Biography

Lily Hibberd’s practice encompasses both visual and text-based work. Her projects are diverse but are each prompted by a specific experience, story or phenomenon, which is used to delve into various collective, historical, philosophical and psychological aspects of the topic. Many of these deal with perceptions of memory, time and narrative, like, ice and the breakdown of time; fire and memory loss; and sunglasses and recollection. Hibberd uses combinations of lighting, painting, photography, performance and sound to dramatise these works, and various literary texts and scripts frequently accompany her installations.

Recent solo exhibitions include, Deadman Monologue at Canberra Contemporary Art Space (2009), First Love at GRANTPIRRIE gallery Sydney (2009), Endless Summer: sunglasses and the spectacle of vision at the Experimental Art Foundation (2008), Adelaide; Bordertown at Artspace, Sydney and at Conical Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne (2008); and Blinded by the Light at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2003). Notable group exhibitions include, The Leisure Class, Australian Cinématèque GoMA (2008); Arc Biennial, QUT Museum (2007), The last thing I remember… University Art Gallery, The University of Sydney (2007), Art+Film at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (2004), and Look See: five contemporary painters, Monash University Gallery, Clayton, Victoria (2001).

Hibberd was National Winner of the UBS Art Award in 2000, held at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and as founding editor and publisher of un Magazine she is actively involved in arts publication and writing. She has completed a Master of Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Art at Monash University. Hibberd currently lectures in the Fine Art Department at Monash University and will complete her PhD in 2009.