Portrait by Ben Adams 2022
Bio
Lottie Consalvo’s interests lie in our invisible worlds; thought, imagination and dreams are key themes throughout her work. With a practice traversing painting, performance, video, and sculpture, she looks at the physicality of the overwhelming presence of thought and the impact the mind has on all living things. She parallels these natural phenomena of the mind with that of nature by drawing out the mystical properties of the ocean, the horizon, the bush and other species. She parallels this inability to fully understand nature with our inner-worlds and draws out ideas around desire, longing, loss and the ungraspable.
Consalvo’s performances are observations of transformative experiences, often taking form as video or live performances. More recently the artist utilised the imagination of the audience to present a performance where she was not physically present, but rather the audience witnessed her actions within their minds. Her paintings further this conversation where the artist creates a physical presence for thought, imagination, memory, and psychological transitions. Working with a restricted palette across mediums, Consalvo often grasps monumental forms and uses the high contrast of opposing dark and light to mark out a place for the unknown and the intangible.
Lottie Consalvo is a Newcastle, Australia based artist, originally from Melbourne and born in Sale Victoria in 1985. In 2015 Consalvo was selected to be in residence with Marina Abramovic in Sydney as part of Kaldor Public Art Projects 30. Consalvo also exhibited in Millerntor Gallery#5, Hamburg. In 2018 the artist had her first solo museum exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Victoria. In 2019 she had a solo exhibitions at Casula Powerhouse with her Horizon video works, as well as a major exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery . Her work has been exhibited internationally, most recently in Germany, Mexico and New Zealand. Lottie is held in collections including Artbank, Newcastle Art Gallery, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Onna House (NY) - Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Macquarie University, Newcastle University, Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie, Allens Law Firm and The Stevenson Collection (NZ). Lottie is represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.
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DOB: 27.09.1985 Wayput, Sale, Victoria. Lives and works on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi people in both Newcastle and Pindimar NSW
Represented by Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Exhibitions
Solo
2022 - No access but from the Sky, April, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2021 - When I look carefully / I see the nazuna blooming / By the hedge! Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2019 - The Aerial View Of An Anthem, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2019 - Clayton Utz, Melbourne partnership with 333: Art Projects
2019 - Somewhere Else, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2019 - I Tried To Make A Horizon For You, Casula Powerhouse
2018 - In The Remembering - Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
2017 - Final Remembering - The Lock Up, Newcastle
2017 - ‘in silence’ - Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2016 - Momentary Alters - NKN Gallery, Melbourne
2016 - Mid-fall - Alaska Projects, Sydney
2014 - Everything reminds me of you - Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2014 - Public memories - Conductors Project, Sydney
2012 - The Life Exchange - Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2011 - And all around is Desert - Damien Minton Gallery Annex, Sydney (curated by Kim Fasher of SuperKaleidoscope)
Selected group
2023 - Up River, Down River - Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2023 - Loud Sky - The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space, Newcastle
2023 - Aotearoa Art Fair, Auckland with Föenander Galleries
2022 - 2023 - A Paleolithic Age, November, Tripoli Gallery, New York
2022 - Together we are less alone (with Philip Grözinger and Clemens Krauss), Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2022 - An Anthology of the Wind (video collaboration with Sarah Mosca), MAP, Mima, Lake Macquarie
2021 - Unthinkable Fields, Curated by Eloise Kirk, ANCA, Canberra
2021 - Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide in partnership with Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2019 - Two Waters: Wairua, Laree Payne Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand, with Maia McDonald
2019 - Secret Garden - Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2019 - us.Universal Stories,The Museum Of Art And Culture Lake Macquarie, curated by Meryl Ryan
2019 - Of the Sun, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, curated by Gina Mobayed,
2019 - Poetic of the Line, Kudos Gallery, UNSW Art And Design, curated by Tim Marvin
2019 - From The Mudbrick House - Newcastle University Gallery
2018 - Video Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks
2017 - Realising Mother - Kudos Gallery, UNSW, Sydney, curated by Zorica Purlija
2017 - Into Abstraction II - Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney
