Curriculum Vitae
NOT is an installation artist working primarily in glass and ceramic. He has been the subject of solo presentations at the Drill Hall Gallery (rising tide, 2025), the Korean Cultural Centre (up on the roof, 2024), and Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf (forensic anthropology, 2022). Represented by MAIS WRIGHT in Sydney and Madeline Gordon Gallery in Launceston, he has held 5 solo shows over the past 8 years, most recently being Hunterston B (Tasmania) and VETRO ROTTO (NSW) in 2024–25. In 2024, he was awarded a Create NSW grant to travel to Venice to create a large-scale glass installation, rising tide, that recently toured to 3 venues across NSW and the ACT. It has featured as part of a larger body of work shown at the Museum of Art and Culture, yapang (Lake Macquarie) and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre in 2026 for the group show Confluence (with Anne Graham, Henry Lewis and Hilarie Mais). His recently acquired glass installation, china syndrome (nuclear family), will feature in the opening program of Powerhouse Parramatta in late 2026. His work is also held in the collections of Coffs Harbour/Yarrila Arts and Museum, Macquarie University and Shepparton Art Museum. He has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Hindmarsh Prize (2018), the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (2017 and 2019), the Blake Prize (2021), the National Still Life Award (2019 and 2023), and was runner-up in the ‘By George’ Biennial Art Prize, awarded by Adelaide’s Foundation for Hellenic Studies in 2021.
“NOT’s practice has a distinct dystopian undercurrent, fuelled by environmental crisis, the contemporary human condition, power hungry politics, and exploitive global trade. These pressures function like an unseen system, a quiet architecture of rules that governs daily existence.”
UPCOMING SOLO PRESENTATIONS
November 2026
NEO_N, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston TAS
March 2027
the elephant in the room, MAIS WRIGHT, East Sydney NSW
June 2027
mechanical botanical, Retford Park (National Trust) Bowral, NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
arborescence, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights NSW
il laboratorio, BAROMETER, Paddington NSW
2025
rising tide (marea crescente), Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra ACT
2024
VETRO ROTTO, MAIS WRIGHT, East Sydney NSW
Hunterston B, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston TAS
지붕위에서 (up on the roof), Korean Cultural Centre, Sydney NSW
2022
Backlight, Kronenberg Mais Wright, East Sydney NSW
Forensic anthropology, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Double Bay NSW
2020
Invisible hand, Kronenberg Mais Wright, East Sydney NSW
2018
Song dynasty, Kronenberg Wright, East Sydney NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
THE DARK, Powerhouse Parramatta, Parramatta NSW
Abbotsleigh GCS art award, Grace Cossington Grace Gallery, Wahroonga NSW
Confluence, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW
JENSEITS DER FASSADE, (Beyond the Façade), Sparkasse, Marburg-Biedenkopf, GERMANY
Confluence, Museum of Art and Culture (MAC yapang), Lake Macquarie NSW
2025
Wollongong Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong NSW
Australian Abstraction, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Macquarie University, NSW
Bridges, Humble House Gallery, Fyshwick ACT
Penthouse Pet of the Year, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston TAS
Bridges – what happens beneath, Raglan Gallery & Cultural Centre, Cooma NSW
Inaugural display, the launch of the Jim Piper Centre at Macquarie University, NSW
OLTRE LA FACCIATA (Beyond the Façade), IMAGINA, Dorsoduro, Venezia ITALIA
Bridges, SHAC – Southern Highlands Artisans Collective, Robertson NSW
SABBIA GALLERY – 20th Anniversary Exhibition, SABBIA, Redfern NSW
2024
IMMORTAL, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
Showing Now !, Beaver Galleries, Deacon ACT
The immersive power of light, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Macquarie University, NSW
Inside–Outside, Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre, Cooma NSW
The china syndrome, Libreria Rupture Arts & Books Venezia, Giudecca, Venezia ITALIA
CHARD, SHAC – Southern Highlands Artisans Collective, Robertson NSW
New Year Display, Beaver Galleries, Deacon ACT
In delirium walking through the neon lights, de de ce, Darlinghurst, NSW
