:Education-
2016 - 2019 | Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
2014 | Bachelor of Creative Arts, First Class Honours, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
2011- 2013 | Bachelor ofCreative Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
:Solo Exhibitions/Projects-
September 2025 | (forthcoming) MttCoG 2, solo participatory exhibition, CURRENT Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia.
February 2025 | (forthcoming) MttCoG 1, solo participatory exhibition, Plimsol Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
September 2023 | 48 Hours 24 Minutes & 15 Seconds, solo exhibition, Frankston Art Centre, Frankston, Victoria.
June 2020 | Recent Works, solo exhibition (online and physical by appointment), Onespace Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland.
July 2019 | Permanence, solo exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
May 2019 | Deathgate, solo exhibition, The Goods Shed, Toowoomba.
April 2019 | Permanence, solo exhibition, Rosalie Gallery, Goombungee, Queensland.
July 2018 | Ceremony, solo exhibition, Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery, Crows Nest, Queensland.
August 2017 | Remnants, solo exhibition, Alexandra Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba.
January 2015 | Remains, solo exhibition, Gallery 2, Artisan, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
November 2014 | Arbeit Macht Frei: Work Makes You Free, solo exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
September 2014 | One Drop of Blood, solo exhibition, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney.
October 2012 | 500, solo exhibition, Red Door Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
:Group Exhibitions-
August 2024 | Resident artist group exhibition, Schoolhouse Studios Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne, VIC.
July 2024 | Exploration 24, group exhibition, Flinders Lane Gallery, Naarm/Melbourne VIC.
March 2024 | Fill Your Eyes 2, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
February 2024 | A Common Sensorium, group exhibition, Schoolhouse Studios Gallery, Coburg VIC.
June 2023 | Warm Welcome, group exhibition, Schoolhouse Studios Gallery, Coburg VIC.
January 2023 | Small Works Art Prize 2023, group exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
July 2022 | Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, group exhibition, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD.
March 2022-2025 | (now touring) SIXTY, nationally touring group exhibition via the Journal of Australian Ceramics, The Australian Ceramics Association and the Australian Design Centre. Exhibitions so far:
Grafton Art Gallery, NSW: 22 November 2025 – 1 February 2026
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD: 16 August – 12 October 2025
Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW: 2 May – 20 July 2025
Canberra Potters, Watson Arts Centre, ACT: 20 March – 13 April 2025
Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW: 15 December 2024 – 7 February 2025
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW: 12 October – 1 December 2024
Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW: 9 August – 29 September 2024
Design Tasmania, TAS: 31 May – 22 July 2024
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, TAS: 15 March – 19 May 2024
Ararat Gallery TAMA, VIC: 2 December 2023 – 11 February 2024
Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC: 2 September -19 November 2023
Jam Factory, Adelaide SA: 5 May - 9 July 2023
Cowra Regional Gallery, NSW: 11 February – 19 March 2023
Cairns Art Gallery, QLD: 15 October – 11 December 2022
Araluen Arts Centre, NT: 24 June - 14 August 2022
Australian Design Centre, NSW: 31 March – 25 May 2022
March 2022 | March to Art: Voice, group exhibition, Australian National Veterans Arts Museum, Melbourne, VIC.
November 2021 | Sydney Contemporary (Explore platform), exhibiting artist via Onespace Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
November 2021 | National Emerging Art Prize, finalist group exhibition, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
August 2021 | Fragile States, group exhibition, Lasso Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD.
July 2021 | CoLab Arts in the Park, group exhibition, The Pavilion, Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne, VIC.
July 2021 | Pieces of Me, Pieces of You, group exhibition with permanent collection works, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD.
May 2021 | Fresh Meat, group exhibition, First Coat Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD.
December 2020 | DEPART, group exhibition curated by Taylor Hall, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
October 2020 | Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020, group exhibition (online) via Onespace Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
July 2020 | 2020 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards, finalist group exhibition, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Queensland.
March 2020 | Small Favours, group exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA.
November 2019 | Side Effect, group exhibition, One Space Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland.
