Sarah Rudledge is a visual artist based in Narrm/Melbourne. In her practice she explores daily rituals, tactics and actions for artistically reimagining lived experience. Conceived and enacted in places where she lives and spends time, her practice is invariably informed by the cultural, geographical, and social conditions of particular locations. Using a variety of site-orientated and lens-based methods, she speculates upon ways that daily routines and events can be utilised as forms of restoration, resistance and care.
Education
2021 Master of Fine Arts, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
2015 Master of Contemporary Art, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
2013 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
2010 Studio Art Program (Sculpture), Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
2009 Studio Art Program (Drawing), Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
1998 Diploma of Arts (Graphic Design), Southbank Institute of TAFE, Queensland
Commissions and grants
2022 Reservoir Social Club, FUSE Festival, City of Darebin, Reservoir, Victoria
2021–22 Collage Your World, 6 week collage workshop series, Your Community Health, Preston, Victoria
2018–21 Rezza+Voir, Reservoir Laneways Public Art Commission for the City of Darebin, Reservoir, Victoria
2018 Run Kyneton, KCAT: Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial – Kyneton Motel and surrounds, Victoria
Residencies
2019 Matsushima Island Bunko Museum, artist in residence, November 2019, Matsushima Island, Japan
Symposiums
2020 Selected speaker, Art Anywhere? Project Anywhere online symposium, https://www.artanywhere.net
Exhibitions
2023 Garden of Watery Delights, as part of Recreation, Project8 Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2022 The Reading Service, performance, Low-Line event as part of MoreArt 2022, curated by LAST Collective, Coburg train station, Coburg, VIC
2022 Sowing 80 Seeds, online performance, as part of 21 (3X7=21) HOURS OF LINDA MARY MONTANO’S 80TH BIRTHDAYARAMA, presented by E.A.R.T.H. Lab SF,
Franklin Furnace Archive, Grace Exhibition Space, Interior Beauty Salon, Streamside 7, Three Phase Center, and Unison Arts
2020 Kicking the Bucket, BLINDSIDE, Melbourne, Victoria
2020 Remembering Matsushima Island, Master of Fine Arts Graduate exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, (UoM), Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
2019 Carrots, Bees, Kensington Contemporary, Kensington, Victoria
2019 Fixtures and fittings I do not want to part with, Circular, Blak Dot Gallery, Brunswick, Victoria
2019 Dad uses the iron, The Care Project Symposium, Parkville, Victoria
2018 No Sweat, The Band Presents; NoPlay – The Band Presents gallery, Docklands, Victoria
2018 Yeah, Yeah…Fuck, Yeah, Build/Rebuild, The Artist Guild, Docklands VIC
2018 Lampheads: Family Portrait – Living Room / Front Porch – Arcade, Footscray, Victoria
2017 Lampheads: Portrait Piece, Performance, Blender Studios, Docklands, Victoria
2017 Lampheads: Family Portrait, BlackCat Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria
2017 Soft Meat, Tender Edges, Compass Pizza, Brunswick, Victoria
2017 Jam Donuts, as part of Gimme Gimme More!, Cut Thumb Laundry Fundraiser, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 The Pile, KINGS Artist-Run, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 The Pile, Cut Thumb, BARI Festival, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Repeat 1, BLINDSIDE Festival – On the Verge, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 Thomastown, as part of Melbourne Central Art Loop, curated by MARS Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 VCA Art Masters Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
2015 Vantage Points, The Hub, Victorian College of the Arts
2015 Streamer Intervention, Darebin Active Spaces, Northcote
2014 Parking Lot, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts
2014 This Drawing Event, Glimpse Artist Run Space, Northcote, Victoria
2013 Ready, steady, stop!, Brunswick Arts Space, Brunswick, Victoria
2013 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts
Selected Participant
2020 VCA (Victorian College of the Arts) Access Mentorship Program, mentored by artist Selina Ou
2017 Gertrude Street Projection Festival Masterclass, participant, with artist Yandell Walton, Testing Grounds, Melbourne, VIC
2015 An Ecology of Objects and Actions: Part Two. With Jude Walton and Aleks Danko. Workshop and collective performances. Victorian College of the Arts.
2015 An Ecology of Objects and Actions: Part One. With Jude Walton and Aleks Danko. Workshop and collective performances. Victorian College of the Arts in
Partnership with Regional Arts Victoria and the Mildura Palimpsest Biennale.
2013 Mikala Dwyer Masterclass. Workshop and collective performance. Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne.
Selected Performer
2017 The Drill Hall Project, performer/project manager. Directed by Jude Walton, The Drill Hall, Melbourne, VIC
2017 Plane and Field, performer. Artist Beth Arnold, Testing Grounds, Melbourne, VIC
2016 Gesture (70º East) New Day Rising, performer. Artist Steven Rhall, Public Art Melbourne Biennial, Victoria Market, Melbourne
Awards and scholarships
2020 Peter Redlich Memorial Art Prize
2019 Faculty Graduate Research Grant, The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
2015 Fiona Myer Travelling Scholarship