Solo Exhibitions
2024 The only way out is through, Milani Gallery CARPARK, Brisbane
2020 I can't sleep when I'm anxious, Milani Gallery CARPARK, Brisbane
2020 The time of light, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2019 Field of Vision, IMA Belltower, Brisbane
2019 Sometimes it's the little things, Boxcopy Contemporary Artspace, Brisbane
2018 Drifting, Casa Lu, Mexico City
2018 Building Bridges, Wreckers Artspace, Brisbane
2016 Looking Out, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2016 Urban Strolling, Cut Thumb ARI, Brisbane
2014 It's Complicated, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
2014 In Pursuit of Magic, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2013 Focus, Room 60, Brisbane (curated by Rachael Parsons and with Caitlin Franzmann)
2012 Wish you were here, Rojitohito, Tokyo (curated by Emily Wakeling)
2012 The sum of all things? QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2011 I fucking love you, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2011 Enough Rope, Diagram (Ryan Renshaw Window Box), Brisbane
2010 11:59, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2009 Patronise Me, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane (curated by Timothy P. Kerr)
Group Exhibitions
2024 We’re just feeling our way, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
2024 The Closet, Bundaberg Regional Gallery, Bundaberg (curated by Carrie McCarthy)
2023 Nudge it - Kick it - Prod it - Push it -, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (curated by Scott Elliott)
2022 Bell Riva Hamburg, Damsgårdsveien 229, Bergen
2022 Come Together, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Brisbane (with Antoinette J. Citizen) (curated by Hannah Williamson)
2022 MA1, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
2021 Final Call, Horizons Festival, Maroochydore Bushland Botanical Gardens, Sunshine Coast (curated by Megan Williams)
2021 Diamonds in the sky, Schmick Contemporary, Sydney (with Jordan Azcune)
2021 Drawn, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane (curated by Annie O’Rourke and Natalie Wood)
2019 New Woman, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2017 Unfinished Business: Perspectives on Art and Feminism, ACCA, Melbourne (with LEVEL)
2017 Siteworks, Bundanon Trust, Illaroo
2017 Sea, See, C, Qualipura, Lisbon, Portugal (curated by Brook Ferguson)
2017 These Frozen Moments, Metro Arts, Brisbane (curated by Kieran Swann)
2017 Brave New Worlds, Jacob's Ladder, Brisbane (curated by Kieran Swann)
2017 Greater Together, ACCA, Melbourne (with Antoinette J. Citizen) (curated by Annika Kristensen)
2016 Unfolding / Folding, KINGS Artist-Run, Melbourne (curated by Alyce Neal)
2016 15 artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe
2016 Love...more than a four letter word, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture
2016 Less, The Laundry Artspace, Brisbane (curated by Lisa-Bryan Brown)
2015 f generation: feminism, art, progressions, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne (with LEVEL)
2015 The Laundry National Emerging Art Prize, The Laundry Artspace, Brisbane
2015 Concerted Efforts, West Space, Melbourne (with Antoinette J. Citizen) (curated by Robyn Cook, Samantha McCulloch, Lauren von Gogh and Christopher Williams-Wynn)
2014 Excerpts, The Block, Brisbane
2014 Extended Conversation Pieces, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (with Caitlin Franzmann) (curated by Rachael Haynes)
2014 An Occasion, White Lady Funeral Home, Brisbane (curated by Catherine or Kate)
2014 Conversation Pieces, Boxcopy, Brisbane (with Caitlin Franzmann) (curated by Rachael Haynes)
2013 Rinse & Repeat, The Hangar, Brisbane (curated by Laura Brown)
2013 You & I: thoughts on intimacy, The Hold, Brisbane (curated by Kylie Spear)
2013 Brisbane Emerging Artist Festival, The Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane (curated by Rachael Parsons and Steven Russell)
2013 Beyonce is a Feminist, Fontanelle, Adelaide (Curated by Brigid Noone)
2012 SEXES, Performance Space, Sydney (curated by Deborah Kelly, Bec Dean & Jeff Khan) (with LEVEL - Alice Lang and Rachael Haynes)
2012 Going South, Screen Space, Melbourne
2012 The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, QCA Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Current, POP Gallery, Brisbane (curated by Lisa Bryan Brown)
2011 Fort Project, Under the Radar, Brisbane Festival, Metro Arts, Brisbane (curated by Siobhan Nunan)
2011 Straight and Narrow, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
2011 The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, QCA Gallery, Brisbane
2011 Subdivision, James Street Pop-Up-Shop, Brisbane
2011 Eastern Seaboard, Artspace, Sydney (curated by Reuben Keehan)
2010 Try a Little Kindness, LEVEL, Brisbane
