BIO

Marion Harper has recently completed her MFA (Research) the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2024) and holds a BFA in painting (VCA) from the mid-90s. Painting for more than 20 years, Harper’s practice extends to video, installation, ceramic and photo-based media. Marion has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows, receiving public endorsement in the form of grants from Arts Victoria and an Australia Council residency in Paris. She has presented individual exhibitions at Gallerysmith, the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Kleinerfelt Gallery, FortyFive Downstairs, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Talk Gallery, Basement Gallery, Temple Gallery as well as many group exhibitions. She has been a finalist in art prizes such as Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, the Sorrento Art Prize and the Bayside Painting Prize. Her works are held in the QUT Collection, the Latrobe University Collection and various private collections.

She is represented by Gallerysmith

I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the country where I live, work and my family grows, the Boon Wurrung/Bunurong of the Kulin Nation, who are the recognised custodians of this land. I recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture and pay respects to their Elders past, present and emerging whose land was never ceded

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Study : MFA (by Research) VCA, 2024, BA. Fine Arts (Painting) VCA, Melb Uni. Ass Dip of Visual Arts Swinburne Uni, BA. Monash Uni (Honors in philosophy and political science). Bach of Medicine (2 yrs) Monash Uni.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: Restless Encounter, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, A Misfit Choreography, VCA Artspace, Marion Harper Recent Works, Kleinerfelt, Tristian Koenig Gallery, I Am Scattering Like Light, Fortyfivedownstairs, Shimmer + Inner Eye, Dogg Projects. Otherland, Talk Gallery. Default, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Cartouche + Olivine, Basement Gallery. Morphic Resonances, Temple Gallery.

Selected Group Exhibitions: Porter St Launch, Gallerysmith, Prahran, Blue Period, One star, Hcraeser, VCA Art Space, Airlock, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Finalist McClelland’s Senini Award 2021 for Ceramics, Finalist, Bayside Aquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Summer Show ArtBox, Bunker, Linden Cont. Respond Red or Blue, curated Lauren Berkowitz, RMH, Melb Festival Project. Logos 25 Artists videos, Danius Kesminas + Ben Morieson, Adelaide Biennale. Foldback, Ngapartji Multimedia Centre, Adelaide. Artrage, Artworks for Television curated Kim Machan, screening on ABC's rage overnight, IMA Brisbane, EAF Adelaide, PICA + Umbrella Studio Townsville. Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand. Rumble, CCP curated Stuart Koop. Photoposters, CCP. Labyrinths, Platform, Spencer St Station, curated Rachel Kent. Critical Mass, Arts Vic Gallery, curated Shiralee Saul. e-Topia, New Media Network, Southgate. Projection: Filming the Body, Basement Gallery, curated Natalie King. Momento, New Media Network, Southbank, Melb. Don't Stop, Linden Cont. Plastiche, Basement Project. Club Tractor, Arts Access Gallery, Lions Arts Centre, Adelaide. Luminaries, Monash Uni. Vitae, RMIT Melb. Crashcourse, Access Gallery NGV. Images of Women, Gryphon Gallery, Melb Uni.

Professional Experience: Aust Co. Project Grant Multimedia Residency, France. Project Manager, Melb International Biennial, Melb Uni. Project Manager, Experimenta Media Arts. Multimedia Producer, Digital Agency Icon Art. Gallery Director, Stop 22 Melb Fringe. Tutor Fine Art and Multimedia RMIT + Swinburne Uni.

Represented by Gallerysmith, Melbourne