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VERA MÖLLER: CV
Born 1955 in Bremen. Germany
Studies
1976-79 Biology Studies (Universities of Würzburg and Munich)
1979-82 Microbiology Studies (Technical University of Munich).
Theology Studies (University of Munich).
1990-92 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne).
1993-94 Postgraduate Diploma (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne).
1995-98 Master of Fine Arts (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne).
Solo Exhibitions, Performances and Projects
2000 ‘neobush’ .Span. Melbourne.
‘digit park’. Westspace. Melbourne.
1999 ‘the jungle out there’. Part two. smith + stoneley. Brisbane.
‘birdhouse’. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.
‘whiteplum redsnow’. smith + stoneley. Brisbane. A Via Satellite project.
1998 ‘on the road’. Street Project. Scheunenviertel. Berlin. Germany.
‘on the road’. Street Project. Broadway. New York. USA.
‘the jungle out there’. Part one. Temple. Melbourne.
1996 ‘my wild life’. 200 Gertrude Street. Studio 12. Melbourne.
‘details from my wild life’. Linden. Melbourne.
‘tiger’. International House of Japan. Tokyo.
‘on the road’. Street Project. Roppongi Nightclub District. Tokyo. Japan.
1995 ‘rip’. Shop project. Southgate Complex. Melbourne.
1993/94 ‘cut 1-4’ and ‘cut 5-8’. The Malthouse Theatre Foyer. Melbourne
‘strapped and cut’. ether ohnetitel. Melbourne.
Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Projects
2000 ‘National Works on Paper.’ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
‘The Retrieved Object’. Curated by Elizabeth Gower. Linden. Melbourne.
1999 ‘Material & Beyond’. Touring project curated by the Frock Initiative, Brisbane .
Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand (1999-2002).
‘natural disasters/disasters unnatural’. Curated by Jenepher Duncan and Zara
Stanhope. Monash University Gallery. Melbourne.
‘Bill Posters Will Not Be Prosecuted’. Federation Square Hoardings Project.
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Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Projects (continued)
Curated and administered by ACCA, CCP and 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.
Geelong Contemporary Painting Prize. Finalist. Geelong Art Gallery. Geelong.
‘emblematic’. Curated by Amelia Gundelach. smith + stoneley. Brisbane.
1998 ‘Extraordinary’. Curated by Amelia Gundelach. smith + stoneley. Brisbane.
‘Faux Shaux’. Kondo, Howey Place and Revolver, Melbourne.
‘little black number’. 1st Floor. Melbourne.
1997 ‘Wannabe’. Curated by Charlotte Day. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.
‘Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Finalist Exhibition’. (Fellow). VCA. Melbourne.
‘natural selection’. Curated by Linda Michael. Museum of Contemporary Art.
‘between art & nature’. The Australian Perspecta 1997. Sydney.
1996 ‘ANZ Fellowship’ Finalist. ANZ Headquarters. Melbourne.
‘Alluring’. Curated by Natalie King. Projectspace. RMIT. Melbourne.
‘Display’. Curated by Kate Shaw. Platform 2. Melbourne .
‘Dermartology’. Curated by Stephen O’Connell. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.
‘Shapeshift’. Curated by Claire Doherty. ACCA. Melbourne.
1995 ‘Compulsive Beauty’. ether ohnetitel. Melbourne.
‘1035 Kilograms’. 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
‘Decadence’. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.
Teaching Appointments
2000 Lecturer. Department of Drawing .Victorian College of the Arts. University of Melbourne.
Lecturer. Department of Visual Art and Display. Faculty ofArt and Culture.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.. Melbourne.
1997-99 Lecturer. Department of Visual Art and Display. Faculty of Visual Art and Communication.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.. Melbourne.
1997 Tutor and Lecturer, History and Theory of Design. Department of Interior Design.
Faculty for the Constructed Environment. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Melbourne.
1996 Lecturer. Multimedia Center. City Campus Melbourne. Victoria University.
Selected Awards
1997 Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship.
Australia Council Grant. (Touring project).
‘95/96/97 Australian Postgraduate Award. University of Melbourne.
1993 Sir Ian Potter Foundation Award. Victorian College of the Arts.
1992 City of Prahran. Acquisitive Award. Victorian College of the Arts.
Public and private Collections
National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne.
Monash University Collection. Melbourne.
Artbank Sydney
Victorian College of the Arts. University of Melbourne. Melbourne.
Private Collections in Germany, Australia and Japan
Selected Publications. Reviews/Catalogues
Caroline Baum, ‘Artists have designs on jazzing up CD’s’, The Sunday Herald, Melbourne. 1.10.1989.
