VILMA BADER
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Education

2010-2013
​Doctor of Philosophy, Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

2008-2009
Master of Visual Arts (by research), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

2007
Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

2004-2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Distinction), National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2025
Expanded Cinema, Performance, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney (1 March, 8 March)

Spreading the Love, Performance, Balmain Town Hall, Balmain (23 February)

Unfolding 250 metres of DSM IV, Performance, Balmain Town Hall, Balmain (22 January)

2024
Daylight Robbery + Community Chart, 4th Wall Gallery, Stanmore (2 December 2024 – 2 January 2025)

One Performance, One Discourse, Slot Window Gallery,
Alexandria, Sydney (5 May–8 June)

Tales from North and South, Vilnius Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania (30 January–2 March)

2023
The Sun Will Rise, 
Vilnius Academy of Arts ARTIFEX Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (29 August–15 September)

2022
Now and Then, SODAS 2123, Vilnius, Lithuania (25–29 November)

2020
Mapping Love, Preet Nagar, Punjab, India (1 – 2 February)

2019

Northern Tales, Kudos Gallery, Paddington, Sydney (6 - 23 February)

The Utopians, Public Sculpture Plinth Exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove, Library Square, Lane Cove, Sydney (29 April - 27 May)
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2018
Once upon a Time in Iceland, Listhus Artspace, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland (26 January - 4 February)

2017
Northern Encounters, AirSpace Projects, Marrickville, Sydney (7 - 22 April)

2016
Handmade in Finland, Arteles, Hämeenkyrö, Finland (29 August)

​2013
PhD Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Rozelle, Sydney (5 - 11 December)

2012

Bibliophilia, Bowen Library and Community Centre Plinth Exhibition, Randwick, Sydney (1 - 20 November)

2011
Where the Grass is Greener, SCA Graduate School Gallery (6 - 29 October)

Who’s Talking?, Artereal Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney (7 September - 1 October)

2009
What a Piece of Work, Peloton Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney (10 September - 3 October)

Masters Degree Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Rozelle, Sydney (10 – 16 December)

2008
Simulacra, Flinders Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney (6 - 27 August)
 
Stories and Games, Sydney Children's Hospital Art Space, Randwick, Sydney (11 June - 21 July)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025
EightZeroTwoZero, Galerie Abstract Project, Paris (27 February – 8 March)

​Feminist Show: The Boobs Are Dancing, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney (1 – 23 March)


2024
AT14: Articulate Turns Fourteen, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

Group Exhibition & Variations on the Grid, Eighty Twenty  Artist Agency Gallery, Leichhardt, Sydney

PROCESS(ED), Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney
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EARTH, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney
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2023
Something about the North, ​Nordingrå Konstby, Sweden

​AT13: Articulate Turns Thirteen, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney
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Rhizome: Ari to Ari, a project between Articulate project space, Boomalli, Our Neon Foe and Tiles, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

EARTH, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

International Women’s Day Art Prize Exhibition, Randwick Community Centre, Randwick, Sydney

2022
Meroogal Women's Art Prize Exhibition 2022, Nowra
(17 September 2022 - 22 April 2023)

BLOT, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

2021
Fracas5,  Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

International Women’s Day Art Prize 2021, Randwick Community Centre, Randwick, Sydney

2020​
AT10: Articulate Turns Ten, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney

Meroogal Women's Art Prize Exhibition 2020, Nowra

2019
AT9: Articulate Turns Nine, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney
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2018
AT8: Articulate Turns Eight, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney
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Waiting for the Sun, SiM Gallery, Reykyavik, Iceland

Passing Through - A Listhús Retrospective, Kaffi Klara, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland 

​2017
Mosman Art Prize Exhibition 2017. Mosman Art Gallery​, Mosman, Sydney

International Women’s Day Art Prize Exhibition 2017, Randwick Community Centre, Randwick, Sydney

Women Art Prize 
Exhibition 2017, The Bowen Library Gallery, Randwick, Sydney. (Selected works from the International Women’s Day Art Prize Exhibition 2017)

2016
Blake Prize Exhibition 2016, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula, Sydney

Chippendale New World Art Prize Exhibition 2016, The Old Rum Store​, Chippendale, Sydney

The Hidden Gesture, Articulate project space, Leichhardt, Sydney 


2015
Chippendale New World Art Prize Exhibition 2015, NG Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney

2013

Dystopia, (two artists exhibition) Sydney College of the Arts Research Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney

Willoughby Sculpture Prize Exhibition 2013, Art Space at The Concourse, Willoughby

Waverley Art Prize Exhibition 2013, Waverley and Woollahra Art School, Bondi, Sydney

Translations: A Sydney Sacramento Exchange, Verge Gallery Sydney, Verge Centre for the Arts, Sacramento
 
​International Women's Day Art Prize Exhibition 2013, Randwick Community Centre, Randwick

2012
Seven performances of Sněhurka (Snow White) at Letni Letna Theatre and Circus Festival, the Kutna Hora Summer Festival, and the Vysehratky Puppet Festival, The Czech Republic
 
Frans For Art Sale, SCA Gallery, Sydney
 
SCA Graduate School Conference PhD Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Sydney

The Re-Invention of Gravity: Responses to the University of Sydney Union Art Collection, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus
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The Social, Verge Gallery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus

