Scot Cotterell was born in Victoria, Australia in 1979, and holds 1st class Honours and an MFA from the University of Tasmania School of Art. Scot is a nationally renowned inter-disciplinary artist known for his works concerned with the experience of mediated environments.
His work uses mixtures of sound, video, images and objects in gallery and live contexts to create experiences that reflect upon cultural phenomena. Scot has chaired Hobart's influential Artist-Run Space Inflight, sat on the boards of Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, The Plimsoll Gallery Committee, and the advisory panel for We Are Here International Artist-Run Initiative Symposium.
Scot has been state representative for the ElectroFringe festival and has written commissioned essays and reviews for Cyclic Defrost, Devonport Regional Gallery and Wyndham Regional Gallery. Scot has curated exhibitions and releases for CAST Gallery, Boiler Room: National Improvisation Laboratory and The Academy Gallery UTAS, and co-curated exhibitions at BUS Gallery, The Plimsoll Gallery and Inflight ARI. Scot was nominated for the Qantas Foundation Contemporary Arts Award and The Alice Springs Art Prize and awarded the Shotgun 2010 commission by Detached Cultural Foundation and CAST, a Sound Travellers national touring grant, and several state and national funding opportunities through the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Tasmania including projects in the Netherlands, Germany, Thailand and Spain.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - 13 New Collages, Penny Contemporary, Tasmania.
2018 - Paper Speakers, Bangkok Biennial, JAM Pavilion. Residency and Exhibition. Bangkok
2017 - Crisis Mapping, Penny Contemporary Gallery. Hobart, Tasmania.
2016 - Romantic Conceptualism, Wagga Art Gallery, NSW. Aus.
Shitstorm (counterfeit version), Speedy Grandma Gallery, Bangrak, Bangkok.
2015 - A gigantic etching of an eagle and a sparrow, Penny Contemporary Hobart Aus.
2014 - Romantic Conceptualism, Contemporary Art Tasmania. Aus.
Everything All at Once Now (and then some), Speedy Grandma, Bangkok.
2013 - Trademarks, Penny Contemporary Gallery. Tas.
Everything All at Once Now (and then some), Format Collective. S.A.
Flicker, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Mezzanine Gallery, Vic.
Standing Piece, Brunswick St Gallery Video Space, Melb.
2011- The Urge to Appropriate, MFA exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery Utas.
2010- Torrent, Bett Gallery/Raincheck, Hobart.
2009- Medium Frequency, DF Arte Contemporaneo, Galicia, Spain.
2008 - The Fall, Mona Foma Festival, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart.
Guitar Burn, Inflight Rooftop, Hobart.
2006 - Fleeting, Platform 2 ARI, Melbourne.
The Life Death Oppositional, Inflight ARI, Hobart.
2005 - Hoard:chronology, Entrepot Gallery, Tasmania.
Feedback, Fine Art Gallery, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Organ Donor, w Dj Tr!p - Commissioned Mona Foma installation. Hobart Town Hall.
2019 - GoodGrief, inaugural exhibition. Curator Jacob Leary.
2018 - Sixpointsixsixyears, MAC Moonah Arts Centre MOFO commission. Aus.
2016 - Brainstorm, for Darkmofo, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Tas. Aus.
Manpower International Arts Festival, Rua Poço dos Negros, Lisboa Portugal
Collaboration, Exhibition to celebrate 35 years of Fujian - Tasmania Sister State Australian Fujian Society. Fujian Museum, China.
Project for a new American century, FauxMo commission for MOFO16, Hobart.
2015 - Intersection, American Fabrics, Bridgeport Art Trail, Connecticut.
2014 - Devil's Encounter, Teufelsberg NSA Field Station. Germany
I married a dead icecream, LABoral cur. Julia Drouhin. Spain
2013 - Ghost Hunters, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania.
120 Seconds, Federation Square, Melbourne.
2012- Regret is for Chemists, Paradise Hills, Melbourne.
Nightmare Harvest Program, H, YSW Gallery, Hobart.
Foreplay, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania.
Taxonomy@ Establishment, CAST Gallery, Hobart.
37th Annual Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs.
Chance, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, curator Victor Medrano.
2011- The Rest Is Silence, Death Be Kind, Melbourne.
Best Show! Felt Space, Adelaide.
Pirate Radio (and other Hauntologies), Poimena Gallery, Launceston.
If I had more bullets I’d have taken Warhol with me, Rat Palace, Hobart.
Kill Conquer Kill, Milk of Magnesia, Melbourne.
Panoply, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston.
2010- I AM SATAN, HELL Gallery, Melbourne.
SHOTGUN, CAST Gallery suppt. by Detached Cultural Foundation.
