natalie quan yau tso 左君悠
natalie quan yau tso 左君悠

CV

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education

2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours, first class), UNSW Art & Design
2020 Double degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Commerce, UNSW
2018 Belle Arte Exchange Program, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

solo exhibitions

2022 Nothing Happened Here, Seventh Gallery
I have Arrived at Yellow, Tuggeranong Arts Centre


solo performances

2023 Your Spit is my Nest, as part of Carriageworks Fellowship Night, Carriageworks
Two Seasons, as part of Inner West Creative Trail, Scratch Art Space


2022 General Tso’s Chicken, as part of 4A/24. Curated by Dylan Goh, 4a Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Nothing Happened Here, as part of Be With festival, Curated by Bonnie Cowan, Meraki Arts Bar
Nothing Happened Here, Seventh Gallery
Nothing Happened Here, Live dreams: Distance. Curated by Talia Smith, Performance Space
Wedding, as part of I have arrived at Yellow, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
dear, from. (ongoing). Curated by Sineenart Meena

2021 Cleansing #4 & #5, Hatched 21, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)
2019 Milk Tea, Salon: Slurp, PACT


collaborative performances

2022 Animate Loading, with Riana Head-Toussaint and collaborators, as part of Sydney Modern Project opening, Art Gallery of NSW
Animate Loading, with Riana Head-Toussaint and collaborators, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Animate Loading, with Riana Head-Toussaint and collaborators, as part of Concrete, Pari.
Red Line Story, Choreography for Pamela Leung, as part of Parallel Wanderings, The Concourse
2021 Performance for Pamela Leung, Shades of Red IV, Incinerator Art Centre


selected group shows

2023 Deakin Small Sculpture Award Finalist exhibition, Deakin Art Gallery
NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging) Finalist exhibition, Carriageworks, Curated by Artspace
Hello Nei Hou Ma, Articulate Project Space, Curated by Pamela Leung and Rachael Kiang

2022 Life, love on the line, Prop Gallery, Curated by Sineenart Meena

2021 Astro Ark, KEPK Gallery
Traversed Differences, Firstdraft
Hatched 21, National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)

2020 The Annual, UNSW Galleries
Intimacy, Jerico Contemporary
My Brain But Not My Brain, Kudos Gallery
Sheltered Domestics, online at Gallery Lane Cove
Culture Shock, Goodspace Gallery

2019 Different Shades of Light, in collaboration with Anne Buckingham, Gallery Lane Cove
Sleepless Summer, A Solidarity Project for Hong Kong, Missing Persons
No Place Like Home, Link Housing, toured across community centres on North Shore
NOX, Night Sculpture Walk, Randwick Environmental Park
Heroes, Sydney Children’s Hospital
Salon: Slurp, PACT

2018 Tanquen Cofrents, Turía, Valencía
2017 Spring Party, 107 Projects
2016 Gravitas, Gallery Wilson


residencies, grants and awards

2023 Deakin University Small Sculpture Award, Highly Commended, Deakin Art Gallery
NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (Emerging), finalist, Artspace & Carriageworks
Artist in Residence, Hyphenated Projects
2021 Hatched Artist in residency award, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA)
Schenburg Fellowship, finalist, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA)
Small Project Grant, Create NSW
2020 Dean's List, UNSW Art > Design
Art in isolation residency and open studios,Sydney Fringe Festival
2014-7 Mosman Youth Art Prize, finalist, Mosman Art Gallery
2015-6 Young Archie Annual Portrait Competition, shortlisted, Art Gallery of NSW
2015 Hornsby Young Artist Competition, Winner, Hornsby Art Gallery


commissions > collections

2021 Wishing Clouds 許願雲, Chinese New Year Public art installation, Commissioned by Lane Cove Council
2019 Street Library, Commissioned by Lane Cove Council
Sydney, Australia, Private Collection
Ecogite de la Ouatchoue,Boulouparis, New Caledonia
2016 Shenzhen, China, Private Collection

curatorial

2020-22 Caretaker > co-curator for The Waiting Room Project, Sydney Sexual Health Centre
2019 Simon Says Touch!, Gallery Lane Cove+Creative Studios, ArtMonth


artist talks > community engagement

2023 Panel Discussion, Hello Nei Hou Ma, Articulate Project Space
2022 How to make rice rolls > eat history, community cooking workshop, Tuggeranong Arts Centre
2021 Traversed Differences Artist Talk, firstdraft
Painting studio lecture, North Metropolitan TAFE, Perth
Hatched Residency Open Studios, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
2020 Anti-Annual Public Program: UNSW BIPOC Confessions, 107 Projects
Favour Economy, Volume 5 2019-20 [listen here]
Honours Symposium, online via UNSW Galleries


media > interviews

2022 Arriving at Yellow, article by Zeta Xu, published on the Canberra Times



professional/work experiences

2022-current Operations Assistant, Mosman Art Gallery
2022-current Artist facilitator, Centre for Creativity, Sydney Opera House
2020- current Community Workshop Facilitator, Annalouise Paul Dance Theatre
2019-2022 Art Educator, Gallery Lane Cove and Creative Studios
2020-2022 Caretaker, The Waiting Room Project
2021 Studio Assistant for Salote Tawale, Carriageworks Clothing Studio
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