2023
Small works exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Deacon ACT
Mum’s Kitchen, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston TAS
CHARD, The Memo, Healesville VIC
CAPO 40th anniversary, Manuka, ACT
STILL: National Still Life Award, Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM), Coffs Harbour NSW
Cruel Optimism, Tributary Projects, Braddon ACT
Outside–Inside, Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre, Cooma NSW
Nationalism in the Wake of COVID, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra NSW
In delirium walking through the neon lights, de de ce, Darlinghurst NSW
2022
Directors choice exhibition, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth WA
Small works exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Deacon ACT
Nurture, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, Canberra ACT
CLAY, The Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach NSW
The Sydney Teapot Show, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
Nationalism in the Wake of COVID, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Macquarie University NSW
Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, MAG&M, Manly NSW
ЯEFERB, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh SCOTLAND
The Hum & The Buzz, Neolite Gallery, St Peters NSW
Birds & Language, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong NSW
2021
Transformation 2021, Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, Canberra ACT
By George Biennial Art Prize, Foundation for Hellenic Studies, Adelaide SA
The 66th Blake Prize, Casula Power House Art Centre, Casula NSW
2020
The Salon, M16 Artspace, Griffith ACT
2019
At home with art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks NSW
River on the Brink: inside the Murray-Darling Basin, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks NSW
Still: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
Featured artist, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton NSW
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Municipal Council Chambers, Woollahra
Manifest, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart TAS
2018
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama City, Toyama JAPAN
Hindmarsh Prize, Fitters Workshop, Kingston ACT
Confluence, Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT
Group Exhibition 2018, Kronenberg Wright, East Sydney NSW
2017
The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Municipal Council Chambers, Woollahra
Little Things Art Prize, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2016
Group Exhibition 2016, Kronenberg Wright, East Sydney NSW
Form | Surface | Structure, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
2015
Christmas 2015, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
A Time For Gifts, Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
Material Thought: Artists Working with Clay, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
2014
Glazed & Confused – ceramics in contemporary art practice, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Gymea NSW
Christmas 2014, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
claypool group show, Dickerson Gallery, Woollahra NSW
29.10.14, Home@735 Gallery, Redfern NSW
Contemporary Porcelain, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown NSW
SELECTED PRESENTED EXHIBITIONS
2026
Beyond the Canvas, BAROMETER, Paddington NSW
Glasnost, Waranara Library, Macquarie University, NSW
2024
petrichor, SABBIA Gallery, Redfern NSW
2022
Electric Dreams, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2020
séance (fade to black), Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
2018
Sgraffito, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
Lifeblood, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga NSW
Layered, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2017
Chaos or Control, Stella Downer Fine Art, Waterloo NSW
269d, Mansfield Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
The White Room (contemporary ceramics), Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst NSW
2016
S-MILE, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2016
SQ1@ARO, ARO Gallery, East Sydney NSW
In Residence, Danks Street Depot, Waterloo NSW
AWARDS & PRIZES
2026
Finalist, Abbotsleigh GCS art award, Grace Cossington Grace Gallery, Wahroonga NSW
2025
Finalist,Wollongong Art Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong NSW
