Scott Redford is a finalist in the University of Queensland National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize 2009. His work Cartoon Me is a characteristically large-scale, vivid confection of laser-cut vinyl and perspex.

The winner was announced on 27 November by the judge Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, the Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. The exhibition continues until 24 January 2010. For further information go to the University of Queensland Art Museum website.

Scott Redford
Cartoon Me 2009 (detail)
Laser-cut vinyl, computer print and stickers on Perspex
240 x 100 x 8 cm

Scott Redford’s video works Dead Board 1 to 4 and Dead Board 6 will be screened over the summer months at the National Gallery of Victoria International in Melbourne. They can be viewed on the first floor in the area opposite the cafe.

Video still
Scott Redford
Dead Board 3 2003
DVD
11:46 min
Camera & post-production by Ben Wickes

Scott Redford is included in the show Wax On - From Cronulla to Palm Beach and Beyond, at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in Sydney. His works, Surf Nauman: Surf/Riot In My Handwriting, 2007, an installation in neon tubing, and his DVD Screen Tests for Reinhardt Dammn (Coolum), 2009 will both be included in the show which is curated by Nell Schofield. The exhibition opens on 5 December and continues until 31 January 2010.

Scott Redford
Surf Nauman: Surf/Riot In My Handwriting, 2007
Neon Tubing with clear glass tubing suspension frame
115 x 30 x 8cm

James Newitt’s video work Saturday Nights has been included in the exhibition at the Campbelltown Arts Centre - What I Think About When I Think About Dancing. The exhibition features works by a number of artists including David Noonan, Mitch Cairns, Shaun Gladwell, Larissa Kosloff, Agatha Gothe-Snape, The Kingpins and Shigeyuki Kihara and ‘examines the shifting parameters and contemporary intersections of dance and visual arts’. The exhibition opens on Friday 27 November. A forum featuring artist talks will run on Saturday 28 November. The exhibition continues until 3 January 2010.

James Newitt
Still image from Saturday Nights 2007
HDV 20:12 mins, stereo sound