Conceptual, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, CAST Gallery.
Prosopography, Academy Gallery, School of Arts, Launceston.
2009- O.N.O Project 2, Hobart CBD, Tasmania.
SRL (Stigma Research Laboratory), Moonah Arts Centre, Tasmania.
2008 - O.N.O (One Night Only), Tepid Baths, Hobart .
2007 - Your Call is Important to us...,Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart.
Board of Inflight, FirstDraft Gallery, Arts Alive Gallery, Inflight Gallery. (Touring exhibition)
2006 - ‘Text Me…’, Devonport Regional Gallery. Curator Dr. Ellie Ray.
Less Everything, More Something. Sabotage Gallery, Hobart, Curated by Hellavate for ArtMart.
My Reality, Federation Gallery, Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre, Melbourne.
Come With Me, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Curated by James Newitt.
Folie a Trois, Bus Gallery, Melbourne.
Next Wave Festival: 100 Points of Light, Melbourne.
ST5K Festival, Adelaide.
2005 - Resonator, Long Gallery, Hobart. Curated by Derek Hart.
Cinema Solubile, experimental film, Melkweg Theatre, Amsterdam
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
2018 - Sonic Excursion & Experimental Edge events, live at Bangkok Biennial 1.
2015 - No Input, Electrona 7054 Festival, Hobart. Tas. Aus.
2013- Klapperstein: Le Placard Headphone Festival. Aus/Fr/Ger. MONA
FORMAT ARI, No Input Solo.
MONA FOMA 2013. No Input Solo.
2012- Sound Klub V, Inflight ARI, Hobart.
MoMa Market, Solo sound performance.
2011 - CAST 18th Celebration, Live a/v commission.
MONA, Opening weekend, MONA Museum, Tasmania.
2010 - STL - Sound To Light, Peacock Theatre, Hobart.
2009- RUIDO 8, DF Arte Contemporaneo, Galicia, Spain.
BLACK SUNDAY, Presented by SoundKlub, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart.
ONO Project 2, Hobart CBD – support for Lightning Bolt Australian Tour.
TRIAD Australian Tour, Tas, Syd, Melb, Per, Bris.
Damo Suzuki Network, Brisbane Hotel .
2008 - The Wednesday Project, Guilford Lane Gallery, Melbourne.
2007 - Salon Bruit, Lichtblick-Kino, Kastanianalee, Berlin .
Odd Ozz cabaret, AUXXX Amsterdam, Overtoom301, Amsterdam.
DataHack, WORM/PZI mdma grad exhibition, Achterhaven, Rotterdam.
2005 - Elec~Sonic bbq, ElectroFringe Festival, Newcastle.
Liquid Architecture 6, opening night, North Melbourne Town Hall Artshouse.
Fringe Cabaret, Pacific Crystal Palace, Ten Days on the Island Festival.
2004 - ‘If you like improvised music…’, Knott Gallery. Surry Hills NSW.
CURATORIAL
2023 - Last Messages, Curated local, National, International for MonaFoma / CAT
2018 - 2020 Various exhibitions for Private Projects
2017 - Isabel Lewis, Occasions, Contemporary Art Tasmania for Darkmofo
Ogasawara/Stearly/Chevarie/Fersonov for Private projects. Tasmania
Kwanchai Sinpru for Private projects. Tasmania
Peerwayt Krasaesom for Private projects. Tasmania
2014 - Curated Ebay Pdf, for Wrong Digital Biennale, .net
2012 - ILK a Taxonomy Publishing project w/ Pip Stafford
2011-12 Antipodean Ruido, co-curated audio cd w/ Francisco Alvarez. Spain/Australia.
2010- Prosopography. Academy Gallery. UTAS. Launceston.
2009- Auto/Graphic, Inflight ARI, Hobart, co-curation and catalogue text.
2008- Encoding Experience, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania. Facilitator.
SITE, web gallery. Search Theory. Contemporary Art Services Tasmania.
2007- Sex and the City, BUS Gallery Melbourne. w/ Benjamin Kluss.
2005 - SURFACE, CAST Gallery, Hobart, screen based works and accompanying catalogue.
Boiler Room: national improvisation laboratory, IS Theatre Ltd. Backspace Theatre.
AWARDS / GRANTS
2018 Pavillion Artist in Residence, Inaugural Bangkok Biennial.
2018 Official Selection - Bangkok Underground Film Festival.
2017 Claudio Alcorso Foundation Residency Grant.
2013 Arts Tasmania Assistance to Individuals Grant.
2012 Gordon Darling Foundation Professional Development Grant.
2009-11 Australian Post-Graduate Award Scholarship recipient.
2010- Nominee – Qantas Foundation Contemporary Art Award.
