Art CV
SAFARI LEE
Lives Sydney, NSW, Australia
EDUCATION
2016-2019 Bachelor Visual Arts (First Class Honours), University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts NSW
2008-2010 Certificate III (Apprenticeship) in Jewellery Manufacture, NSW TAFE, Enmore Design Centre NSW
PRIZES & AWARDS
2019 Zelda Stedman Young Student Scholarship
2018 The Jerome De Costa Memorial Bachelor of Visual Arts Degree Show Bursary
2017 Zelda Stedman Young Artist Scholarship
2016 Jerome de Costa & Dorothy Downes Memorial Scholarship
2016 People's Choice Award (4D) for Passing Through. Verge Awards, Verge Gallery, Darlington NSW
RESIDENCIES
2009-2010 Glebe Artist Studios, Glebe NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 An Unhealthy Dose of Self-loathing, Dedspace Gallery, Lilyfield NSW
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 BVA Hons Degree Show, Sydney College of The Arts, Rozelle NSW
2018 BVA Degree Show, Sydney College of The Arts, Rozelle NSW
2017 SYNCX v.0.001 107 Projects, Redfern NSW
2017 Art Acts MCA ArtBar, Curated by Julie Rrap, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney NSW
2017-2018 Eden Unearthed, Eden Gardens, Macquarie Park NSW (Finalist. Awarded Stipend)
2016 Art of Protest, Factory 49, Marrickville NSW
2016 Save SCA, Verge Gallery, Darlington NSW
2016 Verge Festival, Verge Gallery, Darlington NSW (Finalist in 2D and 4D categories)
2014 Soulstice Fashion Show, The Rocks, NSW
2012 SkateArt, Polymorph Gallery, Enmore NSW
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
2020 Play Time, London X4 - Seasonal Short Film Festival (Autumn 2020), Special Mention
2019 Play Time, Nachtschatten BDSM/Fetisch Film Festival, Munich Germany, Official Selection
2017 Play Time, Barcelona Erotic and Bizarre Art Film Festival, Alicante Spain, Official Selection
2015 Home Kinks, Perv International Short Film Festival, Marrickville Australia, Official Selection
COMMISSIONS and COLLECTIONS
2014 Soulstice Fashion Show, The Rocks, NSW - Jewellery and Object Catwalk Collection
2013 Lemmy Kilmister (Motorhead) - Trinity Skull Ring
Private Collections Australia, UK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Higgins, Jo. "Crunching The Numbers: The Countess". Art Collector Magazine, no. 83 (2018)
2017 Kirton, Meredith. "Onwards & Upwards by Safari Lee". Eden Unearthed Blog
https://edengardensblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/onwards-and-upwards-by-safari-lee
2014 Subversive Femme. "Diamond Rings". Subversive Femme Blog. http://www.subversivefemme.com/2014_05_01_archive.html
2012 Bound Magazine "Rock'n'Roll Jewellery". Bound Magazine,Page 22-23
2009 Benton, Penelope. "Sindy Ray", Slit Magazine: Milk edition, Page 8-9
2008 9to5 Magazine. Cover and 'Festival Fashion'. Sydney 9to5 Magazine. 15 June, Page 1, 2-7
PUBLICATIONS
2006 Lee, Safari. "Tattoo". Slit Magazine. Page 12-13
2002 Lee, Safari. BOX – babes on x-terms, Sydney, NSW. self-published
PANEL APPEARANCES/ ARTIST TALKS/PERFORMANCES
2019 Panelist, Head On Photo Festival 2019 Conversations The Naked Truth: Exploring Sexual Identity from Behind the Lens
2019 Solo CoUNTess performance, Borrowed Scenery exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW
2017 Artist Talk, Horticultural Media Association launch of National Garden Week, Sydney NSW
2017 Artist Talk, Eden Unearthed, Eden Gardens, NSW
2016 The Sex Worker's Revolt, 'Barbara', ABC Radio National Earshot, Prod: Eurydice Aroney. ABC.
2015 Panelist, Chez Chez La Femme's Porn and Feminism, The Golden Age Cinema, NSW
2008 The Eternity Man, 'Tattooed Lil', Dir: Julien Temple. imdb.