2016 - The Ancestors - Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney , curated by Catherine Benz
2016 - New Strokes - Gallery9, Sydney
2015 - Paris/Hunter - Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
2015 - Millerntor Gallery#5, Hamburg, curated by Fabian Jentsch
2014 & 2015 - Wild Side: The animal in Art touring exhibition - Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery & Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo
2013 - Mono No Aware - Linden Gallery, Melbourne, curated by SuperKaleidoscope
2012 - Traces - Leipzig Art Fair, Germany
2011 - Australian exhibition - Australian Embassy in Berlin
2010 - A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes (White) - Kunstquartier Bethanien Studio 1Berlin, curated by SuperKaleidoscope
Performances
2021 - Sometimes I Hear Trees Falling, Dominik Mersch Gallery Sydney
2018 - In The Remembering - Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria
2015 - 2016 - 'Desires', a year long performance
2014 - 'I mouthed I love you' - Wild Side group exhibition, Lake Macquarie Gallery
2014 - 'Until distance passes' - Tiny Stadiums Festival, Erskineville Sydney (commission)
2014 - 'Near your sorrow' - Enduring Parallels (endurance performance exhibition) The Lock-Up, Newcastle (artist & curator)
2013 - 2014 - 'Compartmentalise', a year long performance living with minimal possessions
2014 - 'It's too early to love you' - ALASKA projects, Sydney
2014 - 'Public memories' - Conductors Project, Sydney
2013 - 'Do you love me' - Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2012 - 'Steer a steady ship' - Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2011 - ‘The weight of the physical mind’- Leipzig International art program (LIA) Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
2011 - ‘Happiness is an extreme emotion’ - 12hour public performance, Berlin, Germany
2011 - ‘Black feet’ - Leipzig International art program (LIA) Spinnerei Leipzig, Germany
2011 - 'Beyond these walls’ - Engels, Berlin, Germany
Residencies
2015 - Marina Abramović artists' residency program, part of Marina Abramović: In Residence presented by Kaldor Public art projects, Project #30
2013 - Lake Macquarie City Gallery - in conjunction with Christo: John Kaldor Family collection artist rooms
2012 - Titjikala art centre NT
2012 - Freestone print studio, Gippsland Victoria
2012 - Familia Mojo Family orphanage Nairobi, Kenya
2011 - Leipzig International Art Program (LIA) Germany
Collections
Artbank - Stevenson Collection NZ - Allens Collection - Newcastle Art Gallery - Maitland Regional Art Gallery - - Onna House ,New York - Warner Music Australia - Macquarie University - Newcastle University - MAC Lake Macquarie Art Gallery - Gippsland Art Gallery
Residencies
2023 - Desa, Ubud, Indonesia
2015 - Marina Abramović artists' residency program, part of Marina Abramović: In Residence presented by Kaldor Public art projects, Project #30
2013 - Lake Macquarie City Gallery - in conjunction with Christo: John Kaldor Family collection artist rooms
2012 - Titjikala art centre NT
2012 - Freestone print studio, Gippsland Victoria
2012 - Familia Mojo Family orphanage Nairobi, Kenya
2011 - Leipzig International Art Program (LIA) Germany
Bibliography
2023
Australian Abstract, Book published by Thames & Hudson by Amber Creswell Bell
2022
5 curators on Artists to watch (interview with Petrit Abazi, Director of Northern Centre For Contemporary Art)
2021
Art is never finished, only abandoned, Brooke Boland
2019
Doing It In Public: The Kaldor Projects - ABC Documentary
If I Could Have - Art Collector Magazine Issue 90
Art Collector Mini Mag - Auckland Art Fair
2018
Profile - Artist Profile Magazine - Issue 44
Terra Firma Magazine
Art Almanac, March 2018 - front cover and article
Art Collector Mini Mag - Melbourne Art Fair
Art Collector Mini Mag - Auckland Art Fair
2017
Black magic, exploring Lottie Consalvo's dark world - D*hub - https://www.dhub.org/black-magic-exploring-lottie-consalvos-dark-world/
2016
Maintaining the Manifesto – Runway by Amelia Wallin http://runway.org.au/maintaining-the-manifesto/
2015
Imitation games: Marina Abramovic, ABC documentary series
Forecast: Lottie Consalvo - Vault Magazine by Rebecca Gallo
Lottie Consalvo Up close and personal – Newcastle Herald http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3079491/lottie-consalvo-up-close-and-personal/
The art of self-incarceration, RealTime Feb-Mar 2015 http://www.realtimearts.net/article/125/11856
2014
Pushing boundaries, Newcastle Herald, November 29
Performance art, ABC radio
Artist profile, Design Satellite 2014
http://www.designsatellite.com.au/artist-profiles/artist-profile-lottie-consalvo-james-drinkwater/
Minimal living, rejecting excess and finding clarity with Lottie Consalvo, Concrete Playground
http://concreteplayground.com/melbourne/arts-entertainment/art/minimal-living-rejecting-excess-and-finding-clarity-with-lottie-consalvo/
2013
'Lottie Consalvo's Insecure Act at Damien Minton’ - Blourin Artinfo International edition, December 20
2012
'See Artist Lottie Consalvo Endure Water Torture For Art’s Sake’ - Blourin Artinfo International edition, October 8
'Australian Artist recreates water torture' – SBS World News, October 8
'The art of torture'- Sydney Morning Herald/The Age/Canberra Times/WA Today/ Brisbane Times, October 6