SELECTED CV

Emma Thomson Born 26 October 1981, Sydney, Australia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 Love Sick, curated by Josephine Skinner, Stills Gallery, Sydney (forthcoming), Billboard Project, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (forthcoming), Atelier, The National Art School studio in Paris, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney 2009 National Photographic Portrait Prize, NP Gallery, Canberra, finalist 2008 Fundraiser Christmas Show, MOP Projects, Sydney Honours Show, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney Stupid little dreamer MOP ARI Exchange, Inflight, Hobart, Tasmania Paris Project, Meld Gallery, Sydney Stranger than Fiction, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth Ozco Vitrines, Australian Council for the Arts, Sydney 2007 An Artist at my Table, Cellblock Theatre, National Art School, Sydney Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award, CCP, Melbourne, finalist Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, finalist Kodak Salon, CCP, Melbourne, finalist Paris Project, La Cite Internationale des Arts Gallery, Paris, France Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, State Library NSW, finalist 2006 Degree Show, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, finalist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Shire Couples, Main Gallery, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea (forthcoming) 2010 From the Outside Looking In, Gallery 2, West Space, Melbourne, Gallery 2, Amateur Girls, MOP Projects, Sydney 2009 I want something special, Wall, MOP Projects, Sydney 2006 Couples, Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney The Homemakers, Spectrum Gallery ISCD, Sydney

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2009-2010 Fraser Studios, 3 month residency, Sydney 2006 Storrier Onslow NAS Paris Studio Residency, Internationale Cite Des Arts Joel Corrigan Memorial Prize for Photography, Pat Corrigan Shoot the Chef, Student Winner, Sydney Morning Herald Jamie Silk Prize for Photography & Digital Media, Commended, Willoughby Art Prize

COMMISSIONS AND GRANTS

2011 Shire Couples, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Gymea 2010 Australian Council for the Arts ArtStart grant, Billboard Project for Love Sick, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Gymea 2009 Janet Holmes a Court NAVA grant scheme

EDUCATION

2008 Honours Photography, National Art School, Sydney 2004-2006 BFA Photography, National Art School, Sydney

EMPLOYMENT

2009 Administration Manager, ReelDance, Carriageworks, Sydney 2007-2009 Administrator, Friends of the National Art School, Sydney 2002-06 International School of Colour and Design, Sydney 2001-02 Filmgraphics, Sydney

VOLUNTEER

2008-current Board Committee Member, MOP Projects, Sydney 2007 Biennale of Sydney Performance Space, Sydney

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010 Ella Barclay, Amateur Girls catalogue, May 2010, MOP Projects, ISBN 978-1-921661-08-2 2009 Anne Marsh, ‘Photography Now, National Portrait Prize’, p47-49 Photofile #87, August-November, 2009 2008 Dr Maurita Harney, Stranger than Fiction catalogue, March 2008, PCP 2006 Edmund Tadros, ‘Toast to avocado puts photo prize on a plate’, SMH News Section page 6 26/9/06