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Contact poulgrain@live.com
Education 2015 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours, Class I), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2011 - 2013 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2012 University Exchange to Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2024 Platform Institute of Modern Art
2023 Dream boat, collaborative works and workshops from Sarah Poulgrain, Dana Lawrie Tyza
Hart, Bree Meyer, Anya Swan, Muff Hewitt, Charlie Hillhouse and Georgia Morgan, Wreckers
Upstairs, Brisbane
2022 Dana Lawrie and Sarah Poulgrain, Dream Boat Outer Space, Brisbane
Llewellyn Millhouse and Sarah Poulgrain, Wreckers upstairs, Brisbane
Projection on Judith Wright building, Outer Space, Brisbane
2019 A Set of New Skills: Chair Making, First Thursday event at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
A Set of New Skills: Weaving and Welding, Outer Space, Brisbane
A Set of New Skills: Hat Making Boxcopy, Brisbane
2018 Conversation in two parts, Firstdraft, Sydney
Conversation in two parts, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2017 16 in 4 parts, RM Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Slow Movement Sequence, Visual Bulk, Hobart
2016 Bust Construction, Success, Perth
Cardboard Constructions, Aishla Manning and Sarah Poulgrain at Bus Projects, Melbourne
2014 Feel the Quality, Llewellyn Millhouse and Sarah Poulgrain at Metro Arts, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024-2026 Primavera touring exhibition, The Condensery, Somerset Regional Gallery.
2024 Low Stakes, Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth.
2023 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2022 Favourable Conditions, West Space offsite, Melbourne
2021 The Mechanics of Adaption, Metro Arts and Brisfest
Variations on tape, POP Gallery, Brisbane
David Michael Thomas Open Studio, Sculptor Queensland, Brisbane
2020 Making Art Work, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Double Decker Echo, collaborative work with David Michael Thomas, Soylent Spot, Brisbane
2019 Hobiennale, Salamanca Arts Centre with Desire Lines, Hobart
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2018 Green Screen, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Emerson, collaborative work with Rachael Archibald, curated by Seb Henry-Jones, Sydney
Stable Gallery at the Walls Artspace, Gold Coast
2017 Presentism, Boxcopy, Brisbane
Social Ghosts, The Soylent Spot, curated by Erika Scott, Brisbane
2016 Neo-normal, John Fries Finalist Exhibition, UNSW Gallery, Sydney
Stella McCartney for Target, Cut Thumb, Brisbane
SafARI, collaborative work with Llewellyn Millhouse, Sydney
2015 The height of a mountain, width of a valley, at Metro Arts, Brisbane
The moment something is understood it begins to be forgotten, Blindside, Melbourne
Everything Is Connected, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
2014 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
Continue: Three Brisbane Artists, Chapter House Lane, Melbourne
Weekender: Earth, Wind, Fire, Boxcopy, Brisbane
Shifting Ground, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
2013 Don’t Look So Offended, Fake Estate ARI, Brisbane
GAS: Graduate Art Show and Espresso GARAGE Awards, Griffith University Art Gallery
[Q]ARI, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
Surface Tension, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
Addition 5, Addition Gallery, Brisbane
Awards and Residencies
2023 Watch This Space residency with Georgia Morgan, Alice Springs
2023 Queensland Arts Showcase Program Grant Recipient
2022 Australia Council Individual Arts Project Grant Recipient
2019 Highly Commended at The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Institute of Modern Art
2018 Australia Council Individual Arts Project Grant Recipient
2018 Residency at Frontyard, Sydney
2017 Residency at Visual Bulk, Hobart
2016 Finalist in the John Fries Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2015 Self-initiated residency in Taylors Arm (NSW) with Bridie Gillman and Kylie Spear
2014 Highly Commended at The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University
2013 Painting Faculty Award, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2011-13 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2012 ISES Grant, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
Selected Publications
2024 Power, property and the politics of ‘living differently’, conversation with Brisbane Free University & Radio Reversal on 4zzz
Platypus, ed. Marilina Hewitt
Sarah Poulgrain’s Ark, Spiros Panigirakis, Town Hall, published by Institute of Modern Art
Queer Australian Art: An Evolving Database, Kink Collective https://queeraustralianart.com/
2023 Memo Review, Mariam Ella Arcilla, Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Ocular, Susan Acret For Primavera, Emerging Australian Artists Propose New Paths
Sydney Morning Herald, Jo Higgins review of Primavera
2022 Un Magazine 16.2 edited by Hilary Thurlow & D Harding
2019 Self-published 50 page manual for weaving and welding, accompanying exhibition A Set of New Skills: Weaving and Welding
2018 Review: Em Size for Running Dog
Review: Luke Letourneau for UnProjects
2016 Five Ways Number Three, Boxcopy Publication edited by Brooke Ferguson
Timberly Madeleine Stack for Sarah Poulgrain
2015 Self-published books: Characters from the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Busts of my Mother
Professional Experiences
Current member of West Space Artist Committee (two year tenure starting 2023)
Co-founder of Wreckers Artspace. Curatorial involvement & documentation from Feb 2017 - July 2020.
Co-founder of Wreckers Upstairs, 2022 - ongoing
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