Chantal Faust

1980	born Melbourne, Australia

Education

2008	Doctor of Philosophy, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2003	Master of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts
2001	Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts
2000	Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2008	Pleasure Machines, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts
2007	Through a Scanner Darkly, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
2006	Pear Shaped, West Space Inc., Melbourne
2006	Capture, KINGS Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
2006	Monster, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2005	Pane in the glass, 24seven, Melbourne
2003	thummee, West Space Inc., Melbourne
2003	thumbcrack, 24seven, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007	Perfect for every occasion: photography today (curated by Zara Stanhope), Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen
2007	‘u-turn’ (curated by Kate Shaw (MELB), Larissa Hjorth (MELB) and Roger Dickes (LA), Glendale Art College Gallery, Glendale, Los Angeles
2007	The National Photographic Purchase Award (finalist), Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2006	Monsters, Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2006	Endgame. Late-capitalist Realism Office of Utopic Procedures, (curated by Bernhard Sachs), Margaret Lawrence Galleries, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2006	Auction, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy
2005	A Portable Model of…, La Trobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell and Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2005	The Hutchins Prize (finalist), The Long Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
2005	The National Photographic Purchase Award (finalist), Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2005	Selekta, West Space Inc., Melbourne
2004	Address Book, BUS Gallery, Melbourne
2004	Thick as…, CONICAL, Melbourne
2004	The Melbourne Affordable Art Fair (representing KINGS ARI), Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
2003	spatial condoms/ premature evacuation (with Paul Knight), BUS Gallery, Melbourne
2003	The Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2003	The National Photographic Purchase Award (finalist), Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury
2003	Royal Rumble, KINGS Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne
2003	ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award, ANZ Bank, Melbourne
2003	Between Darkness and Light, Jewish Museum of Australia, St. Kilda
2003	Be Mine 69, 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy
2002	Insert Image Here, Next Wave Festival/ Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Metropolitan Trams
2001	KRAZNAPOLSKY, Kraznapolsky Gallery, St. Kilda
2000	Mediums & Dimensions, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne

Publications

2008	Naomi Cass, Playing the scanner, exhibition catalogue essay, June 2008
2007	Ashley Crawford, Previews Chantal Faust: Through A Scanner Darkly, Australian Art Collector Magazine, Issue 42, October-December 2007, p.283.
2007	Zara Stanhope, ‘Coming back for more’, Perfect for every occasion: photography today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2007, pp.132-145.
2007	Brigitte Barta, See, The Age Good Weekend Magazine, May 19 2007, p.15.
2007	Dr. Melissa Miles, Review: Perfect for every occasion: Photography today, FLASH (Centre for Contemporary Photography), March-May 2007, pp.5-6.
2007	Robert Nelson, Something Rotten, The Age A2, March 24 2007, pp.19-20.
2007	Alexandra Roginski, Ghost in the Machine, ‘M’ – The Sunday Age, March 18 2007, p.5.
2007	Megan Backhouse, Photography Today, The Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue 29, March 2007, p.108.
2006	Naomi Cass, Interview with Chantal Faust, FLASH (Centre for Contemporary Photography), March-May, 2006.
2006	Making Belief, Perfect for every occasion: photography today, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2007, pp. 30-35.
2006	Permission to blur, Locating the Photographic, University of Tasmania, 2006, pp.7-10. ISBN: 186 2 953279
2005	Indemnity, un Magazine, Issue 5, 2005, pp.24-25.
2004	Jeff Khan, Thick as…, un.Magazine, Issue 2, 2004, pp.35-36.
2004	Edward Colless, Undiscovered Artists – Chantal Faust, Australian Art Collector Magazine, Issue 28, April-June 2004, p.87.
2002	Kerrie Dee Johns, The Laboratory of Chantal Faust, FLASH (Centre for Contemporary Photography), June-August, 2002.
2001	Felicity Allen, Window on New Generation, Herald Sun, December 2001.
2001	Felicity Allen, Developing Talent, Herald Sun, February 2001.
2001	A. McClelland, Finding Beauty in the Abstract, Progress Press, March 2001.
2001	Blush, Farrago Magazine #8, University of Melbourne, 2001.
2001	Chop, Farrago Magazine #7, University of Melbourne, 2001.
2000	Misconception, Judy’s Punch Annual Magazine, University of Melbourne, 2000.

Awards

2007	$10,000 KPMG Tutorship Award
2006-	Melbourne Research Scholarship
2002-6	Australian Postgraduate Award
2003	Pat Corrigan Artist’s Grant
2001	CCP Summer Salon Ilford Prize for Excellence in a Digital Print
2000	National Gallery of Victoria Trustees Award
1998	Elle McFeast Award for Passion in the Arts
1997	Premiers Award - Studio Arts/Photography
1997	Premiers Award - Dramatic Arts
1997	Vanbar Prize for Excellence in a Photographic Print