French-born Carolyn Cardinet is an Australia based visual artist.
Her work is inspired by daily encounters with nature.
The theme persisting through her large paintings and sculptural works are
surfaces laden with textures that convey the patina of time.
These images are an exposure in that beauty lies within the mundane.
Painted works and sculptural forms created are an ode to our visual and memory senses
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Education
2011-2012 Masters of Fine Art - Painting & Sculpture, RMIT, Melbourne
2006 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment for teaching, AIET, Melbourne
2005 Honours - Studied at Monash Caulfield, Melbourne
2002-2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, Victorian College of the Arts-Melbourne University, Melbourne
1999-2001 Diploma of Visual Art - Painting, Victoria University, Melbourne
1981-1983 Diploma of Graphic Design, Ecole Supérieure d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Individual Exhibitions
2013 Survey 15 years, Alliance Francaise de Melbourne
2012 Lost & Forgotten, First Site Gallery, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne
2009 I AM, collaboration, Level 17 Artspace, Flinders st, Melbourne
2008 Mnemonics, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
2007 Musing, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
Mnemosyne, Kozminsky Art Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Mindful, Blue Door Gallery, Park St, South Melbourne
Mindless, Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Regurgitate, The library Artspace, Melbourne
2012 RMIT MFA Graduate Show, Gossard Project Space, Franklin St, Melbourne
Brave world, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Connect12, VU Alumni Exhibition, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Artland, Melbourne Fringe Festival, RMIT Brunswick Campus, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair, Pursuit Gallery, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
French Consulate, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Pursuit Art Space Gallery, Dodds Street, Melbourne
Chapman & Bailey, In Between Detail, 350 Johnston St, Melbourne
India Art Fair, Pursuit 2012, New Delhi
2011 Dialogue, ESP Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Likeness, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
Up-Cycle, Rmit, Swanston St, Melbourne
Byron Arts Classic, Byron Community Centre, Byron Bay, N.S.W.
2010 69 Smith St Art Prize, Our Secret City, 69 Smith St, Melbourne
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Window Frames, Sydney rd, Melbourne
Plein Air Painting, VU foyer gallery, City Campus, Melbourne
Connect 10, Acquisitive Prize, Level 17 Artspace, Melbourne
2009 Icons, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Crypt, Howard St, Melbourne
The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Spring In the Park, Blue Door Gallery at Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
RE:connect Alumni, Vu, Level17 Artspace, Flinders St, Melbourne
2007 Art Melbourne 07, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 Art Sydney 06, RHI & Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, N.S.W.
Thierry B. Gallery, High St, Melbourne
Art Melbourne 06, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Selected Art Prizes
