VANILA NETTO
Born in Salvador, Brazil
EDUCATION
2002- PhD Research Fine Arts/School of Media Arts/Photomedia, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
1998-2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts-Honours Class 1, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
EMPLOYMENT
2006-2003 Casual Tutoring, Photomedia Department, School of Media Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2006-2004 Casual Tutoring, Photomedia Department, School of Art, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
AWARDS/GRANTS
2006 Winner, The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Sydney GAS Scheme Grant, The Students’ Association, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2005 Australia Council for the Arts, New Work Grant for emerging visual artists nationwide
Highly Commended Finalist, Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2005, Artspace, Sydney
2003-04 Moya Dyring Studio-Art Gallery of New South Wales, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2003 Faculty Research Grant, College of Fine Arts (COFA), University of New South Wales
2002-2005 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), University of New South Wales, UNSW
2001 Honours Year Scholarship-2001, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
The Kayell Photomedia Award, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
GAS Scheme Grant, The Students’ Association, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2000 The Apple Macintosh Digital Photomedia Award, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
The Hirof Digital Imaging Award, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Tensile Struts, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Cushion – Do Not Crush Insulation, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 FlightPath, Kings Ari, Melbourne
2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: 21st Century Modern, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Soft Opening, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2005 Punch, MOP Projects, Sydney Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2005, Artspace, Sydney
CCB Auction 2005, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Material Girls and Boys, curated by Barbara Flynn, Deloitte Corporation, Sydney
2004 Australian Culture Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
One-of, Sherman Galleries, Sydney Funding Raising Exhibition, Ivan Dougherty and Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Mix- Ed: Diverse Practice and Geography, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
2003 Descubrimientos – PhotoEspana 2003, Madrid, Spain
The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize, AGNSW
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2003, Artspace, Sydney
Artbox Inc., Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
2002 Others, Level 2 Contemporary Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2002, Artspace, Sydney Slacking Off, Imperial Slack Gallery, Sydney
1635, Sherman Artbox, Sydney Childhood, First Draft Gallery, Sydney Calibre Art Foundation Project, Calibre Store, Sydney
Appliance, Solar Research Institute, UNSW, Sydney Expo 2002, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney
Strange Futures, Casula Power House Arts Centre, Sydney
2001 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2001, Artspace, Sydney Context, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
The Secret of Grey Walls, Blaugrau Gallery, Sydney
Patis Vasijan, Imperial Slacks Gallery, Sydney Vanishing Point, Blaugrau Gallery, Sydney
2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, USAd / struct, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
1999 Y2K- Embracing the Millennium Exhibition, Beijing, China
Lumen, Solar Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Archival Purposes, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Private Collections
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 Linda Michael, 21st Century Modern, Broadsheet Contemporary Visual Arts + Culture, vol. 35, n. 1, March-May 2006, 24-26.
Denise Knight, The Essence of Vanila, Uniken Magazine University of New South Wales, Issue 31, March 2006, p.19.
2005 Carolina Totterman, Art in Reverse, contemporary Australian Art TV series episode 4 – Vanila Netto, Ovation channel, Australia Sunanda Creagh, ‘Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship’, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 10–11 September 2005, p. 28.
2004 Stewart Hawkins, ‘Mixed-Ed: Diverse Practice and Geography’, Photofile, no. 72, spring 2004, p. 77.
Peter Hill, ‘Lasting impression’, Visual Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 3–4 July 2004, pp. 10–11.
Peter Hill, ‘All together now’, Visual Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, 7–8 February 2004, pp. 8–9.
Charles Green, 2004: Australian Culture Now, exhibition Catalogue, Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, June, 55 and 180.
Dominique Angeloro, Mother of Reinvention, Sydney Morning Herald, January30-February5, 30
Tanya Peterson, Model Economies, Catalogue Essay for Cushion – Do Not Crush Insulation,
Exhibition at Sherman Galleries, January
Laura Murray-Cree, Young Guns, State of the Arts Magazine, January to March, 85
2003 Peter Hill, Artbox Inc., Sydney Morning Herald, February7-13, 27
2002 Russell Storer, Vanila Netto, Photofile Photomedia Journal, n. 67, December, 41-45
Blair French, A Surfeit of Style, Broadsheet Contemporary Visual Arts + Culture, vol. 31, n. 4, December 2002, January + February 2003, 12-13 Judy Annear, Others, Exhibitions & Events Art Gallery of New South Wales, November 2002
January 2003, 13 Australian Photography, Bulletin With Newsweek, November5, 85
Lenny Ann Low, Picture This, Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October
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