Born 1965, Montreal, Canada; lives and works in Melbourne. Callum Morton held his first solo exhibition at Store 5, Melbourne, in 1989 and has exhibited extensively within Australia and internationally since that time. After studying architecture at RMIT University in 1985 he completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) at the Victorian College of the Arts, followed by a Master of Fine Art (Sculpture) in 1999. Significant solo exhibitions include Babylonia, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2005; Grotto, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, the Netherlands, 2009; Smokescreen, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, 2009; Ghost World, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2010; and the survey exhibition Callum Morton: In Memoriam, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2011. In 2007 Morton was one of three artists to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale. Significant group exhibitions include Everywhere: Busan Biennale 2006, Busan, Korea; The Dwelling, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2009; Before & After Science: 2010 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia; 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, 2010; and De-building, Christchurch Art Gallery, 2011.
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