City Council.

Kodak Photography Prize ,Contemporary Centre for Photography,

Melbourne.

2009 Hybrid, Toyota Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

2008 Wallpaper 08, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne.

2007 Ungroup/Group, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne.

2006 Phootscray is Phat, BILLBOARD@TROCADERO, Melbourne.

LONDON , NEW YORK, FOOTSCRAY, BILLBOARD@TROCADERO, Melbourne. Footscray - You know what I mean?, BILLBOARD@TROCADERO, Melbourne. Footscray – The Birth Place of Heroin Chic, BILLBOARD@TROCADERO, Melbourne. Footscray – You know what I mean?, Art Almanac, Australia. Ellen Mileo Contemporary Art Prize, 69 Smith Street.

2005 Hoon Town , The Foundry, Melbourne. What Are You Showing Here For?,Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne.

2004 Qwest, Short Street Gallery, Melbourne. ASSOCIATED EXPERIENCES

2007 – 10 Co–founder and co-director of Shifted Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne. 2005 – 08 Committee Member and co-founder, Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, Melbourne. Gallery

2003 – 04 Assistant, Short Street Gallery, Footscray, Melbourne.

1GRANTS & PRIZES

2012 Footscray On The Edge.

2009 Finalist, Hybrid Toyota Sculpture Prize.

2006 Finalist, Ellen Mileo Contemporary Art Prize, 69 Smith Street. 2005 Arts & Cultural Grant, Maribyrnong City Council.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Republic x. Exposed Aggregate. February 28, 2013 Invurt. The others. September 7, 2012 Wynter, C. Artblog-review, August 10, 2012 Making Space Publication, 2007

‘The Footscray House’, Architectural Review Australia , October, 2005. Merz, M., Space to grow’, The Herald-Sun, August 3, 2005. Nichigo Press, August, 2005. ‘The Sessions’, Channel 31, 2004.

Nelson, R., The Age, November 5, 2003.