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Curriculum Vitae
Mia Salsjö
Born in Melbourne, Australia, Mia Salsjö graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010 with qualificationsin both Fine Art (Masters) and Music Improvisation (BA). Since then she has been practicing between Australia, Indonesia and Cuba, developing projects that interweave cross-cultural imagery, music notation and socio-political symbolism. Her work is held in numerous private collections and in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection of the State Library of Victoria.
EDUCATION
2009 – 2010 Master of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts
2004 – 2007 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Victorian College of the Arts
1997 – 2000 Bachelor of Music Performance, Victorian College of the Arts
1996 First Year Visual Arts, RMIT University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mia Saljso: Prints, Drawings, Multiples, ACAE Gallery
2019 Modes of Translation, film and performance by the Havana Chamber Orchestra, Fabrica de Arte, Havana Cuba, 13th Bienal de la Habana
2016 Havana Suite, Intercambio, RMIT University (touring)
2015 The New Age is a Cult, [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Trans-fixed, [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Hallucination, dissociation- entoptics and eidetic memories, Victorian College of the Arts
2010 Dy Dykronore, Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
2009 …And all that…, Techno Park Studios, Williamstown
2009 External Portals The Things People Do, Allans Walk (Artist Run Initiative), Bendigo
2008 Blowholes, Orifice Suit, West Space, Melbourne
2008 Prosthetic Animal, Bone Singer, Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre
2007 Subdivision, Ocular Lab, Melbourne
2006 Symphony 12, Kino Cinema, Melbourne
2003 Undo, La Trobe St Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Casa de Asia, 13th Bienal de la Habana, Cuba
2017 The Score, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
2016 ‘Sign O the Times’, Not Fair, Melbourne
2014 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Art School, Sydney
2014 Bali Artist Camp, Villa Pandan Harum, Ubud, Indonesia
2013 Dark MOFO, The Odeon Theatre, Hobart, Tasmania
2013 Bloodflowers, Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy
2013 The Dark Arts, Strange Neighbor, Fitzroy
2013 The World Below, White Night Festival, Hi Fi Bar Swanston St, Melbourne
2013 Encounter 5, ArtBox, Main Projection Screen, Federation Square
2013 Co-variance, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2012 Symphonic Encounters, Linden Centre For Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2012 Things That Go Bump At Night, Dandenong Arts Centre
2011 A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne
2011 9112011: A Deccenalia, C3 Art Space, Melbourne
2010 Dy Dykronore, Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
2010 A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne
2009 Sepuku, Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
2009 Post, Place Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Irreverence, Slide Box, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2008 020? Next Wave Festival, Nth Melbourne Meat Market
2008 Line Drawings 1,2,3,4, Fundraiser, Kings (Artist Run Initiative)
2008 Monobrow, Simian Me, Hell Gallery, Melbourne
2008 Stand In, dead cow and me duet, Kings (Artist Run Initiative), Melbourne
2008 A4 Art, West Space, Melbourne
PRIZES, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2019 City of Melbourne Arts Grant
2017 Incinerator Art Award, Art For Social Change, Melbourne (second prize)
2016 RMIT University Field Trip, Havana Cuba
2015 Artist in reisdence, Villa Arianna, Havana Cuba
2015 Researcher, Centre for Art, Society & Transformation (CAST) RMIT University
2014 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize (shortlisted)
2014 Artist in Residence, Villa Pandan Harum, Bali, Indonesia
2013 Artist in residence (touring), Indonesia, Funded by Australia Inter/National Projects
2011 Finalist Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
2010 National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award
2010 Stella Mary Langford Scholarship, University of Melbourne