Lu Forsberg is an artist and researcher working with image and sound technologies to examine the social, cultural and political dimensions of colonial capitalist extraction.
luforsberg (at) gmail (dot) com
CV
Upcoming
2024-25 |
Vitocco Legacy Research Commission, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW |
Education
2021 |
Master of Fine Arts, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture. Sydney, NSW |
2016 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) (Honours), QUT. Brisbane. QLD |
2012 |
Diploma of Visual Art, South Bank Institute of Technology, Brisbane. QLD |
Solo Projects
2021 |
Buried Sunshine (Coal Imperialism), UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Sydney. NSW |
2018 |
Transparency and other worries, Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane. QLD |
2017 |
everyone needs a little time away, CLUTCH Collective, Brisbane. QLD |
2017 |
Sedimentary Surfaces, Riddoch Art Gallery, SA |
Selected Group Exhibitions and projects
2023 |
Logistics et cetera, UNSWADA Lecture Theatre, Sydney, NSW |
2023 |
Film Screening w/ Melody Paloma, Composite Moving Image, Melbourne, VIC |
2019 |
BLOOM, video program co-curated by Spence Messih & EO Gill, Sydney. NSW |
2019 |
Material Place: Reconsidering Australian Landscapes, UNSW Galleries, Sydney. NSW |
2018 |
NAVA Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship, UNSW Galleries, Sydney. NSW |
2018 |
Nature Strip, The Soylent Spot, Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
TRANSBOUNDARIES, QUT Art Museum. Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
Queer Pride Symposium, September 2018, Institute of Modern Art. Brisbane. QLD (with Callum McGrath) |
2018 |
First Thursdays: Serious Queer Business, Institute of Modern Art. Brisbane. QLD, (with Callum McGrath) |
2017 |
Donnas on the Run: Exhuming the Australian Badlands, Metro Arts, Brisbane. QLD, (with Sally Molloy) |
2016 |
Obnoxious Ladies in the Australian Landscape, Canberra Contemporary Art Space. ACT |
2016 |
SOLID GOLD, CORFLUTE ARI, Brisbane. QLD (with Sally Molloy) |
2016 |
Spring Break, Frank Moran Memorial Hall. QUT. Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
R U srs? Parer Place Urban Screens. QUT, QLD |
Awards / Prizes / Scholarships / Grants
2019 |
University Postgraduate Award, UNSW Art, Design & Architecture, Sydney. NSW |
2018 |
The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship, NAVA. Research trip, Sweden. |
2018 |
Arts Queensland QASP funding for Transparency and other worries, IMA, Brisbane, QLD |
2017 |
Recipient of the Jeremy Hynes Award, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. QLD |
2017 |
Whyalla Art Prize (shortlist), Middleback Arts Centre, Whyalla, SA |
2013 |
QUT Vice-Chancellors Scholarship. |
Professional Practice
2019 |
Panellist alongside Rachel O’Reilly, Joe Collins (University of Sydney) and Livia Rezende (UNSW ADA). Symposium: From Site to Place, UNSW Galleries, Sydney. NSW |
2018 |
Producer, Liquid Architecture, A Plant is a Community. Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
Producer, Liquid Architecture, Nature's Right. Spring Hill Reservoir. Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
Producer, Liquid Architecture, Mangrove, Casuarina, Cotton Tree, Palm. HOTA. Gold Coast. QLD |
2018 |
Panellist alongside Angela Tiatia and Tess Maunder for Tuvalu, 2016, Kuiper Projects, Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
Panellist, Bridging Archives and creative practice: four responses, with Ryan Presley, Sam Cranstoun and Elysha Rei, moderated by Tess Maunder, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD |
2018 |
Production Assitant, Netherworlds, Spring Hill Reservoir, McCarthy Swann Projects. Brisbane. QLD |
2018 |
NAVA in partnership with Cut Thumb ARI, New Space: a mentorship program for emerging ARI’s, Brisbane. QLD |
2017 |
Program Co-ordinator, THE WEIGHT OF LIGHT, Spring Hill Reservoirs, Brisbane, QLD Curated by Mcarthy Swann Projects. QLD |
2017 |
Co-Director, Cut Thumb Laundry, 2017 Metro Arts ARI-In-Residence. Metro Arts, Brisbane. |
2016 |
Public Programme Co-ordinator, Frontier Imaginaries, IMA, QUT Art Museum. Curated by Vivian Ziherl. |
2016 |
Administration and gallery assistant, IMA, Brisbane. QLD |
2016 |
Co-Director, Cut Thumb Artist-run initiative. Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
Co-Director, Cut Thumb Artist-run initiative. Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
Technical support, AAANZ conference, QAGOMA, Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
Administration and gallery assistant, IMA, Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
Social Media Intern, The Walls Art Space, Miami, Gold Coast. QLD |
2014 |
Administration and gallery assistant, IMA, Brisbane. QLD |
Writing Practice
2017 |
Art + Australia, A+A online review: Meth(odology) Lab: making TIME, Camila Marambio and Amaara Raheem, Goldin+Senneby's Standard Length of a Miracle (The Bootleg), IMA, Brisbane. |
2017 |
Un Magazine, un extended: reviews (online). Review: Material Politics, IMA, Brisbane. |
2016 |
Un Magazine Vol. 10. Review: Leen Rieth's Body Information Workshops, Boxcopy. |
Residencies
2022 |
Parramatta Artists' Studios Open Digital Residency, Sydney. NSW |
2017 |
12 month Artist-Run Initiative In Residence, Metro Arts, Brisbane. |
Curatorial Practice
2017 |
Cut Thumb Laundry 2017 program, Metro Arts, Brisbane. QLD |
2016 |
HOMEGROUND, Cut Thumb ARI w/ Box Copy Contemporary art space, Brisbane. QLD |
2016 |
Cut Thumb Program, co-curated w/ Callum McGrath. Cut Thumb ARI, Brisbane. QLD |
2015 |
Cut Thumb Program, co-curated w/ Callum McGrath. Cut Thumb ARI, Brisbane. QLD |
2014 |
OCCUPIED, Metro Arts. Brisbane. QLD |
Text / Publications
2018 |
Anna Dunhill, Lu Forsberg: Transparency and other worries, Art Guide Australia |
2018 |
Felicity Scarce, Art + Australia, A+A online review: Transparency and other worries |
2017 |
John Neylon, The Adelaide Review, Skin Deep, Sedimentary Surfaces Review. |
2017 |
Linda Marie Walker, Earth In Us, Sedimentary Surfaces, Exhibition Catalogue. |
2016 |
Sabrina Baker, Obnoxious Ladies in the Australian Landscape, Exhibition Catalogue. |
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