BIO

Sarina Lirosi is a Melbourne based multidisciplinary artist and educator of Italian descent who often works with photography and mixed media, including sculpture and collected ephemera. Her practice explores the relationship between desire and loss, particularly regarding nature and the human condition.

Sarina completed a Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts from Melbourne University and a Master of Fine Art from RMIT University. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across Australia. She has been a finalist in several prestigious awards including the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, the Darebin La Trobe Art Prize, the Artecycle Art Prize, the Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize and the Hutchins Art Award for works on paper. Sarina has also participated in many curated exhibitions including Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, at the Bendigo Art Gallery; Fictions, at Gippsland Centre for Art & Design presented by Monash University Museum of Art; and Lost & Found at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne. In 2023, Sarina's Project "Shades and Tints" was awarded 2nd place in the "Our World is Beautiful" contest held during Photobook Week in Aarhus, Denmark. Sarina is also currently the First Year Convenor and lecturer in the Bachelor of Photography course at Photography Studies College, Melbourne.

Education


1995-1997

Master of Fine Art
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.

1980-1983

Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts)
Melbourne University, Australia.

Selected Solo Exhibitions


2022

Fray, West End Art Space, Melbourne.

2018

ChiaroScuro, West End Art Space, Melbourne.

2012

Forevermore, Mailbox 141, Melbourne.

2012

Ode, Langford120, Melbourne.

2011

Best Before, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.

2003

Frozen, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.

2001

Forme, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.

1999

Cutwork, works on paper, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.

1998

Get Gorgeous, City Art Public Space Transport Shelters, Melbourne.

1997

The Fourth Wall, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.

1995

Paintings, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne.

Selected Group and Award Exhibitions


2024

Finalist, Omnia Art Prize, Melbourne.

2023

Finalist, PWA AI Award, Aarhus, Denmark.

2022

In Parallel, Museo Italiano, Melbourne.

2022

Parallel Visions, Town Hall Gallery, Melbourne.

2022

The Present Negative, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne.

2022

Sculpture Now, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

2021

Homologies of Hope, West End Art Space online exhibition on Artsy.

2021

Finalist, Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW.

2020

Parallel Visions, Museo Italiano, Melbourne for NGV Melbourne Design Week.

2019

Here, Not Now, with Emidio Puglielli at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne.

2019

Postcard Salon, Jarvis Dooney Gallerie, Berlin, Germany.

2019

Poetic Symbol, West End Art Space, Melbourne.

2018

Edge, curated by Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco, Langford120, Melbourne.

2018

Postcard Salon, Jarvis Dooney Gallerie, Berlin Germany.

2017

Room: Scheme 5: Garden, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

2016

All Teeth and Swagger Red Gallery, Melbourne.

2015

TXT, a collaborative project with Anat Cossen. Red Gallery, Melbourne.

2014

Intersection. The Art of Motherhood, Red Gallery, Melbourne.

2013

Photo Compedium Australia, curated by Mary Meyer, Spot 81 Gallery Sydney.

2012

Re: The Body 2, Curated by Irene Barberis. Langford120, North Melbourne.

2012

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Four Bathroom/Laundry, Langford120 Melbourne.

2009

Finalist, Artecycle Art Prize, Incinerator Gallery Melbourne.

2008

Finalist, Darebin La Trobe Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne.

2008

Fictions, Gippsland Centre for Art & Design presented by Monash University Museum of Art.

2007

Finalist, Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize The Substation Arts Centre, Newport.

2007

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Two – Kitchen, Linden Gallery, St Kilda.

2005

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Three – Living Room, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick.

2005

Parallax, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood.

2005

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme One – Bedroom, Fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne.

2005

Morning Glory, Pain and Death: Politics, Aesthetics and Legalities Conference, ANU, Canberra.

2004

Seeing Red, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood.

2001

?Lost & Found, Immigration Museum Melbourne.

2000

A Matter of Distance, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

2000

Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria.

2000

Finalist, The Hutchins Art Award, for works on paper, Tasmania.

1999

Finalist, National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

1999

Finalist, Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria.

1998

Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair,Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne.

1998

DecorArt Linden Gallery St Kilda.

1998

Making Waves, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.

1998

Overview, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

1997

The Post Postcard Show, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

1997

Selected Works, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.

1997

Finalist, Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria.

1996

Strata, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall.

1994

Summer Show 94, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.

1994

Out West, West Space, Footscray.

Grants


2016

City of Yarra, Arts Grant

2007

Moreland City Council Project Grant.

1998

Pat Corrigan Artists Grant.

1985

Craft Board of the Australia Council, Work Development Grant.