Black & White & Colour, (FSG Show), Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney

2011
Blacktown City Art Exhibition, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, Sydney

Frans For Art Sale, SCA Gallery, Sydney

Open Call, Verge Gallery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus

Gallipoli Art Prize Exhibition, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Circular Quay, Sydney

Walk on the Wild Side (Art Month Program),Harrison Gallery, Paddington, Sydney

Composite, (FSG Group Show), Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney

2010
Frans For Art Sale, SCA Gallery, Sydney

Salon, Verge Gallery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus, Sydney
 
+/- (POSITIVE / NEGATIVE), Artereal Gallery, Rozelle, Sydney

Blacktown City Art Exhibition, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, Sydney

Waverley Art Prize Exhibition, Bondi, Sydney

2009
The One After 2009, Peloton Gallery, Chippendale, Sydney

Salon, Verge Gallery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus, Sydney
 
Bucket, Mop Projects, Chippendale, Sydney
 
Frans for Art Sake Exhibition, Addison Road Centre, Marrickville, Sydney

Blacktown City Art Exhibition, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown, Sydney

 An Artist at my Table 2009, Cell Block, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Waverley Art Prize Exhibition 2009, Bondi, Sydney

Gallipoli Art Prize Exhibition 2009, Gallipoli Memorial Club, Sydney

Sculpture 2009 – An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Australia, Harrison Gallery, Sydney

Drawcard 2009, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

2008
Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition 08, Artspace, Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Finalist

The Sulman Prize 2008, Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Domain, Sydney

Trees for Children 2008 – Public Street Art Display, Custom House, CBD Sydney

An Artist at my Table 2008, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Drawcard 08, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Christmas Fundraiser 08, Mop Projects, Chippendale, Sydney

2007
Degree Show (Honours), Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, Sydney

Smash Hits – Best or Worst Moment of 2007, Parramatta Artist Studio, Parramatta

Deck – Christmas Fundraiser 2007, Mop Projects, Chippendale, Sydney

2006
Degree Show (3rd Year), National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Staging the Self – Self Portrait Exhibition, Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Sydney

Best of 3rd Year Drawing Exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney

Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown, Sydney, Finalist

​National Art School Drawing Prize Exhibition, Xavier Art Space, St Vincent Hospital, Sydney, Winner
   







Awards, Prizes, Residencies, Festivals

2025
Kunstnarhuset Messen Artist-in-Residence, Ålvik, Norway August 2025

INEFFABLE - An Open Artists' Research Process, Balmain Town Hall, Sydney. Stage 1: 20-24 January, Stage 2: 17-22 February 2025. Supported by Inner West Council's Creative Town Halls program.
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2024
Blake Prize 2024 - Finalist

2023
Nordingrå Konstby Artist-in-Residence, Sweden
​July 2023
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2022
SODAS 2123 Artist-in-Residence, Vilnius, Lithuania
November 2022

Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2022 – Finalist

2020
Work Grant Award. Funded by University of Strathclyde, Scotland, The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC, UK), Creative Interruptions and Preet Lari magazine, Punjab, India

Preet Nagar 
Artist-in-Residence, Punjab, India
January 2020

Meroogal Women's Art Prize 2020 – Finalist

2019
Kriti Artist-in-Residence, Varanasi, India
October 2019

2018
SiM Artist-in-Residence, Reykyavik, Iceland
July 2018

Skammdegi Mid-Winter Festival, Ólafsfjörður, North Iceland
​27 January - 4 February 2018

2017–2018
Listhus Artist-in-Residence, Ólafsfjörður, North Iceland December 2017- February 2018

2017
Mosman Art Prize 2017 - Finalist

Women Art Prize 2017 - By selection

2016
Blake Prize 2016 - Finalist

Chippendale New World Art Prize 2016 - Finalist

Arteles Artist-in-Residence, Finland - August 2016

2015
Bundanon Artist-in-Residence - February/March 2015. November/December 2015

Chippendale New World Art Prize 2015 - Finalist

2013
Young Artists Initiative Award 2013

Willoughby Sculpture Prize 2013 - Finalist
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Critical Thinking - Research + Art + Culture, Sydney College of the Arts Graduate School Conference 2013, Presenter

New Work Grant 2012 - Australia Council for the Arts

Master Class with Prof Thierry de Duve, AAANZ - The Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (one of two participants selected representing Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney)

2012
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The Sydney University Post Graduate Research Support Scheme Grant 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

Critical Thinking - Research + Art + Culture, Sydney College of the Arts Graduate School Conference 2012, Presenter

2011
The Sydney University Inaugural SCA Graduate School Conference - Critical Thinking: Research + Art + Culture, 2011, Presenter

Herbert Johnson Travel Grant (GIA) 2011

Gallipoli Art Prize 2011 - Finalist

2010
The Australian Post Graduate Award Scholarship 2010 - 2012

2009
Gallipoli Art Prize 2009 - Finalist

2008

Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2008 - Finalist

Sulman Prize 2008 - Finalist

2006
St Vincent Hospital Prize for NAS Drawing Week 2006

Commissions and Collections

Sydney Grammar (commission of 12 paintings), National Art School Collection, St Vincent Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and private collections in Australia, Iceland, Germany, India, and the United Kingdom.

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