2010 The Archangel Art Prize, St Michael’s, Chapel St, Melbourne-Finalist
2009 The Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
The Archangel Art Prize, St Michael’s, Chapel St, Melbourne-Finalist
2006 The Needham Religious Art Prize, Mount Gambier, S.A.
2005 Pet Project Art Prize, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne- 3rd Prize
2004 The Needham Religious Art Prize, Mount Gambier, S.A.-Commended
Golden Key Art Prize, 4cats Gallery, Melbourne-Finalist
Selected Professional Experience2012
2007-2012 Lecturer, Visual Art, Victoria University, Melbourne
Advisory chair member, Victoria University Alumni, Melbourne
2012 Artist talk, Found & Forgotten, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Connect 10, VU Alumni Exhibition, Leve 17 Artspace, Victoria University
2009 Artist talk, I AM exhibition, Level 17 Artspace, Victoria University, Melbourne
2008 Artist talk, Life after VU, Victoria University, Melbourne
Launch of VU Visual Art Alumni network (30 years of), Melbourne
2007 Assisting in setting up Level 17 Artspace Gallery, Victoria University, Melbourne
2004-2006 Editor, Six9ine Newsletter, 69 Smith St - Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
Further development
2008-2011 Abaf Artist Business Lectures & Workshops
Master Classes with artist: Peter Churcher, Godwin Bradbeer, Geoff Dupree,
Sarah Tomasetti, Ursula Betka, Steve Cox
2009 Venice Summer Academy with artist Wolf Werdigier & Andrea Cusumano
2007- Documenta 13- 2012
Venice Biennale - 2007, 2009
2011-2012 Masters of Fine Art - Painting & Sculpture, RMIT, Melbourne
2006 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment for teaching, AIET, Melbourne
2005 Honours - Studied at Monash Caulfield, Melbourne
2002-2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, Victorian College of the Arts-Melbourne University, Melbourne
1999-2001 Diploma of Visual Art - Painting, Victoria University, Melbourne
1981-1983 Diploma of Graphic Design, Ecole Supérieure d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Individual Exhibitions
2013 Survey 15 years, Alliance Francaise de Melbourne
2012 Lost & Forgotten, First Site Gallery, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne
2009 I AM, collaboration, Level 17 Artspace, Flinders st, Melbourne
2008 Mnemonics, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
2007 Musing, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
Mnemosyne, Kozminsky Art Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Mindful, Blue Door Gallery, Park St, South Melbourne
Mindless, Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Regurgitate, The library Artspace, Melbourne
2012 RMIT MFA Graduate Show, Gossard Project Space, Franklin St, Melbourne
Brave world, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Connect12, VU Alumni Exhibition, Flinders Street, Melbourne
Artland, Melbourne Fringe Festival, RMIT Brunswick Campus, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair, Pursuit Gallery, Exhibition Building, Melbourne
French Consulate, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Pursuit Art Space Gallery, Dodds Street, Melbourne
Chapman & Bailey, In Between Detail, 350 Johnston St, Melbourne
India Art Fair, Pursuit 2012, New Delhi
2011 Dialogue, ESP Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Likeness, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
Up-Cycle, Rmit, Swanston St, Melbourne
Byron Arts Classic, Byron Community Centre, Byron Bay, N.S.W.
2010 69 Smith St Art Prize, Our Secret City, 69 Smith St, Melbourne
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Window Frames, Sydney rd, Melbourne
Plein Air Painting, VU foyer gallery, City Campus, Melbourne
Connect 10, Acquisitive Prize, Level 17 Artspace, Melbourne
2009 Icons, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Crypt, Howard St, Melbourne
The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Spring In the Park, Blue Door Gallery at Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
RE:connect Alumni, Vu, Level17 Artspace, Flinders St, Melbourne
2007 Art Melbourne 07, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2006 Art Sydney 06, RHI & Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, N.S.W.
Thierry B. Gallery, High St, Melbourne
Art Melbourne 06, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Selected Art Prizes
2010 The Archangel Art Prize, St Michael’s, Chapel St, Melbourne-Finalist
2009 The Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
The Archangel Art Prize, St Michael’s, Chapel St, Melbourne-Finalist
2006 The Needham Religious Art Prize, Mount Gambier, S.A.
2005 Pet Project Art Prize, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne- 3rd Prize
2004 The Needham Religious Art Prize, Mount Gambier, S.A.-Commended
Golden Key Art Prize, 4cats Gallery, Melbourne-Finalist
Selected Professional Experience2012
2007-2012 Lecturer, Visual Art, Victoria University, Melbourne
Advisory chair member, Victoria University Alumni, Melbourne
2012 Artist talk, Found & Forgotten, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Connect 10, VU Alumni Exhibition, Leve 17 Artspace, Victoria University
2009 Artist talk, I AM exhibition, Level 17 Artspace, Victoria University, Melbourne
2008 Artist talk, Life after VU, Victoria University, Melbourne
Launch of VU Visual Art Alumni network (30 years of), Melbourne
2007 Assisting in setting up Level 17 Artspace Gallery, Victoria University, Melbourne
2004-2006 Editor, Six9ine Newsletter, 69 Smith St - Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
Further development
2008-2011 Abaf Artist Business Lectures & Workshops
Master Classes with artist: Peter Churcher, Godwin Bradbeer, Geoff Dupree,
Sarah Tomasetti, Ursula Betka, Steve Cox
2009 Venice Summer Academy with artist Wolf Werdigier & Andrea Cusumano
2007- Documenta 13- 2012
Venice Biennale - 2007, 2009