Artists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016
Bio:
Penelope Hunt’s photographic and video works, whilst often of a personal nature poetically explore universal themes around the environment, mortality and the transitory nature of our existence. These observational works all contain a sense of stillness, beckoning the viewer to pause and take time to look.
Whether exploring the beauty of her families abandoned swimming pool in The Pool, her Mother’s final walk before leaving the township of Avoca in The Departure or the studio remnants of a life long painting practice in Remains to be Seen, her work taps in to a shared experience that exists between what is, what could have been and what once was. There is an endless quality to the work, particularly within the video pieces such as Infinite Loop or Envelop, as they fail to reach a conclusion and meditatively mirror the ongoing nature of time and our existence within it.
She completed the Masters of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2014 with First Class Honors and was awarded 2013 VCA Creative Scholarship and The National Gallery of Victoria Women's Award. The Australian War Memorial Contemporary Art Collection, The Australian Tapestry Workshop as well as numerous Private Collections have acquired her works.
Artists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY
Penelope Hunt’s photographic and video works, whilst often of a personal nature poetically explore universal themes around the environment, mortality and the transitory nature of our existence. These observational works all contain a sense of stillness, beckoning the viewer to pause and take time to look.
Whether exploring the beauty of her families abandoned swimming pool in The Pool, her Mother’s final walk before leaving the township of Avoca in The Departure or the studio remnants of a life long painting practice in Remains to be Seen, her work taps in to a shared experience that exists between what is, what could have been and what once was. There is an endless quality to the work, particularly within the video pieces such as Infinite Loop or Envelop, as they fail to reach a conclusion and meditatively mirror the ongoing nature of time and our existence within it.
She completed the Masters of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2014 with First Class Honors and was awarded 2013 VCA Creative Scholarship and The National Gallery of Victoria Women's Award. The Australian War Memorial Contemporary Art Collection, The Australian Tapestry Workshop as well as numerous Private Collections have acquired her works.
Artists Talk : Australian Tapestry Workshop, 2016 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY
Curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Contemporary Art – Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne (First Class Honours)
2012 Curatorial Intensive (2 day) – P.G.A.V. (Public Galleries Assoc. Vic.)
2010 Graduate Cert. Visual Arts – Victorian College of the Arts
2005 Diploma of Visual Arts - R.M.I.T
1990 Diploma of Photography - Fine Art - Australian College of Photography, Art and Communication (ACPAC)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Other Art Fair -The Facility, Melbourne
2015 Remains to be seen -Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2015 Night Games -Chin Chin Wall of Art, Melbourne
2014 Night Games -Student Gallery, VCA
2006 quiet works - Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Self - Red Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Crazy, Hazy Days Of Someone - West Space, Melbourne
1997 As Safe As Houses - West Space, Melbourne
AWARDS
2014 National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Award - Masters Graduation Exhibition, VCA
2013 2013 Creative Scholarship – Faculty of VCA & MCM
2013 Melbourne Graduate Access Bursary – University of Melbourne, VCA & MCM
RESIDENCIES
2017 Clarendon House Estate, Nile, Tasmania
2016 Self-directed residency with photographer/architect Ross T. Smith. New Work, 3 weeks, Berlin Germany
2016 Australian Tapestry Workshop, 3 month Artist in Residency, Sth Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 (upcoming)Blindside B-side -Blindside, Melbourne
2017 Clarendon Spring - Clarendon House, Nile, Tasmania
2017 The Olive Cotton Award Exhibition - FINALIST Tweed Heads Gallery, NSW
2017 The Australian Tapestry Workshop A.I.R 40th Birthday Exhibition, ATW Melbourne
2017 FLOW - Counihan Gallery Curated by Heather Hesterman,,ClimArte, Melb
2017 Alternative Destinations - Castlemaine Festival Program
2016 Verdant Garden - Bundoora Homestead , Curated by Claire Watson
2016 A Wallaby once sat here….small acts of celebration and concern…ecology and the feminine -Curated by Lyndal Jones, Avoca , The Avoca Project Inc.
