Mary Cherry Contemporary

Selected works

Exhibitions

CV

Education

2020

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) (First Class Honours), Victorian College of the Arts

2019

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts

Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions

2026

promise to sing for you, Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth

Tokens from my friend group, Mary Cherry Contemporary, Melbourne

2025

you can use my phone (with Sol Fernandez), Blindside, Melbourne

2024

every painting has a friend (with Jess Tan, Victoria Todorov, Matilda Davis, Samantha Axiak, Luci Avard, and Naoise Halloran-Mackay; Lily Goliightly, Luyuan Zhang, Hana Pera Aoke, Yusi Zang, Jana Hawkins-Anderson, Rumer Elisabetta Guario and Masato Takaska), Mary Cherry Contemporary, Melbourne

2023

whole fish (with Mei Leong, Angela Gale, Jonno Revanche, Madeline Simm, Kirby Casilli, Luyuan Zhang, Michael Kennedy, En.V, Katie Dey + Cal Birchall, Eleanor Amor, Kyle Stanton, Matilda Davis, Rumer Elisabetta Guario, Mario Mogensen, Nunzie Madden, Ari Tampubolon, Jess Tan, Jana Hawkins-Anderson, Jennifer Mathews, Ruby Fitzgerald, Sophie Casser, Sadie Magdalene + Alexandra Nemarič), FELTspace, Adelaide

2022

nothing is more important than hanging out (with Sarah Brasier, Nat Thomas, + friends), Outer Space, Brisbane

donut king (paintings about love) (with Jennifer Mathews, Jess Tan, Luyuan Zhang, Jackie De Lacy, and Brayden van Meurs), Suite7a, Sydney

stick head here (with Brayden van Meurs) Seventh Gallery, Melbourne

My friend’s in the other room, Connors Connors, Melbourne

2021

drowning curse (with Aida Azin, Alexandra Nemarič, Brayden van Meurs, Krishan Meepe, Levi Neeson, Luci Avard, Matthew Harris, Panda Wong, Ruby Fitzgerald, Sol Fernandez and artist name withheld), TCB, Melbourne

2019

i'll always know i'm not enough to even make you think (with Ada Azin, Brayden van Meurs, Jennifer Mathews and Chloe Puddin), Cathedral Cabinet, Melbourne

if the pain is endless how can i live, Kings Artist Run, Melbourne

2018

free them, Irene Rose, Brunswick, Melbourne

If Only You Were Lonely (with Michael Kennedy) curated by Matthew Harris, Bus Projects, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

Insides turning blue, curated by Hana Pera Aoake and Autumn Royal, TCB, Melbourne

2025

Bureaucracy of Feelings, curated by Diego Ramírez, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne

2024

an invitation to dance, organised by Jess Tan, Cool Change x PS art Space, Perth

Incinerator Art Award 2024: Art for Social Change (collaboration with skramwife, Fleur, Luyuan Zhang, Jess Tan, Marlo Mogensen, Matilda Davis, mararara, Gigi De Lacy, and Rumer Elisabetta Guario), Incinerator gallery, Melbourne

friendship bracelet, organised by Lily Golightly, flowerpot, Sydney

hand (collaboration with Stacey Collee) Popup Studio 813, Melbourne

2023

Loose Knot Chorus organised by Suite7a, Petersham Town Hall, Sydney

Then Sharply Turns (in collaboration with skramwife, Fleur, Luyuan Zhang, Jess Tan, Marlo Morgensen, Matilda Davis, marara, Gigi De Lacy, and Rumer Elisabetta Guario), Connors Connors, Melbourne

2022

With You, Nano Gallery, Sydney

Zombie (collaboration with Mia Sokolic) curated by Madeline Minack and Arthur Dimitriou, Caves, Melbourne

Grimace, curated by Nicholas Currie, Temporalities Gallery, Melbourne

Text Tile, curated by Madeline Simm, Anna Fiedler and Tia Ansell, Caves, Melbourne

5x7 Art Prize, Louis Joel Arts & Community Centre, Altona

Kiss My Art, organised by Aretha Brown, Schoolhouse Studios

2021

The Impressionists, curated by Sarah Brasier and William Hawkins, Blindside, Melbourne

Choose Happiness (including collaborations with Katherine Botten, and Michael Kennedy) curated by Serena Bentley, Murray Art Museum Albury

tea time, within cat toys & paperweights (Brayden van Meurs’ solo exhibition) TCB, Melbourne

I Am Here (collaboration with EN.V) curated by Katherine Hattam, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney

such structures might not be predeterminable (collaboration with Jackie De Lacy) organised by Marian Tubbs, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby

2020

Slime & Ashes, curated by Matthew Harris, West Space, Melbourne

Hopeful / Hopeless, Signal (online)

On Kindness and Care, curated by Vikki McInnes, Assembly Point (online)

private opulence public squalor, organised by Matthew Harris and Sarah Brasier, offsite

From Heart + Mind, Dax Centre, Melbourne

out is out, Wyndham Art Gallery, Melbourne

2019

friends and family (collaboration with Matthew Harris), Daine Singer, Melbourne

toys r us (collaboration with Brayden van Meurs), Second Space Projects

and on the eyes black sleep of night, curated by Sarah Brasier, Firstdraft, Sydney

Kaleidoscope (collaboration with Beth Downing), curated by Brigit Maher and loserunit, The Dirty Dozen

Machines don’t have eyes but birds do, c3, Artspace

it's a night in the north pole...TL;DR - christmas show, Pee Pee Gallery, Melbourne

Playing With Matches, curated by Peter Waples-Crowe and Chiara Scafidi, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne

2018

Signal Curators: Layered, The Dirty Dozen, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne

Collectively: West Space Volunteers, West Space, Melbourne

been thinkin about all this ooh no spider landed on me while writing this Hey this is spider speaking. what's uuup!' (collaboration with Kyle Stanton), Pee Pee Gallery + Poo Poo Gallery at Bus Projects Bathroom

Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts

Proud, VCA Artspace

EOD Wednesday, curated by ichikawaedward, 33 Tinning Street, Brunswick

'survival.reproduction.death' offsite

2017

What Are Chives Good For (collaboration with Michael Kennedy), Living Museum of the West

Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery

Painting as an Object (collaboration with Anna Savage) curated by Christopher LG Hill, VCA Artspace

Dero Arcade Group Show 001, curated by Jack Mannix, Trocadero Art Space

A Call for Nonsense, curated by Daniel Ward and Slam Ross, SOMA Gallery

Other Other, curated by Peter Waples Crowe and Pila Darling, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee

2016

Mine (collaboration with Katherine Botten), Fort Delta, Melbourne

Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Southbank

So Fresh, VCA Student Gallery, Southbank

2015

Mapping with Miso (collaboration with Stanislava Pinchuk), Signal

Art bed installation + Signal 37 Showcase, Signal + MPavillion

Selected Bibliography

2024

Winata, A. “Every Painting Has a Friend.” Memo Review, November 23, 2024.

2023

Kostos, E. “Then Sharply Turns.” un Projects, May 5, 2023.

2022

Miekus, T. “Text Tile.” The Age, July 3, 2022.

Pfister, A. “Jemi Gale: Donut King (Paintings About Love).” Memo Review, June 22, 2022.

2021

Schmidt, A. “Claire Lambe, Dart Object and Jemi Gale, Drowning Curse.” Memo Review, March 6, 2021.

2020

Snaith, T. “Smart Arts.” RRR FM, February 27, 2020.

2019

Browne, A. “random(re)View.” August 13, 2019.

Residencies

2019-2020 : Dax Centre

Professional Development

2019

Nexus, Arts Access Victoria