Conor O'Brien is an artist photographer based in Victoria, Australia
Upcoming Exhibitions:
The Lost Light, Hillvale Gallery, Melbourne, 2025
Commissions:
Powerhouse Museum Commission, Parramatta, 2023
Campbelltown Arts Centre Commission, Sydney, 2011
Solo Exhibitions:
People & Place, Collaborative Exhibition, Block Projects, Melbourne, 2013
It Never Came, Block Projects, Melbourne, 2012
Photographs 2003-2011, Survey Exhibition, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 2011/12
The Last White Cloud, Block Projects, Melbourne, 2011
The Passed Note, Block Projects, Melbourne, 2011
The Passed Note, MC Gallery, Sydney, 2010
There Stands The Glass, Black&Blue Gallery, Sydney, 2008
There Stands The Glass, Centre for Contemporary Photography, 2008
Hold On To Each Other, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 2007
Westside, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne , 2007
Westside, Johnston Gallery, Perth, 2007
Westside, MC Gallery, Sydney, 2006
Where the heart is, Athouse Gallery, Perth, 2004
Where the heart is, Union Gallery, Vancouver, 2003
Selected Group Exhibitions:
New Passports, New Photography, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2014/15
Group Show, NKN Gallery, Melbourne, 2015
FIN, Utopian Slumps, Melbourne, 2014
PICA Salon, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 2012
David Band Fundraiser, Deustcher and Hackett, Melbourne, 2012
New Work Old Tricks, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, 2011
Disorder Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney, 2010
Hijacked, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, 2010
Points of View, Curated By Olivia Radonich, Tolarno Galleries, Mellbourne, 2010
Going From Now-here, Philadelphia Photo Arts Centre, Philadelphia, 2009/10
William and Winifred Bowness Prize, Finalist, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, 2009
Year Is Over, Black&Blue Gallery, Sydney, 2008
Silver Artrage 25yrs, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 2008
Neverness - Part 1, Black&Blue Gallery, Sydney, 2008
Neverness - Part 1, Curtin House, Melbourne, 2008
Various Photographs, New York Photography Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2008
National Photographic Portrait Prize, Finalist, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2007
Do You Remember What It Was?, Utopian Slumps Gallery, Melbourne, 2007
Post Wood, MC Gallery, Sydney, 2007
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Award, Finalist, Gold Coast Art Gallery, 2007
Palm Court Fundraiser, Perth, 2007
Obscura, TCB, Melbourne , 2007
Xmas is Completely Cool, Someday Gallery, Melbourne, 2006
Friends Long Absent Are Coming Back To You, Viewing Space, 2006
The Packet Agency, Storage Gallery, Vancouver, 2006
Mixtape, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2005/06
Someday Xmas Show, Someday Gallery, Melbourne, 2005
City of Perth Photomedia, Award, Finalist, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, 2004
The Ceiling Is Getting In The Way Of The Sky, Arthouse Perth, 2004
Artist Publications:
Photographs 2003/2011, Block Projects, 2011
The Passed Note, Rainoff Books, 2010
Box Set, Serps Press, 2009
There Stands The Glass, Serps Press, 2008
Hold On To Each Other, Serps Press, 2008
Westside, Serps Press, 2006
Oh No, I Think I’m Falling, Self Published, 2005
Where The Heart Is, Self Published, 2002/3
Other Publications:
The Blackmail No.2, 2013
Disorder Disorder Catalogue, Izrock Pressings, 2010
Hijacked 2, Germany & Australia, 2010
Various Photographs, Catalogue, TV Books, 2008
Mixtape Catalogue, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2005/06
City of Perth Photomedia Award Catalogue, PICA, 2004
Press:
Try Harder Online Magazine , June 2014
Art Monthly Australia, Review by Pedro De Almeida , July 2012
Broadsheet Sydney, Survey Exhibition article by Tristan Ceddia, November 2011
Broadsheet Melbourne, The Last White Cloud, Review by Dan Rule, March, 2011
Doingbird Magazine, Issue 15, The Passed Note, Review by Amelia Stein, 2011
The Passed Note, Interview by Sinisa Mackovic, theblackmali.com.au, 2010
The Passed Note, Review by Max Olijnyk, threethousand.com.au, 2010
Artist Profile Magazine, Issue 11, Points of View by Owen Craven, 2010
Up trees and not up trees, Catalogue essay by Robert Cook, 2008
There Stands The Glass at Black&Blue, nzartmonthly.co.nz, by Chris Jones, 2008
There Stands The Glass at CCP, thevine.com.au, by Cassandra Scott, 2008
WON Magazine, Vol 1, Issue 3, 2008
The Age, M Review by Penny Modra, May 2008
Un Magazine, Westside at Utopian Slumps Review, Vol 2.1, 2008
WON Magazine, Vol 1, Issue 1, 2007
Lowdown Magazine, Book Review, Dec/Jan 2007
Art Almanac, Profile, May 2007
Nothingmag.com.au, Interview, 2007
Russh Magazine, March Issue, Article by Pilar Arevalo, 2007
West Australian Newspaper, Mixtape Review by Ric Spencer, 2006
Photofile Magazine issue 76, 2005
Australian Art Collector, Undiscovered by Robert Cook, Issue 32, 2005
Photofile, Issue 74, Book Review by Robert Cook, 2005
Un Magazine 3, Exhibition Review by Bec Dean, 2004
Book Events:
The Passed Note, at NewYork Art Book Fair NY, 2010
PiY Exhibition, Maison D’art Bernard Anthonioz in Nogent-Sur-Marne, France, 2010
Box Set, Launch at Thousands Shop, Melbourne, 2010
Box Set, NewYork Art Book Fair NY, 2009
Contemporary Independent Publishing, at New Museum, NY, 2009
Collections:
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Australian Centre for Photography
Private Collections in Australia, New Zealand and USA