About
Melissa Little
Born in Sydney, Australia
Lives & works in South Australia
A photomedia & video artist articulating pensive meanderings revealing the inanity of humanity.
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Education
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2016 – 2019 Certificate IV Photography & Photo Imaging
Centre for Creative Photography, Adelaide
2015 – 2016 Creative Writing
University of Adelaide
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2011 - 2012 Master of Arts Management
University of Melbourne
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2006 - 2007 Graduate Diploma in Arts (Screen Studies)
University of Melbourne
1993 - 1995 Bachelor of Arts (TV & Sound Production)
Charles Sturt University, Riverina NSW
Artist Residencies
2019 Contemporary Artist in Residence
Sauerbier House Cultural Exchange, Port Noarlunga SA
Awards
2019 The Mark Butler Art Award
Third Prize, Jackalope Gallery, Port Adelaide
Image: An Ethereal Landscape (2019)
Atkins Photo Lab Award
Finalist, South Australian Living Artist Awards
Image: Atmospheric Polyscape (2019)
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2017 Clifton's Art Prize
South Australian Finalist
Image: Plastic Witness (2017)
2016 Centennial Park Environmental Award
Finalist, South Australian Living Artist Awards
Image: Stobie in a Yorke Field (2016)
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2015 Nature & Wildlife Open Category Award
Shortlisted, World Photography Organisation Awards
(Exhibited at Somerset House, London)
Image: Pelican Feeding (2015)
Exhibitions
2020 Botanic Bodies
Shimmer Photographic Biennale,
Various locations around McLaren Vale, South Australia
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2019 Municipal Belonging
Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, South Australia
2018 This Mundane Life: A Laundry Year
Shimmer Photographic Biennale,
Paxton Winery, McLaren Vale, South Australia
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2017 POETRY: a word and text-based exhibition (Group)
George Paton Gallery, UMSU. Melbourne
Video: Going Straight (2017)
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2016 Australia: Landscapes, Cityscapes & Sunsets
SALA at Cats in the Loft, Port Adelaide
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2015 Thru My Lens
West End Art Walk, SALA Festival
Screenings
Sept 2019 nodoCCS at Tallers Oberts del Poblenou
Produkt Burô, Barcelona El Poblenou, Spain
Video: The Cinematic Dilemma (2016)
July 2019 Video Art + Digital Media Screenings
Adelaide Festival Centre
Video: Monochromatic Dancing (2017)
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Dec 2018 Video Art + Digital Media Screenings
Adelaide Festival Centre
Video: Fast Food for Political Change (2018)
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2017 Festival de Cine Experimental de Bogotá/CineAutopsia
Bogotá, Colombia
Video: The Cinematic Dilemma (2016)
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III Festival del Video Arte nodoCCS
Caracas, Venezuela
Video: The Cinematic Dilemma (2016)
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Publications
August 2017 ZEIT WISSEN Magazin
(German Science Publication)
Image: Pelican Feeding (2015)
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June 2015 VIEW Magazin
(German Photographic Publication)
Image: Pelican Feeding (2015)