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