B. 1990 | Based in NSW (Gundungurra land)
Hailing from Gundungurra lands in the Megalong and now based a couple of valleys over in Little Hartley, I am a visual artist and maker who thinks through timber, repurposes everyday materials and uses the recorded image and ‘extended’ photography.
Schooled under the practice-led ethos of Sydney College of the Arts across under and post-graduate degrees, my past work was often screen and installation-based and research-driven. Now, working independent of gallery representation and outside of an institution, I tend to practice through a minimalist methodology, always reflecting on the relationship between the things that make up the built and perceived ‘natural’ environments.
By trade, Bryden operates the bespoke picture framing studio Mount Framing and is a highly skilled art installer and woodworker. For any enquiries please use the form below.
Education
2020 - 2021
PhD, School of Art, RMIT, Naarm/Melbourne -
2017
Masters of Fine Art, ‘A Hydrological Imaginary’, Sydney College of the Arts
2012
Bachelor of Visual Arts (1st class honours), Sydney College of the Arts
Professional Engagement
2020 -
Founded Mount Framing
2017 - 2020
Gallery Coordinator at Firstdraft, Sydney.
Tutor at DAB, UTS, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Surface Studies, Lyttleton Stores, Lawson
2018
Guessing at the Dead Man too Late, Kaskl, Berlin
2016
Hydro-Wilderness, Firstdraft, Sydney
Site Specifics, Interlude Gallery, Sydney
2014
Crafted Land, Gallery 2010, Sydney
Selected Group and Other Exhibitions
2024
Close at Hand, Wayout, Kandos - curated by Mimi Kind and Elia Bosshard
2023
Fieldwork, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga - curated by Jack Harman
Permeable/Processual, Prop, Ashfield - with jack Harman
2022
Lumiere, festival in Mount Victoria
2020
Mixed Business, Pari Ari, Parramatta
2019
Cementa Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos
2018
Holes (working title), curated by Therese Keogh, Our Neon Foe, Sydney
New Contemporaries, curated by Liam Garstang, SCA Gallery, Sydney
2017
Language Disorder iii, curated by Misael Mercado Dueñas & Isabel Rouch, Interlude Gallery, Sydney
Post Graduate Exhibition, SCA, Sydney
PHANTASMAGORIA, curated by Madelynne Cornish, Bogong Centre for Sound Culture, Bogong Village
2016
Mapspace, curated by Modern Art Projects & Blue Mountains City Art Gallery, BMCC, Katoomba
Birds Hut HOME, curated by Jessica Ann Leffley, Birds Hut, Ganguddy Waters
Future Stratigraphy, curated by Kath Fries, SCA Gallery, Rozelle
2015
Racing Retina, curated by Szymon Dorabialski, Interlude Gallery, Sydney
Moments, curated by James Nguyen, AIRspace Projects, Sydney
Birds Hut Cementa fringe event, Bird's Hut, Ganguddy
2014
Breaking Control, curated by Nikki Walkderen, WEST project Space, Hazelbrook
semi(permeable), Archive Space, Sydney
Useless, curated by The Corner Co-Operative, Create or Die, Sydney
2013
Chippendale New World Art Prize, NG Art Gallery, Sydney
The John Fries Memorial Prize, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Awards, Grants & Residencies
2020 - 2024
Vice-Chancellor's PhD Scholarship, RMIT
2018
Resident at Kandos Projects
2017
Recipient of NSW Artist Grant
Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Exchange Scholarship
2016
Winner, Sculpture category, Verge Awards
2015
Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown
Recipient of Australian Postgraduate Award
Resident at the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture, Victoria
Recipient of NSW Artists Grant
2013
Finalist, John Fries Memorial Prize
Winner, Chippendale New World Art Prize
Resident at Redgate Gallery, Beijing
Publications (about)
2018
Holes (Working title), published by Therese Keogh
2017
Interlude Almanac, published by Interlude Gallery
2016
Future Stratigraphy, published by SCA Gallery (New Materialism)