Amalia lives and works on the stolen lands of the the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation and pays her respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.
Represented by Haydens, Melbourne
(e) info@haydens.gallery
(e) info@amalialindo.com
︎ @amalialindo
Represented by Haydens, Melbourne
(e) info@haydens.gallery
(e) info@amalialindo.com
︎ @amalialindo
Amalia Lindo (b. 1990, United States) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Naarm/Melbourne.
She immigrated to Australia from Harare, Zimbabwe in 2005, and is of Panamanian-American descent. In 2016, she completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) at Monash Art, Design and Architecture. Incorporating human and algorithmic decision-making into filmmaking, her work examines the effects of automated technologies, such as artificial intelligence, on human labour, behaviour and decision-making.
EDUCATION
2016 Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours), Monash University
2015 Bachelor of Fine Art, Monash University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Creseurs, Haydens, Melbourne (forthcoming)
2023 Before Now, Composite: Moving Image Agency & Media Bank, Melbourne
2022 Two Marionettes Collide, Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth
2020 First Ten, curated by Tommaso Nevergna-Reed, Rushes, Melbourne
2019 Computer shoulders, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2018 The matter admits of no explanation, Cathedral Cabinet, Melbourne
2017 Concrete Air, Blindside, presented on the Federation Square Big Screen, curated by Tamsin Green
2017 Elasticity, c3 Contemporary, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Characters, curated by Hayden Stuart, Haydens, Melbourne (forthcoming)
2024 TBA, curated by Abigail Moncrieff, National Centre for Photography, Ballarat (forthcoming)
2023 This Might Just Pass The Time, curated by Annabel Brown, Blindside, Melbourne
2023 Spring 1883 Art Fair, with Haydens, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
2023 Melbourne Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2022 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne
2022 rushes, curated by Tommaso Nervegna-Reed Haydens, Melbourne
2022 Represented Artists, Haydens, Melbourne
2021 Spring 1883 Art Fair, with Haydens, The Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
2021 Cooking with John, curated by Amalia Lindo + Jacqueline Stojanović, Haydens, Melbourne
2021 The Image Looks Back, RMIT Gallery and PHOTO2021, Melbourne
2019 Hobiennale, in collaboration with Trent Crawford, Black Temple Gallery, Hobart
2018 Unrepresented Artists, curated by Hayden Stuart, Haydens, Melbourne
2018 Future State, in collaboration with Samantha Barrow, c3 Contemporary, Melbourne
2017 Receptacle, in collaboration with Maddy Anderson and Max Boland, Junior Space, Melbourne
2017 Contents, curated by Michelle James, Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne
2016 Window Xii, Platform/The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne
PRIZES | AWARDS | RESIDENCIES
2024 La Wayaka Current Residency, Atacama, Chile (forthcoming)
2022 Winner, Digital Art Prize, Goolugatup Heathcote, Perth
2022 Finalist, Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Constant Ecology Residency, CAVES/Westspace/Kings/Blindside, Melbourne
2019 Research Travel Grant, Monash University, Melbourne
2018 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, Monash University, Melbourne
2016 Lowensteins Arts Management Award, Monash University, Melbourne
2016 C3 Award and Mentorship, Monash University, Melbourne
SPEAKER EVENTS
2023 Panelist Speaker, BIFB x Artlink x AI Panel, Ballrat International Foto Biennale, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
2023 Panelist Speaker, Automation and the Arts, ADMS+S Automated News and Media Symposium, University of Sydney, Sydney
2023 Artforum Lecture, Monash University, Melbourne
2023 Artist Talk, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
2021 Artist Talk, Art Club: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne
2021 Panelist Speaker, Photo ideas: Simulation, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
COLLECTIONS | ACQUISITIONS
National Gallery of Victoria
Artbank Collection
Private Collections in Australia and New Zealand
INTERNSHIPS | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Teaching Associate, Monash University (ongoing)
Studio Assistant for Mikala Dwyer (ongoing)
Studio Assistant for the John Nixon Estate, Melbourne (ongoing)
Research Associate, Reflecting Society Research Enterprise, Melbourne
Gallery Assistant, Haydens, Melbourne
Studio Assistant for John Nixon, Melbourne