visual artist / storyteller / creative researcher

exhibition HIGHLIGHTS

Tune-in: Polyphony (Randell 2023)

2023 Artfully Queer exhibition: Salamanca Arts Centre (HBA) TasPride's annual Queer Art Exhibition.

Please click here for more info about 'Polyphony'

'Cropped still from Tune-in: Polyphony' (Randell, 2023)

Tune-in: Re-wombing+Plantcenta (Randell 2023)

2023 Kairos solo exhibition: The Barn at Rosny Farm (HBA)

A contemporary immersive, audio visual experience inspired by over a decade of art residences in natural places from around Australia and the Pacific. Check out the documentation photos and video on my blog.

'Tune-in: Re-wombing+Plantcenta' installation (Randell, 2023)

Tune-in: The Yearning (Randell, Pieri, VoiceLab 2023)

2023 The Yearning exhibition: Moonah Arts Centre (HBA)
A mesmeric, tuning experience of embodied transformation. This project is a collaboration between myself, Hugo Pieri, the Hobart VoiceLab: Queer+Allies and the Octopus Tree of kunanyi/Mt Wellington. Read more...

'Tune-in: The Yearning' installation (Randell, Pieri, VoiceLab 2023)

The Fen: Mama, Friggy, Pan 14 (Randell 2013-2014)
2023 Her Beauty and Her Terror exhibition: Redcliffe Art Gallery (QLD) and 2021 at Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (QLD) Click to see documentation of 2023 exhibition

Click to watch the 2021 exhibition artist talk

Photographer: Katie Bennett, courtesy Moreton Bay Regional Council

Tune-in: GASH (Randell 2023)

2023 My World: Voice & Visibility exhibition: QVMAG (TAS)

Featuring works by members of the Queer Artists Collective (QAC), this exhibition allowed me to show the 'truth' of this artwork which I was not 'able' to show when it initially toured Brisbane and Sydney in 2016. Please click for more info about 'GASH'

'Tune-in: GASH' (Randell 2023)

The Fen, Decomp and Bushcare (Randell 2013-2015)

2023 The Loop (HBA)

Step out of your busy life, 'Tune-in' to these alternate worlds and share a selfie of your trip - more info here

'Bushcare: Brookvale: Connected ' (Randell, 2015)

Crane Arts Residency, Philadelphia, USA Icebox 2012

2016 SSAAANZ conference presentation, Wellington.

2015 QRAA finalist exhibition, Cream of the Crop: 'BUNYA: Whip Roots'

2015 Paramor Art Prize finalist exhibition, Sydney: 'The Fen: Friggy'

2016 Art meets Science exhibition, Brisbane: 'GASH' and 'Bellmore Roots'

2013 'The' Fen exhibition video, Brisbane.

2016 crosseXions exhibition @ Cross Arts, Sydney opening. Artist Talk: Merri and Suhanya Raffel. Watch video: https://vimeo.com/177478202

2016 Busybrick exhibition, Brisbane: 'GASH' and 'The Fen: Friggy'

2016 crosseXions exhibition @ Alaska, Sydney: 'GASH'

2016 crosseXions exhibition @ Metro-Arts, Brisbane: 'GASH'

2016 [UN] natural Urges exhibition @ Brenda May, Sydney: All work to date except 'GASH'

2014 'The Fen' public art screening @ Parer Place, Brisbane

2015 Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist exhibition, Noosa: 'The Fen: Friggy'

2016 Logan Art Gallery: 'The Fen', 'Bunya' and 'Bushcare' artworks

2015 Logan BushCare Residency (RADF) QLD

AntiMation exhibition: Brisbane, Cairns and Sydney

2014 UQ Biological Science AIR: Bunya Residency, 2015 Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Gallery

2014 CCP Salon exhibtion, Melbourne: 'The Fen: Friggy' and 'The Fen: Furnace'

2014 Brisbane Experimental Art Festival: 'The Fen'

2014 Clayton Utz Art Award finalist exhibition, Brisbane: 'The Fen: Pan 14'. Noteworthy mention from judge Sebastian Di Mauro.