November 2019 | Graduart 2019, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
August 2019 | A Fierce Hope, group exhibition, Adderton house and heart of mercy, Brisbane, Queensland.
May 2019 | There From Here, group exhibition, The Third Quarter, Brisbane, Queensland.
March 2019 | Pandemic, group exhibition, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
December 2018 | More More More, group exhibition, First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Queensland.
November 2018 | From War, group exhibition, Queens Terrace Gallery, Australian Parliament House, Canberra, ACT.
August 2018 | Art Haus IV, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
July 2018 | 19 Goggs, group exhibition, Alexandra Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba.
July 2018 | Curious Creatures, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
June 2018 | As Above, group exhibition, Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery, Crows Nest, Queensland.
April 2018 | The Shoe Box Show, group exhibition, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark.
April 2018 | A Tropical State, group exhibition, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns & First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Queensland.
April 2018 | Ceramics A229, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
April 2018 | Small Favours, group exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA.
March 2018 | Again and Again, group exhibition, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland.
February 2018 | Passing Through, group exhibition, Kafi Kiara, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
November 2017 | Art of Research Exhibition, group exhibition, Dipoli Gallery, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
October 2017 | BLOOD: Life Uncut, group exhibition, Science Gallery London, London, UK.
July 2017 | BLOOD, group exhibition, Science Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria.
June 2017 | Shiro Oni Studio Exhibition, residency group exhibition, Shiro Oni Studio Gallery, Onishi, Japan.
June 2017 | The Factory, group exhibition, The Old Herring Factory, Djúpavík, Iceland.
April 2017 | Here, There and Everywhere, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
March 2017 | A March to Art: Identity, group exhibition, Australian National Veterans Arts Museum, Melbourne, Victoria.
March 2017 | Beyond the Range, group exhibition, Gallery 61, Queensland Academy of Creative Industries, Brisbane, Queensland.
March 2017 | Disco Show, group exhibition, RAYGUN Contemporary Art Projects, Toowoomba.
February 2017 | Crates on Wheels, regional touring group exhibition, facilitated by Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, touring South East Queensland.
October 2016 | ALG Stable Artists' Gallery Launch, group exhibition, Alexandra Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba.
August 2016 | Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award Exhibition, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
August 2016 | Downlands College Art Exhibition 2016, group exhibition, Downlands College, Toowoomba.
August 2016 | Art Haus, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
June 2016 | Being Human, group exhibition, Beth Hulme Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.
June 2016 | Stanthorpe Art Festival Exhibition, group exhibition, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland.
May 2016 | 609, group exhibition, Window 107 Gallery. Copenhagen, Denmark.
February 2016 | Mother Tongue, Home is Where Your Friends Are, group pop-up exhibition, Långholmsgatan 12 Apt, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 2016 | Project Network group exhibition, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skaelskor, Denmark.
February 2016 | Right Here Right Now II, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
November 2015 | Of Place and Time, group exhibition, Listhús Gallery, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
June 2015 | A.I.R. Vallauris Resident Exhibition, group exhibition, Le Cabanon Gallery, Vallauris, France.
May 2015 | Take and Give, collaborative exhibition, La Fermeture Eclair, Caen, Lower Normandy, France.
April 2015 | Contemporary Clay, group exhibition, Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
March 2015 | Versus, group exhibition, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba.
February 2015 | Graduart 2014, group exhibition, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.
January 2015 | Tall Tales, group exhibition, Texas Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.
December 2014 | Christmas Calendar, group exhibition, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney.
November 2014 | Graduart 2014, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
October 2014 | Superfluity, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
August 2014 | Dimwits, group exhibition, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba.
June 2014 | Tall Tales and Other Adventures, group exhibition, Dogwood Crossing, Miles, Queensland.
May 2014 | Right Here Right Now, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
April 2014 | First / Last, group exhibition, TheGRID Hybrid Arts Collective, Toowoomba.
April 2014 | Fast Plant, group exhibition, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba.
