CURRICULUM VITAE 2023 DENNIS MCCART
Tertiary Education
Master of Arts in Visual Art, First Class Honors, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, QLD, 2012.
Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence, Master of Arts in Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD, 2011.
Graduate Certificate in Digital Design, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, QLD, 2000.
Bachelor of Arts (Drama), Queensland College of Art, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 1998.
Exhibitions
Solo
2023 Drawing between worlds (machine learning and the human hand) | Vacant Assembly | Brisbane | QLD (July 2023) URL to exhibition
2022 On the Edge, Ferryman’s Hut Gallery, Metro Arts, Brisbane, QLD.
2021 The Uncertainty Principle, Land Street Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2020 Contested Landscapes, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Capalaba, QLD. URL to exhibition
2019 The Murmur of Faded Landscapes, Queensland College of Art, Grey Street Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2016 Unregulated Spaces, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Capalaba, QLD. URL to exhibition
2015 Beneath our Feet, The Hold Art Space, West End, QLD. URL to exhibition
2014 Journey Through the Edgelands, Toowoomba Regional Art gallery, Toowoomba, QLD.
2013 Edgelands a Retrospective, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD. URL to exhibition
2012 Edgelands, Queensland College of Art, POP gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2011 Servitude, Project Gallery Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD.
2011 From Banality to Beauty, Percolator Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2005 Viewing the Viewer, Dogget St Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
1998 The Maker, Visual Theatre Performance, QUT University Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD.
Group
2018 Above and Below, FRIENDS OF BFT Painting for Peace, Breakfast Creek Galleries, Brisbane, QLD.
2018 Changes: Forty Years of Art Practice, QCA POP Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2016 Above and Below, The Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2013 Banality to Beauty, Brisbane City Council Library, Brisbane, QLD.
2012 Edgeland 2, Graduate Art Show + Espresso Garage Awards, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2012 New Paintings, The 2012 Brisbane Senses Art Exhibition, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD.
2011 New Paintings, Brisbane Senses Art Exhibition, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD.
2011 The Stand, The Goondiwindi P&A Society Aspects Art Exhibition, Goondiwindi, QLD.
2009 New Paintings, Brisbane Senses Art Exhibition, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD.
2006 Untitled, Brisbane Art Expo, RNA Show Grounds, Brisbane, QLD.
1998 Online Theatre Project, The Master Graduation Exhibition, QUT drama campus, Brisbane, QLD.
Award Winner
2018 Somewhere Else Unknown, Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing, QCA Project Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
Finalist
2024 What Lies Beneath, Fairholme Open Art Prize – FACETS | Fairholme college, Toowoomba | QLD.
2024 This Must be the Place, Lethbridge Landscape art prize, Lethbridge art gallery, QLD.
2023 The Sap Rises, Banyule Award for Works on Paper, Banyule City Council, Vic, URL to exhibition
2023 Lauern to lie In wait, Symbiosis, Rotary Art Show, Central Plaza 1, QLD, URL to exhibition
2023 What Lies Under, Salon Des Refuses, Landscape art prize, Lethbridge art gallery, QLD, URL to exhibition
2023 What Lies Beneath, Lethbridge 20,000 art prize, Lethbridge art gallery, QLD, URL to exhibition
2023 Sentinel, Lauern, lie in wait, Doyles Art Award, Mudgeeraba, QLD, URL to exhibition
2023 Refraction, Target, Ipswich Art Prize, Ipswich | QLD | URL to exhibition
2023 Disruption, Fairholme Open Art Prize – FACETS | Fairholme college, Toowoomba | QLD | URL to exhibition
2022 Disruption, KAAF Art Award, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney, NSW. URL to exhibition
2022 Gristle Landscape, Hornsby Art Prize, Hornsby art gallery, Hornsby, NSW. URL to exhibition
2022 Emanation, Clayton Utz art prize, Riparian Plaza, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2022 Disruption, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2022 The Grove, Redland art prize, Redland art gallery, Redlands, QLD.
