BIO
Gabriel Nilsen’s practice investigates the act of looking. Interested in adding to the discussion on photographic art, he explores high and low-end imagery using his extensive archive of analogue and digital images. By responding to photographic history, and resisting the urge to move away from a traditional documentary style of photography, Nilsen is interested in finding new rules and formats to arrange a photographic series. Nilsen’s current focus is on books and magazines.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Tactile: I preferred books with pictures, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2015 Untitled Experiment, Seventh Gallery Window, The Workers Club Window, Melbourne
2012 Past/Present/Future, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Techxpo, Site Eight Gallery, RMIT University Melbourne
2019 The Museum of Platitudes and Aphorisms, C3 and Rubicon, Melbourne
2018 BLINDSIDE B-SIDE, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne
2017 First Site Turns 21 Birthday Show, First Site Gallery, RMIT University Melbourne
2017 BLINDSIDE B-SIDE, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne
2017 The Museum of Lost Public Notices, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
2016 The Museum of Interconnectivity, The Dirty Dozen, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne
2015 A group show, Above Mu shop (Royal Arcade), Melbourne
2015 The Door in the Wall, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne
2015 RMIT Honours Graduate Exhibition, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
2014 Art of the New Art Alumni, RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
2014 Dummy, Mailbox Gallery, Melbourne
2013 RMIT Graduate Exhibition, RMIT University, Melbourne
2013 Bound Apart, Ray and Bennett, Melbourne
2012 Photographic Imaging College Staff Show, Open Space Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Wipe the Shit of your Shoes before entering: or we’re up to our necks in it and we want more, The Projects, Melbourne
2008 Behind the Scene, Victoria Park Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Shift, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Passage, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Flight, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Photographic Imaging College: End of Year Show, Glen Eira Town Hall, Melbourne
2004 Please Insert Change, Smyrinos Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Photographic Imaging College: End of Year Show, Glen Eira Town Hall, Melbourne
EDUCATION
2014 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) (Honours). First Class. Royal Melbourne Institute Technology
2013 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), Distinction. Royal Melbourne Institute Technology
2004 Diploma of Arts, Applied Photography. Photographic Imaging College
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2014 RMIT and CR Kennedy ILFORD Print Prize
2013 RMIT and JCP Studios Open Bite Award
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Other Peoples Photographs: Revisited
2019 Love Stories
2019 Why People Photograph
2018 Easy Listening
2016 Song Names
2016 Just Photographs
2015 Souvenirs
2012 Other people’s photographs
2011 Corners: in black and white
2011 Corners: in Colour
2010 Victoria: the place to be
COLLECTIONS
Rare Book Collection, State Library of Victoria