Hilary Dodd is a multidisciplinary artist and designer with a background in education, having taught at primary, secondary and tertiary levels as well as in museum contexts. She is currently studying a Master of Communication Design at RMIT University whilst working as an educator at ACMI Museum. Hilary’s process is frequently driven by photography and responsive storytelling techniques, engaging with nuanced or intimate subject matters that despite their scale, often shed light on more complex themes. Through revealing materials, objects and places in unsuspecting variants, Hilary explores their ability to move us in ways that are difficult to immediately cognise. The gestural nature of her work allows for an interplay of weight, texture, transience, and memory.
Qualifications
current Master of Communication Design, RMIT University
2019 Master of Teaching (Secondary), The University of Melbourne
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art), The Victorian College of the Arts
Solo shows
2017 - Subcurrent, No Vacancy Gallery (Federation Square space), Melbourne
2017 Black, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2017 Severance, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (In Collaboration with Yumemi Hiraki)
2017 Anomalous, Tinning Street, Melbourne
2016 The Wind Has Shifted, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne (in collaboration with Yumemi Hiraki)
2016 Intrinsecus, Gogo series, Melbourne
Group shows
2017 In the creases of time, Red Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Hall & Wilcox Art Prize, Hall & Wilcox, Melbourne
2016 Visceralis, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2015 VCA Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2015 Tulalah 'The Flood', The Shadow Electric, Melbourne
2015 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
2015 Majlis Travelling Scholarship, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
2015 We're all gonna die, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Untitled, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Shift, VCA Student Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Proud, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Shortlistings
2016 Hall & Wilcox Art Prize
2015 Majlis Travelling Scholarship
Awards
2015 Sculpture Award, Proud exhibition
2015 gogo Art Series Award, VCA Graduate Exhibition
2015 Majlis Encouragement Award, VCA Graduate Exhibition
Press
In the Galleries: Five Shows to See - Broadsheet
Lawyers use art to inspire innovation - The Australian Financial Review
Emerging Writers Program - Sarah Biron, Seventh Gallery