Profile
Svetlana Bailey’s work is informed by the interaction between the human body and the psyche. She explores birth, death, and modes of existence through the use of body doubles, molds, and replicas. Her practice moves between large format darkroom photography and the time-based material of melting ice.
Degrees Held
2016 Master of Fine Arts (Photography), Rhode Island School of Design
2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photomedia), Hons 1st Class, University of NSW, Australia
2007 Communication Design, FH Dortmund, Germany (transferred to University of NSW)
Recent Publications
2023 Interview with Parker Daley Garcia, Topical Cream, 2023
2023 Robert C. Morgan, “When Thought Becomes Experience”. Whitehot Magazine, Feb 2023
2020 Linn, Kathleen. “Forecast Svetlana Bailey”. Vault, Issue 30, May 2020
2018 Risch, Conor. “Russian Pastoral”. PDN, April 2018, 89, 92-93
2017 Kayar, Kaan. “Ecelimize Susadik”. Calling, Issue 22, Oct 2017
2017 “Contemporary Female Photo-Artists”. Art Almanac, 9 Aug, 2017
2013 Koenning, Katrin. “Hazy Landscapes”. Feature Shoot, 24 May, 2013
Performances and Appearances
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Making Me, Artereal, Sydney
2024 Out of Body, Atamian Hovsepian, New York
2020 Without Kisses and Hugs, Artereal, Sydney
2018 Once There Was There Wasn’t, Blue Sky, Portland
2018 Once There Was There Wasn’t, Artereal, Sydney
2017 Once There Was There Wasn’t, Filter Space, Chicago
2013 Mirage, Artereal, Sydney
2013 Mirage, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2013 Fog, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2013 Fog, Edmund Pearce, Melbourne
2012 Boundless, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2012 Boundless, MOP Projects, Sydney
2012 Fog, Artereal, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 (upcoming) TBD, Westbeth Gallery, New York
2026 (upcoming) TBD, PS122, New York
2024 Air Index, Equivalentbehaviour, London
2023 Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Pen and Brush, New York
2023 When Thought becomes Experience, PS 122, New York
2022 Home Body, Garner Art Center, NY
2021 A Room of One’s Own, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Shanghai
2021 Second Sundays, Screening at Pioneer Works, New York
2021 Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
2021 In Between, Crossing Art, New York
2021 Story Factory Art Auction, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2020 The Earth is Blue like an Orange, ISCP, New York
2020 Togethering, Houston Center for Photography, Houston
2019 She, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
2019 American-Australian Arts Fund, American-Australian Association, New York
2017 Contemporary Female Photo-Artists, Artereal, Sydney
2017 Within a Circuit, NARS Foundation, New York
2016 Once There Was There Wasn’t, NARS Foundation, New York
2016 Certain Things, ClampArt, New York
2014 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, The Arts Centre, Gold Coast
2014 Wondermountain, Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2013 Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney
2011 Fog, Fire, Virility, Screening at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
Awards And Honors
2025 Artist in Residence, 122 Painting Space, New York
2025 Commendation, STILL: National Still Life Award 2025, Yarilla Arts and Museum, Coffs Habour
2022 Artist in Residence, 122 Painting Space, New York
2020-22 Artist in Residence, ISCP, New York
2021 Brooklyn Darkroom/ Pioneer Works Residency, New York
2019 Joseph Robert Foundation Grant, Pennsylvania
2019 Artist in Residence, Marble House, Vermont
2019 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center with Fellowship, Vermont
2019 American-Australian Arts Fund, American-Australian Association, New York
2018 Artist in Residence, ISCP, New York
2018 Australia Council Grant, Career Development
2018 Artist in Residence, The Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
2018 Artist in Residence, Bundanon Trust, New South Wales
2017 Artist in Residence, Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida
2017 Winner, Flash Forward 2017, The Magenta Foundation
2016-17 Artist in Residence, NARS Foundation, New York
2016 Skowhegan/RISD Matching Fellowship
2013 Australia Council Grant, ArtStart
2013 Creative Industries Career Fund Grant, Copyright Agency Cultural Fund
2012 Artist in Residence, 501 Artspace, Chongqing
2012 Australia Council Grant, New Work Early Career
2012 Winner, Apache CLIP Award, Perth Centre for Photography
2011 Artist in Residence, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing
Portfolio
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