ELULUGU
[LIFESTORY aka CV]

LACHLAN [C] BELL

b. 1998, lives & works in Ryde [Wallumetta], NSW Australia

EDUCATION

2011 - 2016 

NSW School Certificate, NSW, AU

2017 - 2022

B Design & B Media [PR & Advertising] with Distinction, UNSW Art & Design, NSW, AU

RESIDENCIES
& ROLES

2023

‘Back to Our Roots’ Estonian Youth Exchange, Pärnu, Kihnu, Tallinn, EE

2021-22

Kudos Gallery Committee, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington, AU

Estonian Society of Sydney Events Coordinator & Communications Officer, Surry Hills, AU

AiR Program: Kudos Studios, The Nest, Redfern, AU

2019

AiR: Fowlers Gap, Arc @ UNSW A&D, Broken Hill, AU

2017

‘Back to Our Roots’ Estonian Youth Exchange, Tallinn, EE

EXHIBITIONS

2024

2023

• HIDDEN at Rookwood Cemetery, Sinililled silmadele (Blue Flowers for Eyes), [21 Oct-20 Nov], Dharug Country, Rookwood NSW, group show
• HIDDEN Satellite Exhibition, Sinililled silmadele (Blue Flowers for Eyes), [14 Oct-4 Nov], McGlade Gallery, ACU, Strathfield NSW, group show
  

• AD Space, Kas tunned maad? (Do You Know This Land?), [11-21Jul], Gadigal Country, Paddington NSW, solo show
• Flow Studios, BONFIRE for Kudos Offsite, [19-24 Apr], Gadigal & Wangal Country, Camperdown NSW, curated by Levent Kaya
• UNSW Galleries, The Party Party, [2 Mar], Gadigal Country, Surry Hills NSW, curated by Kieran Butler
• No. 23, You, me & us, [12 Feb], Wangal Country, Erskineville NSW, curated by Toni Tait & Laura Abley

2022

• UNSW Galleries, A&D ANNUAL 2022, [7-18 Dec], Gadigal Country, Paddington NSW 
• Kudos Offsite, Kudos Emerging Awards, [24 Oct-3 Dec], Bidjigal and Gadigal, Country, Randwick NSW
• Estonian House, Unboxed/Lahtipakitud, [11-13 Nov], Gadigal Country, Surry Hills NSW, curated by Lachlan Bell 
• Goodspace Gallery, Kudos Allstars, [15 Jun], Gadigal Country, Chippendale NSW, curated by Audrey Pfister
• Kudos Gallery, tending to, [20 Apr], Gadigal Country, Paddington NSW, curated by Audrey Pfister & Clare Milledge
  
• XXVIII Estonian Festival, Touch of Eesti, [15-18 Apr], Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, Brunswick West VIC

2021

• Macquarie Group, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, [30 Nov – 17 Dec]
  
• Blacktown Arts, 2021 Blacktown City Art Prize, [27 Nov – 27 Jan], Dharug Country, Blacktown NSW
  
• Kudos Gallery, Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award, [10 Nov – 3 Dec], online
  
• Goodspace Gallery, Through the Cracks, Gadigal Country, Chippendale NSW, curated by Ruby PH

2020

• Join The Dots Studios, The Anti-Annual [9 – 19 Dec], Gadigal and Wangal Country, Marrickville NSW
  
• UNSW Galleries, Annual 20 [9 – 17 Dec], online
  
• Australian Photography Awards 2020 [16 – 23 Nov], online

2019

• Three Foot Square, Kindakirjad, [7 – 27 Nov], Gadigal Country, Paddington NSW, solo show
  
• Kudos Gallery, Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award [15 – 31 Aug], NSW

2018

• Sydney Estonian House, ‘Lõngad, mis meid seovad’ [27 – 31 Dec], Gadigal Country, Surry Hills NSW
  
• Sydney Estonian House, “Vöö” XXVII Eesti Päevad Sydney [13 Nov – 14 Dec], Gadigal Country, Surry Hills NSW

2017

• See Street Gallery, Sustainable Waste 2 Art Prize [7 – 20 Sep], Wallumedgeal Country, Meadowbank NSW

2012-2015

• Sydney Showground, Sydney Royal Arts & Crafts Show [26 Mar – 8 Apr], Dharug Country, Olympic Park NSW
• Sydney Showground, Sydney Royal Arts & Crafts Show [10 – 23 Apr], Dharug Country, Olympic Park NSW
• TAP Art Gallery, ‘Sool ja Pipar’ Arts & Crafts Exhibition [27 – 31 Dec], Gadigal Country, Surry Hills NSW

HONOURS
& AWARDS

• Beautiful Farewells Funeral Director Award: ‘Sinililled silmadele’, HIDDEN Rookwood

2022

• Second Place: ‘A&D ANNUAL 2022’, UNSW Annual Logo Competition
• Highly Commended: ‘Pulp to pulp’, Kudos Emerging Artist & Designer Award
• Shortlisted: ‘Hall of Ancients, Pentax K1000, ILFORD HP5 Plus 400’, Australian Analog Film Competition 2022 (Landscape/Nature)

2021

• Finalist - Acquired: ‘Memento Mori (Dalgety)’ & ‘Pushing Up Burr-daisies (Boloco)’, Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize
• Finalist: ‘Spun From the Sea’, 2021 Blacktown City Art Prize
  
• Finalist - Highly Commended: ‘Call & Response’, Kudos Emerging Artist + Designer Award

2020

• Shortlisted: ‘The Island of Women’, Australian Photography Awards 2020
  
• Winner: Estonian Cultural Foundation in Australia (ECFA) Logo Competition
  
• Winner: Sõrve – Estonian Children’s Summer Camp 60th Logo Competition
• Virmalised – Sydney Estonian Folk Dancers Logo & Rebrand

2019

• Estonian Archives in Australia visual identity rebrand
  
• Finalist: Kudos Emerging Artist + Design Awards 2019, Kudos Gallery, NSW
  

2018

• Winner: ‘Inglismaal 1949’, Craft Viewer’s Choice Award, XXVII Eesti Päevad, NSW

PUBLICATIONS
& MEDIA

• “AD School Matters: Episode 1 (with Lachlan Bell)”, Arc AD, November 2021, podcast
  
• “Bennelong Beats”, Framework: Depraved #31, August 2021
  
• “Online/Offline - Atoms to Bits to Atoms Again”, Framework: Disguise #23, August 2018, p. 50 – 52
  
• “Kummitusmaja (Haunted House)”, Framework: Endurance #24, October 2018, p. 19 – 20
  
• “Birds by Lachlan Bell”, Tharunka: Binary, August 2018, p. 28 – 29
  
• “Plyeshka Palatka”, At Home, Together, April 2021