Education:
2009 Bachelor of Photography with First Class Honours, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
2008 Bachelor of Photography, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
2005 Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
2001 Bachelor of Arts, Visual Art, Writing and Multi-media, Southern Cross University, Lismore
Selected solo exhibitions:
2012 Salt Lake, Springsure Bicentennial Art Gallery, February and March
2011 Rise and fall, again, Firstdraft Gallery, November and December
2011 New work, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, October and November
2011 Rise and fall, Level ARI, July
2011 Salt Lake, Gympie Regional Gallery, June
2011 The world keeps turning, Spiro|Grace Art Rooms, February and March
2011 Salt Lake, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, February and March
2010 This is now, TCB building as part of the Valley Fiesta, September
2010 Atmosphere reflected at dusk, Brisbane Square Library, January and February
2009 This is now, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, November
2009 Atmosphere reflected at dusk, Queensland Centre for Photography, August
Group exhibitions:
2012 Photo-Spectral, (Fourth Queensland Festival of Photography), Pine Rivers Art Gallery, April and May
2011 Cracker, MOP Projects, December
2011 Collectibles, Spiro|Grace Art Rooms, December
2011 Local velocity: a Pace exhibition, curated by Jill Barker, Nona Gallery, November
2011 The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation Centre for Art and Culture, September
2011 Art on James, curated by Louise Martin-Chew and Alison Kubler, June
2011 Drawling: a Pace exhibition, curated by Jill Barker, Nona Gallery, March and April
2010 Art for Eva, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, December
2010 BARI festival, The Tidy, October
2010 Future Nurture: Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, September - October
2010 Clayton Utz: LAUNCH Art Award exhibition, Riparian Plaza, July 2010 - July 2011
2010 The Churchie: National Emerging Art Exhibition, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art, June - August
2010 PHAI-RA!, (Third Queensland Festival of Photography), Bleeding Heart Gallery, March and April
2010 Linden Postcard Show 2010, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, February and March
2010 Test Pattern 2010, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, February
2009 Wherever you go, there you are, Queensland College of Art, December
2008 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards, Museum of Brisbane, December
2008 Children of the Resolution, White Box, QCA graduating exhibition, November
2008 Hot New Things, (VIVID festival), Photospace Gallery, ANU, Canberra, October
2008 SNAP exhibition, White Box, Queensland College of Art, September
2008 Growing Extra Ears, Flipbook Gallery, Brisbane, May
2007 128 Grey Exhibition, White Box, Queensland College of Art, April
2006 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards, Museum of Brisbane, December
2006 F***ing first years, White Box, Queensland College of Art
Professional experience:
2012 Publications Intern, Eyeline Magazine, Qeensland University of Technology
2011 Artist talk, Firstdraft Gallery, December
2011 Artist talk, Brisbane Institute of Art, November
2011 Artist talk, Gympie Regional Gallery, June
2011 Artist talk, Brisbane Institute of Art, April
2011 Proofreading, The Collection of Robert & Jenny Douglas: Selected Works, The Brisbane Club Collectors' Series
2010 Invited speaker, Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart session, Judith Wright Centre, July
2010 Invited speaker, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, March
2010 Proofreading, The James C. Sourris Collection: Selected Works, The Brisbane Club Collectors' Series
2010 Gallery Assistant (Promotions), Ipswich Art Gallery
2009 Publications Intern, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
2008 Publications Intern, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
Publications:
2011 'Rise and fall, again', essay by Kelle Uhr, exhibition catalogue
2011 'The return of Phoebe McDonald in Local Velocity' - Pace, Jill Barker, October
2011 Substation Contemporary Art Prize, exhibition catalogue
2011 'Review: Salt Lake - Victoria Cooper reviews Salt Lake a photographic exhibition by Phoebe McDonald at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery', Lucida Magazine, March 5
2011 'Meeting Phoebe McDonald' - Pace, Jill Barker, February
2010 'Highlights from the 2010 Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition', Red, issue 5, November
2010 'PHAI-RA!', Rachel Marsden, published at Brisbane Creative Industries
2010 Clayton Utz: LAUNCH Art Award, exhibition catalogue
2010 The Churchie: National Emerging Art Award, exhibition catalogue
2009 Young People Creating Queensland, published by Youth Arts Queensland
2009 Queensland Centre for Photography, exhibition catalogue
2008 Children of the Resolution, exhibition catalogue
2008 Growing Extra Ears, exhibition catalogue
Published writing:
2008 'Australia', Artlines, issue 4
2003 'Get the drift', Melbourne Magazine, June
2003 'Roaming holidays', Melbourne Magazine, July
2003 'Holly Cow', Soundtrack: an anthology of new writing, RMIT
Awards/prizes/grants:
2011 Finalist - The Substation Contemporary Art Prize
2010 Australia Council for the Arts - ArtStart grant
2010 Finalist - Future Nurture: Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award
2010 Finalist - Clayton Utz: LAUNCH Art Award
2010 Finalist - The Churchie: National Emerging Art Exhibition, Queensland College of Art
2009 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2009, for studies in the Bachelor of Photography with Honours
2008 Artworkers Alliance award for graduating student at Queensland College of Art
2008 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence 2008, for studies in the Bachelor of Photography
Collections:
Daryl Hewson collection
Gadens Lawyers
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Private collections
Toowoomba Regional Gallery