melissalaingcurriculum vitae
2008 presentations
32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA) - University of Melbourne, Australia
2007 group exhibitions
Postgraduate Degree Show - Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney - Australia
Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize 07 - At the Vanishing Point - Sydney - Australia
Limn file : exhibition two - High St Project - Christchurch - New Zealand
Limn file : exhibition one - China Heights - Sydney - Australia
Drawing Show - Peloton - Sydney - Australia
performances
A Turbulent Mind - Direction and Sound: Melissa Laing - Performance: Paul Gonzalez and Nick Nestorovski - Night time #1 - A night of short works - Performance Space - Sydney - Australia
Happiness in two parts - video with live monologue - Vive le Bonheur - Workshop Showroom - Sydney - Australia
publications
Z/X - Contemporary Landscapes - Issue 3
presentations
PhD and Academic Staff Seminar Series - Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney - Australia
tertiary qualifications
PhD candidate - Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney - Australia
lecturing
Experimental Drawing - Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney - Australia
residencies
Trinity Grammar School - Sydney - Australia
collectives
Limn file
2006
group exhibitions
Post it - Peloton Gallery - Sydney - Australia
JOC Jewelry Out Of Context - The Muse - Sydney - Australia
publications
Jewellery out of Context : An exhibition of New Zealand artists - First Edition Ltd - Wellington - 2006 - ISBN 1-877391-46-8
"Liminal Art in the Transit Zone", an short excursion published in Philament - an online postgraduate journal : http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/philament/issue9_contents.htm
presentations
2006 AAANZ conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Trans : A visual culture conference, Universtiy of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Critical Animals - Creative Research Symposium - The University of Newcastle - Australia
PhD and Academic Staff Seminar Series - Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney - Australia
projects
Shopping Mall (2002)  also titled Teil 6 - 2.30 min section of Track 2 from - Trip - remix your experience - a visual music-film with live performance which was shot over 4  years in 12 countries and incorporates 4 feature-length films, 36 directors and 14 musicians. Directed by Frank Otto and Bernt Koehler-Adams - Premiered Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan - Hamburg Film Festival 2005 - European premiere, 59th Festival de Cannes, Marché du Film, 2006 - Toured Germany 2006. www.tripmovie.de
tertiary qualifications
PhD candidate - Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney - Australia
Collectives
Limn file
2005 group exhibitions
Quinta-essentia - PPg Gallery - Auckland - New Zealand
Armchair Collective - Newspace - Sydney - Australia
residencies/scholarships
University Postgraduate Award - University of Sydney - 2005 - 2007
tertiary qualifications
PhD candidate - Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney - Australia
2004 solo exhibitions
A video, a tent and accessories - Rm 103 - Auckland - New Zealand
group exhibitions

Tourist City - Kulturzentrum Schlachthof - Bremen - Germany
tertiary qualifications
Masters candidate - Sydney College of the Arts - University of Sydney - Australia (subsequently changed to Phd candidature)
2003 solo exhibitions
Harbouring I by Tentline - Damm4 - Vienna - Austria
Transit Survival 1 - Blick Box - Berlin - Germany
Shifted Rotating Door - Mercer Union - Toronto - Canada
group exhibitions

International Stopover - Pugh Pugh Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble Grubb - Berlin - Germany
Experimental - Museu de Arte Contemporãnea do Ceará - Fortaleza Ceará - Brazil
Surviving Berlin - Jewelbox Projektraum - Berlin - Germany
artist run initiatives
Blick-Box - Co-curator - Friedrichshain - Berlin - Germany
2002 solo exhibitions
The City’s Open Spaces - Einsichten Ausblicke - Display Window - Kastanienallee - Berlin - Germany
Untitled - Einsichten Ausblicke - Display Window - Kastanienallee - Berlin - Germany
group exhibitions

Sempur Sursam - Te Manawa - Palmerston North - New Zealand
Ritual Comforters - Collaborative exhibition with Robyn Laing - High St Project - Christchurch - New Zealand
publications
Physics Room Year Book - Physics Room - New Zealand
artist run initiatives
Einsichten Ausblicke - Co-curator - Kastanienallee Berlin - Germany
2001 solo exhibitions
Epic(2) - Physics Room - Christchurch - New Zealand
group exhibitions
Starting Now - Four gallery exhibition - Sixty4Steps - Toronto - Canada
Hide and Seek - Villa Weiner - Ochtrup - Germany
Goggle Box - Light Box - Auckland - New Zealand
residencies/scholarships
Goethe Institute - Scholarship for Language and Cultural Exchange - Berlin - Germany
Huygens Scholarship - Postgraduate Study in the Netherlands - Dutch Art Institute - Enschede - The Netherlands
tertiary qualifications
One year of postgraduate study - Dutch Art Institute - The Netherlands
2000 solo exhibitions
The Interior, The Trace - rm212 - Auckland - New Zealand
Epic/Episch - Video Screening - Basis Wien - Vienna - Austria
group exhibitions

Rezone: Our Generation - Central Post Office - Auckland - New Zealand
Traces - ASA Gallery - Auckland - New Zealand
Open Studios - Artists in Residence House - Vienna - Austria
Up and Coming - Articule Gallery - Montreal - Canada
residencies/scholarships
Artist's Residency - Federal Chancellery of Austria & UNESCO-ASHBERG Bursaries for Artists - Vienna - Austria
publications
Log Illustrated - Lest We Forget - Issue 11 - New Zealand - 2000 - ISSN 11742216
artist run initiatives
Rezone - Co-curator - An ongoing public art exhibition project - Auckland - New Zealand - 1998 to 2000
lecturing
Eastern Institute of Technology - Lecturer in Visual Arts - Taradale - New Zealand
Auckland University of Technology - Guest lecturer professional practice - Auckland - New Zealand
1999 solo exhibitions
He regarded the elements of fiction as the cards in the pack. They were always all there. There was no surprise; solitaire always came out if you cheated - Lift Space - High Street Project - Christchurch - New Zealand
group exhibitions
reAnimator - rm3 - Auckland - New Zealand
Fairytale - Centre for Metamedia-Plasy - Czech Republic
We Really Care - rm3 photography show - rm3 - Auckland - New Zealand
Inappropriate Occupations and Transient Preservations: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - Public Art Project - Rezone - Auckland - New Zealand
residencies/scholarships
Artist's Residency - Centre for Metamedia-Plasy - Czech Republic
publications
Fairy-tales - Exhibition Catalogue - Centre for Metamedia-Plasy - Czech Republic
Gal, Violet Faigan - the Pander online edition (exhibition review)
1998 solo exhibitions
Always a Body : Always a Dame - Mt Roskill Library - Auckland - New Zealand
Small Change - Lift Space - High Street Project - Auckland - New Zealand
group exhibitions
Group Show - ASA Gallery - Auckland - New Zealand
Rezone 3 - Grey Ave Car Park - Auckland - New Zealand
Rezone 1 - Portage Rd - Auckland - New Zealand
1997 solo exhibitions
Retract - rm3 - Auckland - New Zealand
group exhibitions
The Polaroid Show - High Street Project - Christchurch - New Zealand
a/v - Moving Image Show - Pilot Project Room - Auckland - New Zealand
intercourses - Pilot Project Room - Auckland - New Zealand
tertiary qualifications
1995 - 7 - Bachelor of Visual Arts - Auckland Institute of Technology - New Zealand
1994 tertiary qualifications
Certificate in Intermediate Studies - ASA School of Art - Auckland - New Zealand