2015 Quarter Acre - Blindside, Curated by Adriane &Verity Hayward
2015 (Runner Up)M Collection Art Award - Gallery Smith, Melb
2015 Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women – FINALIST, Bright Space, Melb
2015 Place and Space - Red Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Masters Graduation Exhibition - VCA, Melbourne
2014 Screen - Lincoln Arts Centre, Melbourne
2014 Marvel - FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2014 Invisible Ink - C3 Contemporary Artspace
2013 Luminescence - FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2013 Envisioning Gods - Rubicon ARI
2013 First Quarter - VCA Student Gallery
2011 Extra Extra - J Studios, Fitzroy
2010 Graduate Show - VCA Student Gallery
2007 City of Hobart Art Prize - FINALIST, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2007 <the Space In Between> - VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery
2007 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photog Award - FINALIST, Gold Coast City Gallery
2007 Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photog Award - FINALIST, Castlemaine Festival
2006 Detail, 2005 Graduates Show - Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2005 do i have to repeat myself… - Allans Walk Artists Space, Bendigo
2001 <the Space In Between>- - Platform, Spencer St Underpass, Melbourne
2001 National Photographic Purchase Award - FINALIST, Albury Regional Gallery
1990 New Dimensions - Next Wave Festival, Photographers Gallery, Melb.
COLLECTIONS
Australian War Memorial Collection, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Several Private Collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Artist talk, The Australian Tapestry Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY
2015 Suburbia - Does the Great Australian Dream have life in it yet? by Ray Edgar, SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/suburbia-does-the-great-australian-dream-have-life-in-it-yet-20151207-glgu2r.html
2015 The Remains of Art and War – Dylan Rainforth, The Age (06/15) and SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/photos-from-studio-of-official-war-artist-alan-moore-on-display-20150616-ghow42.html
2008 Artlink Vol.28(The Space In Between)Book Project
https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/3089/5Bthe-space-in-between5D-book-project/
2005 Metro Arts – 11/05/05
2005 Nice, Nicer, Nicely, Nicest’- Penelope Hunt, Allans Walk Artists Space –
<the space in between>...do I have to repeat myself03/07/2005-30/07/2005
1998 ‘As Safe As Houses’ – Penelope Hunt, West Space handbook
1997 The Age - 05/09/97 As Safe As Houses review -"Strange Things Happening"
1990 The Age - 1/6/1990 (page 14) New Dimensions review
CURATORIAL
2017 Home: the fabric of the familiar - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2015 After… - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2014 Arts Project Space - Melbourne Art Fair (co-curated)
2013 Repeat, Restate…Reiterate - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2012 A Stitch in Time - Terry Williams Solo, Substation, Melbourne
2012 Arts Project Space - Melbourne Art Fair (co-curated)
2010 Captured - Roof Top Cinema, Melbourne,
2010 Human Nature - Warrnambool Regional Gallery (co-curated)
2009 Small Works - Arts Project Australia, co-curated
EMPLOYMENT
2017 - Present Photography and Digital Specialist Artsworker, Arts Project Australia
