CV
Qualifications
PhD Candidate, Monash University, Art and Design
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts. QUT, Brisbane. Qld. 1997-1999
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts. QUT, Brisbane. Qld. 1991-1993.
Current Employment
2010 Collections Curator and Lecturer, USQ
Awards & Grants
2010 Research Grant, Centre for Public Memeory, USQ.
2007 Gordan Darling Foundation, Grant.
2004 Queensland Creative Fellowship. Queensland Government-Arts Qld, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology and The University Of Queensland
2001 New Work, Australia Council
2001 Overall Prize, Churchie Emerging Art Exhibition, ACGS,East Brisbane
1999 Product Development Grant, Arts Queensland
1998 Works on paper prize, Churchy Art Prize, ACGS, East Brisbane Qld
1997 Overall Prize, Logan Art Award. Logan City Gallery,LoganCity, Qld.
Collections Brisbane City Gallery Collection, Qld.
Rockhampton City Gallery Collection, Qld.
Logan City Gallery Collection,Qld.
Curated shows
2012 Haunts and Follies; Penny Byrne, Sam Leach, Simon Mee and Kate Rohde. Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2009 Kate Rohde, “Kaiservilla”,Foyer Gallery USQ Toowoomba,
2009 “The Wallpaper project”, wallpaper designed by Tiffany Shafran, Simon Mee, Megan Keating, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Lisa Radford and Sadie Chandler Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba, Other venues include Ipswich Regional Art gallery, Crows Nest gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Arts Gallery,StanthopeRegionalArtGalleryandRedlandBayArtGallery
2008 One Metre Eye Height, Donna Moody, Vernon Ah Kee, Archie Moore and Evan Hollis,Foyer Gallery USQ Toowoomba,
2008 Not Flat, past sculpture students, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba,
2008 One plus One, Ingo Gerkin and Sarah Ryan, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba,
2007 Paper Plane, JCU exchange show, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba,
2007 Michael Schlitz, Foyer Gallery, USQ Toowoomba,
2006 “Mobility”, Inflight Gallery,Hobart,Tasmania.
1995 Co-curator/organiser, Minimal Means, Savode Gallery Brisbane
Projects
2008 – 2010 “The Wallpaper project”, combining the work of Tiffany Shafran, Simon Mee, Megan Keating, Rob McHaffie, Anne Wallace, Lisa Radford and Sadie Chandler with walllpaper design as an outcome and touring exhibition.
Other
1998 Consultant/orgainser, “Christmas in the City”, BCC.
1998, 1999 Consultant/orgainser, “Christmas in the City Car Parks”,BCC.
1999 Contributor, M/C e-journal, “Retromortis”.
1998 Team leader/organiser, “Christmas in the City” ,King George Square.
1994,1995 Reviewer, piece writing, “whats on” editor, West End Neighbourhood News.
1995 Visual Arts Reviewer,”The Nights”, Briz 31
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Chalk and Charcoal”, Retrospect Gallery and Lorrauine Pilgrim,Broadbeach, Qld
2009 “The Triumph of Adversity”, Linden- Contemporary for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2006 “The Suburban Sweet”, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld.
2003 “Make me cry (doyou really want too)”, Queensland Arts Council touring show, various locations.
2002 Smyrnios GalleryAustralia,32-34 St Edmonds Rd.Prahan, Melbourne Sept. 25 to Oct. 19.
2000 “I’ve Been Drinking Malted Milk”, RedBack Art Gallery,60 Khartoum St,Brisbane. Sept. 22 – Nov. 11
1998 “Little Boys”, Savode Gallery,60 Khartoum StBrisbane. Aug 9?28
1997 “Does Rabbit Fur Stick?”, Savode Gallery,60 Khartoum St,Brisbane Oct 19 ?
1996 “Blinky the Axe Hero”, Savode Gallery,11 Stratton St,Brisbane. Nov 29 ? Dec 20
1995 “Toying”, Palace Gallery, QUT,Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2012 Haunts and Follies; Penny Byrne, Sam Leach, Simon Mee and Kate Rohde. Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.
2010/11 Queensland Regional Art Awards and Touring exhibition, Flying Arts, Qld.
2010 Pathways To Collecting, Loraine Pilgrim and Ord Minnett, The Gold Coast. Qld
2010 Drawn Together” Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast. Qld
2010 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards & Exhibition, 06 Nov to 09 Dec
2010 Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Ballarat City Gallery, Victoria.24 Sept to 7 Nov
2010 Marie Ellis Drawing Prize, Jugglers Arts Space, Qld. 6- 27 Aug
2010 “Inanimate”, Nyst Gallery, The Gold Coast. Qld
2010 “Nobody Knows: Anne Wallace, Rob McHaffie and Simn Mee”,GoldCoastCityArtGallery, The Gold Coast, Qld
2010 Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Qld. March
2010 The 2010 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize,Lismore RegionalArtGallery, NSW.
2009/10 The Wallpaper project” touring exhibition, USQ Toowoomba, Artisan Gallery, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Ipswich Regional Art gallery, Crows Nest gallery, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery and Redlands Regional Art Gallery.
