User:Fashionfibersandmaterials/sandbox

Jemima Wyman
Jemima Wyman is an Australian-American artist who was born in 1977 in Sydney, Australia and currently lives and works between Brisbane and Los Angeles. She is known for her multidisciplinary approach, including painting, collage, printmaking, and installation.

Early Life and Education:

Wyman completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (in Visual Arts) with Honours at the Queensland University of Technology. In 2007, she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from The California Institute of Arts in Los Angeles; this study was made possible with the generous support of an Anne and Gordon Samstag Scholarship.

Career:

Wyman's work often deals with issues of power, gender, and identity. Her practice contains various materials and techniques, including screen printing, embroidery, and collage. She often works collaboratively, engaging with communities and using their input to inform her work.

Wyman's artistic practice is characterized by collaborations and participatory approaches. She has been involved in various artist collectives and collaborative projects, such as CamLab, which she co-founded with Anna Mayer. CamLab focuses on feminist interventions, social practice, and experimental forms of art-making. Through her collaborations, Wyman explores the potential of collective action and engagement to challenge existing power structures and amplify marginalized voices.

"Pattern Bandits" is one of Jemima Wyman's well-known works, which is an immersive exhibition at the QAGOMA's Children's Art Centre. The exhibition allows children to explore the relationships between patterns, people, and architecture through hands-on activities. "Pattern Bandits" features a kaleidoscope of patterns, from tessellations, camouflage, and harlequin, creating a vibrant and interactive experience. Wyman hopes to inspire children to become "pattern bandits" like her and express themselves through patterns in their art-making.

In addition, Wyman has exhibited her work widely in the United States and internationally, with solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Contemporary Art Museum in Houston.

Notable Works:

•"Pattern Bandits" (2016): a large-scale commission for the Children's Art Center at GOMA in Brisbane, accompanied by the book "Pattern Power."

•"Iconography of Revolt" (2015): a commission for City Gallery Wellington in New Zealand that explores visual representations of protest and resistance.

•"Other Life-formings" (2015): a commission for Blackwood Gallery in Canada that investigates the relationship between humans and the natural world.

•"Air" (2013): a commission for GOMA that uses camouflage patterns to create an immersive environment exploring themes of surveillance and security.

•A Haze Descends - Solo exhibition held at Commonwealth & Council in 2022.

•Group exhibitions at various venues, including ZKM (Germany), MU artspace (Netherlands), Nam June Paik Art Center (Korea), Elaine L. Jacob Gallery Wayne State University (Detroit), Carriageworks (Sydney), Steve Turner Contemporary (Los Angeles), 17th Biennale of Sydney | THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age (Sydney), MUMA (Melbourne), Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney), and 21st Century Museum of Art (Japan).

•Large-scale commissions, including work for Air at GOMA, Other Life-formings at Blackwood Gallery (Canada), Iconography of Revolt at City Gallery Wellington (New Zealand), The Unexpected Guest: Liverpool Biennial at FACT (Liverpool), and Pattern Bandits at the Children's Art Center at GOMA (Brisbane) with an accompanying book Pattern Power.

•Collaboration with Anna Mayer as CamLab, with their sculptural, video-based, and social practice work exhibited internationally and at various Los Angeles venues, such as MOCA, the Hammer Museum, The Armory Center for the Arts, and Occidental College’s Weingart Galleries. •Co-teaching classes and conducting public workshops at institutions like California State University, Los Angeles, Art Center College of Design, Ox-Bow School of Art, Occidental College, and the University of Houston.

Awards and Residencies:

•Wyman was a finalist for the 2020 United States Artists Fellowship.She was awarded a California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists in 2015. •The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship (2004)

•Innovation Grant, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, University of Houston (2018)

•Australia Council Grant, New Work Grant (Mid-Career) (2014)

•Wanlass Visiting Artists in Residence, Occidental College (CamLab) (2012) • Los Angeles Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts (2005)

•Lord Mayors Fellowship, Brisbane City Council & Arts QLD (2010)

•Elam International Residency, University of Auckland, New Zealand (2009)

•Graduate Award (Honours), Software Engineering Aust. (2004)

•QANTAS Foundation Art Award, Australia (2010)

•Threewalls Summer Residency, Chicago (CamLab) (2006)

•California Institute of Arts Scholarship, Los Angeles (2005)

•Melville Haysom Scholarship, Queensland Art Gallery (2000)

•Institute of Modern Art, Artist in Residence with Zach Blas (2017)

•Cuadro Residency in El Paso (through Machine Projects) (CamLab) (2011)

•PLATFORM, Museum of Brisbane Busway Project (2011)

•Whak'emall, QUT Billboard Project, Brisbane (2006)

•2001 Art-Built-In, South Bank, Brisbane (2001)

References:

1. Jemima Wyman. (n.d.-a). https://www.jemimawyman.com/

2. Jemima Wyman | Biography - MutualArt. (n.d.-a). https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jemima-Wyman/C8DC2D29F03F8210/Biography

3. Jemima Wyman. Artists | The National. (n.d.). https://www.the-national.com.au/artists/jemima-wyman/jemima-wyman/