SOLO EXHIBITIONS + PERFORMANCES
2024
un/spoken, M16 Artspace, ACT
2023
Day Dreamer/Night Thinker, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
2019
Score No. 0019, Sydney Non Objective, NSW
920.01.SHA, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, ACT
2018
Action Printing, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2016
Score No. 0013, M16 Artspace, ACT
Prelude, Chutespace, ACT
EP, Smith’s Alternative, ACT
Score No. 0013, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS, COLLABORATIONS + PERFORMANCES
2024
Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW—opening + announcement 17 May
Disruption, King Mongkut Institute of Fine Arts, Bangkok, Thailand
Edition Five, curated by More Than Reproduction, Broadhurst Gallery, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
2023
Terra: (un)becoming, PhotoAccess, ACT
61st Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
For the Record, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Situated / text and textuality, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston, TAS
We Need to Talk, UC Faculty of Arts & Design, collaboration with artists Caren Florance + UK Frederick + Nicci Haynes + Byrd, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
Disruption: Discourse and Exchange, 16albermarle Project Space, Sydney, NSW
Show Offs, M16 Artspace, ACT
Poetry Paste Ups, Marcus Clarke Street, Poetic City Festival, ACT
Wish You Were Here: Megalo Artists in Residence 2013-2023, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
Re-dAct I, collaboration with author Jane Rawson, ACT Hub, ACT
2022
Guilty Pleasures, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Impressions 22, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
UN/KNOWN, collaboration with soundscape artist Fever Dream Archive, PhotoAccess, ACT
Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Women See Change: visual petition, Aquifer Art + Climate + Water, various locations, ACT
2021
Transformation, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
Date Night, The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Poetry Paste Ups, Braddon, Poetic City Festival, ACT
Haiku 4 You, Canberra CBD, Poetic City Festival, ACT
2020
Unsolicited Proposals Unit, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Screen On Fabric Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
Broken Hill Street Biennale, Broken Hill, NSW
Iso Topics: UC Faculty of Arts & Design, collaboration with artists Caren Florance + UK Frederick + Nicci Haynes, hosted online by Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
2019
EXTRA! EXTRA! a response to Making Art Public: 50 years of Kaldor Public Art Projects, collaboration with artists Caren Florance, Lucas Ihlein + The Rizzeria Print Collective, Art Gallery of NSW
Dark Mutter, collaboration with artist Nicci Haynes, dancer Debora di Centa + creative Sia Ahmad, You Are Here Festival, ACT
FORMFULL : FORMLESS, Project Space, ANU School of Art & Design, ACT
Tiny Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA + The Other Art Fair, London, England + SLOW Galerie, Paris, France
Elegy for Winter, M16 Artspace, ACT
Art. Letter. Home, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang + Suzhou Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
Rippled Reflection/Satellites, audio/printmaking collaboration with Fever Dream Archive, TAS/ACT
Bauhaus Ourhaus Festival, PhotoAccess, ACT
BLAZE XIII, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Here Now, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, ACT
HERstory, M16 Artspace, ACT
2018
Art. Letter. Home, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Chongqing, China
Collaborative Variations, collaboration with artist Simone Tippet, Gallery 1855, Adelaide, SA
Non Objective Writing, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, NT
CONTOUR 556, FLOOD performance, collaboration with author Jane Rawson, East Space, VIC/ACT
A Portrait of Mary Queen of Scots, collaboration with Revival House Project, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Postcard: A Lost Art, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
2017
Art. Letter. Home, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, ACT
Press vs. Screen, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
S P A C E _ E X H I B I T I O N: art inspired by Space Dungeon, EP by Monoceros, The Goulburn Club, NSW
