Cat Poljski
Education
| 1986-8 | Diploma of Fine Arts (Printmaking), Phillip Institute (RMIT), Melbourne |
| 1989 | Lithos Press, Printmaking Assistant to John Robinson |
| 1990 |
Diploma of Education, Hawthorn Institute of Technology, (Melbourne University) |
| 2007 - |
MFA Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne |
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2009 |
Tracing Space - a generic city of the imagination Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 |
Tracing Space - Stage 3: L S M Upstairs at the Napier Hotel, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
Tracing Space - Stage 2: Light Space Modulator Upstairs at the Napier Hotel, Melbourne |
| 2008 |
Redgate Studio Exhibition, Bei Gao, Beijing, China |
| 2008 |
Bejing St Luke Window Installation, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
Tracing Space - Stage 1 Warehouse Show, 313 Victoria Street Abbotsford |
| 2006 |
T.O.A.S.T- Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour, Hudson Street Studio, New York. |
| 2005 | Elaboration, persistence, mutation, decay: an investigation of urban architecture, Coppin Street warehouse, Richmond |
| 2003 | Urban Encounters: fragments/shards, Red Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | The NY, NY Experiment, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Roam, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1998 | Elements ofcc Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2009 |
It all fits together Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
Curated from a suitcase 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 |
Inaugural Exhibition and Gallery Launch, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Motor Works Biennial Group Show Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre |
| 2005 | Distant Noises Group Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney |
| 2005 | Humane Society International Fundraising Exhibition, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2005 | Salon 2005, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2004 | A4 Annual Exhibition, West Space, Melbourne |
| 2004 | 29th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia |
| 2004 | The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition, the Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2004 | 2004 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria |
| 2004 | Another Misspent Portrait of Etienne de Silhouette, curated by Christian Capurro, West Space, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Melbourne Affordable Art Show (represented by red gallery), Royal Exhibition Buildings,
Melbourne |
| 2004 | Environs, curated by Dennis Chapman, Dante's Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Distant Noises Project Collaboration, RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 | White Cube Project Dante's Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2003 | The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition the Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2003 | Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre |
| 2003 | Motor Works Art Expo 2003, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | A4 Art, 10th Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, West Space, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Lygon Street Studio's, Group Show Lygon Street Studios, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Celebrating 21 Years of Printmaking, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Kiss My Art, Collaborative Installation, window works, Franco Cozzo, Sydney road, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Art Staff Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Red Gallery Annual Group Show, Red Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Motor Works Art Expo 2002, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Fratelli Paradisi, Restaurant Commission, Potts Point, Sydney |
| 2001 | The Hutchins Art Prize Exhibition, the Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania |
| 2000 | Motor Works Staff Group Show, Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | Aardwolf Group Show, Aardwolf Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1999 | The CPM Print Acquisition Awards Exhibition, Tweed River Regional Gallery, N.S.W |
| 1999 |
Cigar Boxes- Made in Cuba curated by George Matoulos, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Leviathan Building, Melbourne, Travelling Exhibition to Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria and Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria |
| 1998 |
The Cask- An Aussie Icon curated by George Matoulos, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Travelling Exhibition to Cairns Regional Gallery, Qld and Townsville Regional Gallery |
| 1995 | Hugh Ramsay Art Award Exhibition, Ramsay Estate, Melbourne |
| 1993 | Hugh Ramsay Art Award Exhibition, Ramsay Estate, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Hugh Ramsay Art Award Exhibition, Ramsay Estate, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Between Cultures, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Up RRRoar, Fringe Studios Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1991 | Printmaker and Photographer Ripe Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1989 | Linden Gallery Group Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Latrobe Undergraduate Exhibition, Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1988 | Graduate Show, P.I.T Space, Melbourne |
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Commissions
| 2007 |
Print Council of Australia Commissioned Prints, Melbourne |
| 2003 | Print Council of Australia Commissioned Prints, Melbourne |
| 2003 | PCA Distant Noises Collaboration, Melbourne |
| 2001 | Fratelli Paradisi Mural Installation, Potts Point, Sydney |
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Publications
‘Contemporary Art Studio,’ Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House; Beijing, China, 2008 |
‘Elaboration, persistence, mutation, decay: an investigation of urban architecture,’ |
Exhibition catalogue essay written by Peter Newbury, Melbourne Grammar, Victoria, Oct. 2005 |
‘The Age,’ “With the City in their Sights”, review by Robert Nelson, October 29, 2003 |
‘Imprint,’ spring 2003, Vol. 38, “Commissioned Prints’ |
‘Darebin Latrobe Acquisitive Art Prize Catalogue,’ curated by Jacqueline Healey, July 2003 |
‘Roam Exhibition Catalogue: ROAM’, essay written by Steven Kafkariosos, State Library of Victoria, Sept. 1999 |
Collections
Print Council of Australia |
Argo Wiggins/Canson Australia Pty. Ltd |
Brisbane State High School |
Burnie Regional Art Gallery |
Griffith University Art Collection |
Camberwell Grammar |
Canson Australia Pty Ltd |
Charles Sturt University |
City of Banyule |
Genazzano FCJ College |
Gladstone Regional Art College |
Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
Grafton Regional Gallery |
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University |
Kardinia International College |
Lauriston Girls’ Grammar |
Melbourne Grammar |
Mullumbimby High School |
Presbyterian Ladies’ College |
Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery |
Queensland College of Art |
QUT Art Museum |
St.Catherine’s School |
St. Peter’s College |
Tintern Girls Grammar |
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery |
University of Ballarat Permanent Collection |
Westbourne Grammar |
Westminster School |
Whitehorse City Council |
Wireglass Gallery |
Probuild Constructions |
Print Guild |
Geoghegan College |
Ave Maria College |
Private Patrons and Sponsors |
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