2009 “The Fourth Estate”, Nyst Gallery, The Gold coast.
2009 “Innocence”, Nyst Gallery, The Gold coast.
2008 “We make good pets” (Collaboration with Elizabeth Shaw), Metro Gallery,Brisbane.
2008 “If you cant stand the heat”, Nyst Gallery, Gold Coast. Qld
2007 “Mentors and Proteges”,ToowoombaRegionalArtGallery, Toowoomba
2006 “Double Take”,MuseumofBrisbane,Brisbane, Qld.
2006 “Mobility”, Inflight Gallery,Hobart,Tasmania.
2003 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Centre, SurfersParadise, Qld.
2003 “Treehouse”, Studio 11, Metro Arts,Brisbane, Qld.
2003 Innaugural Metro 5 Art Prize, Metro 5 Gallery,Armadale,Victoria
2002 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Centre, SurfersParadise, Qld.
2002 “A4 Art Exhibition”, Refugee Week 2002, Austcare. Metro Arts,Brisbane, Qld.
2001 “Get it on”, Modus Studios, Upstairs cnr Dogget & Proe St, July (as “Wendy Testaburger”).
2001 “Peep Show”, Modus Studios, Upstairs cnr Dogget & Proe St, June(as “Wendy Testaburger”).
2001 “Real World Art: Art By QUT Alumni”, QUT Art Musuem, 13 May to 15 July
2001 “Paper, scissors, rock” , Modus Studios, February (as “Wendy T Memorial Art Quartet”).
2000 “The Stars Shine Bright”, Logan Art Gallery, June 23 – July,
1999 “The Drawing Room (contemporary Queenslanddrawing)”, Brisbane City Art Gallery, July 29-Sept. 15
1998 “Typically(?) Australian”,Curated by Humphrey McQueen. Brisbane City Art Gallery. May
1995 “Minimal Means”, Savode Gallery,Brisbane
Judging, talks,workshops…
2010 Judge’s Talk, Redlands Art Awards, Redlands Art Gallery, Qld.
2010 Preselection and Final Judging, Redlands Art Awards, Redlands Art Gallery, Qld.
2010 Curator’s Talk, Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery, Qld
2010 Artist Talk, Gold City Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2010 Artist Talk,Southern QueenslandTAFE, Toowoomba, Qld
2010 Curator’s Talk,HerveyBayRegionalArtGallery, Qld
2010 Curator’s Talk, Ipswich City Gallery, Qld
2009 Artist/Curator’s Talk, Artisan Gallery,Brisbane, Qld
2009 Artist Talk, St Josephs College, Toowoomba, Qld
2008 Judging and presentations, “A Brush with Verse”, Tenterfield, NSW.
2008 Final Judging, Toowoomba Art Society, Carnival of Flowers, Qld.
2008 Gold Coast Art Crawl, Nyst gallery
2007 Presentation and Judging, Junior Art Expo, Tpowoomba, Qld.
2006 Artist talk, QUT Art Musuem, QUT Brisbane.
2006 Artist talk, ACGS, Brisbane.
2001 Drawing workshop (primary school ages),QueenslandArtGallery,Brisbane27 June
2001 Forum of Alumni Artists, QUT Art Musuem, QUTBrisbane, 24 June
1999 Newcastle Young Writers Festival, “Self Publishing” panel, Newcastle NSW, October, 1999
1998 Artist in residence, St Lawrences’s College, Woollongabba, October 15 ? November 19
1997 Workshop and artist?talk,EmmanuelCollege,Carrara, ,
1996 Artist?talk, QUT Visual Arts Department,Brisbane
1995 Artist?talk to Visual Arts Foundation studies, QUT Visual Arts Department,Brisbane.
1995 Artist/tutor, Marshall and Seville Rd.Primary School
Reviews.
2010 Bland, Michael, “Nobody Knows”Art and Australia, pp 351, Issue 48, No 2
2010 Sorensen, R. Stories hint at a past, capture a present, and leave the rest to us, The Australian, 22 July 2010http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/stories-hint-at-a-past-capture-a-present-and-leave-the-rest-to-us/story-e6frg8n6-1225895272538
2006 Rosemary Sorensen, “Step into the valley of the dolls”, The Courier Mail, pp 13, August 5-6,
2003 Jane O’Neill,”Simon Mee”, Eyeline Magazine, no.50, Summer
2000 Anderson, Peter. “Twisted Innocence”. Courier Mail, pp 43, October 25
1999 Leishman, Kirsty. Eyeline Magazine, Summer -1999.
1998 Smith, Sue. “Boys will be Boys”, The Courier Mail, pp10, Thursday, August 13, 1998.
1997 Martin?Chew, Louise. The Australian, pp19 . Friday, October 24
1997 Stanford, Leonie. ” Sex, Violence and Bodily Functions”, The Review (Brisbane, Qld), pp 17, Nov.
1997 Eckett, Jane. “Blinky the Axe Hero”. Eyeline Magazine, pp 36 & 37, Autumn/Winter 1997.
Publications
1999 “A Pilgrims Regress”: 13 drawings and texts by Frank McBride and Simon Mee.