Biography
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Biography
Born in remote Western Australia in 1979. Story has it that he was born on the back seat of a kangaroo infused XC Falcon on the way to the regional hospital from the Emu Proof Fence. Raised in Leonora and later Mukinbudin, Roderick spent his childhood exploring mineshafts, gold prospecting and operating heavy machinery. His art practice centres on the politics of masculinity in regional communities and takes many forms including video, installations, performances painting and drawings. He gained his Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) from Curtin University in 2006, which incorporated an exchange at the Ecole Nationale Superior d’Art in Dijon, France.
Sprigg has held solo exhibitions France, Indonesia and throughout Australia. He has participated in group exhibitions throughout Australia including the Museum of Contemporary Art- Sydney, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Fremantle Arts Centre, Kalgoorlie Arts Centre, Latrobe Regional Art Gallery.
Roderick currently lives and works in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Dancing To The Sound Of My Grandfather’s Bones, PSAS Fremantle, WA
2019 In Two Minds: New and Old Works. Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA
2011 Gold, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2008 Mechanical Nuisance, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
Occasional Table, (NextWave festival), Craft Victoria, Vic
2006 Nuisance Mechanic, Ceci n’est pas une usine, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Highlights – a curated selection of significant works from the City’s collection, Kalgoorlie Arts
Centre, WA
2019 Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge 2019, Nyisztor Studio, WA
2014 Worth its Weight in Gold, Moana, WA
Joondalup Invitational Art Award, WA
2013 Spaced: Art out of Place, Australian Touring Exhibition
Joondalup Invitational Art Award, WA
2012 Spaced: Art out of Place, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
2011 New Works: Film and Video by Emerging Artists, Trans Siberian Art Centre, Russia
2010 The Now Recent Past, Heathcote Gallery WA
2009 PRIMAVERA, Museum of Contemporary Art, NSW
Come On The Scene, NETS Victoria travelling exhibition, Vic
2008 Floor Work: Live Art at Moores, Moores Building, WA
2007 Mine Own Executioner, Mudaring Art Centre, WA
Residencies and Awards
2022 Jury Art Prize winner, Courthouse Gallery WA
2020 Minderoo Artist Fund Recipient.
2020 Regional Arts Resilience Grant
2018 Winner, Best Artwork by Non-Aboriginal, Headland Art Awards
2017 Kalgoorlie Art Prize – Winner Goldfields Artist
2017 Muswellbrook Art Prize Finalist, NSW
2013 Overall Runner-up, Joondalup Art Award
2011 Celebrating Joondalup Award, Joondalup Art Award
2010 Residency - IASKA & Institut Kesenian Jakarta, Indonesia
2008 Residency – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2007 Residency – ‘The Cannery’, Esperance, WA
NEXTWAVE Kickstart Project.