March 2014 | Tall Tales and Other Adventures, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
December 2013 | Uncanny: Curators in Space, group exhibition, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane.
November 2013 | Graduart 2013, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
November 2013 | off theGRID, resident exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
October 2013 | Kured, group exhibition, No Comply Gallery, Toowoomba.
September 2013 | Work in Progress Exhibition, Off TheGRID, resident exhibition, TheGRID Hybrid Arts Collective, Toowoomba.
August 2013 | Down the Rabbit Hole, group exhibition, QCA Project Gallery & University of Southern Queensland, Brisbane & Toowoomba.
June 2013 | 2000 Years of Separation, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
April 2013 | Wasted Dream Vol.III, group exhibition, The Box, Brisbane.
August 2012 | USQ Guild Exhibition, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
February 2012 | Wasted Dream Vol.II, group exhibition, Between The Walls, Brisbane.
December 2011 | RAYGUN Interns, City.Space.Goat.Shell Exhibition, group exhibition, RAYGUN Contemporary Art Projects, Toowoomba.
October 2011 | Untitled, group exhibition, M.A.D.E. Creative Space, Toowoomba.
August 2011 | USQ Guild Exhibition, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
:Gallery Representation-
2022 - present | Independent.
2019 - 2022 | One Space Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland. http://onespacegallery.com.au/
2016 - 2019 | Alexandra Lawson Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland. http://www.alexandralawsongallery.com/
:Residencies-
December 2019 - February 2020 | Testing Grounds Creative Development Program, Testing Grounds, Southbank, Melbourne Australia.
May - June 2017 | International artist residency, Shiro Oni Studios, Onishi, Japan.
January – February 2016 | International artist residency, Project Network Symposium, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skælskør, Denmark.
November | December 2015 | International artist residency, Listhús Artspace, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
June – July 2015 | International artist residency, Ateliers Fourwinds Art Centre, Aureille, France.
May – June 2015 | International artist residency, A.I.R Vallauris, Vallauris, France.
March – April 2015 | Collaborative residency with French artist Lukas Richarz, La Grande Maison, Caen, Lower Normady, France.
August – November 2013 | Off theGRID, Collaborative residency with Tasmanian Artist Michael Schlitz, hosted by Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & TheGRID Hybrid Arts Collective, Toowoomba.
:Collections-
What’s Left (2020), permanent collection, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
Remains & Where They Burn Books (3 books), permanent collection, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skaelskor, Denmark.
Five Hundred (2016), on loan, Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM), Melbourne, Australia.
Where They Burn Books (16 books), permanent collection, acquired by Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
Where They Burn Books (4 books) & Human Condition Series 3: Shade, private collection, Rex Irwin, Director of Olsen Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
Where They Burn Books (4 books), private collection, Line Rebecca Rumhult, Danish designer, Skaelskor, Denmark.
Sacred Ground Part One (portion) & Sacred Ground Part Two (portion), permanent collection, A.I.R. Vallauris Collection, Vallauris, France.
Containment, permanent collection, acquired by Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba.
:Publications-
April 2023 | Recipe for Growth, Interview article between Sandy Pottinger and Dan Elborne, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 62 no 1.
April 2023 | Earth and Fire, Featured artist, Hardcover book published by Thames & Hudson, written by Tiffany Johnson and Kylie Johnson.
July 2019 | Deathgate, Feature article, the Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 58 no 2.
May 2019 | Deathgate by Dan Elborne, Feature article, interview and cover image, Memoria: Memory, History, Education, No.20, publication produced by the Auschwitz Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Poland.
January 2019 | Art After Loss: Aestheticized Memory, Auratic Capability and Affect Through Post-Holocaust Representation, paper and conference presentation proceedings from the Art of Research Conference 2017 at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, published in Synnyt / Origins Journal.
October 2018 | Friend of the Artist Vol.7, featured artist profile/portfolio, physical American publication.
November 2016 | The Death Gate and the Power of Human Touch, Q&A article, the Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 55 no 3.