2024
Create NSW: Small Project Grant to produce new work on Murano (Venice) ITALIA
2023
Finalist, STILL: National Still Life Award, Yarrila Arts & Museum, (YAM) Coffs Harbour NSW
2022
Finalist, Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, Manly Art Gallery, Manly NSW
2021
Winner, 2nd Prize, By George Biennial Art Prize, Foundation for Hellenic Studies, Adelaide SA
Finalist, The 66th Blake Prize, Casula Power House Art Centre, Casula NSW
2020
Highly commended, Visual Art Open 2020 UK & International Emerging Artist Awards
2019
Finalist, STILL: National Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
Finalist, The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra NSW
2018
Finalist, Hindmarsh Prize, Kingston ACT / Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama JAPAN
2017
Finalist, The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra NSW
Finalist, Little Things Art Prize, Paddington NSW
EXPERIENCE / RESIDENCIES
2013 – present
Director, Square One Studios, Erskineville then Alexandria NSW
2016 – present
Access artist; Canberra Glassworks, Kingston ACT
2019 – present
Collections Officer/Registrar, SABBIA, Redfern NSW
2023 – present
OЯA, window gallery, East Sydney, NSW
2025
Melbourne Art Fair (SABBIA)
2023, 2024 & 2025
Invited artist; WAVE Furnace, Murano (Venezia) ITALIA
2022 – 2025
Sydney Contemporary Art Fairs (SABBIA)
2019
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (Saint Cloche)
2019
Workshop presented/work displayed, Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton NSW
2016 – 2019
Gallery Assistant, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington NSW
2013 – 2015
Access artist; claypool, Erskineville NSW
2014
Ceramic Design Studio – TAFE Sydney Institute, Gymea NSW
2012
Assistant, Peter Robinson (Gravitas Lite project), Sydney Biennale, Cockatoo Island
MEMBERSHIPS
2013 – present
Australian Ceramics Association Member
2020 – 2024
Craft+Design Canberra Associate Member (AM)
2023 – 2026
AUSGLASS – Serving on the Board of Directors
2023 – present
Raglan Gallery and Cultural Centre Member
2025 – present
Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) Member
JUDGING
NOT was a speaker for the 2015 panel on collecting video art for dLux Media Arts, and has been a judge for Wollombi’s Sculpture in the Vineyards award exhibition, The Sydney Teapot Exhibition at Clayworkers Gallery Glebe, and for two years judged Flickering Stone as part of Rookwood’s HIDDEN Sculpture Exhibition.
REPRESENTATION
2016 – present
MAIS WRIGHT (NSW)
2021 – 2024
Beaver Galleries, Deacon ACT (closed late 2024)
2023 – present
Madeline Gordon Gallery (TAS)
ON PERMANENT DISPLAY
Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights NSW
Macquarie (Waranara) Library and the Jim Piper Centre, Macquarie University, NSW
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ivana Jirásek, ‘SUCCESS/ION: ensuring futures for Australian and New Zealand Glass, Fuse Glass Prize, exhibition catalogue, JamFactory, Adelaide, 2026, p. 20
In Sight magazine, (cover image), March—June 2026, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW
Confluence, exhibition catalogue, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba NSW and Museum of Art and Culture (MAC yapang), Lake Macquarie NSW, February 2026
Meredith Hinchliffe, ‘Artists using glass in unusual ways’, CBR City News, December 2025
Meredith Hinchliffe, ‘Un-pretty and challenging glass installations worth a look’, solo presentation review CBR City News, October 2025
SABBIA at 20, the next chapter, commemorative publication, March 2025, p. 37 and p. 60
Foteini Chatzoudi (from Athens, Greece) ‘up on the roof’, artist interview for Korea.Net, 22 December 2024
Mordant Collection Highlights, hardback book, October 2024, p. 290
‘CHARD on display at The Memo – talented artists of the Canberra Glassworks’, Star Mail, 24 October 2023
‘Raglan Gallery shows Outside Inside Glass art’, The Monaro Post, 9 August 2023
‘Glass exhibition opens at Raglan’, The Monaro Post, 26 July 2023
Aimee Frodsham, ‘Editor’s letter’, Art Monthly Australasia, ‘Glass Now’, Summer 2022–23, pp. 13–14
Kirsty Francis, ‘NOT: Backlight’, Art Almanac, November 2022, pp. 26–9
NOT: Mechanical botanical, artist book, Kronenberg Mais Wright, Sydney, 2022
Gina Fairley, ‘Rethinking nationalism in the wake of COVID’, Arts Hub, 18 August 2022:
www.artshub.com.au/news/features/rethinking-nationalism-in-the-wake-of-covid-2571750/