Benedict Sibley - CV

b. 1969 –

Origin Melbourne, Australia
Currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia

Education

2018-2017 Master of Contemporary Art | Victorian College of the Arts | Melbourne Australia
2016 Autumn Drawing Marathon | New York Studio School | New York USA
1991-1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) | RMIT | Melbourne Australia

Art Fairs

2023 Das Kapital NotFair Art Fair, Union Bank, Melbourne, Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Limits Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2024 Limits Yarta Purtli Cultural Centre, Port Augusta, South Australia
2018 Zones of Indiscernibility Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne, Australia Group Exhibitions
2022 Megacosm curated by Cūrā8 Project8 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2022 TREE project Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, Australia
2022 FIRE Climarte Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 VCA Masters Exhibition Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2018 #fromwhereistand George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2017 Magic Fountain VCA Art Space, University of Melbourne, Melbourne

Australia Prize Exhibitions

2024 Heysen Prize for Landscape Hahndorf Academy, Hahndorf, South Australia
2023 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea, NSW
2022 Swan Hill Print & Drawing Awards Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2022 Kedumba Drawing Award Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2022 Paul Guest Drawing Prize Finalist Exhibition, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria

Prize Exhibitions
2021-2022 Rick Amor Drawing Award, McClelland Gallery, Victoria
2021 WAMA Art Prize – Works on Paper, Pomonal, Victoria
2021 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art, Monsalvat, Victoria
2020 ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Melbourne Australia
2020 Swan Hill Print & Drawing Awards, Swan Hill, Victoria
2020 Small Mercies Bushfire Fundraiser, Creative Spaces, Melbourne Australia
2019 ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne Australia
2019 Clyde & Co Melbourne Art Awards Exhibition, Clyde and Co, Melbourne Australia
Residencies
2023 Grindell’s Hut Resident, Vulkathunha, Gammon Ranges National Park, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia
2022 Grindell’s Hut Resident, Vulkathunha, Gammon Ranges National Park, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Prizes
2020 ANL Maritime Art Prize, First Prize, Emerging Artist, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, Melbourne
2019 Clyde & Co Art Award for Melbourne, First Prize, Clyde and Co, Williams Street, Melbourne
2018 George Hicks Award, Master of Contemporary Art Scholarship , Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
Academic placements
2022-2019 Drawing and Design Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, Victorian College of the Arts University of Melbourne
Collections 
Private Collections in Australia