CV
Jessica Schwientek (b.1987, AU)
info@noirdakroom.com, www.jessicaschwientek.com
Education:
Deakin University, First Class Honours in Photography, 2016
Deakin University, Bachelor of Media and Communications (maj. Photography), 2015
Exhibitions:
2023 – Eating my feelings and other tragic stories [Please Scream Inside Your Heart] – Spontaneous Assembly
2021 - Sadness is Sexy [To Resound, Unbound] - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2020 - We Take Rubbish Photos (with Emma Armstrong-Porter) - Rubicon, Melbourne
2019 - Sadness is Sexy - NOIR Darkroom, Coburg
2015 - Dichotomy of Memories (with Neta-Marie Mabo) - Deakin Project Space, Geelong
2013 - [Post] Landscape - Little Creatures Gallery, Geelong
Projects/Commissions:
2021 – G-Biennale Artist in Resident, On Consumption
2021 – Flash Forward Creative Laneways commission, Some Things Last a Long Time
Select Curated Exhibitions:
2023 – Medusa: the hair precedes the woman – Analogue Academy – Geelong, Victoria
2021 - Diaries (Loosen Art) - Millepiani Gallery - Rome, Italy
2020 - The Familial Image - Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2020 - Feminist Aesthetic - NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne
2018 - 12x12 - The Stockroom Gallery, Clifton Hill, Melbourne
2018 - Obscuring the Camera - NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne
2018 - Stay Safe - Group exhibition, NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne
2018 - All the Feels - curated by In Sickness and Stealth, Loop Project Space, Melbourne
2016 - Panoply - Print Exchange - curated by Rona Green, Metropolis, Geelong
2016 - 100 years - Substation, Newport, Melbourne
2016 - Aus Post Prize - 69 Smith St, Collingwood, Melbourne
2014 - Contemporary Art Prize - Raglan St Gallery, Melbourne
Arts Work:
2022 - Education & Public Engagement Coordinator, Museum of Australian Photography (formerly MGA)
2016 - 2021 Director, NOIR Darkroom
Panel Discussion:
2021 - The Analogue Image, Panel Chair – Platform Arts
2019 - Ode to the Camera, Panelist – Centre for Contemporary Photography
Select Curatorial Projects:
2018 - Obscuring the Camera - Group exhibition, NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne
2018 - Stay Safe - Group exhibition, NOIR Darkroom, Melbourne
2017 - In Black and White - Group Exhibition - NOIR Darkroom
2015 - FIGMENT Geelong - Arts Festival - FIGMENT Geelong
Awards:
2019 - Moreland Awards - ‘Contribution to Arts and Culture’ – WINNER
2016 – Midsumma Aus Post Prize - Finalist
Select Teaching:
2021 – Photographic Teacher – RMIT VE & LaTrobe College of Art and Design
2019 - Photographic Teacher - NCAT (Northern College of Arts and Technology)
2016 ^ - Workshop Facilitator - CCP (Center for Contemporary Photography), Park Orchards
Community House, NOIR Darkroom, Work-Shop Melbourne, Benalla Wall to Wall Festival,
Shepparton Art Museum, BOOM Gallery, Courthouse Youth Arts