Cat Poljski
Education
| 2007 |
MFA Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne |
| 1990 |
Diploma of Education, Hawthorn Institute of Technology, (Melbourne University) |
| 1989 |
Lithos Press, Printmaking Assistant to John Robinson |
| 1986-88 |
Diploma of Fine Arts (Printmaking), Phillip Institute (RMIT), Melbourne |
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Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 |
Imagined Cities Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 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 of cc Motor Works Gallery, Melbourne |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2010 |
Summer Salon, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| 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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