2010 Ceci n'est pas un Casino! Villa Merkel, Esslingen (curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox)
2010 Construction of Situations, Gasworks, Brisbane (curated by Dhana Merritt)
2010 I'll show you yours, if you show me mine, 6a, Hobart
2010 The Noosa Regional Gallery Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa
2010 The Directors Show, No Frills*, Brisbane
2010 Threefold, Logan Road, Brisbane
2010 LEVEL, LEVEL, Brisbane
2010 Ceci n'est pas un Casino! Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox)
2010 Awkward, The Wandering Room, Brisbane (curated by The Wandering Room)
2009 Home Loans, Queen Victoria Building, Brisbane
2009 No Frills* vs The General Will, Creswell St, Brisbane
2009 Recession Art + Other Strategies, McLachlan St, Brisbane (curated by InBetweenSpaces)
2009 Revenge of RSK, The Hangar, Brisbane
2009 Lean Towards Indifference! Metro Arts, Brisbane
2009 More No Frills*, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2009 Renovare, Accidently Annie Street Space, Brisbane (curated by Stephen Russell)
2008 RSK PARTII, The Block, Brisbane
2008 Fresher, Ann Street, Brisbane (curated by InBetweenSpaces)
2008 No Frills*, Blkmrkt Project, Gold Coast
2008 Exoteric Glee Club #3, The Globe, Brisbane (curated by Cait Foran)
2007 Ramstag Scholarship Kids I, H Block Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Ramstag Scholarship Kids II, The Block, Brisbane
2007 iTouch, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Happenings
2015 When the world was a wonder, Captain Burke Park, Brisbane (with Brooke Ferguson)
2015 Apparent Horizon, Wilson’s Outlook Reserve, Brisbane (with Brooke Ferguson)
2014 A Rose is a Rose is a Daisy, Cathedral Square, Brisbane (with Brooke Ferguson)
2014 Dirty Laundry, Hardgrave Park, Brisbane (with Brooke Ferguson)
2014 Highflying, Highgate Hill Park, Brisbane (with Brooke Ferguson)
2011 Time and Tide, New Farm Park, Brisbane (curated by and with Brooke Ferguson)
Conversational Works
2022 We’re Here: We’re Queer - WILD THINGZ @ Isotop, Bergen (with WILD THINGZ - Nina Eriksson, Henna Nerg, and Tobias Valentine)
2019 Conversing About the Other, IMA Belltower, Brisbane
2018 Conversing About the Other: with Archie Barry, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2018 Conversing About the Other: with Sarah Byrne, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2018 Conversing About the Other: with Sha Sarwari, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2018 Conversing About the Other: with Eugenia Lim, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2016 Conversing About the Other: with Alex Cuffe, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2016 Conversing About the Other: with Athena Thebus, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2016 Conversing About the Other: with Loren Britton, Eastside International, Los Angeles
2016 Conversing About the Other: with Chantal Fraser, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2016 Conversing About the Other: with Kinly Grey, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2014 We need to talk, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (with LEVEL - Caitlin Franzmann, Rachael Haynes, Anita Holtsclaw and Courtney Pedersen)
2013 We need to talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (with LEVEL - Caitlin Franzmann, Rachael Haynes, Anita Holtsclaw and Courtney Pedersen)
2012 Food for Thought, Next Wave Festival, FCAC, Melbourne (with LEVEL - Alice Lang and Rachael Haynes)
Awards/Grants/Public Art Commissions
2023 Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowship
2023 Diversestipend for Newly Qualified Artists, The Cultural Council
2022 Grants for International Art and Culture Exchange, Bergen Kommune
2022 Grants for Events, Bergen Kommune
2022 Project fund, University of Bergen (with WILD THINGZ)
2022 Grant for the Promotion of Norwegian Art, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond
2021 Project fund, University of Bergen (with WILD THINGZ)
2021 ERASMUS+ Institutional Grant
2021 Individuals Grant, Arts Queensland
2021 Vida Lahey Memorial Traveling Scholarship (with Callum McGrath and Tim Riley Walsh) Queensland Art Gallery/ Gallery of Modern Art
2020 Resilience Grant: Adapt, Australia Council for the Arts
2020 Individuals Fund Grant, Arts Queensland
2019 Helsinki International Artist Programme, Australia Council for the Arts
2019 Public Art Commission, City of Lights, Brisbane City Council
2018 Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2017 Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2016 Finalist, 15 artists, Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Redcliffe
2016 Queensland Arts Showcase Program Grant, Arts Queensland
2016 Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2016 Arts Projects Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2015 Individuals Fund Grant, Arts Queensland
