Curriculum Vitae
Carol Swain
Web Site: www.carolswainartist.com
Education
Master Contemporary Art VCA (2012) Post Graduate Diploma Visual Art VCA (2011) Graduate Certificate of Visual Art VCA (2010) 
Diploma Visual Arts TAFE CAE (1999-2001) Community Development Deakin University(1993) Graduate Diploma of Education The University of Melbourne(1993-1994)
Residency    
2018                     Fukuoka Artist Residency -  Itoshima - Japan 
2016                     Cowwarra, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2020                    'Soliloquy' - Different perspectives on the natural environment ​Caspa Contemporary Art Space - Castlemaine.
2018                    'Seeing Again, Making Again, Breathing Again - Studio Kura, Itoshima Japan
2018                     'Theatre of Landscape' - Black Cat Gallery - Collingwood
2017                     'Inside Out' - The Gallery, Lot 19 - Castlemaine
2016                     'Traces of Memory' - St Kilda Town Hall Gallery 
2013                      Memory, Rubicon Ari - North Melbourne.
Selected Exhibitions
2016                     Brunswick Street Gallery - 'Understanding Movement'
2015/16                Brunswick Street Gallery - 40x40 Small works Exhibition Art Prize
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022                     Caspa Contemporary Art Space - Castlemaine -Title to be decided - conversation between 3 Artist's work engaging with the Natural Environment
2020                     Castlemaine State Art Festival - Online Art Auction
​2019                     Cascade Gallery - Maldon - Christmas Show 
2015                     Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery      
2015                     Place and Space, Red Gallery 
2015                     Brunswick Street Gallery - Small works Exhibition Art Prize
2014                     Finalist, She, Walker Street Art Gallery
2014                     9x5cm, Walker Street Art Gallery
2014                     Postcard Show, Linden Gallery
2014                     'Belle Epoque' Arti Chapman and Bailey Art Prize Show
2013                     Finalist, She, Walker Street Art Gallery
2013                     Postcard Show, Linden Gallery
2012                     VCA Master Contemporary Art 2012
2012                     Brunswick Arts Space
2011                     Post Graduate Show VCA
2010                     Postcard Show, Linden Gallery
2009                     Studio, Student Gallery VCA, Melbourne
2009                     Postcard Show, Linden Gallery
2001                     Recent Works, Fitzroy Gallery
2001                     Sightlines, Preview Gallery
2000                     Distractions, CUB Malthouse Gallery
1998                     Argyle Light, Fitzroy Gallery
Publications     
2000                    Jazz Player, An Anthology of Printmaking and Poetry Melbourne (woodblock print)
Finalist 
2014                    Finalist She, Walker Street Art Gallery, Dandenong
2013                    Finalist She, Walker Street Art Gallery, Dandenong
Awards
2011                    Langridge Oil Painting Award, Post Graduate end of year show Victorian College of the Art