PA M E L A SE E

TH E F O L D

P A M E L A S E E (X U E ME I -L I N G)Born 28 March 1979, Brisbane

E D U C A T I O N

2001 Master of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane2000 Graduate Diploma of Communications, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane1999 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane

S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S

2010 The Fold, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, BrisbaneModernity, Egg Gallery, Beijing, ChinaGrey Water, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, QueenslandEntropy, John Paynter Gallery, The Lock-up Cultural Centre, Newcastle, New South Wales

2009 On the Move, Caloundra Regional Gallery, QueenslandImpact, Logan Art Gallery, QueenslandInsurgent, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney

2008 Intervention, Museum of Brisbane, QueenslandProhibition, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne

2007 Float, Heiser Gallery, BrisbaneConsumption, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney

2006 He (her; unstressed), TCB art inc., Melbourne2004 Eco-Tourism, SOApBOx Gallery, Brisbane

Flocking Down Under, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Queensland

S E L E C T E D S I T E - S P E C I F I C IN S T A L L A T I O N S

2009 Conflux City, as part of the Conflux Festival, New York, NY, USAThe Brown Cloud, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, USA

2008 In the Shade of Willow, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Homebush, SydneySurface Tension, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, DarwinOffshore Processing, 24:7 Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales

2007 High and Mighty, Lowly and Meek, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin

2006 Taking like a fish to ..., KickArts, Cairns, QueenslandChinese Takeaway, The Window@QPAC, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane

2005 Home to Roost, The Vitrine, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane2004 A Change in Frequency, Starterspace, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane2003 Window of Opportunity, Artspace Mackay, Queensland

S E L E C T E D GR O U P EX H I B I T I O N S

2010 New Acquisitions, Parliament House, CanberraPaper Trail: Drawings from the collection, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South WalesDownside, Metro Arts, BrisbaneSynchronicity, Redcliffe City Gallery, Queensland

2009 A Chinese Legacy, The University of Queensland Art Museum, BrisbaneOne World, One Home, Qing Tong Museum, City of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, ChinaSpectral Bequest, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, BrisbaneComing Home: 37 Chinese Australian Artists, Linda Gallery, Beijing, ChinaObject and Construct, Axia Modern Art, MelbourneArt on Paper, Boutwell Draper Gallery, SydneyPaper, KickArts, Cairns, Queensland

2008 The Year of the Bird, Hawkesbury Regional Galley, Windsor, New South WalesBird Flower, Egg Gallery, Beijing, ChinaHeavenly Bodies, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, SydneyShoot low! They are riding Shetlands, Queensland Centre of Photography, BrisbaneClayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane Papercut, 24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, DarwinMultiplex, Boutwell Draper Gallery, SydneyFrom Mao to Now, Sydney Olympic Park Authority, Homebush, SydneyABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award 2008, ABN AMRO Tower, SydneyBird Watching: A selection of works by Queensland artists, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QueenslandScissors as Brush, Two Lines Gallery, Beijing, China

2007 Exploration 7, Flinders Lane Gallery, MelbourneShift: Changing Places, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South WalesOpen Door: Artists in Residence in Beijing, 798/Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, ChinaWays of Being, Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, ChinaInstallation Mode, NY Arts, Beijing, ChinaMy Own Private Oasis, International Studio and Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY, USA

2006 Pacific Edge, Artspace Mackay, QueenslandA Summer Still Life, Heiser Gallery, BrisbaneAnimals as Allegory, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

2005–08 Echoes of Home: Memory and mobility in recent Austral-Asian art, Museum of Brisbane, Queensland; Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales;

Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia; Geraldton Art Gallery, Western Australia; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales; RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

2005 San Bao Zhi, Firstdraft Gallery, SydneyLingua Franca: ARC Art Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Hall, QueenslandThing, What is on Our Side, Rocket Art, Newcastle, New South WalesThe Home Show, Intrude Gallery, MelbourneCALD Exhibition, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

2002 Yellow Children’s Art Exhibition for Chinese New Year, Hands On Art, Brisbane2001 Scissors, Paper, Stone, Modus Studios, Brisbane1999 Cluster, Campbell Mahoney Gallery, Brisbane1998 The Exhibition for No Apparent Reason, Grunt Gallery, Brisbane1997 Dolls and Other Objects, Palma Rosa Gallery, Brisbane

