Caspar Fairhall

Biography

Caspar’s work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, KPMG and BankWest. He has also completed several public art commissions, including works for the City of Perth, the District Court of Western Australia and the Al Bustan Complex, Abu Dhabi. In 2012, Caspar completed his Master of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales; he also won the Cossack Art Award that year and took part in a residency in the Pilbara region in 2013. Both the Pilbara experience and his Masters research are central to Caspar’s recent work.

Solo Exhibitions

2016
Below is above

artCollectiveWA

2015
Accretion room

Interactive video installation, Moana Project Space

2012
Folded cosmos

COFASpace, UNSW, Sydney

2008
Simultaneous, Sequential

Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth

2004
Transmission

Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth

2001
New work

Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth

1998
Projector

Gomboc Gallery, Perth

1996
First solo exhibition

Gomboc Gallery, Perth

Awards

2013
Cossack Art Award: Invited Artist Category

Cossack Art Award: Invited Artist Category

2012
City of Bayswater Art Award

City of Bayswater Art Award

2012
Cossack Art Award: Overall Best Artwork

Cossack Art Award: Overall Best Artwork

Collections

Art Gallery of Western Australia

Artbank

The University of Western Australia

Edith Cowan University

KPMG

BankWest

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA

National Gallery of Australia

Commissions

2011 - 2011
Darling Range Sports College

2011 - 2013
Folded cosmos, Al Bustan Complex, Abu Dhabi

2007 - 2007
Perth District Court lift lobby

Galleries

artCollectiveWA

Residencies

2013
Cossack Art Award residency

Cossack Art Award residency

Artist Statement

Caspar Fairhall works across various media, from painting to video and interactive art. His work is largely concerned with the relationship between the ways in which we represent space and time in images and the ways in which we think about space and time more generally.