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Selected CV

Niomi Sands

Lives and works in the Northern Rivers, NSW

Education

Current Doctor of Visual Arts, Griffith University

2013 Graduate Diploma of Arts and Cultural Management, University of SA

2007 Master of Arts - Museum Studies, University of Sydney

2000 Bachelor of Fine Art, Honours, University of Newcastle

1998 Bachelor of Visual Arts, University of Newcastle

Employment History

Current Gallery Director, Grafton Regional Gallery

2008 - 2018 Curator and Manager, Glasshouse Regional Gallery

2015 Team Leader – Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale

2012 Director Glasshouse Regional Gallery (Acting)

2006 – 2008 Assistant Registrar, Museum of Contemporary Art

2002 – 2006 Assistant Curator, University of Newcastle

2003 - 2006 Gallery Assistant, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

Selected Curatorial

2019 A world in a looking glass, Grafton Regional Gallery

2018 Neon Summer Festival, Glasshouse Regional Gallery

2016 Old Stories, New Light, Glasshouse Regional Gallery

2015 Suburban Dreams, Glasshouse Regional Gallery

2014 Shadowline: Glasshouse Regional Gallery

2013 A small world, Glasshouse Regional Gallery

Selected Art Practice CV

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Finding the Lost, POP Gallery, QCA Galleries, Fortitude Valley

2019 where the lost things go, Grey Street Gallery QCA

2017 A few things, Byron School of Art Project Space, Mullumbimby

2016 lost and found, Depot II Gallery, @ Dank Street, Sydney

2011 a moment in time, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery

2008 take a seat, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle

2007 show and tell, First Draft, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2018

Black Diamond Money, BSA Project Space, Mullumbimby

Nostalgia: it's not what it used to be, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery

Memoranda,  University of Newcastle Gallery

2016    

Work, rest and play, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor

2015    

Creative Workforce2, Sunset Gallery, Port Macquarie

Signature | 50 Graduates, University Gallery, The University of Newcastle

2014   

25 Watt, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle

Creative Workforce, Macleay Valley Community Art Gallery

2013    

Willoughby Sculpture Prize, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney

2012

Made it, Make It, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor

Come to your Senses, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn

Look Closely Now, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Newcastle

Handwise 3, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle

Intersection, VAC Gallery La Trobe University, Bendigo

Image: Niomi Sands, where the lost things go II, 2019, cotton, Arches paper and pins (installation and detail, Grey Street Gallery QCA) Courtesy of the artist. Photographer Andrew Willis