KIRRILY HAMMOND
Born Newcastle, Australia, living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark
QUALIFICATIONS
2017 — Diploma of Law (Collection Management), Institute of Art & Law, UK
2005 — Harold Wright and Sarah & William Holmes Scholar, Prints & Drawings, British Museum
2002–03 — Masters of Curatorship and Art History, University of Melbourne
1993–97 — Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts (BA Hons), Canberra School of Art, ANU and Glasgow School of Art
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 — 'Debut Exhibition', Grainger Gallery, Canberra
2024 — 'Northern Landscapes', Alexandra Sasse Gallery, Melbourne
2024 — 'Noctilucent', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2023 — 'Oticon', Demant A/S, Kongebakken & Snekkersten, Denmark
2021–22 — 'Frederiksberg', Remanius Vision, Copenhagen
2020 — 'Stereo Exchange', Collaborative exhibition with Better Weather, Stereo Exchange, Copenhagen
2018 — 'Lowlands', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2017 — 'Momento', Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2017 — 'Keepsake' (with Sim Luttin), Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne
2014 — 'Suburbia', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2013 — 'The Gloaming', Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2012 — 'Brunswick East', Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2011 — 'There is a light that never goes out', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2010 — 'Songs of Solitude', Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2009 — 'swoon', Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne
2009 — 'Slow dance', Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney
2008 — 'From this distance', Switchback Gallery, Monash University Gippsland, VIC & Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2006 — Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2001 — Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2000 — 'Of Landscape & Memory', Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC; artspace 71, ACT
1999 — 'The Understory', artspace 71, Canberra
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Bornholms Kunstrunde, Gallerie Lorien Tejn, Denmark
2023 — 'Curator's Choice', Alexandra Sasse Gallery, Melbourne
2022 — 'a do ocean', curated by Christopher LG Hill, Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne
2021 — 'Women Power', Burgmann College, Canberra
2020 — 'On Stillness', Newcastle Art Gallery
2020 — 'Return of the Archive', Megalo Gallery, Canberra
2020 — 'Small works', Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2019 — Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Gallerysmith, Carriageworks, Sydney
2016 — 'Landmarks', Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
2013 — 'I spy: windows and doors in art', Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW
2012 — 'Out of the Darkness', Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2011 — 'Shelved', Dear Patti Smith, Melbourne
2009 — Art Melbourne 2009, Chapman & Bailey, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2008 — 'all the beauty you will ever need', Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney
2008 — 'The Monobrow Show', Hell Gallery, Melbourne
2007 — 'Resonance', Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
2003 — 'Mythelaneous', National Institute of the Arts Gallery, ANU
2003 — 'Depth of Field', Shepparton Art Gallery & Monash University Museum of Art
2001 — 'The Drawing Show', artspace 71, Canberra
2000 — 'The Drawing Show', artspace 71, Canberra
2000 — Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Sydney
1999 — 'The Drawing Show', artspace 71, Canberra
1998 — Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Sydney
AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021 — Residency, Statens Værksteder for Kunst, Grafisk Værksted SVFK
2001 — Megalo Access Arts Residency
2000 — Artist in Residence, Canberra School of Art
1999 — artsACT Development Fund Grant
1998 — Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Award
1997 — Studio One Residency Award
1996 — Telstra Travelling Scholarship and The Pat Corrigan Grant, NAVA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 — Sasha Grishin, 'The misty intimacy of Kirrily Hammond's Nordic noir landscapes'
2020 — 'Kirrily Hammond, A place in the collection', Artemis Newcastle Art Gallery Magazine, Vol 51, No. 1, Feb–June 2020, pp. 12–13
2013 — Dan Rule, exhibition review ('The Gloaming'), The Age, 10.8.2013
2013 — Dan Rule, exhibition review ('Nocturne'), The Age, 27.7.2013
2013 — Penny Webb, 'Darkness of night aflame with colour', The Age, 19.7.2013
2010 — Dan Rule, exhibition review ('Songs of Solitude'), The Age, 18.9.2010
2009 — Henry F. Skerritt, catalogue essay: 'swoon', Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne, 22 Sept 2009
2009 — Editorial, Belle Magazine, June/July issue, p. 60
2008 — Jane Devery, 'From this distance', Imprint, Vol. 43, No. 4, Summer 2008, p. 6
2008 — Sasha Grishin, 'Formidable artist shows strength', The Canberra Times, 12 November 2008, p. 8
2008 — 'Exhibition of the week', Australian Art Collector, 16 November 2008
2008 — Jane Devery, 'From this distance', catalogue essay, Switchback Gallery, Monash University
2008 — Sasha Grishin, Australian Art Collector, Issue 46, Oct–Dec 2008
2007 — 'Resonance', IMPRINT Magazine, Winter 2007, Vol. 42, No. 2, p. 16
2007 — IMPRINT Magazine, advertisement and editorial, Autumn 2007, Vol. 42
2007 — Hanna Hoyne and Anna Simic, 'A Cage Opera', catalogue essay, Canberra Museum and Gallery
2007 — Scott Chaseling, 'Australian Contemporary Collect 2007', catalogue essay, V&A London
2006 — Sasha Grishin, 'Art of Floating', Canberra Times, 13.08.06
2006 — Stephanie Scroope, 'Small scale but lots of thinking space', City News, The Canberra Review, 3.8.06
2006 — 'Reverie' (curator), exhibition catalogue essay, Switchback Gallery, Monash University Gippsland
2005 — 'Extra-Aesthetic: 25 Views of the Monash University Collection' (curator), exhibition catalogue essay, Monash University Museum of Art
2004 — '15 Minutes of Fame: 20 Years of Pop Prints' (curator), exhibition catalogue and essay, National Gallery of Victoria, International
2003 — 'REUNION: the art of 16 graduates', exhibition catalogue, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
2003 — Rex Butler, Karen Hall & Louise Tegart, catalogue essays, 'Depth of Field'
2001 — Sonia Barron, 'Silence reigns in show of still-lifes and tree-scapes', Canberra Times, 21 September
2000 — Louise Tegart, profile, IMPRINT Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 2, p. 11
2000 — Louise Tegart, catalogue essay, 'Of Landscape & Memory'
2000 — Sasha Grishin, 'A Softer Touch for the Surreal', Canberra Times, 26 July
2000 — Kate Ford, review, The Canberra Review, City News, August
2000 — 'Scenery inspires artist's new work', The Standard (Warrnambool), 20.5.00
2000 — Ben Divall, 'Of Landscape & Memory', Art Monthly, August 2000
2000 — Profile, Art Almanac, June 2000, p. 98
2000 — Sonia Barron, 'Drawing in a Crowd', Canberra Times, 21.2.00
1999 — Canberra Arts Anthology, National Library of Australia, p. 2
1999 — Kate Murphy, 'Emergencies', Muse Magazine, August, p. 6
1999 — Sasha Grishin, 'The Understory' review, Canberra Times, 2.07.99
1999 — Cassie Proudfoot, 'A Self-Referential Journey', Canberra Times, 3.6.99
1997 — 'Spring/Summer Collection', graduating exhibition catalogue, CSA, ANU
1996 — Kerry-Anne Cousins, 'Young Artists in Canberra', Muse Magazine, March, p. 7
COLLECTIONS
Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
Eltham College of Education, VIC
Eriksholm Research Centre, Denmark
Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Latrobe Regional Gallery, VIC
Moreland City Council Collection, VIC
Newcastle Art Gallery, Australia
The Street Theatre, ACT, Australia
Wollongong University Collection
