Charlie Sofo
b. 1983 Melbourne, Australia
email. charliesofo(at)gmail.com
EDUCATION
• Master of Fine Arts, Victorian College of Art, Melbourne University, 2012
• Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Australian National University School of Art, 2005
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
• As the Moon Waxes and Wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea, 2016
• A gap opens up, Melbourne's Living Musuem of the West, Melbourne, 2016 (solo)
• The Documentary Take: Walker Evens and Selected Australian Art, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, 2016
• Set, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, 2015 (solo)
• Set, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, 2015 (solo)
• Feeling Material, curated by Ben Woods, C3 gallery, Melbourne, 2015
• The Small Infinite, John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton, UK 2014
• ( ), Gertrude Contemporary, Studio 12, Melbourne, 2014 (solo)
• ( ), Gertrude Contemporary, Studio 12, Melbourne, 2014 (solo)
• Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, 2013
• Everyday Magic, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013
• Reinventing the Wheel: The Ready-made Century, curated by Charlotte Day, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013
• Desire Lines, curated by Juliana Engberg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2012
• New12, curated by Jeff Khan, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2012
• Volume One, curated by Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012
• Experimenta: Speak To Me, 4th Biennale of Media Art, curated by Abigail Moncrief,
Rmit Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne, 2012
• Corn chip, mobile phone, finger print, incense stick, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 2012. (solo)
• Everyday Magic, Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013
• Reinventing the Wheel: The Ready-made Century, curated by Charlotte Day, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, 2013
• Desire Lines, curated by Juliana Engberg, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2012
• New12, curated by Jeff Khan, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2012
• Volume One, curated by Glenn Barkley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2012
• Experimenta: Speak To Me, 4th Biennale of Media Art, curated by Abigail Moncrief,
Rmit Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne, 2012
• Corn chip, mobile phone, finger print, incense stick, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, 2012. (solo)
• Unguided Tours: Anne Landa Award for Video and New Media Art, curated by Justin Paton, Art
Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2011
• Tell Me, Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976-2011, curated by Glenn Barkley and Inhye Kim, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea and National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 2011
• Three Imaginary Boys, curated by Geoff Newton, Neon Parc Gallery, Melbourne, 2011
Sudden Gestures or Noises, curated by Caterina Riva, Artspace, Auckland, NZ, 2011
• I wander, curated by Sue Cramer, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2010 (solo)
• Tell Me, Tell Me: Australian and Korean Art 1976-2011, curated by Glenn Barkley and Inhye Kim, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea and National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney, 2011
• Three Imaginary Boys, curated by Geoff Newton, Neon Parc Gallery, Melbourne, 2011
Sudden Gestures or Noises, curated by Caterina Riva, Artspace, Auckland, NZ, 2011
• I wander, curated by Sue Cramer, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2010 (solo)
• Facts, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, 2009 (solo)
• New World Records, curated by Helen Johnson and Nick Mangan, Sutton Gallery, 2009
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
• Monash University Prato, Italy, Artist in Residence, 2016
• Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant, 2016
• Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Artist in Residence, 2016
• Artbank, Artist Commission, 2015
• Arts Victoria, New Work funding, 2014
• Australia Council for the Arts, ArtStart, 2014
• Gertrude Contemporary artist residency, 2013 - 2014
• Australian Post-graduate Award Scholarship, 2011
• Australia Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist New Work grant, 2008
• Arts Victoria, New Work funding, 2014
• Australia Council for the Arts, ArtStart, 2014
• Gertrude Contemporary artist residency, 2013 - 2014
• Australian Post-graduate Award Scholarship, 2011
• Australia Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist New Work grant, 2008
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland; Artbank; National Gallery of Victoria; Monash University Collection, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), Korea.