The Grove, Omnia Art Prize, St Kevin’s College, Toorak, VIC. URL to exhibition
2022 Symbioses, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney.
2021 Symbioses, Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Tewantin, QLD. URL to exhibition
2021 Gristle Landscape # 2, KAAF Art Award, Korean Cultural Centre Gallery, Sydney, NSW. URL to exhibition
2021 Gristle Landscape #1, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2021 The Grove, Lethbridge Landscape award Salon Des Refuses, Lethbridge Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2020 An Elegant chaos, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2019 Only the Landscape has Changed, Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, Sunshine coast, QLD.
2019 A quiet place a lonely place, Kennedy Art Award, Kennedy Arts Foundation gallery, Adelaide, SA. URL to exhibition
2019 Some kind of nature, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Queens street Tattersall’s building, Brisbane, QLD.
2019 Murmur, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge art gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to Exhibition
2019 Only the landscape has changed, Lyn McCrea memorial drawing prize, Noosa regional art gallery, Tewantin, QLD.
2019 It is solved by walking, Contemporary Art Awards, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2019 The long walk home, Rotary Art Spectacular Award, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD.
2018 The Wayward, Bruny18 Art Prize, Bruny Island art gallery, TAS. URL to exhibition
2018 A Moment for Stillness, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2017 Wayward Sisters, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge art gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2017 The Weird, Clayton Utz Art Prize, Riparian Plaza, Brisbane, QLD.
2017 The Fallen, Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Award, Moreton Bay Regional Council Art gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2017 Remnants of Time Before, Rotary Art Spectacular Award, Brisbane, QLD.
2016 Monarch of the Edgelands, Kennedy Art Award, Adelaide, SA URL to exhibition
2016 The Weight of Stillness, Redland Art Awards, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD. URL to exhibition
2016 Rosetta enters the realm of Cerberus, Annual Open Exhibition Prize, Frankston Art Centre, Frankston, VIC.
2016 The Arena - Colmslie drains, Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge art gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2016 Monarch of the Edgelands, Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Award, Moreton Bay, QLD.
2016 A Space for Imagination, Millburn Art Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2015 Crossroads, Clayton Utz art prize, Riparian Plaza, Brisbane, QLD.
2015 Obelisk, Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla art gallery, Whyalla, SA. URL to exhibition
2015 Lost Edgelands, Moreton Bay Regional Council Art Award, Moreton Bay art gallery, Cleveland, QLD.
2015 Rosetta enters the realm of Cerberus, Lethbridge 10000 Art Award, Lethbridge art gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2013 Edgeland, GAS Art Show, Griffith University Project gallery, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
Acquisitions
2019 Seen and not Seen, Artbank, Sydney, Australia. URL to exhibition
2018 Someplace Else Unknown, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane, QLD. URL to exhibition
2016 Beach of Detritus, Redlands Regional Art Gallery, Redland City Council, Capalaba, QLD. URL to exhibition
Publications
2022 Ephemerality, Solo exhibition, Ferryman's Hut / Metro Arts, URL to article
2020 Contested Landscapes, Solo Exhibition, Redland art gallery, Redlands, QLD, URL to article
2019 Dennis McCart, Creative Spaces online art gallery, Melbourne, VIC, URL to article
2018 Someplace Unknown, winner of this year’s MEPD, Peter Breen’s Blog url to article
2018 Changes: Forty Years of Art Practice, The ARI Remix Collective, Brisbane, QLD URL to article
2018 On the Edge, Griffith University Alumni newsletter, Brisbane, QLD URL to article
2016 Award-winning Australian landscape artworks coming to the Redlands, Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Award, Brisbane URL to article
2016 Unregulated Spaces, Redlands Regional Art Gallery RAG collection.
2016 Brisbane artist brings beauty of manhole covers to life, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW URL to article
Shows Curated
2022 On the Edge, Ferryman’s Hut Gallery, Metro Arts, Brisbane, QLD.
2018 Changes: Forty Years of Art Practice, QCA POP Gallery, Brisbane, QLD URL to article
2016 Above and Below, The Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney, NSW. URL to article
Professional Experience
2011-2021 Creative Director of Bentley Designs, Brisbane url to profile
1998-2012 Senior Visual merchandiser, Myer Stores Brisbane.