July 2016 | Featured (front and back cover), the Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol 55 no 2.
December 2014 | Feature story/Artist profile, Highlife Downs Living Magazine.
March 2014 | Dan Elborne’s Brutal Beauty, by Dr David Akenson, Ceramics: Art and Perception, international journal.
December 2013 | Featured in a review of Down the Rabbit Hole Exhibition, Art Monthly Australia.
2013 - 2017 | Featured in various reviews and articles online from sites including: the National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA), Lateral Mag, Hypebeast, Highsnobiety, Trouble Mag, Empire Ave and Monster Children.
:Awards/Scholarships/Grants-
December 2021 | Awarded a Sustaining Creative Workers Grant, Regional Arts Victoria, Australia.
May 2020 | Awarded the National Assistance Program for the Arts, Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation, Australia.
May 2020 | Awarded the Artists’ Benevolent Fund, National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA), Australia.
May 2020 | Awarded the Copyright Agency’s Emergency Action Fund for Visual Arts projects, Copyright Agency, Australia.
October 2016 | Awarded the 2016 Sainsbury Sculpture Grant, the National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA), Australia.
October 2016 | Finalist and successful acquired artist for Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland.
June 2016 | Finalist for Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Queensland.
March 2014 | Finalist for NAB Private Wealth Emerging Artist Award, and participant in 20/20, Art Month Sydney, New South Wales.
January 2014 | Awarded the Bellmaine French Appreciation Travelling Scholarship, University of Southern Queensland.
August 2012 | Peoples Choice Award from the USQ Guild Exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
:Relevant Employment-
Jan 2021 – June 2023 | (Casual) Ceramics Tutor, Northcote Pottery Supplies (NPS), Melbourne, Victoria.
Jan 2020 – June 2023 | Lecturer (Visual Arts: by distance), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Nov 2018 – Dec 2019 |(Full-time) Lecturer (Visual Arts:Ceramics), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
Mar 2016 – Nov 2018 |(Full-time) Associate Technical Officer (Visual Arts), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
June 2013 – Jan 2015 | (Part-time) Supporting Technical Officer (Visual Arts), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland.
:Other-
August 2023 - now | Regular/ongoing ceramic workshop facilitator, Aboriginal Community Elder Services ACES, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
June 2023 | Artist talk/guest speaker, Sparrow Health art group, Naarm/Melbourne.
September 2022 - now | Member of the Editorial Advisory Group for The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Australian Ceramics Association.
Feb - March 2023 | Independent facilitator for 6-week ceramic hand-building course, Aboriginal Community Elder Services ACES, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
September 2020 | Art Forum Lecture (online), National Art School (NAS), Sydney, Australia.
February 2020 | Dan Elborne’s Deathgate, lunchtime lecture, Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney Australia.
January 2020 | Presenter, 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Sydney Jewish Museum, Sydney Australia.
November 2017 | Presenter, Art of Research Conference 2017, Otaniemi campus of Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland.
September 2017 | Ceramic workshop teacher (relating to One Drop of Blood), Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne.
June 2017 | Feature Artist via the In Conversation program of the National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA).
December 2015 | Ceramic workshop teacher, Ateliers Fourwinds Art Centre, Aureille, France.
September 2015 - October 2015 | Manager, Helen Eliott Gallery/Studio, Carmarthen, Western Wales, UK.
November 2014 | Public artist talk/presentation, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland.
September 2014 | Facilitated open floor discussion, One Drop of Blood, Metro Arts Friday Nights Program, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
December 2013 | Facilitator, St George Indigenous Creative Arts Project, St George State High School, St George, Queensland.
November 2012 - August 2013 | Founder/Director/Curator, Red Door Gallery USQ, Student run gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
July 2011 – July 2012 | Internship, RAYGUN Contemporary Art Projects, Toowoomba.
:Collaborations-
August 2014 | Collaboration with Kontraband Studios, limited edition release, Toowoomba.
January 2014 | Collaboration with THRILLS, limited edition release, Byron Bay, NSW.