ABOUT

Merilyn Fairskye is a Sydney-based artist who exhibits widely both in Australia and overseas. Her artwork encompasses a broad range of media and methods from public artwork to video installations, films and photo-based works. She teaches in the Media Arts Studio of Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.

Recent Exhibitions

April 2005: Connected, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
July 2005: Stati D'Animo, Stills Gallery, Sydney
September - November 2005: Interesting Times - Focus on Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
November 2005: Extra-Aesthetic: 25 views of the Monash University Collection, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
December 2005: 2005: The Year in Art, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney... More

Screenings

Merilyn Fairskye's screen works have been shown at many national and international venues, including: International Film Festival Rotterdam; Sydney Film Festival; Videobrasil International Electronic Arts Festival; Oberhausen Short Film Festival; World Wide Video Festival, The Hague; WRO International Media Art Biennale,Wroclaw; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Museum of Sydney; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney; International Festival of New Film, Split; Experimenta Media Arts Festival, Melbourne... More

Awards and Grants

Merilyn Fairskye's work has been recognised through many awards and residencies including a Rockefeller Foundation residency at Bellagio, Italy and PS1 Museum, New York. She has been the recipient of major grants ....More

Commissions

She has undertaken a variety of public artworks, including independently generated projects as well as commissions...More

Public Collections

Her work is represented in national and international public collections, as well as many corporate and private collections...More

Bibliography

It has been extensively written about and reviewed in the media...More