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Sam Forsyth-Gray is a Melbourne based artist whose work explores ideas of nostalgia, memory, and the tangibility of the photographic medium. Interested in the merging of fine art and documentary visual languages – often using archival images alongside his own images – the process is fluid and experimental. With a special interest in the application of found images within contemporary art practice, his work seeks to create new ways of both seeing and understanding these objects through his own photographic responses.
Sam Forsyth-Gray is a Melbourne based artist whose work explores ideas of nostalgia, memory, and the tangibility of the photographic medium. Interested in the merging of fine art and documentary visual languages – often using archival images alongside his own images – the process is fluid and experimental. With a special interest in the application of found images within contemporary art practice, his work seeks to create new ways of both seeing and understanding these objects through his own photographic responses.
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Solo Exhibitions
2019 - New Archivalia, Le Space Gallery, Melbourne
2019 - New Archivalia (video), MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2018 - On the Sea Stands a Rock, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
Group Exhibitions
2023 - Speculative Horizons, Contemporary Art Platform, Kuwait
2021 - New Photographers, SEVENTH Gallery, Melbourne
2018 - Exposure Student Showcase, Melbourne
2017 - CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2017 - This Must be the Place (PSC Grad Show), No Vacancy, Melbourne
2017 - De | Pict, The Age Building, Melbourne
2017 - Zines of the World, Doomed Gallery, London
2017 - Holy Moly, Fifty-Five Gallery, Melbourne
2016 - CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2016 - PSC Photobook Show, Magic Johnston, Melbourne
2016 - Independent Photography Festival Photo Prize, The Good Copy, Melbourne
2016 - Selections, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2016 - Photomediations Exhibition, Europeana Space Conference, Berlin
Awards
2017 - Finalist, Australian Photobook of the Year*
2017 - Best Self Published Photobook*, CCP Salon
2017 - Highly Commended, Exposure Student Showcase Award (Geelong)
2017 - Finalist, Exposure Student Showcase Award (Melbourne)
2016 - Photomediations Judges Commendation
Publications
2019 - Sighting Report
2019 - Storage
2017 - *On the Sea Stands a Rock
2017 - The Fun of a Gun (zine)
2016 - Weapons of Seduction
2016 - Novelty Phones (zine)
Education
2019 - Master of Photography, Photography Studies College Melbourne
2017 - Bachelor of Photography, Photography Studies College Melbourne
2016 - Photography Workshop, Obscura Festival, Malaysia
Volunteering
2019 - Asia Pacific Photobook Archive, Melbourne Australia
2018 - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2017 - Photography Studies College, PSC Pals Program
2017 - Asia Pacific Photobook Archive, Melbourne Australia
2016 - Obscura Festival, Penang Malaysia
Curatorial
2018 - Tsuka Exhibition, CCP Melbourne, Project Manager/Assistant Curator
British Journal of Photography
Paper Journal