Call that Printmaking?, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
Fake News, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Exquisite Corpse, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
The Garage Gallery: A Walking Exhibition, You Are Here Festival, ACT
Making Design Research, ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, ACT
2016
Untaming the Urban: a visual art response, part of Untaming the Urban: from post-anthropocentric design to urban ecologies symposium, ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, Sculpture Gallery, ANU School of Art, ACT
M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, ACT
Press vs. Screen, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
SOUNDCHECK with Random Choir + Random Poets opening night performances, collaboration with artist Nicci Haynes, ANCA Gallery, ACT—included in the Print Council of Australia’s Year of Print
Noisy Nights, Red Note + Griffyn Ensembles perform artworks, The Front Gallery + Cafe, ACT
Quick Draw fundraiser, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Project Project 2016, Peter Karmel Building, ANU School of Music, ACT
Speak Uneasy, collaboration with author Jane Rawson, Noted Festival, Smith’s Alternative, ACT
Artist Books, Chifley Library, ANU, ACT
2015
M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, M16 Artspace, ACT
Press vs Screen, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
Digital Feast, VJ collaboration with artist Caitlin Woodford, A. Baker, New Acton, ACT
Collected Resonance: Session 1, Experimental Music Studio, ANU School of Music, ACT
Artist Books, ANU School of Art Library, ACT
Project Project, Peter Karmel building, ANU School of Music, ACT
Underground Prints, part of the Eighth Australian Print Symposium, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
AWARDS, PRIZES + RESIDENCIES
2024
Finalist, Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW—opening + announcement 17 May
2023
Finalist, 61st Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
First prize, For the Record, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Recipient, inaugural Studio Residency Program, M16 Artspace, ACT
2022
Finalist, Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Artist in Residence, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
2021
Artist in Residence, The Unconformity, TAS
2018
Funding recipient, Capital Chemist Award, Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation, ACT
2017
Finalist, M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, ACT
Recipient, ANU School of Art & Design EASS Awards:
Ampersand Duck Broadside Residency
Canberra Contemporary Art Space Emerging Artists' Exhibition and Residency
Inaugural Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Exhibition Award
Megalo Print Studio Residency Award
First prize, Fake News, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2016
Winner, M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, Eckersley's materials prize, ACT
2015
Finalist, M16 Artspace Drawing Prize, ACT
COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Art Library
Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta
Megalo Print Studio + Gallery
National Art School
National Library of Australia
Quarantine Public Library
Spare Room 33 + other private collections
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS + INTERVIEWS
2024
“Arts Cafe: un/spoken”, interview by Neil Doody, ArtSound FM, 25 January, duration 00:05:08
2023
“Profiles: Saskia Haalebos”, More Than Reproduction, 20 September
Fairley, Gina, “Seven career lessons from intergenerational artists”, ArtsHub, 20 August
“Arts Cafe: Day Dreamer/Night Thinker”, interview by Neil Doody, ArtSound FM, 31 July, duration 00:05:34
Rawson, Jane, Opening speech for Day Dreamer/Night Thinker, transcript of speech delivered at Megalo Print Studio, 12 July
“Day Dreamer/Night Thinker: Saskia Haalebos”, Print Council of Australia, 8 July
Florance, Caren, “Catching something ‘before absence becomes absolute’”, Day Dreamer/Night Thinker exhibition essay, Megalo Print Studio, p2-8, 8 July
2022
Haalebos, Saskia, “Wayfinding in the west”, Western Echo, May 2022, p5
2021
Musa, Helen, "Arts in the City", CityNews, 17 August
Samaras, Denholm, “Two local artists chosen for Tasmanian residency”, Canberra Weekly, 12 August, p31
