POLO, TOM CV

Tom Polo
Born Sydney 1985
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours Program) - College of Fine Arts – UNSW
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) - College of Fine Arts – UNSW

Awards and Prizes

2008 Churchie National Emerging Artist Exhibition, finalist
2007 Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards, Finalist

Solo Exhibitions

2007 An Excessive Aesthetic, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney NSW

Group Exhibitions

2008 And It Started with a Myth, Parramatta Artist Studios, NSW
2008 Laith McGregor, Tom Polo, Emily Portmann, Jackson Slattery, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2008 SSFA08, Sullivan + Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
2007 December Show, Gallery 9, Sydney, NSW
2007 The First Show, Parramatta Artist’s Studios, Sydney, NSW
2007 Process Line,Western Front Project, Parramatta Heritage Centre, Sydney, NSW
2007 Quarterbred, Space Launch, Pact Theatre, Sydney, NSW
2007 Jenny Birt Award, Finalist’s Show, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW
2007 Copy Cat 2 – A.R.I, International Noise, Barcom Street Bridge, Sydney, NSW
2006 Annual 06 - COFA Honours Graduation Show, College Of Fine Arts, Sydney, NSW
2006 Emergent 3 - Newport Artworks Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Reconfigured: fixations of the body – Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2006 Post-it: an exquisite corpse mail art project – Peleton, Sydney, NSW
2006 The Dunlop Ping Pong Challenge - Half Dozen Program, Blank Space Gallery, Sydney
2006 International Noise Presents: Copycat , Barcom Street Bridge, Sydney, NSW
2006 International Noise Presents: A 9x5” Show, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2005 Dislocation,Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2005 Elastic- Emerging Art Award, (Finalist) College Of Fine Arts, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Artexpress, HSC Visual Arts Exhibition, David Jones City Store, Sydney,NSW

Exhibitions Curated

2007 Smash Hits – The Best and Worst of 2007,Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney, NSW

Studio Residencies

2006 Parramatta Artists Studios, Sydney, NSW

Bibliograhy

Fortescue, E. ‘Picture this’, The Daily Telegraph, August 13, 2008 p 34.
‘There’s a Winner in You series’, Runway – an Australian Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 10 Romance, autumn 2008 pp. 52 - 57