Curriculum Vitae

Mishka Borowski

T: 0414 830 451
E: art@mishkaborowski.com.au

Born Australia 1968

Education

1991 BA Visual Arts, (Glass) Sydney College of The Arts

Relevant Experience

1993-97 Founder and Director of Pendulum Gallery, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Gallery 9, Sydney
2007 Austral Avenue, Melbourne
2006 ‘Ambulance’, Gallery 9, Sydney
2003 ‘Dionysus is wise not to ask’, Front Room, Sydney
2001 ‘Pyche and Amor’,
2001 The BBQ Project, Berlin, Germany
2000 ‘Dreams and Fictions, Stuff Gallery, London, England
2000 ‘I’ve Been So Far For Beauty’ Elastic Gallery, Sydney
2000 Untitled , New Farm Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Installation, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
1996 Installation, CBD Gallery, Sydney
1996 ‘Open Your Eyes in the Sun’ Pendulum, Sydney
1995 ‘Sweet’, Interiors Project, Sydney
1995 ‘Heart to Heart’, CBD, Sydney
1995 ‘Heart Throb’, Pendulum, Sydney
1994 ‘Rosa Moschata’, Pendulum, Sydney
1994 ‘Borscht’, Selenium, Sydney
1993 Installation, Pendulum, Sydney
1992 Installation, First Draft West, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2009 Gallery Artists, Gallery 9, Sydney
2009 Manning Art Prize, Taree
2009 Belingen Art Prize
2008 Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2008 Glen Eira Art Prize, Melbourne
2007 Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2007 Willoughby Art Prize, Sydney
2006 Stone Villa Tiapai exchange show, Tiapai, Tiawan
2006 Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2005 April “Seven Beauties” Tins Sheds Gallery, Sydney
2005 “www” Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2005 Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2004 “Still Life Still Lives” Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2004 “Shangrila” Artspace, Sydney
2004 ‘Radio Cure’ Stonevilla Artists’ Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2003 Final Show, Front Room, Sydney
2003 Christmas Show, MOP Gallery, Sydney
2001 ‘Sunburn’, Kampnagel Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2000 ‘Stuffed’, Stuff Gallery, London, England
2000 ‘SydneyVienna’, Kunst Acadamia Wien Gallery, Vienna, Austria

1998 ‘Eat’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1997 ‘Sweet Heart’, Centre for Contemporary Art, Adelaide
1997 ‘Difficult Territory’, Artspace, Sydney
1997 Art Exchange, Gallery 151, Sydney
1997 ‘Nair’ Smith and Stonely, Brisbane
1996 ‘Heart Felt’, Performance Space, Sydney
1996 ‘White Hysteria’, Centre for Contemporary Art, Adelaide and
1996 Stripp Gallery, Melbourne
1996 ‘Sweet & Sticky’, Bundaberg Regional Gallery
1995 ‘Hsoyndg Knoenyg’, Hong Kong
1995 ‘The Pet Show’, Ether Ohntitle, Melbourne
1994 ‘Mushroom’, Performance Space, Sydney
1993 ‘Transfer Across Distance’. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Reviews and Publications

2003 Elastic Printed Project, Compiled by Lisa Andrew and Andrew Hurle
2001 Dunja Alfermann, ‘Grafitte Zum Abschleken’, Berlin Taz, July 10
1998 Adriana Alvarez, ‘Eat This’, Revolver, April15
1997 Christopher Chapman, ‘Respect’, Broadsheet, February
1997 Christopher Dean, Catalogue essay for ‘Sweethearts’
1997 Anna Johnson, ‘Young at Art’, Good Weekend, SMH, April 26
1996 Sue Smith, The Courier Mail
1995 Brook Turner, ‘A Thief and a Nightie, a CBD Day’, Sydney Morning Herald
1995 Anne Loxely, ‘All things Light and Beautiful’, Sydney Morning Herald, June 22
1995 Kit Messham-Muir, review of ‘Rosa Moschata’, Art + Text #49

Grants

1997 Museums of Australia Grant
1994 Pat Corrigan Artists Grant

Prizes

2009 Manning Art Prize Finalist
2009 Belingen Art Prize Highly Commended
2008 Glen Eira Art Prize Finalist
2007 Willoughby Art Prize Finalist