caitlinyardley@gmail.com

b. 1984 Ballarat, Australia. Lives and works in London, UK

Education

2012  MFA (Arts Practice), Goldsmiths, University of London, London
2007  MA (Visual Arts), School of Contemporary Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth
2004 BA (Visual Arts), School of Contemporary Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth

Solo Exhibitions / Screenings

2026 Relational Painting (Nothing Was Simply One Thing), Moore Contemporary, Perth, Australia [forthcoming]

2021 Rhythm Without End, Design Museum Helsinki, Finland
2020 Mobile Composition, curated by Andrew Renton, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2019 Eclipse Sequence, curated by Laura Toots & Marten Esko, Helsinki International Artist Programme
2017 Mobile Composition, Maison Louis Carré with Association Alvar Aalto, Paris
2012 Peripheral Orbit, Acme International Studio, London                                                         
2012 History Painting (Modern Melancholy), Goldsmiths, University of London, London
2011 An Intimate Distance, Venn Project Space, Perth, Australia
2010 Two Women, Alda’s Gallery and Project Space, Perth, Australia
2009 The Visit, Free Range Project Space, Perth, Australia                                                    
2009 Spill: The Insistent Body, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, Perth, Australia
2007 I Am Nature, Artsource International Residency Studio, Fremantle, Australia
2006 Pour, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia

Group Exhibitions / Screenings

2023 Rhythm by Design, Moore Contemporary, Perth, Australia
2022 Eclipse Sequence (Diagram), commissioned by Acme for the London Mayor’s Borough of Culture, London
2022 Inner Glow, Moore Contemporary, Perth, Australia
2021 A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, East Sussex
2017 Exterior A, (screening) Alvar Aalto – Art & the Modern Form, Ateneum, Helsinki
2017 The Surface as Site: Exterior A, Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform, Issue 1: Sites of Research
2016 The Legacy Complex, (screening) with 0s+1s, Malongen/ Nordic Art Association, Stockholm
2015 Epic Narratives, curated by Leigh Robb, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia
2015 Medium, curated by Gemma Weston, Moana Project Space, Perth, Australia
2014 One way return, Peter Von Kant, London
2014 Studio A, (screening) Curating Design Symposium, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
2014 Tavern with Pendant A110, (screening) Sunday Reed, London
2013 Open Cube, curated by Adriano Pedrosa for White Cube, Mason’s Yard, London
2011 Death & Co. commissioned for the City of Perth, Australia
2011 Seven, Free Range, Perth, Australia
2011 Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth, Australia
2011 Staffroom, Moores Building Contemporary Art Space, Fremantle, Australia
2010 Wallpaper, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Australia
2010 Sculpture Survey, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin
2008 Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Award, Central Institute of Technology, Perth, Australia
2007 Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Australia
2006 Western Australian Contemporary Art, Andara Gallery, Jakarta
2005 Ritual and Devotion, Breathing Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

Residencies / Awards

2024 DYCP Grant, Arts Council England, UK
2023 Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2022 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
2019 Helsinki International Artists Programme (HIAP), Australia Council Studio Residency
2016 Artists’ International Development Fund, British Council & Arts Council England
2016 Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2013 Research Residency, Alvar Aalto Foundation, Helsinki
2013 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2012 International Associate Artist Residency, Acme, London
2012 Arts Fellowship, Western Australian Department of Culture & the Arts
2011 International Post Graduate Scholarship, Goldsmiths, University of London
2011 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, Ian Potter Foundation, Melbourne
2011 Australia Cultural Fund, Australian Business Arts Foundation, Melbourne
2009 Artist in Residence, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, Perth
2008 Project Development Grant, Western Australian Department of Culture & the Arts
2006 Special Projects and Arts Flight, ArtsWA, Perth
2005 New Concepts Grant, ArtsWA, Perth

Bibliography

2021 Rhythm Without End, Caitlin Yardley in conversation with Athanasía Aarniosuo for Helsinki Design Museum
2019 Rephrasing Collections, Interview for HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
2018 Mobile Composition, with Maison Louis Carré & Association Alvar Aalto en France
2018 Katrina Schwarz, Far From History: Caitlin Yardley in conversation with Katrina Schwarz. Maison Louis Carré, France
2018 Gemma Weston, On Mobile Compositions: A Diary, April – July 2017. Mobile Composition, Maison Louis Carré, France
2017 Caitlin Yardley, The Surface as Site: Exterior A. Oxford Artistic and Practice Based Research Platform, Issue 1
2015 Gemma Weston, Medium. Catalogue essay, Moana Project Space, Perth
2014 Katrina Schwarz, One Way. Catalogue essay for Peter von Kant, London
2014 100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson, London
2014 Leigh Robb, Critics Choice, Australian Art Collector, Issue 69
2013 Adriano Pedrosa, interview. Catalogue, White Cube, London
2013 Ben Luke, Open Cube, London Evening Standard, July 24
2013 Nicholas Forrest, Caitlin Yardley, Blouin Art Info, July 17
2011 Christopher Crouch, An Intimate Distance, exhibition text, Venn Gallery
2010 Nien Schwarz, Wallpaper. Artlink, vol 30 no. 3, September
2009 Nicola Kaye, The insistent body. Artlink, vol 29 no. 2, June
2009 Christopher Crouch, To imagine a world of order is just to imagine. Catalogue essay for Heathcote Museum & Gallery
2009 Ric Spencer, The West Australian, Fri, March 27, p. 7
2007 Nicola Kaye, The visceral and the fluid: a reconfiguring. Artsource, Australia
2006 Paul Uhlmann, Pour. Catalogue essay, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia

Collections

Australia Place Syndicate; City of Melville; Edith Cowan University; Holmes à Court Collection; St John of God Hospital; Wesfarmers;
Private Collections in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Portugal, UK

Teaching / Artist Talks

2021 Artist Talk, Design Museum, Helsinki
2021 Invited Artist, Academy of Fine Arts (KUVA), Helsinki
2020 Visiting Artist, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford
2020 Visiting Artist, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
2020 Visiting Artist, Bath School of Art, Bath Spa University, Bath
2017 Artist Talk, Ateneum, National Gallery of Finland
2014 Artist Talk, Sunday Reed, London
2014 Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
2010-21 Academic, School of Media, Creative Arts & Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth
2010 External Assessor, MA Visual Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth
2010 Sessional Tutor, Central Institute of Technology, Perth