2013 Early Career New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2012 Finalist, Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition and Award
2011 Finalist, Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition and Award
2010 Overseas Study Grants-in-Aid, QUT
2010 Shortlist, Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards
2010 Finalist, Noosa Regional Gallery Traveling Scholarship
2010 Creative Sparks Grant, Brisbane City Council
2009 Australian Postgraduate Award
Public Collections
Brisbane City Council, Brisbane
Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
The University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
Public Artworks
Bothwell Lane, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane
The University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs
Residencies
2023 Icelandic Textile Centre Ós Residency (Upcoming)
2022 Helsinki International Artist Programme, Australia Council for the Arts
2018 Casa Lu, Mexico City
2018 Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park
2018 Testing Grounds Artist in Residence, Melbourne
2018 Doing Feminism Residency, Norma Redpath House and Studio, Melbourne (with LEVEL)
2016 ESXLA Artist in Residence, Eastside International, Los Angeles
2016 Metro Arts Artist in Residence (12 months), Brisbane
2015 Linea de Costa Artist in Residence Program, Cadiz
2011 The Lock Up Residency Program, Newcastle (with Rachael Haynes and Alice Lang)
2011 Artspace Residential Studio Program, Sydney (with No Frills*)
2009-2010 Metro Arts ARI in Residence (with No Frills*)
Talks/Lectures/Forums/Workshops
2023 Nudge it - Kick it - Prod it - Push it -, Exhibition Tour, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2020 Facilitator, In Conversation: Luke Roberts & Callum McGrath, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
2019 New Intersections, Panel Speaker, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
2019 Artists Influencing Change, Panel Speaker, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane
2019 Activism on a T-shirt Workshop, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
2018 Looking with Feeling - Patricia Piccinini, Speaker, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2017 Co-facilitator, (my view) From Here, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2016 Artist Talk, Love...more than a four letter word, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture
2015 Waypoint: Contemporary Artists, Conceptual Influences, Panel Speaker, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2015 Feminine Perspectives – Text-based Art Workshop, Brigidine College, Brisbane
2013 You & I, Panel Speaker, The Hold, Brisbane
2013 Artist Talk, In conversation with Rachael Parsons and Caitlin Franzmann, Room 60, Brisbane
2012 Revolution at the Dinner Table: Fresh Feminisms, Next Wave Festival, The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne
2012 Artist Talk, In Conversation with Courtney Pedersen, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2011 The Great Debate, We Are Here, FraserStudios, Speaker, Sydney
2011 Eastern Seaboard Symposium, Forum Participant, Artspace, Sydney
2010 Woman: Re Presenting the Other, Forum Speaker, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2010 World 1-1, Children's Workshop, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2010 Artist Talk, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2010 Feminism Never Happened, Forum Speaker, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2009 Artist Talk, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane
2009 Guest Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2009 Artist Talk, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2009 Curator Talk, The Block, Brisbane
Facilitation
2017 Alone, Together, Clutch Collective, Brisbane (Curator)
2014 THIS IS NOT THE WORK, The Block, Brisbane (Co-Curated with LEVEL Directors)
2011 Check In, Metro Arts, Brisbane (Curator)
2010 Broadcast, LEVEL, Brisbane (Curator)
2010 LEVEL, LEVEL, Brisbane (Co-Curated with LEVEL Directors)
2010 The SHAPE of things to come 2010, The Block, Brisbane (Curator)
2009 No Frills* 2009-2010 Program (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)
2009 Revenge of RSK, The Hangar (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)
2009 Lean Towards Indifference! !Metro Arts, Brisbane (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)
2009 The SHAPE of things to come 2009, The Block, Brisbane (Curator)
2008 Artists vs Hollywood, The Block, Brisbane (Assistant Curator)
2008 The SHAPE of things to come 2008, The Block, Brisbane (Assistant Curator)
Bibliography
2021 Mayhew, L. Drawn. Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2020 Mayhew, L. 'Exhibition Review: New Woman'. Sheila.
