Vanila Netto b. 1963

  • Artist (Video Artist),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Photographer)
Brazil-born photographer and installation artist Vanila Netto has been living and exhibiting in Australia since 1987. A four times finalist in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005), Netto won the Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize in 2006 and her work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Born in Salvador, Brazil in 1963, Vanila Netto arrived in Australia in 1987. She creates photographic scenarios inspired by architecture, design and science fiction. Her practice explores the depth of the relationship between pleasure and austerity in the context of today’s excessive consumption and waste production. Excess is envisioned as if in an evaporating state within the visual and economic culture.

In 2001, Vanila Netto completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney, following which she received the university’s Australian Postgraduate Award. She was represented in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship in three consecutive years (2001-03) and was included in the 2003 Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.

Vanila Netto was represented in 'Others’, curated by Judy Annear, Level 2 Contemporary Projects, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2002), and in ’2004: Australian Culture Now’, a collaborative project spearheaded by Charles Green at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne.

Netto’s work has been exhibited internationally in Spain, China and the United States. Her debut solo exhibition at Sherman Galleries in 2004 was followed by representation in the gallery’s group exhibition, 'MIX-ED: Diverse Practice and Geography’, curated by Simeon Kronenberg and held concurrently with the 2004 Biennale of Sydney.

In 2006 Netto won the Citigroup Australian Photographic Portrait Prize for her work The magnanimous beige wrap part 1 – (contraption).

In 2008 Netto held several solo exhibitions including 'Contagious’ at Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Photography, 'kissmisswillcall’ at BREENSPACE in Sydney and 'Communication by Contact’ at the Fremantle Art Centre in WA.

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Murray-Cree, Laura
Date written:
2006
Last updated:
2011

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Related stub person groups
  • Arc One Gallery, Melboure, Vic. (associate of)
  • BREENSPACE, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Skid-lite (creator of)
  • Look, No Hands (creator of)
  • Detergent Cells (creator of)
  • Rocking To The Left Avoiding The 4th Dimension- Anorexorcist (creator of)
  • The magnanimous beige wrap part 1 - (contraption) (creator of)
Related collections
  • Deloitte, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • UBS, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Gunnery Studios Residency Program, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts (received)
  • GAS Scheme Grant, The Students' Association, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (received)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (received)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
  • New Work Grant for Emerging Visual Artists, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Moya Dyring Studio - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris (received)
  • Faculty Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (received)
  • Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales (received)
  • GAS Scheme Grant, The Students' Association, College of Fine Arts (received)
  • The Kayell Photomedai Award, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (received)
  • Honours Year Scholarship, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (received)
  • The Hirof Digital Imaging Award, College of Fine Arts (received)
  • 2000 : The Apple Macintosh Digital Photomedia Art, College of Fine Arts, UNSW (received)
Related events
  • kissmisswillcall (exhibited at)
  • Communication by Contact (exhibited at)
  • Contagious (exhibited at)
  • Redlands Westpac Art Prize Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Perfect for every occasion: photography today (exhibited at)
  • Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Blossfeldt & The Isolated Object (exhibited at)
  • Assemblages (exhibited at)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (exhibited at)
  • Girl Band (exhibited at)
  • 2006 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: 21st Century Modern (exhibited at)
  • Tensile Struts (exhibited at)
  • City of Perth Photo Media Award (exhibited at)
  • CCB Auction 2005 (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Cushion - Do Not Crush Insulation (exhibited at)
  • Mix-Ed: Diverse Practice and Geography (exhibited at)
  • Descubrimientos - PhotoEspana 2003 (exhibited at)
  • The Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2003 (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship 2002 (exhibited at)
  • Others (exhibited at)
  • Context (exhibited at)
  • Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Award (exhibited at)
  • Snapshot (exhibited at)
  • Lumen (exhibited at)
  • Y2K - Embracing the Millenium Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • The Australian Centre for Photography's Members Only Show & Merit Awards (exhibited at)