2009- Australia Council for the Arts, Sound Travellers Grant.
Australia Council for the Arts, Presentation and Promotion Grant.
2008 - Jim Bacon Foundation Scholarship.
Arts Tasmania, Cultural Exchange Grant.
Arts Tasmania, ArtsBridge Grant.
2007 - Australia Council for the Arts, Skills and Arts Development Grant.
University of Tasmania, Dean's Roll of Excellence.
2006 - Arts Tasmania, ArtsBridge Grant.
EDUCATION
2009-11 MFA (Research), University of Tasmania.
2008 - Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, First Class. University of Tasmania
2007 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania; Centre for the Arts.
SCREENINGS
2015 - Cathode Ray Mission, JAM Gallery, Bangkok.
2013 - Gertrude Street Projection Festival Finale, Melb.
The Penguin Pool, Federation Square, ARUP.
10 Loops, Faux Mo Festival Club, mofo.net.au.
2011 - Industrial Revolution, A Brief Encounter mini-fest.Tas. Aus.
2010 - The Fall/The Hunt, public projection. Santiago De Compostela, Spain.
2007 - Footscray Audio Visual Social Club, selected works. Melb.
2006 - Parallax Error, 8mm transfer. Analog Digital Brawl. Tas. Aus.
PUBLISHED TEXTS
2019 - AICCM online, co-authored review of AGNSW
2019 - ARC Journal, Nam June Paik’s Lincoln : Conservation case study.
2016 - NAVA, National Association for Visual Arts, Artwires online Journal interview.
2013 - Fusion and Appropriation: Dynamism and Flux. Fusion Journal UK/AUS.
2012 - We Are Here: Artist-run Initiative Symposium Report. NAVA.
2011 - Information Architecture, Catalogue Essay. Whyndham Art Gallery.
2010 - One Night in Paris. Catalogue Essay. Devonport Regional Gallery.
PRESENTATIONS
2017 - UTAS TCotA - Art Forum Program - Guest Speaker
2015 - UQ Art Museum for MGQLD - Edge of Change: New approaches to Digital Engagement
2014 - UTAS TCotA - Art Forum Program - Guest Speaker
2014 - RADIO - INTERVIEW - Scot Cotterell on Plain Air EDGE Radio 99.3 Hobart
2014 - RADIO FEATURE - The Small Hours on Future Music FM.
2013 - University of Adelaide - Honours Program Guest Speaker
2012 - NAVA - We Are Here symposium - roundtable facilitator
BOARDS / COMMITTEES
2016—2019 Contemporary Art Tasmania Programming Committee .
2018 - CCAT, Chinese - Australia exchange - initiating chair of art subcommittee.
2012- Convergence Lab, University of Tasmania, participant.
2011- Advisory Committee, NAVA Artist Run Initiative advisory committee.
2010- Inflight Artist-run initiative, Chair.
2009- Inflight Artist-run initiative, Chair.
2005- 08 Inflight Artist-run initiative. Gallery Co-ordinator
2005- Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Committee Member
2005- Contemporary Arts Services Tasmania, Board Member
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Harper A, Romantic Conceptualism, Eyeline Magazine, Number 83. 2015. Strong E, We're all in this together. cat. 2014.
Langridge C Dr., Sheik yer Bouti. cat. 2014.
Medrano-Bonilla V, Precis Two: the Macaque Monkey and Romantic Conceptualism, 2014. cat.
Kathigitis O, Scot Cotterell and Designed Imperfections. Cat.
Medrano-Bonilla V, Information, Technology and the loss of meaning. Cat.
Schilling A, Everything All at Once Now (and then some), thethousands.com
Harper A, A guide to Tasmania's Art Scene, Babes at the Museum.com 2013.
Wasil A, Scot Cotterell, SODA Magazine, Hobart. 2012.
Machen M, Exploration of ghost broadcasts, The Examiner. Jun 25, 2011.
McCrindle A, Insight into the Work of Scot Cotterell, WARP Magazine. 2010.
Watkins P, A Matter of Life and Death, Photofile Magazine: the archive issue. Issue 78. 2006 Australian Centre for Photography.
Warren M., HOARD:chronology, Togatus Magazine.
Iten M. The curator with a pop aesthetic, The program.net.au.
Watkins P. 'Out There: Scot Cotterell', Australian Art Collector magazine
issue 34 oct-dec. Gadfly media.
Priest G. Liquid Architecture 6: celebrating sound', RealTime Magazine
no68 Sept 05. RealTime.
.Ratcliffe F. Surface. Un Magazine. Issue 4.p.53.
COLLECTIONS
Various Private Collections.
Laboratory Collection, Spokane Washington.