“What’s on in Canberra’s arts scene from August 14, 2021”, The Canberra Times, 11 August
Chaplin, Darren, “Artist Interview: Saskia Haalebos”, YouTube, 23 February, duration 00:19:05
Mandryk, Chloe, “The Unsolicited Proposals Unit – Exhibition Preview”, A Rich Life, 8 February
Haynes, Peter, “Review: The Unsolicited Proposals Unit at Canberra Contemporary Art Space”, The Canberra Times, 23 January
2020
Scicchitano, Eleanor, "The Unsolicited Proposals Unit", Issuu, 5 December, p20, 22-25
“Saskia Haalebos - Australia”, Screen on Fabric Online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio, 2020, p9
Williams, Jordan and Hayne, Katie, “GERMBUTTER”, Iso Topics, 2020, p16-18
Fairley, Gina, "8 curators pick artists to watch in 2020", ArtsHub, 22 January
Dunford, George, "Where do ideas come from?", Our new podcast: the ArtsHubbub. ArtsHub, duration 00:23:27, 13 January
2019
Shags and Florance, Caren, "Choosing how to feel", EXTRA! EXTRA!, Rizzeria Collective + AGNSW, 10 December
Kenna, Francis, “Porosity", Formfull Formless, Canberra, Australian National University, 2019, p6-10 + p21-22
Musa, Helen, "Putting theories into practice", CityNews, 25 June
“CAPO to celebrate emerging artists at ANU”, Canberra Weekly, 13 June, p47
Broker, David, "BLAZE THIRTEEN", Issuu, 15 March, p2-6, 8
Haynes, Peter, "Edgy work from emerging artists challenges views of the world", The Canberra Times, 1 March + in print
Wong, Mei Sheong, "Collaborative Variations", Print Council of Australia, 8 January
2018
Fernance, Darryl, "Exhibitions at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery", Goulburn Post, 3 September
Florance, Caren. "Out of the book: artists and bookplates", Imprint magazine, Melbourne, Print Council of Australia, 2018, vol 53 no. 1, p36-39
2017
"Aka Sharon Gallagher", Art. Letter. Home, Hangzhou, China Academy of Art, 2017, p82 -87
"Synaesthesia", Colour—see the world in a whole new light exhibition, Questacon: the National Science and Technology Centre, ACT
Prior
Malins, Jacqui. "Review: speak uneasy and flood", Lip Magazine, 13 April 2016
Volunteering with Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra Library Tribe, 25 September 2015
Shakalis, Chris, “Interview: 20 July 2013”, Head Full Of Flames: Punk In The Nation’s Capital 1977-1992. Canberra, self-published, 2013, p279-280. In conjunction with the exhibition at Canberra Museum and Gallery.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024
Organiser of the group exhibition, I already said that …, venue TBC
Digital Content Coordinator, Art Collections, Australian Parliament House
2023
Artist talk, Day Dreamer/Night Thinker, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, ACT
Panel speaker, Back and Forth: Intergenerational Conversation, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
2022
Artist, Art Steps, National Gallery of Australia, ACT
Artist, Make your own printed notebook, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Printmaking Lecturer (Sessional), National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2018-2024
Marketing Communications Coordinator, National Portrait Gallery of Australia, ACT
2018
Research Assistant (images), How Local Art Made Australia’s National Capital, Dr Anni Doyle Wawrzyńczak, ACT
Artist talk, Action Printing, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Gallery Manager, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Artist, Small Stories: low-fi bookmaking, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT
2017-18
Studio Assistant, Dr Raquel Ormella, ACT
2017
Volunteer, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, ACT
2015-16
Printmaking Assistant, School of Art High, Arts Up Front + SOAD College, Outreach Programs, ANU School of Art, ACT
Intern then Volunteer, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT
Prior
Studio Assistant, Aether & Hemera, Enlighten Festival, ACT
Curatorial + Events team, BucketJuice—the history of Canberra music - funded by an artsACT grant - at:
BucketJuice Festival, ANU Bar, ACT
Canberra Fringe Festival, Street Theatre (twice), ACT
Christmassacre, The Ground Floor, Belconnen, ACT
National Youth Week, Civic Youth Cafe, ACT
Artist + Musician, zine workshop + lyric-writing panel-speaker, This Is Not Art (TINA) Festival, Newcastle, NSW
Artist, comics workshop, National Young Writers’ Festival, Newcastle, NSW
Work experience + animated program ID, Recovery, ABC TV, Melbourne, VIC