Priscilla Bracks
Born 1973 Northern New South Wales, Australia.
Professional Qualifications
1999-2002 Bachelor of Photography - 1st class honors, Queensland College of Art
1996 Solicitor - Supreme Court of Queensland
1990-1993 Bachelor of Laws, Queensland University of Technology
Grants, Awards and Prizes
2007 Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant ($10,000)
2005 Arts Queensland Project Grant ($9,999)
2002 Griffith University Medal for Academic Excellence - Queensland College of Art
2002 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
2002 F-Stop Silver Imaging Award - Queensland College of Art
2001 Courier Mail Emerging Artist Award
2001 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
2000 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
1999 Billie Hall Bursary for Academic Achievement
1999 Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence
1999 Upcoming / Current Exhibitions
Solo, Two Person and Collaborative Exhibitions
2009 Elements Gallery, Perth Australia
2009 Edwina Corlett Gallery, Brisbane Australia
2009 MARS Gallery, Melbourne Australia.
2008 Experimenta Playground: International Biennial of Media Arts West Australian Museum, Perth;
2008 Spin It! Melbourne Art Rooms Melbourne, Australia
2007 Making the Empire Cross - Episode 2 Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne, Australia.
2006 Famous! The New Farm Art Stockroom, Brisbane, Australia.
2006 Making the Empire Cross - Episode 1 RAW Space Gallery, Brisbane, Australia.
2006 Making the Empire Cross - Episode 1 Intrude Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2005 Seeds of Dissent, Project Wall, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
2004 Refugee from the Human State, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Australia
2000 Weave, Space 43, Brisbane, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Experimenta Play ++ ISEA - International Symposium of Electronic Arts Sculpture Square, Singapore
2008 Experimenta Playground: International Biennial of Media Arts Carriageworks, Sydney and Samstag Museum, Adelaide Australia
2008 The Blake Prize for Religious Art, Delmar Trinty Gallery Sydney, Icon Museum Deakin University, Horsham Regional Gallery; Gippsland Regional Gallery
2008 While Others Sleep Redlands Art Gallery 13 July - 17 August 2008
2008 Frontiers and Fantasy, Cairns Regional Gallery
2008 Shoot Low, Theyíre Riding Shetlands, 2008 Festival of Photography Queensland Centre for Photography
2008 Patch Collage by Queensland College of Art Alumni, College Gallery
2008 Madonna and Child NG Art Gallery, Gleebe, Sydney
2007 Experimenta Playground: International Biennial of Media Arts, The Arts Centre (Black Box), Melbourne
2007 The Caloundra Art Prize Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra
2007 Blake Prize for Religious Art National Art School, Sydney
2006 8th Rencontres Internationales du CinÈma des Antipodes, St Tropez, France.
2006 International Digital Art Awards, QUT Art Museum Brisbane, Australia.
2006 K(Art)ma - Lille Festival Lasecu Art Gallery, Liile, France.
2005 Perception: The Daryl Hewson Photographic Collection, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2005 Prometheus Visual Arts Award, All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast
2005 The Churchie Emerging Art Award, Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
2005 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Centre, Gold Coast
2004 Adrift, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2003 Miniatures, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2002 Autumn in the Valley Between Here & There as part of Honour Roll, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2001 Flux, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
1999 Jabiluka, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Collections
Various private collections in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom
Other Commissions
2008 State Library Queensland Family Album Exhibition as part of the Out of the Box Festival for children aged 2 - 8 years.
2005 Ipswich Art Gallery Disco Puppy: Interactive Art for Kids
2002 Queensland Art Gallery - Interactive Photobooth for Kids APT based on the work of Do-Ho Suh (a collaboration with Do-Ho Suh, the Queensland Art Gallery, Gavin Sade and Aiden Robertson)
Selected Bibliography
La Monde Diplomatique Dossier on the New Broader Middle East, Chapter 5, November 2007
Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/31/arts/peepsat.php viewed 31 August 2008
China Daily International Section, 31 August 2008
International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/31/arts/peepsat.php viewed 10 September 2008
Morrell, Tim 2007 Making the Empire Cross: Episode 2 Catalogue Essay
Mendoza, Naomi 2007 While Others Sleep, Naomi Mendoza, Sydney.
Broker, David 2006 Making the Empire Cross: Episode 1 Catalogue Essay
Green, Ken. (2006), A Time to Speak, Ken Green, Brisbane .
Hedgecock, Ingrid. (2007) Disco Puppy, Photofile V†79 Summer p 58.
Thompson, Nicolas, 2006 Priscilla Bracks: Making the Empire Cross, Machine Magazine V1.4, p 17.
Vanguard Magazine - University of Queensland