Born 1985, Sydney, Australia
EDUCATION
2016 BFA- Ceramics Major, National Art School
2014 Diploma of Ceramics, Ceramic Design Studio Gymea TAFE
SOLO EXHIBITION
2018 Westside Story, Murray Art Museum Albury, NSW
2016 Family Feast, Ladies Network, Merivale, J&M, NSW
2012 Coco Bongo, Wedge Gallery, NSW
2011 Party Animal, Wedge Gallery, NSW
2010 Hairy Tales, Wedge Gallery, NSW
2010 Little One, Sweets Workshop, NSW
GROUP EXHIBITION
2021 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra, NSW
2020 Eat Art, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
2020 The Vase and Flower Show, Clovelly, NSW
2020 Don’t Let Yourself Go, Cement Fondu, Paddington, NSW
2020 The Golden Age of Soap, Kilnit, Glebe, NSW
2020 Art Month, Paramount Hotels, Surry Hills, NSW
2020 The Cooked and the Raw, Delmar Gallery Summer Hill, NSW
2019 Ten Degrees Hotter, Pari, Paramatta, NSW
2018 Exhibition TWO, National Art School, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, NSW
2018 Mixed Business, Egg and Dart, NSW
2017 New Year Rot, Curated by Louise Zhang, MCA, Art Bar, NSW
2017 HATCHED, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2017 New Talent, Robin Gibson Gallery, NSW
2017 Slice of Life, Craft Victoria, VIC
2017 Cooked, Lamington Drive, VIC
2017 Something Else is Alive, Customs House, NSW
2017 Weird Snack, Perfect Splash, VIC
2017 Home@735, Redfern, NSW
2017 Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize, NSW
2017 STILL: National Still Life Prize, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2017 Fishers Ghost, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2016 Koala Nutbush, Performance as “Hustling Hoes”, MCA Art Bar, NSW
2016 Mud Mix, National Art School Gallery, NSW
2015 Biggie Smalls, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
2015 Inanimate Objects, Studio W, NSW
2015 The Ladies Exhibition 3, The Ladies Network, Ambush Gallery, NSW
2014 Blue Room, Ceramic Design Studio Gymea, NSW
2011 Paper Planes Zine Exhibition, Paper Planes, NSW
2011 Space Invaders, UQ Art Museum, QLD
2011 Space Invaders, RMIT Gallery, VIC
2011 Space Invaders, Western Plains Cultural Centre, NSW
2011 The A4 Paper Festival, The Paper Mill, NSW
2010 Food Fight, Sweets Workshop, NSW
2010 Space Invaders, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS and ARTICLES
2020 Geist Magazine: Fact + Fiction, North of America
2020 Liminal Interview #135, by Matt Chun
2020 Its Nice That, by Harry Bennett
2020 COLOSSAL - FEATURE, Domestic Ceramics by Mechelle Bounpraseuth Infused with Culinary Life and Family Memories, by Anna Marks
2017 FBi Radio, Canvas: Art & Ideas, Siblings
2017 Radio National, ABC, Books and Arts, Something Else is Alive: art exhibition
2017 Art Almanac, Something Else is Alive: Sydney and the Animal Instinct
2017 Art and Australia, Review Something Else is Alive by Kathleen Linn
2017 The Sydney Morning Herald, What on in Sydney, August 20 2017
2015 The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 55 No 1 April
2011 Frankie Magazine, Issue 43
2010 Space Invaders Book, National Gallery of Australia
AWARDS, PRIZES and SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Australia Council Arts Project Grant
2020 ILYSM #ilysm4artists Grant
2020 The Artists’ Benevolent Fund
2020 National Assistance Program for the Arts, The Myer Foundation
2017 Highly Commended, Macquarie Group Emerging Art Prize, NSW
2017 Finalist, STILL: National Still Life Prize, NSW
2017 Winner, Sculpture, Fishers Ghost, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW
2016 The Trudie Alfred Bequest Scholarship
2016 Robin Gibson Gallery New Talent Exhibition Prize
2016 Blackwattle Pottery Prize
2016 N.E. Petheridge Award
2014 Ceramic Design Studio Industry Award, Sydney TAFE
COLLECTIONS
Art Bank
National Library of Australia- Zine Collection
NSW State Library- MCA Sydney Writers' Festival 2010 Zine Fair collection
NSW State Library- Zines and related ephemera
National Gallery Australia- Australian Art, Books
W Hotel QLD
Private collections