Archie Moore

Archie Moore was featured in Light from Light, 2010-2012

b. 1970, Toowoomba, Australia

Archie Moore works in a variety of media to explore the constructs of language and history, particularly as they relate to Aboriginal experience in Australia. He was awarded The Millennial Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts in 2001, and subsequently studied at the Academy Of Fine Arts Prague, Czech Republic. In addition to exhibiting extensively in Australia and internationally, he has had a number of public art commissions, most recently on the new Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane. Lives and works in Brisbane, Australia.

Education

  • 2001-2002 Non-Degree Study, Akademie Výtvarných Uměnív Praze (Academy Of Fine Arts Prague, Czech Republic)
  • 1995-1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts), Queensland University of Technology
  • 1990-1991 Certificate in Art and Design, Gateway TAFE, QLD

Selected Solo exhibitions

2011

  • Three Strikes, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital Busway Station, ‘PLATFORM: Public art installation’ curated by the Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia

2010

  • Bennelong Way To The Top, The Cosmic Battle For Your Heart Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  • Dwelling, Accidentally Annie Street Space, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA

2009

  • Archie Moore: Club, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia

2006

  • Depth of Field, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2005

  • New Flames Residency Exhibition, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2003

  • Nympholepsy – A Survey of ‘Love’ Works, Palace Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2002

  • Words I Learnt From The English Class, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

1997

  • Dysphoria, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

  • 28th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
  • Expanded Portraits (performances with David M Thomas as EggVein), Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
  • Recycled Library: Altered books, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery; Hervey Bay Regional Gallery; The Centre Beaudesert, Australia
  • TPИ, various locations throughout Eastern Europe
  • Grave But Not Serious, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane, Australia
  • Light from Light, National Library of China, Beijing, China
  • Light from Light, Hangzhou Public Library, Hangzhou, Brisbane

2010

  • Light from Light, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  • Light from Light, Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China
  • Last Words, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney, Australia
  • Recycled Library: Altered books, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum; Grafton Regional Gallery; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery; Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo; Civic Hall Galleries, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery; Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Australia

2009

  • Queensland Art, Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane, Australia
  • Sculpture + Works on Paper, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • Reality Check – Watching Sylvania Waters, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
  • Making it New: Focus on Australian Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
  • Breaking Boundaries: Contemporary Indigenous Australian Art from the Collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
  • Recycled Library: Altered books, Artspace Mackay, Mackay; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum, Gladstone Australia
  • 23 Degrees, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • Colliding Islands, Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

2008

  • 25th Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
  • les autres / the others, Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, New Caledonia
  • Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
  • Pap Spears, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast, Australia
  • One-Metre Eye Height, USQ Arts Gallery, Toowoomba, Australia
  • Greatest Hits/Previously Unreleased Tracks, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Biennale of Sydney Online Venue
  • L’Aboriginal Festival, Université d’Avignon, Avignon, France
  • The Revenge of Genres – Contemporary Australian Art, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2007

  • Funeral Songs, MOP, Sydney, Australia
  • Greatest Hits/Previously Unreleased Tracks, Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
  • The Revenge of Genres – Contemporary Australian Art, Les Brasseurs, Liège, Belgium
  • Where Whispers Walk, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  • Topsy, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia

2006

  • Turrbal-Jagera, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  • The Other APT, RawSpace Galleries, Brisbane, Australia
  • 23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
  • Two Way: artists and mentors, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2005

  • Top Ten, Gadens Lawyers, Brisbane, Australia
  • 22nd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia
  • Con:text, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
  • Crossings: A Gathering of Artists, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco
  • Still Moving, Colourised Festival, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
  • Dark and Light, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • CALD, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2004

  • Predominantly White, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2003

  • Prospect Portrait Prize Exhibition, Prospect Gallery, Prospect, Australia
  • One Square Mile, Museum Of Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia
  • Where Is It?, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • People, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • Prime, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • Invitational 1+1, Studio 11, Brisbane, Australia
  • Being Black, Black Peppers Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2002

  • Urban Blackness, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
  • Six Shades Of Black, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2001

  • Real World Art: Art By QUT Alumni, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia

1999

  • Eclectica, Avant Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  • Stage X (“Vent”), King George Square, Brisbane, Australia

1998

  • Hatched: Healthway National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia

1996

  • End Of Year Clearance, IMA, Brisbane, Australia

1995

  • Boo-Meringue, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, Australia