Sean McDowell

Born 1997, Erlangen, Germany

Lives and works in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia

 

Education

2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), Victorian College of the Arts

2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture and Spatial Practice), Victorian College of the Arts

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Backdown to Earth, @14 Langridge

Bruise, Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space (CASPA)

Sean McDowell: Collectors’ Focus XII, Lennox St. Gallery (Online Exclusive) 

2022 Organisms, Five Walls

2021 In the day I dream of faraway places, Kingston Arts Centre

2019 The Staging of Actions Past, St. Francis

Selected Works, Rubicon ARI

Cuprum, Cuprum, Kings Artist-Run

2018 The Repositioning of Objects that Once Functioned, George Paton Gallery

2017 The Repositioning of an Object that Once Functioned, Seventh Gallery

Commissions

2019 First Commissions Project, The University of Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Refuge, workshop, stage, site: Billilla Artist Studios 2022-23, with Yvette Coppersmith, Sarah crowEST, Carolyn Cardinet, Noni Drew, Marie Honore, and Steffie Wallace,

Curated by Joanna Bosse, Bayside Gallery,

Lifeforms, with Anthony White, Bettina Willner, Jackie & Robby Wirramanda, John Olsen, John Aslanidis, Jorna Newberry, Judy Watson and Richard Young, Lennox St. Gallery

2022 Shifting Forces, with Julien Comer-Kleine, Gabrielle Skye Nehrybecki and Nina Rose Prendergast, C A V E S

2020 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts

From Heart + Mind, The Dax Centre

2019 Extended Gestures Extended, with Georgie North, Charlie Harding and Ben Pell, Five Walls

2018 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts

2017  Testing Sites- A public art project, The University of Melbourne

          Group Conversations; Australia’s Shame, George Paton Gallery 

2016 Proud 2016, Margaret Lawrence Gallery

 

Exhibitions Curated

2023 In a State of Limbo, with Georgie North, Tinieka Page and Alice Ramsden, Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space (CASPA)

2022 Shifting Forces, with Julien Comer-Kleine, Gabrielle Skye Nehrybecki and Nina Rose Prendergast, CAVES

2019 Curator of Box123, The University of Melbourne

2017 Co-Curator of Proud 2017, Margaret Lawrence Gallery 

Grants

2021 City of Yarra Small Projects Grant

2020 Kingston Arts Grant

City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grant

          The Myer Foundation National Assistance Program for the Arts Grant

2018 UMSU Arts Grant

Prizes / Awards / Residencies

2023 Billilla Artists Studio Program, Bayside City Council

2019 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (Shortlist)

2018 Majilis Travelling Scholarship (Shortlist)

Perrin Sculpture Foundry Award (Recipient)

2017 Mary and Lou Senini Student Art Award (Finalist)

          Graeme Hildebrand Art Prize for Young Contemporary Artists (Finalist)

          Footscray Tertiary Art Prize (Honourable Mention)           

Selected Media / Bibliography

2023 https://www.miragenews.com/2023-billilla-studio-artists-announced-915234/

2022 http://cavesgallery.com/exhibitions/shifting-forces

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e80ae06957dab9d5e3f599/t/6253a11296585b7233d94412/1649647890634/HLyon_Shifting+Forces_Exhibition+Text.pdf

https://artedit.com.au/ones-to-watch-sean-mcdowell/

2021 https://www.kingstonarts.com.au/VISUAL-ART/Exhibitions/Sean-McDowell

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59e80ae06957dab9d5e3f599/t/60e6f263dd9b6413cdd6a684/1625748070772/Tonight%2CIdreamofair.pdf

2020 https://www.sane.org/media-centre/media-releases-2020/the-dax-centre-heart-and-mind

https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/news/article/7797/2020-08-26-secret-spaces-a-review-of-from-heart-mind-at-the-dax-centre/

https://art2020.finearts-music.unimelb.edu.au/programs/honours/sean-mcdowell

2019 https://www.kingsartistrun.org.au/artists/sean-mcdowell/

https://www.art-thoughts-au.com/search/label/Sean%20Mcdowell

Collections

Work is held in public, private and corporate collections throughout Australia, Singapore, USA, Germany and The Netherlands.