Curriculum VitaE + TEXt
b. 1990 in Sydney, Australia. Dani McKenzie currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
Education
2016
Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney
2015
Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours (First Class), National Art School, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Ultra Romance, Long Story Short Gallery, Paris FR
Window Watching, MARS Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair VIC
2023
Room With a View, Long Story Short Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2022
Evening’s Empire, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Close to Home, Olsen Gallery, Sydney NSW
2021
Nowhere Near, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2020
Recognising Strangers, Olsen Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019
Visions, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2018
Seeing Seeing, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2017
Mirror Image, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016
TRACKS, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney NSW
Double Negative, Liverpool Street Gallery (LS2), Sydney NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Us, NBB Gallery, Berlin Germany. Curated by Thom Oosterhof
She Paints Her, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2024
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney NSW
2023
Romancing the Streetscape, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne VIC
Spring 1883 Art Fair, MARS X OLSEN Galleries, Melbourne VIC
A Female Gaze, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2022
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney NSW
2021
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery, Sydney NSW
Spring 1883 Art Fair, MARS Gallery, Melbourne VIC
National Art - Part One, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland NSW
National Art - Part One, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie NSW
2020
National Art - Part One, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair (online only), MARS Gallery
Collectivus, OLSEN Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, MARS Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney NSW
Strange Paradise, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney NSW
2018
National Art - Part One, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
The Other Art Fair, Exhibition Hall, Australian Technology Park, Sydney NSW. Directors Choice stand, curated by Steven Alderton
Summer Group Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney NSW
2017
NotFair, Windsor, Melbourne VIC. Curated by Sam Leach, Ashley Crawford and Tony Lloyd
10, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney NSW
2016
Identity, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney NSW
A Place We Dream Of, Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, NSW
2015
30.09.15. Home@735 Gallery, Sydney NSW
Centenary Institute Fundraising Event, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney NSW
Awards, Residencies & grants
2023
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney NSW (Finalist)
2022
Career Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2021
Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery, Sydney NSW (Finalist)
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC (Finalist)
Waverley Art Prize, online due to Covid-19, (Finalist)
2020
Blacktown City Art Prize, Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney NSW (Finalist)
The Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie NSW (Finalist)
Byron Arts Magazine Prize, Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina QLD (Finalist)
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook NSW (Finalist)
2019
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne VIC (Winner)
Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine VIC (Finalist)
2018
Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Sydney NSW (Finalist)
2017
Onslow Storrier Residency, La Cité Internationale des Arts, July-September, Paris
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Melbourne VIC (Finalist)
2016
Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Sydney NSW (Winner, Nick Waterlow Award)
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, National Art School (MFA)
2015
Belle ArtStart Prize, Sydney NSW (Winner)
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, National Art School (Honours)
Sydney Canvas Company Painting Prize, Sydney NSW (Winner)
2014
William Fletcher Foundation Grant
Collections
City of Port Phillip Collection, Victoria
Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection, Victoria
Macquarie Group Collection, Sydney
National Art School Collection, Sydney