Bernadette Keys www.bernadettekeys.com

Born Toowoomba, Q. Lives and works .

Education 2002 B.Arts (Photography) 1st class Hons. RMIT University, Melbourne. 1993 B.Arts (Media Studies). RMIT University, Melbourne. 1991 Senior Drama Course. National Theatre Drama School, St Kilda.

Prizes, Grants, Awards Selected Bibliography 2014 Finalist Head On Photographic Prize (Portaiture) 2014 Head On Portrait Prize finalists, The Australian, SMH, 1991 RMIT University Grant, Melbourne. Cairns Post, ABC.doe work, butge does 1990 Ernest William Capp Scholarship, RMIT University, 2012 www.noise11.com/vinterviews/steve-kilbey-of-the-church Melbourne. www.theaureview.com/.../film-review-comeback- loop-18-07-12 Solo Exhibitions www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/ cat-empire-top-the-bill-20120712-21xzy. 2013 ‘We Can’t Decide’ Harry Howard and the NDE (short film) html#ixzz20SnefgAHtheaussieword.blogspot.com. 2012 Comeback (short film) au/2012/06/comeback-its-fresh-and-its-funny.html 2010 Vital Statistics, C3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford www.theaureview.com 2009 Odalisque, C3 contemporary art space, Abbotsford 2010 Dan Rule, Around the Galleries 18 Mar 10 2005 Ova U, Seventh inc., Fitzroy. 2009 Odalisque Review Photofile Magazine 86 July-Sept 09 2002 No Trace…, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Melbourne Box Office, Melbourne Magazine, Jan 30. Brightspace, St Kilda. The Weekend Starts Here’ EG , The Age. 6 Feb. Contagious, Croft Institute, Melbourne. ‘Communication and Technology make strange 2001 Jetset Welfare, St Kilda Bowling Club, St Kilda. bedfellows’ MX. 4 Feb 1999 My Favorite Bra, Jackman Gallery, St Kilda. Artist Profile, Radio 3MBS. 4 Feb. Contagious, Revolver, Prahan. 2007 Love Your Work, 3RRR, Fitzroy. Livid Festival, Brisbane, Q. 2005 Megan Backhouse, Around the Galleries. 1998 No Side Effects, Microscope Gallery, St Kilda. Robert Nelson, Sitelines, The Age, 30 July. Group Exhibitions 2003 Megan Backhouse, Conversion to Surburban, The Age. 10 Sept. 2016 CCP Summer Salon Ashley Crawford, In the Art of Surburbia, The Age. 2014 ‘Head on Tenth Anniversary Photographic Prize’, Sydney, 27 Sept. New York, Shanghai. Larissa Hjorth, Home Loan, exhibition catalogue. 2012 Brightspace tenth anniversary St Kilda Lucy Strahen, On the Outer, The Age. 20 Sept. 2008 Sexflies–Rated R for the Uncanny, Galleri I.G. Bildende 2002 Artists, New Yorkers, Queens Courier, New York. 12 Sept. Kunst,Gumperdorfer Strasse, Vienna. New York Times, New York. 15 Sept. 2007 Artists for Kids Culture, Nellie Castan Gallery. Newsday.com, Sept 10. 2004 Freaks, Fiends and Folly, Brightspace, St Kilda. Bid For Freedom, Glen Eira Art Gallery. Related Work 2003 Home Loan, Caroline Springs, Vic. 1998–2010 Lecturer Photography RMIT University, Latrobe 2002 Mnemonic, Atrium Gallery, New York. College of Art and Design Forgotten, Berlin Kunst Project, Gneisenaustr.33, Berlin. Freelance photography – portraiture, art documentation, 2001 Red, Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy. theatre, community, fashion. CCP Summer Salon, Fitzroy. Project Manager/Research Officer Melbourne City Mission, Brotherhood of St Laurence. Publications Workshop Teaching Artist, The Arts Centre, St Kilda Rd, Gandolfo, E & ‘It Keeps Me Sane…Women, Craft and Wellbeing’ Melbourne. Grace, M Vulgar Press Research Officer 3PBS radio, Art Department Various Film Grace, M ‘Step Ahead: Young People’s stories of Overcoming and Television Productions Homelessness’ Performer, Model. Keys, D Volunteer - Sacred Heart Mission, Rooming House Hart, A Vulgar Press Residents assoc, St Kilda legal service,Community advocate Keys, B P Mitchell, ‘Awake Despite the Hour,’ Five Island Press, Vic. Collections B Taft, ‘Crossing the Party Line’, edition ost, Im Verlag Das Neue, Berlin. Private collections , Europe and USA ‘History of Nelson Street Kindergarten, St Kilda.’