BIO INTRODUCTION
International environmental artist Sally Kidall creates vast site-responsive interventions, both virtual and physical, within challenging natural and urban locations and beyond the restraints of the gallery. Since gaining her Sculpture (Hons) Degree at Norwich School of Art, UK and later completing her Masters at Portsmouth University, UK, Kidall has worked consistently in developing her international art practice. She has exhibited throughout the UK and Australia, USA, Senegal, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, S.Korea, New Zealand, India, Andorra, Netherlands, Canada, and Finland.
Inspiring sites include exposed coastal cliff tops and beaches, fresh water and ancient dry lakes, abandoned quarries, caves and mines, decommissioned industrial sites and a road bridge, coastal salt marshes, arid landscapes, a medieval gatehouse and an old church. She endeavours, through her practice, to inspire and challenge a wider audience, evoking thoughts/questions and stimulating discussion. Based in Australia she travels widely to create her engaging site-responsive interventions: Dakar OFF 22, as part of the Dakar Biennale, Senegal; regularly exhibiting at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Australia; The Story of Space, Panjim, India, Global Nomadic Art Project Residency, France; International Contemporary Sculpture Festival, Ukraine a collaboration with Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
"Through site-responsive interventions, both virtual and physical, I seek to challenge the predictability of expectations and ‘cultural homogeneity’ by creating metaphorical spaces and environments that explore the anxieties and insecurities of the Anthropocene Era."
• SITE-SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATION COMMISSIONS _recent:
2023
OLD HARBOUR ART TRAIL 23, International Artist Symposium, Jakobstad, FINLAND 2023
CAFKA_CONTEMPORARY ART FORUM Kitchener & Area, CANADA (as part of ZAC-Zest Artists Collective) 2022
“Bunker Down: survival of the fittest” SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, 2022, TRANSFIELD INVITED AUSTRALIAN ARTIST AWARD2022
“An Intimate Dialogue” SNOWY VALLEYS SCULPTURE TRAIL_Shop Installation, Commissioned by Sculpture by the Sea, 2022 – 20232022
“Lest We Forget: precious vestige II” INTERNATIONAL FOREST ART, Darmstadt, GERMANY.2022
“Residenz Insecta” RESPIRART 2022, ITALY (as part of ZAC artist collective)2022
“Barrier” IN BETWEEN, SPAIN (as part of ZAC artist collective)2022
“Containment” OFF Darkart 2022, Dakar, SENEGAL (as part of ZAC-Zest Artists Collective)
Dakar Biennale 222022
“Running Dry” PALMER BIENNIAL, South Australia 20222021
“Unearthed Seed Bank” Eden Unearthed 2021, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park2020
“Urban Containment II” SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Cottesloe Perth, W.AUSTRALIA2019
“Urban Containment” SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_BONDI Sydney, AUSTRALIA2019
“Portable Containment: emergence” I-Park_Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale, Connecticut, USA2019
“Lest we forget: precious vestige” L’ANDART’19 International Biennial of Andorra, ANDORRA2019
“Portable Containment: displacement” GROUNDSPEAK-LANDART, Schokland Island, NETHERLANDS2019
“Portable Containment: where are we going continues…?” Commission for EDGE/Greenway Festival, Innerwest Council, Sydney, AUS, Winner of the IWC Environmental Art Award 2019 2018
“Confluence” display of a performance video in collaboration with Cherie Sampson (USA), GEUMGANG
NATURE ART BIENNALE 2018 _YATOO, City of Gongju, KOREA2018 BIENNALE OF AUSTRALIAN ART AUSTRALIA “Portable Containment: where are we going?”2018 EDEN UNEARTHED 2018 Sydney, AUSTRALIA “Portable Containment: urban sprawl”PALMER SCULPTURE BIENNALE Palmer, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2022, 2018, 2014 2017 MUSEUM OF GOA, INDIA “Portable Containment: no place like home”2017 THE STORY OF SPACE, Panjim. Goa, INDIA a collaborative project2017 EDEN UNEARTH 2017 Sydney, AUSTRALIA “Nomadic City: portable containment” INNERWEST COUNCIL Commission, Leichhardt AUSTRALIA2017 “Nomadic Winds: a journey’s rest II” Commission _Art on the Greenway2016 “In the Bag: when is enough enough?” Lilyfield Road Bridge Commission2015 “At the Table: time for action” Commission _Art on the GreenwayKATOOMBA CULTURAL CENTRE Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA2017 “Portable Containment: forgotten”2015 “There’s No Place Like Home: is enough enough?”SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD 2017 & 15 Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA2017 “Portable Containment: cradle to cradle”2015 “In the bag: is the grass greener?”2017 HILL END FESTIVAL 2017 National Parks, Hill End. AUSTRALIA “A Fortunate Life: when is enough enough?” Part I & IISCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi, AUSTRALIA2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2013,2012, 2010, 2008.2016 SCULPTURE AT BARANGAROO Sydney, AUSTRALIA “One Journey Ends: another begins…”2016 HARBOURVIEW SCULPTURE TRAIL Auckland NEW ZEALAND “In the Bag: is enough enough?”2015 STEP IN STONE_Quarry Sculpture Trails, ARTS COUNCIL UK Somerset UKWestdown Quarry:“Lest We Forget: is enough enough?”, Fairy Cave Quarry: “Terra Firma: there’s no place like home”UNI. WESTERN SYDNEY SCULPTURE AWARDS NSW, AUSTRALIA, 2014 & 2012 2013 N. SYDNEY SITE SPECIFIC ART AWARDS Sydney NSW “Nomadic City: Lest we forget I”ON THE SHORE Sculpture Prize_Thirroul Festival NSW AUSTRALIA, 2013,2012, 2011, 20102013 “Nomadic City: Lest we forget I” First Prize2012 “In the Bag: time will tell” First Prize2011 “Staying Afloat: is enough enough? First Prize & Peoples Choice2010 “At the Table: are we sitting comfortably” Environmental Prize2012 INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE FESTIVAL Kiev, UKRAINE, Partnership YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK UK “At the Table: are we Sitting Comfortably I”2012 WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY NSW AUSTRALIA “The Grass is Always Greener”2011 YERING STATION SCULPTURE AWARDS Victoria AUSTRALIA “In the Bag: are we sitting comfortably?”2010 WEEREEWA_Sculpture Prize Lake George NSW “Affluenza: are you sitting comfortably2009 5 LANDS EPHEMERAL ART WALK Avoca Beach NSW “Apple Web”2007 Art Vaults 2007_BARGATE MONUMENT GALLERY Southampton, UK “Cradle to Cradle III”(Chandelier)2007 STROUD HOUSE GALLERY Stroud, Gloucestershire UK “The Experiment II”2006 LOWOOD GALLERY_Landmarks III Armathwaite, Cumbria UK “Stepping Lightly”
• RESIDENCIES + EXHIBITIONS _recent2017 THE STORY OF SPACE, collaborative project Goa, INDIA2017 GLOBAL NOMADIC ARTS PROJECT FRANCE2017 HILL END ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM Hill End NSW2014 AININ Land Art Symposium & Residency Gran Canaria, SPAINSHORT LISTING2017,18 ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE_Land Art, ITALY _Finalist 1st Selection2017 CHENG LONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT TAIWAN_ Finalist2016,13 WOLLONGONG CITY GALLERY NSW Finalist _Artist In Residency2016 INTRA REGIONALE: Site-Specific Art Hanover GERMANY _Finalist2015,13 I-PARK ENVIRONMENTAL ART PROGRAM USA Finalist_2013 & 2015 Residency