2014 AAANZ conference presentation, Tasmania

2014 Heysen Art Prize finalist exhibition, SA: 'The Fen: Pan 14'

Philadelphia Connection Exhibtion, Brisbane

2014 Noosa Art Award finalist exhibition: 'The Fen: Furnace'

ARTWORKS

'Touching the Mauri' (Randell 2018) is a multi-projection immersive AV installation created for the 'He kākano āhau' (I am a seed) group exhibition (2018) at the Logan Art Gallery. Artists included: Cheremene Castle, Tania Hapai Heta, Jackie Hawkins, Leona Morete, Mihimai Nikora, Onesian (Allen Vili), Merri Randell and Teraimana Tahiata. Click for exhibition catalogue.

The journey of 'Touching the Mauri' travels from Peru to Hawaii to New Zealand and back to Australia, blending magical landscape creation story myths from a childhood in a rural Anglo Māori Australian Mormon household to fold time on itself. Soundscape created by Whaia Whaea (whaiacreation.com) This artwork has also been shown at Sydney's Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) for the 'Plant + Human' exhibition (2019), in Brisbane as part of the Pacific Arts Association Symposium 'Coming Together Through Strength & Culture' (2019) and at the 2019 Moreton Bay Region Art Awards exhibition ( 2019). This project is supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund, a partnership between the Queensland Government and Logan City Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.

Bunya: Whip Roots (Randell 2015)
Outings:
2023 Kairos exhibition: The Barn at Rosny Farm (HBA), 2015 Queensland Regional Art Awards finalist and touring exhibition, 2016 [UN] natural urges exhibition: Brenda May Gallery (SYD), 2015 Arts meets Science exhibition (BNE)

The Fen: Friggy (Randell 2013)
Outings:

2023 Kairos exhibition: The Barn at Rosny Farm (HBA), 2023 Her Beauty and Her Terror exhibition: Redcliffe Art Gallery (QLD), 2021 Her Beauty and Her Terror exhibition: Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (QLD), 2016 [UN] natural urges exhibition: Brenda May Gallery (SYD), 2015 Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist exhibition (QLD), AntiMation touring exhibition (2014 BNE, 2015 CNS, 2016 SYD), 2015 Paramor Prize: Art+Innovation finalist exhibition, 2014 Brisbane Experimental Art Festival (BEAF), 2014 Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) Salon exhibition (MEL), 2014 Virion Festival: Parer Place (BNE)

The Fen: Furnace (Randell 2013)

Outings:

2023 The Loop (HBA), 2022 Glenorchy Open exhibition: Moonah Arts Centre (HBA), 2016 [UN] natural urges exhibition: Brenda May Gallery (SYD), 2014 Noosa Art Award finalist exhibition (QLD), 2014 BEAF (BNE), 2014 CCP Salon exhibition (MEL), 2014Virion Festival: Parer Place (BNE), 2012 Crane Arts Icebox (USA)

Bellmore: Roots (Randell 2015)
Outings:

2023 Kairos exhibition: The Barn at Rosny Farm (HBA), 2016 Queensland Regional Art Awards finalist and touring exhibition, 2016 [UN] natural urges exhibition: Brenda May Gallery (SYD), 2016 Arts meets Science exhibition (BNE), 2016 Uncanny Nature exhibition Logan Art Gallery, 2015 CCP Salon exhibition (MEL), 2015 Logan BushCare Residency exhibition (QLD)

The Fen: Pan 14 (Randell 2014)
Outings:

2023 The Loop (HBA), 2023 Her Beauty and Her Terror exhibition: Redcliffe Art Gallery (QLD), 2021 Her Beauty and Her Terror exhibition: Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (QLD), 2016 [UN] natural urges exhibition Brenda May Gallery (SYD), 2016 Uncanny Nature exhibition Logan Art Gallery, 2014 Hans Heysen Art Award finalist exhibition, 2014 Clayton Utz Art Award finalist (noted) exhibition, 2014 BEAF (BNE), 2014 Virion Festival: Parer Place (BNE), 2012 Crane Arts Icebox (USA)

crosseXions: Gash (Randell 2016)
Outings:

2023 QAC My World: Voice and Visibility exhibition: QVMAG (LST), 2016 crosseXions touring exhibition: Metro-Arts (BNE), Cross Arts Projects (SYD) and Alaska Projects (SYD), 2016 Arts meets Science Exhibition (BNE), 2016 Busybrick ARI happening (BNE)