2019 Chlanda, J. Courtney Coombs: Sometimes it’s the little things. Boxcopy, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2017 Nelson, R. Greater Together celebrates artistic collaborations, yet individual voices shine. The Sydney Morning Herald (Review)
2017 Cox, W. Why We're Greater Together. Broadsheet Melbourne (Review)
2016 Bryan-Brown, L. Wandering, Wondering: Courtney Coombs' Urban Strolling. Cut Thumb ARI, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
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2015 McCulloch, S and Williams-Wynn, C. Concerted () Efforts, Westspace, Melbourne (Cat. Essay)
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2013 McLellan, A. Focus. The Hold, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2013 Dooris, S. Environments for Love. The Hold, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2013 Parsons, R. Conditions of love. Brisbane Emerging Art Festival, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2013 Parsons, R. Focus. Room 60, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2012 Wakeling, E. Wish you were here. Roji to Hito, Tokyo (Cat. Essay)
2012 Russell, N. Next Wave Festival: Food for Thought. Right Now (Review)
2012 Bryan-Brown, L. Speak Up. Griffith Art Gallery, Brisbane (Work Essay)
2012 Bryan-Brown, L. Current. POP Gallery, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2011 Evans, N. Push/Pull. Griffith Art Gallery, Brisbane (Work Essay)
2010 Mezger, M. No losers, only winners. Eblinger Zeitung (Review)
2010 Caregari, L. That's a Casino. WOXX (Review)
2010 Ceci N’est Pas Un Casino! Luxembourg: Casino Luxembourg (Cat. Essay)
2010 Eyeline, Issue 71 (Image)
2010 Haynes, R. 11:59. Metro Arts, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2009 Baylart, N. Patronise Me. Boxcopy, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
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2009 Mckewen, D. Lean Towards Indifference Eyeline, Issue 69 (Review)
2009 Robb, C. Lean Towards Indifference. Metro Arts, Brisbane (Cat. Essay)
2008 Rajkowski, R. No Frills*. Blkmrkt, Gallery, Gold Coast. (Cat. Essay)
2008 Eyeline (Image)
Professional Experience
2024 Teaching Associate, School of Design, RMIT, Melbourne
2024 Teaching Associate, School of Art & Design, Monash University, Melbourne
2022 Working Board Member, Isotop Fellestalier, Bergen
2021-Current Co-Founder of WILD THINGZ Queer Collective (Bergen)
2021-Current Freelance Grant Writer/Editor
2021-Current Co-Founder of Kink Collective (Queer Australian Art Archive) (Australia)
2020-2021 Sessional Academic, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane
2020 Co-Founder of Brisbane Visual Arts Advocacy, Brisbane
2019-2021 Director, Outer Space ARI, Brisbane
2017 Coordinator Widening Participation Program (Acting), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2015-2016 Sessional Academic Success Advisor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2014 Sessional Academic, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Gold Coast
2013 Curator of Public Programs, QUT Precincts, Brisbane
2010-2018 Founding Co-director, LEVEL Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane
2009-2020 Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2008 PASS Tutor, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2008-2011 Founding Co-director, No Frills* Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane
Education
2021-2023 Masters of Fine Arts, University of Bergen, Bergen
2015 Doctor of Philosophy (practice-based research), QUT, Brisbane
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Honours (First Class), QUT, Brisbane
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinction), QUT, Brisbane