S E L E C T E D BI B L I O G R A P H Y

Aldred, Debra. ‘A celebration of cultural diversity’, The Courier-Mail, 4 February 2002Anon. Art Built-in South Bank, Public Art Agency, Arts Queensland, Brisbane, 2002Anon. ‘Community Focus Key of Festival’, The Daily Mercury, 24 February 2003Anon. ‘Intransient’, Map Magazine, 5 March 2005Anon. ‘Pivot Points’, Townsville Sun, 30 May 2004Bates, Elizabeth. ‘Pamela Mei-Leng See’, in Clark, Christine. Echoes of Home: Memory and mobility in recent Austral-Asian art [ex. cat.], Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, 2005Bladen, Victoria. ‘Animals as Allegory’, Machine, Vol 1, No. 4, 2006Chester, Rodney. ‘Art of the state will be off the wall’, The Courier-Mail, 3 July 2002Craig, Gordon. ‘Exquisite Precision’, World of Antiques & Art, February 2005Craig, Gordon. Ways of Being [ex. cat], Pickled Art Centre, Beijing, China, 2007Croll, Catherine. ‘Pamela See’, Coming Home: 37 Chinese Australian Artists [ex. cat.], Sydney Olympic Park Authority, 2009English, L. ‘Bread and Butter’, Time Off, 6 February 2002Hampson, Jane. ‘Paper Cuts’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 43, January–March 2008Higson, Rosalie. ‘Fluid Bridges to China’, The Australian, 11 February 2008Giliberto, R. ‘Artist draws on cultural background’, Townsville Bulletin, 27 May 2004Lord, C. ‘Folk Art’, Home, 5 June 2005Maier, Heidi. ‘On the move: Pamela Mei-Leng See’, Art Guide Australia, January/February 2009Robson, Diana. The Year of the Bird [ex. cat.], Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, 2008Rogers, Emma. ‘Homage to her Chinese heritage’, The Courier-Mail, 22 November 2006

Rothnie, Susan. Bird Watching: A selection of works by Queensland artists [ex. cat.], Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland, 2008See, Pamela. Paper [ex. cat.], KickArts, Cairns, 2009See, Pamela. ‘Insurgent’, Pamela Mei-Leng See, [ex. cat.], Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, 2009Turner, Tonya. ‘Traditional art of papercutting’, The Courier-Mail, 27 September 2007

P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S

National Gallery of Australia, CanberraArt Gallery of South Australia, AdelaideParliament House, CanberraArtbank, SydneyArtspace Mackay, QueenslandGriffith University, BrisbaneNewcastle Region Art Gallery, New South WalesQueensland University of Technology, BrisbaneThe Lock-up Cultural Centre, Newcastle, New South WalesThe University of Queensland, BrisbaneArtworkers Alliance, BrisbaneAustralia Council for the Arts, SydneyBrisbane Airport Corporation, QueenslandBrisbane City Council, QueenslandCrown Casino, MelbourneCrown Towers, Taipa Island, Macau, ChinaGadens Lawyers, BrisbaneGrand Hyatt, Wanchai, Hong KongHawkesbury One, Newcastle, New South WalesInternational Buddhist Association of Queensland, BrisbaneMcCullough Robertson Lawyers, BrisbaneMackay Regional Botanic Gardens, QueenslandMater Mothers’ Hospital, BrisbaneQueensland Transport, BrisbaneSwires Properties Ltd, Beijing, China

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YE S T E R D A Y ' S NE W S (2008)Paper

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P R E T T Y S O O N I T B E C A M E A L L A B O U T F O O D (2010)Paper

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TH E Y D I D N ' T S A Y I T W A S B E C A U S E I W A S P R E G N A N T , T H E Y J U S T S A I D P E R H A PS I S H O U L D S I T T H A T J O B O U T (2010)

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S W E E T S O M E T H I N G S (2007)Paper

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FR E C K L E D M O M E N TS (2007)Paper

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RE C E I P TS NO. 1 (2010)Paper

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