EXHIBITION PROPOSAL 2006                   website- www.kellieo.com

Kellie O’Dempsey                         D.O.B: 03-09-1970       

Qualifications

1999            V.C.A. Melb Uni. (Film and TV) Postgrad Dip of Animation

1998            S.C.U. Lismore, NSW. B.A. Media and Communications  (3rd year Major)

1996    V.C.A., Melbourne University  Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing Major)

Exhibitions/Screenings

2005   Kellie O’Dempsey – A Live Hanging. Piece Gallery Mullumbimby.

2005   Sophiensaele, Berlin Germany Dance production, ‘Lawn in Berlin’

2005   Tante Emma Laden Gallery, Berlin Germany

           ‘One day on a corner in Kreutzberg’

2005   F.I.B. Benicassim, Spain.‘live’ Music festival drawings.

2005   ‘Soundlabs’ Music & Arts Fest. Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy.

            Intallation and ‘live’ drawings.

2005   The Barbican, London, UK/ The Brisbane Powerhouse

           “The Importance of Drawing Earnest’ 

2005  Eastcoast Blues and Roots Festival, Byron Bay, Australia

           ‘The Artists’ (a series of paintings)

2004   The Brisbane Powerhouse “Seeds from Lawn”

2004   Lismore Regional Gallery Launched  ART SPACE

      series ‘live’ drawings of employees  of NORCO Titled

     ‘The Ice- Cream Makers’            

2004   Queensland Arts Council Regional Tour  ‘Drawings that Dance’

2003   East Coast Blues and Roots Festival – ‘Live Drawings’           

           QPAC’s Emerging Artist Exhibition - Solo show.

Queensland Performing Arts Centre - ‘Drawings that dance’ Solo exhibition

QPAC Board Rooms -‘Performance, Drawings and Paintings’

            Professional Artist Network Exhibition (group show). Byron Bay.

2002. St Kilda Film Festival. ‘Dial 0’(Script Writer).

2001  Open Slather Film Festival. ‘Don’t Forget to Breathe’ (Writer, Director, Animator).

Melbourne Short Film Fest. –‘Jaffa's Down the Aisle’, ‘Hung Up’, (Writer, Director, Animator)

2000    Eat Carpet screening (SBS TV) of ‘Hung Up.’(Writer, Director, Animator).

            The St. Kilda Film Festival. 'Hung Up' and 'Don't Forget to Breathe'

1999     The Hollywoodford Film Festival. 'Hung Up' and 'Don't Forget to Breathe'

Scholarships

1998    Silicon Graphics Training Centre, Brisbane — 3d Computer Animation, Maya

Grants

1997      Australian Film Commission - Education Funding from New Imaging and Technologies Support Scheme, Women's Program

2004-2005 Queensland Arts Council - Regional Exhibition Tour, ‘Drawings that Dance’.

Awards

1994     HSV Channel 7 Award in Drawing (VCA Graduation Award)

1999   “Gla” Exhibition- Honourable Mention, from Jacques Derrida & Mike Parr.

2000  Hollywoodford Film Festival -  Creative Award for 'Don't Forget to Breathe' Woodford Folk festival.

2000    AFI Distribution for 'Hung Up' Short Animated Film.

2001    Open Slather - Short Film Festival. Winner of Open Category for    ‘Don’t forget to Breathe.’

2003     Queensland Performing Arts Centre – New emerging artist award