Belem Lett
Education
2013 Masters of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts – First class Honours, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Upcoming
2022 Group show, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
2022 Group show, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Solo, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Sundowner, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Burnouts, Galerie pompom, Sydney
2020 Smoke Screen, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Grotto, Ideas Platfrom, Artspace, Sydney
2019 Personal Transporter (Self Balancing), James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Pipe Dream, Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Edwina Corlette Gallery
2016 Aviary, Gallery 9, Sydney
2016 Paradise Lost, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Tunnel Vision, Gallery 9
2014 There Be Monsters, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Island Fever, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Fault Lines, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2013 Far From Nowhere, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Something Crashed Into The Earth Last Night, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2012 Everywhere For Going, MOP projects, Sydney
2011 Two Fold, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Summer group show, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2020 Collector space, Curated by Rowena Talacko for Artmonth, Shapiro Annex
2020 Rocococolonial, Curated by Gary Carsley, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
2020 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourme
2019 Rocococolonial, Curated by Gary Carsley at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2019 Rocococolonial, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2019 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 20 year anniversary exhibition, SH Ervin
Gallery, Sydney.
2019 Finalist exhibition – Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavillion, Evansdale, Tasmania
2018 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, (finalist) Coloundra Regional Gallery
2018 Group Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Pop up exhibition Melbourne
2018 Spring 1883, Fort Delta Group presentation, Hotel Windsor Melbourne
2018 Group 10 year Anniversary Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Home ground advantage, Group show, The Graham Green in Dulwich Hill
(Curated by Chris Dolman & Kate Beckingham)
2018 Open Eye Signal, Fort Delta Melbourne
2017 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2017 Salon des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2017 New work, Den Fair, Gallery 9 (Sydney) in Melbourne
2016 Spring 1883, The Hotel Windsor (Melbourne) with Gallery 9, Sydney
2016 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2016 So Fresh, (group show), Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2015 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2015 North, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2015 Bang Bang (with Genevieve Reynolds), Chasm Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Friends With Benefits, Twenty Thirty Seven, Sydney
2014 Sydney Painting Now, (group show) Gallery Pompom/Mop Projects, Sydney
2013 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
2013 Artmonth Speed Dating Finalists exhibiiton, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Depot
II Gallery, Sydney
2013 Firstdraft Annual Auction, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2013 Colour Forms, Curated by Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2013 Othering (realities in landscape), Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2013 Othering, One night event, Digital Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Othering (realities in landscape), Rear View, Melbourne
2013 Rumble, Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2012 Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2012 Fishers Ghost Art prize, finalist exhibition, Campbeltown Regional Gallery
2012 Tim Olsen drawing prize, finalist exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2011 Group Show, Gallery 9, Sydney
2011 Second Nature, group show, The Papermill Gallery, Sydney
2010 Brett Whiteley Scholarship, winning work, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2010 Emerging Artist Award, finalist show Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2008 Jenny Birt Prize, group show, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney
2008 Halfway House, Honours group show, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney
2008 Brett Whiteley Scholarship, Finalist show, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Prizes /Grants/ Residencies
2022 Grace Cosington Smith Art Prize, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Hazelhurst Work On Paper Prize, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Art School, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Bayside Aquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, Finalist
2020 Glover prize, Finalist exhibition, Tasmania
2019 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Early Career Artist Prize, Hazelhurst Arts Centre,
Winner
2019 Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Finalist
2019 Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavillion, Evansdale Tasmania, Finalist
2018 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Finalist
2018 Sunshine Coast Art Award, Coloundra Regional Gallery, Finalist
2018 Paddington Art Prize, Cicada press prize
2017 Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize, QCA, Highly Commended
2016 Paddington Art Prize, Highly Commended
2016 Sunshine Coast Art Award, Coloundra Regional Gallery, Finalist
2016 Chippendale New World Art Prize, Finalist
2015 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Finalist
2014 NAB Emerging Artist Award, Finalist
2013 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
2012 Tim Olsen drawing prize, Highly Commended
2012 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Finalist (Drawing)
2011 Cite Internationale des Arts, Residency, AGNSW studio, Paris, France
2011 COFA travel grant, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2010 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Winner
2010 Kudos Emerging Artist Award, Finalist
2010 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) University of NSW (COFA)
2009 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Finalist
2008 Brett Whitely Traveling Art Scholarship, Finalist
2008 Jenny Birt Prize, Finalist
Collections
Mirvac, Artbank, Crown Casino, 10 group, Australian Catholic University (ACU), City of Sydney Art Collection.
