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
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