bio / contact
caitlinyardley@hotmail.com
b. 1984 Ballarat, Australia
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
2012 MFA (Arts Practice), Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2007 Masters (Visual Arts), Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
2004 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Exhibitions / Screenings / Projects
2022
Lunar Sequence (Diagram), commissioned by Acme Studios for the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture
Rhythm Without End, included in Inner Glow, Moore Contemporary, Perth
2021
Rhythm Without End, Design Museum Helsinki, Finland (solo)
A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, East Sussex
2020
Mobile Composition, as part of New Viewings curated by Andrew Renton for Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin (solo)
2019
Eclipse Sequence, Helsinki International Artist Programme, curated by Laura Toots & Marten Esko (EKKM Contemporary Art Museum Estonia)
2017
Mobile Composition, Maison Louis Carré with Association Alvar Aalto, Paris (solo)
Exterior A, (screening) Alvar Aalto – Art & the Modern Form, Ateneum, Helsinki
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, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia
Medium, curated by Gemma Weston, Moana Project Space, Perth
2014
One way return, Peter Von Kant, London
Studio A, (screening) Curating Design Symposium, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Tavern with Pendant A110, (screening) Sunday Reed, London
2013
Open Cube, curated by Adriano Pedrosa for White Cube Mason’s Yard, London
2012
Peripheral Orbit, Acme International Studio, London (solo)
Changing direction after entering at an angle, Goldsmiths, University of London
2011
An Intimate Distance, Venn Project Space, Perth (solo)
Death & Co. commissioned for the City of Perth
Seven Bodies, Free Range, Perth (solo)
Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Arts Centre, Perth
Staffroom, The Moores Building Contemporary Art Space, Fremantle
2010
Two Women, Alda’s Gallery and Project Space, Perth (solo)
Wallpaper, Central Institute of Technology, Perth
Sculpture Survey, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin
2009
The Visit, Free Range, Perth (solo)
Spill: The Insistent Body, Heathcote Museum & Gallery, Perth (solo)
2008
Sir Charles Gairdner Invitation Award, Central Institute of Technology, Perth
2007
I Am Nature, Artsource International Residency Studio, Fremantle (solo)
Bankwest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2006
Pour, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle (solo)
Western Australian Contemporary Art, Andara Gallery, Jakarta
2005
Ritual and Devotion, Breathing Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth
Residencies / Awards
2023
Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2022
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York
2019
HIAP – Helsinki International Artists Programme (HIAP), Australia Council Studio Residency
2016
Artists’ International Development Fund, British Council & Arts Council England, UK
Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2013
Research Residency, Alvar Aalto Foundation, Helsinki
New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
2012
International Associate Artist Residency, Acme, London
Arts Fellowship, Western Australian Department of Culture & the Arts
2011
International Post Graduate Scholarship, Goldsmiths, University of London
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, Ian Potter Foundation, Melbourne
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
Studio Residency, Artsource, Fremantle
Bibliography
2021
Athanasía Aarniosuo, Rephrasing Collections, interview for Helsinki Design Museum
2019
Athanasía Aarniosuo, Interview for HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme)
2018
Caitlin Yardley, Mobile Composition. Published with Maison Louis Carré & Association Alvar Aalto en France
Katrina Schwarz, Far From History: Caitlin Yardley in conversation with Katrina Schwarz. Maison Louis Carré, France
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
100 Painters of Tomorrow, Thames and Hudson, London
Leigh Robb, Critics Choice, Australian Art Collector, Issue 69
2013
Adriano Pedrosa, interview. Open Cube catalogue, White Cube, London
Ben Luke, Open Cube, London Evening Standard, July 24
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
Christopher Crouch, To imagine a world of order is just to imagine. Catalogue essay.
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