Projects
2013 – 2019 Founding Director of Wellington St Projects, Sydney
Selected Interviews /Reviews/ Publications
2021 Carsley, G., Rococolonial. Book published by University of New South Wales and Bathurst Regional Gallery. ISBN 978 0 646 83499 3 Cover art and p. 90-95
2021 Gellatly, K., A Light Touch, Art Guide issue Sept/Oct 2021, p. 66-69.
2020 ACU Art Collection: A New Perspective, Book p.115, 2020
2019 Australian Law Journal, Back cover, Artspace collaboration.
2019 Making Their Mark, Look Magazine, AGNSW, Sept, p.55
2019 20 Years of the Brett Whiteley- Catalogue publication for exhibition at SH Ervin Gallery
2018 Belle Magazine, Pipe Dream (promo) Time Warp, 16/04/2018
2016 Wagstaff, C., Belem Lett, Art Collector magazine issue 78 p. 92.
2015 Wolff, S., Tunnel Vision, (review), The Art Life, September 28, 2015
2013 Fitzgerald, M., ‘Far From Nowhere’ Open Gallery in Spectrum, Sydney Morning
Herald, October 19-20 2013, p. 13
2013 Britton, K., ‘REVIEW: Belem Lett – Far From Nowhere’ Raven Contemporary, October
11 2013.
2013 Frost, A., The A-Z of Contemporary Art (television program), first aired 16th July 2013
2013 Clement, T., Belem Lett, Something crashed into the earth last night, Art Guide
Australia March/April 2013.
2012 Mctavish, M., Belem Lett’s Compound, Harpers Bazaar/Citizens of the World,
December 2012.
2012 Alstin, C., The Compound, Russh magazine, Article, September/October issue 48,
2011 Bosben, J., Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Incubate magazine, Article,
issue 6, 2011.
2011 Tattersal, H., Artists to watch 2011, The Financial Review, January 2011
2011 Tarrant, D., (Ed) Winning the Whiteley, UNSWorld magazine, January 2011.
2010 Tasker, M., Third Time’s a Charm, Look magazine, AGNSW, Interview, December
2010 Brett Whiteley Studio website, BWTAS winning body of work.
2010 Jensen, E., An Artist ready to blossom is off to Paris, Sydney Morning Herald,
28/08/2010.
Education
2013 Masters of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts – First class Honours, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Upcoming
2022 Group show, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
2022 Group show, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Solo, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Sundowner, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Burnouts, Galerie pompom, Sydney
2020 Smoke Screen, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Grotto, Ideas Platfrom, Artspace, Sydney
2019 Personal Transporter (Self Balancing), James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Pipe Dream, Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2017 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Edwina Corlette Gallery
2016 Aviary, Gallery 9, Sydney
2016 Paradise Lost, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Tunnel Vision, Gallery 9
2014 There Be Monsters, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Island Fever, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Fault Lines, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2013 Far From Nowhere, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 Something Crashed Into The Earth Last Night, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2012 Everywhere For Going, MOP projects, Sydney
2011 Two Fold, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Summer group show, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2020 Collector space, Curated by Rowena Talacko for Artmonth, Shapiro Annex
2020 Rocococolonial, Curated by Gary Carsley, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
2020 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourme
2019 Rocococolonial, Curated by Gary Carsley at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
2019 Rocococolonial, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2019 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 20 year anniversary exhibition, SH Ervin
Gallery, Sydney.
