Cassandra Laing
Born 1968, resides in Melbourne, Victoria
Qualifications
2006 Currently enrolled in PhD at the University of Melbourne
1989-92 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) Hons. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Solo Exhibitions
2008 forthcoming, new paintings, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2007 It will all end in stars, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2003  Adrift, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
2002 Amanda Nebula, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
2001 The Emptying, Helen Gory Galerie
1997 The Golden Journey, Stop 22 Gallery, St Kilda
1992 Time Café, Richmond, Melbourne
Curated & Group Exhibitions
2007 Forthcoming: ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney
  Forthcoming: Poimena Art Award, Poimena Art Gallery, Launceston Church Grammar School, Launceston
  Voiceless: I feel therefore I am, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2006 Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
  Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
  Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton
  Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  Tidal: City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania
  New Social Commentaries ’06, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
  Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide
  Lexicon, Melbourne City Library, Melbourne
2005 Luminous II, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
  Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule Art Space, Ivanhoe, Melbourne
2004 Architecture of Hope, Gallery 101, Melbourne
  Compendium, Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University, Bundoora, Melbourne
  John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2003 White Lies Beneath, Helengory Galerie, Melbourne
  Compendium, Platform, Spencer St, Melbourne
  R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood, Melbourne
  Art and Pain, Gardner Contemporary Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne
  University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA) Art Prize, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, Melbourne
2002 University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA) Art Prize, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
  Towards a Free Tibet, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
  Interaction, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania
  Luminous, Helengory Galerie, Melbourne
  Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
2001 Expressions of Faith, Odiyana Centre, Hawthorn, Melbourne
2000 The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
  5th Annual Summer Show, Helengory Galerie, Melbourne
1998 Focus 4-Click, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
  Silent Fall, Linden Art Centre and Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne
  Overview, Linden Art Centre and Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne
  A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne
  Red, West Space, Melbourne
1995 Fringe Salon Exhibition Steam, George Ballroom, Melbourne
1992 Honours Exhibition, Storey Hall, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1991 Welcome Hotel, Swanston Street Gallery, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
  Some Work, 41 Gold Street, Collingwood, Melbourne
  RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Building 2, Faculty of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1990 Faculty Drawing Show, Faculty of Art and Design Gallery, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1989 Year One, The Women's Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Prizes, Grants & Residencies
2006 Winner (joint), Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
  Selected finalist, 2006 Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 
  Selected finalist, 2006 Jacaranda Acquisitive Art Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton
  Selected finalist, Tidal ’06 City of Devonport Art Award, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania 
  Selected finalist, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
  Selected finalist, New Social Commentaries ’06, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
 

Selected finalist, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide 

  Recipient of NAVA grant (co-applicant with Martina Copley)
2005 Winner, 2005 People’s Choice Award, Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule Art Space, Ivanhoe, Melbourne
2004 Selected finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
  Macgeorge Residency, University of Melbourne, Fairy Hills, Melbourne
  Bundanon Residency, Nowra, New South Wales
2003 Winner, Commendable Oil Prize, R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood, Melbourne
  Selected finalist, University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA) Art Prize, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
  Selected finalist, Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead, Bundoora, Melbourne
2002 Winner, University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association (UMPA) Art Prize, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
  Selected finalist, Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
  Selected finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Sallamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
Bibliography
2007 It will all end in stars, Helen Gory Galerie, exhibition catalogue, essay by Chris Beck
  Voiceless: I feel therefore I am, Sherman Galleries, exhibition catalogue, essay by Charles Green
2006 Tidal ’06: City of Devonport Art Award exhibition catalogue
  Conrad Jupiters Art Prize exhibition catalogue 
  Jacaranda Acquisitive Art Award exhibition catalogue 
  New Social Commentaries ’06 exhibition catalogue
  Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize exhibition catalogue, September 2006
  Banner, Banyule City Newsletter, Feb 2006
2005 Luminous II Helen Gory 10th Anniversary show catalogue
2003 Exhibition Profile, A2, The Age by Megan Backhouse, 13 December, 2003
  Profile, Art Almanac, December, 2003
  Adrift, catalogue essay by Dean Mundey
  Young Guns, Laura Murray-Cree, State of the Arts Magazine, July-Sept, 2003
  Maroondah Focus, The R&M McGivern Art Prize, August 2003, p.3 
  Review, Double Dialogues: Art &Pain, Justin Clemens, Deakin University
  Clearseeing: inaugural UMPA Art Prize, Postgraduate Review, vol 9, no1, 2003 p33
  Darebin-La Trobe Acquisitive Art Prize catalogue
2002 Heidi Maier, Review of Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Courier Mail, Nov 2002, p.21
  Clearseeing: inaugural UMPA Art Prize, Arts Alumni news December 2002 p5
  Amanda Nebula, catalogue essay by Martina Copley 
2001 Something for Everyone, by Alison McClelland, Stonnington Leader December 3, 2001
1998 Silent Fall, catalogue essay by Brendan Wall
   
Collections
  Artbank
  The University of Melbourne
  Private collections throughout Australia