Jennifer Colbert, School Of Art 1994 Postgraduate Exhibition Catalogue. Victorian College of the Arts.
The University of Melbourne. 1994.
‘Artworkz 6’. Catalogue. 101 Collins Street P/L Acqusitive Prize. Melbourne. 1994.
Anne Marsh,’Focus on Show’, The Herald Sun, Melbourne. 4.10.94.
‘Artworkz 7’. Catalogue. 101 Collins Street P/L Acqusitive Prize. Melbourne. 1995.
‘1031 Kilograms’. Catalogue. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne. 1995.
‘Decadence’. 10 Years of 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne.1995.
Natalie King, ‘Alluring’. Catalogue. Projectspace, RMIT. Melbourne. 1996.
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Selected Publications. Reviews/Catalogues (continued)
Stephen O’Connell, ‘Dermartology’. Catalogue. 200 Gertrude Street. Melbourne. 1996.
Claire Doherty,‘Shapeshift’. Catalogue. ACCA. Melbourne. 1996.
Charlotte Day, ‘Wannabe’. Catalogue. Melbourne. 1997.
Benjamin Haslem, ‘Sculptor’s prize bloomers just the ticket.’ The Australian. Melbourne. 16.4.97.
Alison Barkley,’ Vera’s Prized Ego’. The Herald Sun. Melbourne. 2.5.97.
Ross Bowden, ‘Plagiarism in the Pacific’, The Age. Melbourne. 26.7.97.
Linda Michael, ‘natural selection’, in between art & nature , The Australian Perspecta 1997. Cat. Sydney. 1997.
Joanna Mendelssohn, ‘Creativity as a matter of Perspecta’, The Australian.Sydney. 8.8.1997.
John McDonald, ‘Sowing the Seed of a New Vision’, Sydney Morning Herald. 23.8.1997.
Andrew McNamara, ‘Filling the Void’, Realtime 20, September 1997.
Melissa Chiu, ‘Ordered Environments’, Broadsheet Vol. 26, No.4, Adelaide. Summer 97/98.
Paul McGillick, ’Packaging the Theme’, Art and Australia, Vol. 35 No. 3, 1998.
Jeff Gibson, ‘Australian Perspecta 1997’, Art & Text, No.59 , November 1997-January 1998.
Kirsten Matthews, ‘because not everyone knows how to decoupage...’, Semper 4. June 1998.
Justin Clemens, ‘the jungle out there - where is Tarzan?, in the jungle out there, catalogue.
Melbourne. February 1999.
Robert Rooney, ‘Calm tribute to a topsy-turvy world’, The Australian. Melbourne. 25.6.1999.
Ihor Holubizky, ’Vera Möller. the jungle out there’, Art & Text No.66. August- October 1999.
Suzie Attiwill, ‘birdhouse’, Catalogue, 200 Gertrude Street. September 1999.
Robyn Daw, ‘An Aberrant Urge’, eyeline, no.40, Spring 1999.
Peter Timms, ‘Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, The Age, 9.9.1999.
Robert Nelson, ‘Art of Bafflement and Meaning’, The Age, 16.9.1999.
Peter King, ‘Editorial’, in Transition, RMIT School of Architecture, Melbourne. November 1999.
Robert Nelson, ‘Review’. The Age . 3.5.2000
Covers/folios
Contact Sport - Midnight Waltz. The Paul Grabowsky Trio. Front cover. RST. 1985. Munich.
Soundtrack. The Paul Grabowsky - Dale Barlow Quartet. Front cover. Emarcy WEA. Sydney. 1987.
6 x 3. Paul Grabowsky Trio. Et al. Print folio. Anna Schwarz Gallery and spiral scratch Records,
Melbourne,Sydney. 1988.
Time Pieces.. Australian Anthology of Poetry and Prose. Front cover. Beginnings Press. Melbourne.1989.
The Moon and You. Front cover. Paul Grabowsky Music, Melbourne and Paul Grabowsky Quintet,
New York. WEA. Sydney. 1990.
Beinssen-Hesse, S. and Rigby, K., Out of the Shadows: Contemporary German Feminist Theory.
Front cover. Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1996.
Published writing
‘Review: The Black Show’(Curated by Peter Timms, at Waverley City Center) Artfan. Melbourne.
Autumn 1994.
‘Review: Sandra Bridie’. Temple Studio Publications # 11. Melbourne. July 1995.
‘the egg wrapper’. Dialogue No.7. West Space Inc. Melbourne. December 1995.
‘my materials’. In Material & Beyond . Catalogue of ‘Material & Beyond’ (Touring 1999-2001).
Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand. March 1999.
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