2019 Finalist exhibition – Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavillion, Evansdale, Tasmania
2018 Sunshine Coast Art Prize, (finalist) Coloundra Regional Gallery
2018 Group Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Pop up exhibition Melbourne
2018 Spring 1883, Fort Delta Group presentation, Hotel Windsor Melbourne
2018 Group 10 year Anniversary Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Home ground advantage, Group show, The Graham Green in Dulwich Hill
(Curated by Chris Dolman & Kate Beckingham)
2018 Open Eye Signal, Fort Delta Melbourne
2017 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2017 Salon des Refuses, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2017 New work, Den Fair, Gallery 9 (Sydney) in Melbourne
2016 Spring 1883, The Hotel Windsor (Melbourne) with Gallery 9, Sydney
2016 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2016 So Fresh, (group show), Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2015 Firstdraft Fundraiser, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2015 North, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin
2015 Bang Bang (with Genevieve Reynolds), Chasm Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Friends With Benefits, Twenty Thirty Seven, Sydney
2014 Sydney Painting Now, (group show) Gallery Pompom/Mop Projects, Sydney
2013 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
2013 Artmonth Speed Dating Finalists exhibiiton, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Depot
II Gallery, Sydney
2013 Firstdraft Annual Auction, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2013 Colour Forms, Curated by Catherine Benz, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2013 Othering (realities in landscape), Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2013 Othering, One night event, Digital Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Othering (realities in landscape), Rear View, Melbourne
2013 Rumble, Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2012 Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2012 Fishers Ghost Art prize, finalist exhibition, Campbeltown Regional Gallery
2012 Tim Olsen drawing prize, finalist exhibition, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2011 Group Show, Gallery 9, Sydney
2011 Second Nature, group show, The Papermill Gallery, Sydney
2010 Brett Whiteley Scholarship, winning work, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2010 Emerging Artist Award, finalist show Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2008 Jenny Birt Prize, group show, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney
2008 Halfway House, Honours group show, COFA Space Gallery, Sydney
2008 Brett Whiteley Scholarship, Finalist show, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
Prizes /Grants/ Residencies
2022 Grace Cosington Smith Art Prize, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Hazelhurst Work On Paper Prize, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Waverly Art Prize, Waverly Art School, Sydney, Finalist
2021 Bayside Aquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne, Finalist
2020 Glover prize, Finalist exhibition, Tasmania
2019 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Early Career Artist Prize, Hazelhurst Arts Centre,
Winner
2019 Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Finalist
2019 Glover Prize, Falls Park Pavillion, Evansdale Tasmania, Finalist
2018 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Finalist
2018 Sunshine Coast Art Award, Coloundra Regional Gallery, Finalist
2018 Paddington Art Prize, Cicada press prize
2017 Elaine Birmingham National Watercolour Prize, QCA, Highly Commended
2016 Paddington Art Prize, Highly Commended
2016 Sunshine Coast Art Award, Coloundra Regional Gallery, Finalist
2016 Chippendale New World Art Prize, Finalist
2015 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Finalist
2014 NAB Emerging Artist Award, Finalist
2013 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery
2012 Tim Olsen drawing prize, Highly Commended
2012 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Regional Gallery, Finalist (Drawing)
2011 Cite Internationale des Arts, Residency, AGNSW studio, Paris, France
2011 COFA travel grant, College of Fine Arts, UNSW
2010 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Winner
2010 Kudos Emerging Artist Award, Finalist
2010 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) University of NSW (COFA)
2009 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship, Finalist
2008 Brett Whitely Traveling Art Scholarship, Finalist
2008 Jenny Birt Prize, Finalist
Collections
Mirvac, Artbank, Crown Casino, 10 group, Australian Catholic University (ACU), City of Sydney Art Collection.
Projects
2013 – 2019 Founding Director of Wellington St Projects, Sydney
Selected Interviews /Reviews/ Publications
2021 Carsley, G., Rococolonial. Book published by University of New South Wales and Bathurst Regional Gallery. ISBN 978 0 646 83499 3 Cover art and p. 90-95
2021 Gellatly, K., A Light Touch, Art Guide issue Sept/Oct 2021, p. 66-69.
2020 ACU Art Collection: A New Perspective, Book p.115, 2020
2019 Australian Law Journal, Back cover, Artspace collaboration.
2019 Making Their Mark, Look Magazine, AGNSW, Sept, p.55
2019 20 Years of the Brett Whiteley- Catalogue publication for exhibition at SH Ervin Gallery
2018 Belle Magazine, Pipe Dream (promo) Time Warp, 16/04/2018
2016 Wagstaff, C., Belem Lett, Art Collector magazine issue 78 p. 92.
2015 Wolff, S., Tunnel Vision, (review), The Art Life, September 28, 2015
2013 Fitzgerald, M., ‘Far From Nowhere’ Open Gallery in Spectrum, Sydney Morning
Herald, October 19-20 2013, p. 13
2013 Britton, K., ‘REVIEW: Belem Lett – Far From Nowhere’ Raven Contemporary, October
11 2013.
2013 Frost, A., The A-Z of Contemporary Art (television program), first aired 16th July 2013
2013 Clement, T., Belem Lett, Something crashed into the earth last night, Art Guide
Australia March/April 2013.
2012 Mctavish, M., Belem Lett’s Compound, Harpers Bazaar/Citizens of the World,
December 2012.
2012 Alstin, C., The Compound, Russh magazine, Article, September/October issue 48,
2011 Bosben, J., Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Incubate magazine, Article,
issue 6, 2011.
2011 Tattersal, H., Artists to watch 2011, The Financial Review, January 2011
2011 Tarrant, D., (Ed) Winning the Whiteley, UNSWorld magazine, January 2011.
2010 Tasker, M., Third Time’s a Charm, Look magazine, AGNSW, Interview, December
2010 Brett Whiteley Studio website, BWTAS winning body of work.
2010 Jensen, E., An Artist ready to blossom is off to Paris, Sydney Morning Herald,
28/08/2010.