Brigid Vidler was born in Sydney, Australia. She works in London and Sydney.
STATEMENT
Vidler's work explores how humans have collectively re-shaped the planet and ushered in a new geological age, the Anthropocene. She is interested in ideas of value and time, which is reflected through the choice of material and method. Her small scale wood carvings integrate everyday objects such as cans, old textiles and household plastics, to reflect upon how production, consumption and disposal of objects impacts the planet and its inhabitants.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
End of Year, Two by Two 2x2, London
Watson, Farley & Williams, Dickson Russell, London
SWELL Smalls Art Prize, Currumbin Beach
2023
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Symbiont, Works by Joel Ely and Brigid Vidler, London
Side Step, Set, London, Curated by Anna Lytridou
Finding Space, Open Ealing, London Curated by Mary Modha
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Willesden Gallery, London Curated by Nadia Nervo
Togetherness, Winter Exhibition, D31 Gallery, Doncaster
2022
SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach,
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Prize
2020
Brigid Vidler, Jeannie Avent Gallery, London, July (solo show)
Depictions of Living, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, January Curated by Roshi Khakban and Samuel Ivan Roberts
2019
Hello Koala (On Tour), Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2018
But I don't want Comfort, Airspace Projects, Sydney, Curated by Dara Wei
2016
Hidden, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Curated by Cassandra Hard Lawrie
Sculpture at Sawmillers, Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney Curated by Elsa Atkin
2014
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
Hello Koala, Port Macquarie
Tudors on Tour, Tower of London, London
Last One to Leave Turn Out the Lights, London, April Curated by Lisa Mattheis
2013
Artist Zoo, Open Ealing, London
Trucioli D'artista, Streets of Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Mail Art Creatives, Area Creative 47, Rivarolo Canavese, Italy
2012
Human Rights, Concorso D'arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, November, (Finalist, First prize and People's Choice Award)
Rasegna N.8 Savona, Italy
Eco Arts Awards, North Carolina
Fragilidades II, Valencia, Spain, Curate by Carmen Marcos
2011
Scottish Sculpture Workshop Group Show, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Curated by Emily Wyndham Gray
Fragilidades Humanas, Algemesi, Spain,
Piedra, Petra, Valencia, Spain
2010
Urban Arts Illustrated, Sydney, (First Prize in Charity Fundraiser)
2008
ImageNation, Shopfront Contemporary Artspace (solo show/installation)
RESIDENCIES
Loopart Residency, Deptford, London 2014
Artist Zoo Micro Residency, Open Ealing, London 2013
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, - Residency/training with Puppets in Prague, Czech Republic 2013
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Residency/Technical Placement 2011
ARTSLAB. Shopfront Contemporary ArtSpace, Sydney 2008
ImPACT, PACT Theatre, Sydney 2007
STATEMENT
Vidler's work explores how humans have collectively re-shaped the planet and ushered in a new geological age, the Anthropocene. She is interested in ideas of value and time, which is reflected through the choice of material and method. Her small scale wood carvings integrate everyday objects such as cans, old textiles and household plastics, to reflect upon how production, consumption and disposal of objects impacts the planet and its inhabitants.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
End of Year, Two by Two 2x2, London
Watson, Farley & Williams, Dickson Russell, London
SWELL Smalls Art Prize, Currumbin Beach
2023
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Symbiont, Works by Joel Ely and Brigid Vidler, London
Side Step, Set, London, Curated by Anna Lytridou
Finding Space, Open Ealing, London Curated by Mary Modha
Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Willesden Gallery, London Curated by Nadia Nervo
Togetherness, Winter Exhibition, D31 Gallery, Doncaster
2022
SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach,
Winner of the Neumann Family SWELL Sculpture Prize
2020
Brigid Vidler, Jeannie Avent Gallery, London, July (solo show)
Depictions of Living, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, January Curated by Roshi Khakban and Samuel Ivan Roberts
2019
Hello Koala (On Tour), Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2018
But I don't want Comfort, Airspace Projects, Sydney, Curated by Dara Wei
2016
Hidden, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Curated by Cassandra Hard Lawrie
Sculpture at Sawmillers, Sawmillers Reserve, Sydney Curated by Elsa Atkin
2014
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
Hello Koala, Port Macquarie
Tudors on Tour, Tower of London, London
Last One to Leave Turn Out the Lights, London, April Curated by Lisa Mattheis
2013
Artist Zoo, Open Ealing, London
Trucioli D'artista, Streets of Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Mail Art Creatives, Area Creative 47, Rivarolo Canavese, Italy
2012
Human Rights, Concorso D'arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, November, (Finalist, First prize and People's Choice Award)
Rasegna N.8 Savona, Italy
Eco Arts Awards, North Carolina
Fragilidades II, Valencia, Spain, Curate by Carmen Marcos
2011
Scottish Sculpture Workshop Group Show, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Curated by Emily Wyndham Gray
Fragilidades Humanas, Algemesi, Spain,
Piedra, Petra, Valencia, Spain
2010
Urban Arts Illustrated, Sydney, (First Prize in Charity Fundraiser)
2008
ImageNation, Shopfront Contemporary Artspace (solo show/installation)
RESIDENCIES
Loopart Residency, Deptford, London 2014
Artist Zoo Micro Residency, Open Ealing, London 2013
Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, - Residency/training with Puppets in Prague, Czech Republic 2013
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Residency/Technical Placement 2011
ARTSLAB. Shopfront Contemporary ArtSpace, Sydney 2008
ImPACT, PACT Theatre, Sydney 2007