"I always wanted to snatch at the world with twenty hands..." - Kafka
Exhibitions
2023 Where I Stand. Installation, CLIMARTE Gallery Richmond, Victoria
2022 Co-habit, Video, Official selection for 2nd Ecoperformance Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2022 Burrinja Climate Change Biennale finalist, Burrinja Gallery, Upwey, Victoria
2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize 2021 Exhibition finalist,Ballarat International Foto Biennale
2021 Head On, SCOURGE video installation, 107 Projects, Redfern
2021 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed Regional Gallery, NSW
2021 Solo Exhibition, Suburban Vintage, Darebin Arts Centre, Preston, Vic
2020 Wardrobe part of Poetics of Home program, for City of Melbourne COVID-19 Arts Grants.
2019 SCOURGE twin screen video installation Arts Mildura Gallery, Mildura, Vic
2019 Featured artist PLATEAU - Head On Festival Hub, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
2019 'House-Body' MAP - “Hearth”, Projection work in collaboration with Gretel Taylor. Moreland, Siteworks, Brunswick
2018 Force of Nature - 3 works, including semi-permanent large foyer installation, Yarra Ranges Museum, Victoria
2017 Head On Finalist, Head On Photographic Portrait Prize, Museum of Sydney, NSW
2016 Solo Exhibition. Zona Norte - Head On featured artist, Juniper Hall, Sydney, NSW
2016 Head On Finalist, Head On Photographic Mobile Prize, Museum of Sydney, NSW
2015 Moran Contemporary Photography Prize finalist, Juniper Hall Gallery, Sydney (touring)
2015 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2015 Head On Finalist (First prize), Head On Photographic Mobile Prize, Depot Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2014 Head On Finalist (Third prize), Head On Photographic Mobile Prize, Depot Galleries, Sydney, NSW
2013 The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award finalist Gold Coast Art Centre
2013 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2013 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize finalist, Juniper Hall Gallery, Sydney (touring)
2012 Iris Portrait Prize finalist Perth Centre of Photography
2011 City of Yarra Art and Heritage Collection Acquisition. Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne
2011 City of Yarra OUT THERE Billboard Art Program. Corner of Smith & Otter Streets Collingwood, Melbourne
2011 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2009 CCP Documentary Photography Award finalist, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2009 Iris Portrait Prize finalist Perth Centre of Photography
2009 Art Sydney - Brunswick St. Gallery stand.
2009 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2009 PCP Contemporary Landscapes in Photography Award finalist Perth Centre of Photography
2009 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize finalist, State Library NSW (touring)
2009 Photography 07, Brunswick St. Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2008 Solo exhibition, Melbourne Jazz in Photographs - Northcote Town Hall – Darebin Music Feast
2008 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2008 PCP Contemporary Landscapes in Photography Award finalist Perth Centre of Photography
2008 Saville Australia Urban Energy Award finalist – Perth Centre of Photography
2008 Represented in CCP Print Drawer - Centre of Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2007 Leica/CCP Documentary Award finalist (Commended), Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2007 The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (Commended), Gold Coast Art Centre
2007 Head on – Photography Portrait Prize finalist Australian Centre of Photography, Paddington, Sydney
2007 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize finalist, State Library NSW (touring)
2007 Leica Gallery Melbourne Photography Award finalist, Leica Gallery Melbourne
2007 Linden Postcard Show (sold out), Linden - Centre for Contemporary Arts, St Kilda, Melbourne
2006 Solo exhibition, Beijing Bicycle Seventh Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2006 Kodak Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2005 The Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
2005 Plastic Photo Show, Red Gallery, North Fitzroy, Melbourne
2004 Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize for Portraiture finalist, Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
2004 Project Wall, In-Transit, Australian Centre of Photography, Paddington, Sydney
2003 Solo exhibition, EMPTY, Centre of Contemporary Photography, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2003 Plastic Photo Show, Obscurity Pictures Gallery Space, Northcote, Melbourne
Awards
First Prize 2015 Head On
Third Prize 2014 Head On
Canon EOS 1wall Winner 2011
Centre of Contemporary Photography Documentary Award Special Commendation 2007
Winner of Centre of Contemporary Photography Nikon Imagebank Award 2006
Media/Publications
Trouble, Issue 166, April/May 2019. Trouble Gets Personal with Vince Jones, Photos by Laki Sideris
Etchings, Volume 11, January 2013, Photo Essay by Laki Sideris
Human Rights Defender, Volume 18, Issue 3, December 2009
Extempore, Issue 3; November 2009. Photo Essay by Laki Sideris
The Age, 21/7/2006. Pedalling contradictions - Review of Beijing Bicycle by David Hansen. Sightlines Critical Guide.
Neos Kosmos – English edition, 13/7/2006. Every picture tells a story - NKEE asked six leading
Australian Greek photographers to show us they're favourite photos.
SBS Radio, February 2004. Interview on SBS radio about EMPTY exhibition at the CCP.
Cantrills Filmnotes Nos, 69 70, 1993. Precarious Moments: The films of Laki Sideris.
3RN Radio, July 1993. Interview on film retrospective.