Selected Exhibitions
2019
Raumaneignung [Appropriation of Space], Milchhof Pavillon, Berlin, Germany,curated by Conny Becker (forthcoming)
Großkreisentfernung [Great Circle Route], tête, Berlin, Germany,curated by Marcus Brownlow (forthcoming)
AIR18: Artists in Residence 2018 Exhibition, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, curated by Sophia Cai
2018
Petite Miniature Textiles, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Wangaratta
2017
The Second LAST Collective Exhibition, Artery Co-op Project Space, Melbourne
PROJECT 17 – Radical Immanence, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Chantelle Mitchell
2016
The First LAST Collective Exhibition, Albert St Studios, Brunswick, Melbourne
Linear Momentum II, Galerie am Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany, curated by Conny Becker
OFF GRID, Blindside, Melbourne, curated by Josephine Briginshaw and Adriane Hayward
2015
Spherical Approximations (solo), West Space, Melbourne
Cutting Mirrors + Feeling Material, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne, curated by Benjamin Woods and c3 Projects
Linear Momentum, TCB art inc., Melbourne, curated by Conny Becker
2014
Melanie Irwin: Geodesic Envelopes (solo), Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, curated by Linda Michael
Reunion, Picture Berlin 2014 Festival Exhibition, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin, Germany, curated by Lotte Møller
2013
Distension (Single File) (solo), Australia China Art Foundation Gallery, Melbourne
Shift and Adjustment, LoBe, Berlin, Germany, curated by Conny Becker
A Half Scene, XLY Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China, curated by Wei Yan
Regimes of Value, The Substation and Margaret Lawrence Galleries, Melbourne, curated by Elizabeth Gower
2012
Replicate Elasticity (solo), Ausin Tung Gallery Project Space, Melbourne
2011
Trace Elements (with Hannah Bertram), John Fries Memorial Prize Winners’ Exhibition, Blackfriars off Broadway Gallery, Sydney
Archimedes’ Approximation of Pi (solo), Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
Future Possible, Margaret Lawrence Galleries, Melbourne, curated by Kim Donaldson
2010
Sphericity (solo), Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
Far Point…, Sydney Non Objective, Sydney
2009
Infrastructural Variations (solo), TCB art inc., Melbourne
Video-Vareo 3, Sub-Urban Video Lounge, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Ciagla elastycznosc [Constant Elasticity], Fabs Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2008
Architectonic Traces (solo), Ocular Lab, Melbourne
Mathematical Reasoning & the Physical Universe (solo), Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2006
A=½(x1+x2)h (solo), The Doll’s House, Melbourne
Awards, Scholarships, Grants and Residencies
2018
Artist in Residence, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2016
Visiting artist, Academy of Design Australia, Melbourne
Visiting artist, Latrobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne
2015
City of Melbourne Arts Project Grant
Creative Victoria, VicArts Grant
2014
New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
ArtStart Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Australian Artists’ Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts
2013
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant
PICTURE BERLIN Residency, Berlin, Germany
Artist in Residence, XLY Museum of Modern Art, Chengdu, China,
2010
City of Melbourne Arts Project Grant
2008
Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists
Residency at artist-run space Ocular Lab, Melbourne
Education
Master of Fine Art (Visual Art), University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (2013)
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) (2008) with First Class Honours (Sculpture and Spatial Practice) (2011), University of Melbourne, VCA, Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts (Art History & English Literature), La Trobe University, Melbourne (1999)
Selected Bibliography / Review
| 2017 | Melissa Loughnan, Australiana to Zeitgeist: An A–Z of Contemporary Australian Art, Thames & Hudson, Australia |
| Hannah Mathews, To Note: Notation Across Disciplines, Perimeter Editions, Melbourne | |
| 2016 | Conny Becker, Linear Momentum, exhibition catalogue, TCB art inc., Melbourne / Galerie am Körnerpark, Berlin |
| 2015 | Meredith Turnbull, ‘Spherical Approximations: A Network of Relations,’ exhibition catalogue, West Space, Melbourne |
| 2014 | Megan Robson and Melanie Irwin, ‘Evolving Structures,’ Un Magazine 8.1, Australia |
| Linda Michael, Melanie Irwin: Geodesic Envelopes, exhibition catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne | |
| 2013 | ‘Australian Artist’s First Performance in China,’ 1314 Magazine, July, China |
| 2012 | Julie Davies and Brad Haylock (eds), Hostings: Ocular Lab, 2003–10, Surpllus, Melbourne |
| 2010 | Claire Anna Watson,Sphericity: Melanie Irwin, exhibition catalogue, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | Din Heagney (ed.), Making Space: Artist-run Initiatives in Victoria, VIA-N, Melbourne |