Sarah Berners is a Melbourne based artist.
EDUCATION
2009-2010 Master of Fine Art (by Research), Victorian College of the Arts
2007 BA Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts
2004-2006 BA Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University
2002-2003 Diploma of Visual Art, Swinburne University of Technology
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Bad Ideas, Gogo Bar - Chin Chin, Melbourne
2015 Cornucopia, Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
2013 Play Pen, Area Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2012 Emotional Intelligence, Conduit Arts Space, Melbourne
2011 Object-Appendage, C3 Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Master of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA
2010 The Garment-Body, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Soft Freeze, Area Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2008 Skin-Job, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Butchers Wives, Off The Kerb Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Sex, Lies & Videotape, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Shifting Space, 222 Roslyn St, West Melbourne
2016 Group Show, Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
2014 NOTFAIR, Peel St, Collingwood
2014 Dusk to Dark, Queensland Festival of Photography, Brisbane
2013 Material Dialogues, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Under the Influence of the Divine, Colour Factory Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Vortex Wearable Art Prize, Stone Villa Studios, NSW
2012 A Hand Up for Prahran Mission Charity Auction, Deutscher & Hackett
2012 Melodies in the Air, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Put Out The Sun, C3 Gallery, Melbourne
2011 The Seductive and the Subversive, Paradise Hills Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Paradise...a hell of a place, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2009 The Deafness Foundation Charity Auction, Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Seppuku, Lindberg Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Artifice & Desire, Kings A.R.I, Melbourne
2007 Hungry Like the Wolf, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
2007 VCA Graduate Exhibition (Honours), Melbourne
2007 Athaneaum Visual Arts Club Award, Melbourne
2006 RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne
2006 The Nino Sanciolo Art Prize, Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne
2003 Swinburne University Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne
AWARDS & GRANTS
2020 City of Melbourne Quick Response Covid 19 New Work Grant
2014 Australia Council Tokyo Studio Residency
2014 Art Gallery of New South Wales Paris Scholarship, Cite Internationale Des Arts
2014 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Travel Grant
2012 Australia Council New Work Grant (Early Career)
2011 Australia Council Visual Arts Board ArtStart Grant
2010 The Vulcan Steel Art Award
2009-2010 The Henry James Williams Scholarship
2007 National Gallery of Victoria Trustees Award
2006 Tolarno Hotel Art prize
PUBLICATIONS
2013 Kelly, M; There is a light that never goes out, Art Monthly, Issue 257,March, pp. 36
2012 Rule, D; The Age: In the Galleries, May 12th, pp. 2
2010 Boyack, N; Artist Profile & Cover Image, Trouble Magazine, March 2010, pp.1&67
2010 Rule, D; The Age: In the Galleries, Saturday March 13th, pp.43
2008 Colless, E; Undiscovered, Australian Art Collector, Issue 44, April-June, pp.152-153
2008 Robertson, R; Artist Profile, Poster Magazine, Issue 17, Autumn, pp. 24-27
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2013 Tutor, La Trobe College of Art & Design, Melbourne
2011 Tutor, Drawing Department, Victorian College of the Arts
MENTORSHIP
2011-2012 Mentorship with Kathy Temin