CURRICULUM VITAE

b. 1994, Perth, Western Australia
Based in Berlin, Germany

contact@isabelledekleine.com

EDUCATION

2013-2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Expanded Studio Practice) RMIT University
2012 Bachelor of Humanities (Fine Arts), Curtin University

RESIDENCIES/ INTERNSHIP/ VOLUNTEER

2016             Residency, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
2015             Internship, Backwoods Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC
2014             Volunteer, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC

AWARDS

2016             Winner, Arkley Prize, Sponsored by Gorman Clothing, NotFair Art Fair, 524 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC
2015             Winner, Macquarie Digital Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT
                       Winner, Tolarno Hotel Acquisitive Painting Prize, St Kilda VIC
2010             Runner Up, Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Youth Portrait Prize, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2009          Runner Up, Angelico Award, Catholic Arts, Perth WA
                     Runner Up, Dalwallinu Art Award, Dalwallinu WA

EXHIBITIONS

2019         Next, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, NSW
2018         Semblance, Curated by Sophie Vander, Comber Street Studios, Sydney, NSW
                     Shifting Space, 222 Rosslyn, North Melbourne, VIC
                     Winter Days, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, VIC
2017         The Thin Veil, The Lost Ones Contemporary Art Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
                     Project 17: Radical Imminence, Curated by Chantelle Mitchell, Anna Pappas Gallery, Prahran, VIC
                         Summer 40’, Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne VIC
2016               Sign O' the Times, NotFair Art Fair, Curated by Kirsten Rann, 534 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC
                   Debut XII, Curated by Xanthe Dobbie and Caitlin Patane, BLINDSIDE ARI, Melbourne VIC
                   Accidental Discharge Presents: ALL, Curated by Mailie Bowen and Gemma Mahoney, Neon Parlour, Thornbury VIC
2015             Macquarie Digital Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT
                      School of Art Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC
                      Tough Crowd, First Site Gallery, Melbourne VIC
                      Emerging Artist Award, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne VIC
                        Black Cat Cafe, Fitzroy VIC
2014             Dream/ Sleep, Black Cat Cafe, Fitzroy VIC
                      Hypnagogia: Strange Visitations, Carlton North VIC
                        Alia Art House, Fitzroy VIC
2013             H2B Group Exhibition, House of Bricks, Collingwood VIC
                    Small Strange Works, Exit Strategy Studios, Brunswick VIC
2012             Perspectives, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2011              Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Youth Portrait Prize, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
                       Shaun Tan Award, Subiaco WA
                       St George’s Art, Perth Cathedral WA
                       Melville Art Award, Melville City Council WA
2010             Shaun Tan Award, City of Subiaco WA
                       Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Youth Portrait Prize, Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth WA
2009            Angelico Award, Catholic Arts, Perth WA
                       Dalwallinu Art Award, Dalwallinu WA
2008               Angelico Award, Catholic Arts, Perth WA

FESTIVALS

2016     Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Fitzroy, VIC
2015        Early Transmissions, Channels Festival, Federation Square Big Screen, VIC, RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne and Speakeasy Cinema,
               Grey Gardens Project Space,Fitzroy, VIC

COLLECTIONS

2016             Untitled Collage #1, RMIT School of Art Collection, Melbourne, VIC
2015             Temporal Edit, Tolarno Hotel Collection, St Kilda, VIC
2011                This Kingdom is Illusory, Santa Maria College Collection, Attadale, WA

TEACHING

2016 Guest Speaker, Fairfax Media, Clique Photographic Workshop at National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017             Wlazlo, David, “'Project 17: Radical Immanence,' Anna Pappas Gallery”, Memo Review, March 2017
2016             Gratton, Emma Clark, “Opportunity to challenge traditional portraiture”, Arts Hub, July 2016
                    The Edge, State Library of Queensland, “Isabelle de Kleine: Psychological mis- interpretation” ABC Open, April 2016
                   RMIT University, “Meet Our Students: Isabelle de Kleine”, 2016
                   Avant Card, “National Portrait Gallery - Digital Portraiture Award 2016”, 2016
                   Rahman, Famida, “Isabelle de Kleine”, Read About This, 2016
                     NotFair “The Arkley Prize”, 2016
2015             ABC News, “Two Victorian new media artists awarded National Portrait Gallery's digital portrait prize”, August 2015
                   Nico, Jessica, “Big things in pipeline for artist De Kleine: winner of National Portrait Gallery award”, Fremantle Gazette, September 2015
                   Art Almanac, “Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2015 winners announced”, Art Almanac, September 2015
                   Musa, Helen, “‘Strong psychological intensity’ in digital portraits”, City News, August 2015
                   National Portrait Gallery, “Winners announced: Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award 2015” August 2015