2008- 2017 Registrar, Arts Project Australia
1990 -2003 Self-employed photographer
EDUCATION
2014 Master of Contemporary Art – Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), Melbourne (First Class Honours)
2012 Curatorial Intensive (2 day) – P.G.A.V. (Public Galleries Assoc. Vic.)
2010 Graduate Cert. Visual Arts – Victorian College of the Arts
2005 Diploma of Visual Arts - R.M.I.T
1990 Diploma of Photography - Fine Art - Australian College of Photography, Art and Communication (ACPAC)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Other Art Fair -The Facility, Melbourne
2015 Remains to be seen -Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2015 Night Games -Chin Chin Wall of Art, Melbourne
2014 Night Games -Student Gallery, VCA
2006 quiet works - Red Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Self - Red Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Crazy, Hazy Days Of Someone - West Space, Melbourne
1997 As Safe As Houses - West Space, Melbourne
AWARDS
2014 National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Award - Masters Graduation Exhibition, VCA
2013 2013 Creative Scholarship – Faculty of VCA & MCM
2013 Melbourne Graduate Access Bursary – University of Melbourne, VCA & MCM
RESIDENCIES
2017 Clarendon House Estate, Nile, Tasmania
2016 Self-directed residency with photographer/architect Ross T. Smith. New Work, 3 weeks, Berlin Germany
2016 Australian Tapestry Workshop, 3 month Artist in Residency, Sth Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 (upcoming)Blindside B-side -Blindside, Melbourne
2017 Clarendon Spring - Clarendon House, Nile, Tasmania
2017 The Olive Cotton Award Exhibition - FINALIST Tweed Heads Gallery, NSW
2017 The Australian Tapestry Workshop A.I.R 40th Birthday Exhibition, ATW Melbourne
2017 FLOW - Counihan Gallery Curated by Heather Hesterman,,ClimArte, Melb
2017 Alternative Destinations - Castlemaine Festival Program
2016 Verdant Garden - Bundoora Homestead , Curated by Claire Watson
2016 A Wallaby once sat here….small acts of celebration and concern…ecology and the feminine -Curated by Lyndal Jones, Avoca , The Avoca Project Inc.
2015 Quarter Acre - Blindside, Curated by Adriane &Verity Hayward
2015 (Runner Up)M Collection Art Award - Gallery Smith, Melb
2015 Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women – FINALIST, Bright Space, Melb
2015 Place and Space - Red Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Masters Graduation Exhibition - VCA, Melbourne
2014 Screen - Lincoln Arts Centre, Melbourne
2014 Marvel - FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2014 Invisible Ink - C3 Contemporary Artspace
2013 Luminescence - FINALIST, The Windsor Prize, Melbourne
2013 Envisioning Gods - Rubicon ARI
2013 First Quarter - VCA Student Gallery
2011 Extra Extra - J Studios, Fitzroy
2010 Graduate Show - VCA Student Gallery
2007 City of Hobart Art Prize - FINALIST, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2007 <the Space In Between> - VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery
2007 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photog Award - FINALIST, Gold Coast City Gallery
2007 Julie Millowick Acquisitive Photog Award - FINALIST, Castlemaine Festival
2006 Detail, 2005 Graduates Show - Fitzroy Gallery, Melbourne
2005 do i have to repeat myself… - Allans Walk Artists Space, Bendigo
2001 <the Space In Between>- - Platform, Spencer St Underpass, Melbourne
2001 National Photographic Purchase Award - FINALIST, Albury Regional Gallery
1990 New Dimensions - Next Wave Festival, Photographers Gallery, Melb.
COLLECTIONS
Australian War Memorial Collection, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Several Private Collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Artist talk, The Australian Tapestry Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJNithhIXCY
2015 Suburbia - Does the Great Australian Dream have life in it yet? by Ray Edgar, SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/suburbia-does-the-great-australian-dream-have-life-in-it-yet-20151207-glgu2r.html
2015 The Remains of Art and War – Dylan Rainforth, The Age (06/15) and SMH
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/photos-from-studio-of-official-war-artist-alan-moore-on-display-20150616-ghow42.html
2008 Artlink Vol.28(The Space In Between)Book Project
https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/3089/5Bthe-space-in-between5D-book-project/
2005 Metro Arts – 11/05/05
2005 Nice, Nicer, Nicely, Nicest’- Penelope Hunt, Allans Walk Artists Space –
<the space in between>...do I have to repeat myself03/07/2005-30/07/2005
1998 ‘As Safe As Houses’ – Penelope Hunt, West Space handbook
1997 The Age - 05/09/97 As Safe As Houses review -"Strange Things Happening"
1990 The Age - 1/6/1990 (page 14) New Dimensions review
CURATORIAL
2017 Home: the fabric of the familiar - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2015 After… - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2014 Arts Project Space - Melbourne Art Fair (co-curated)
2013 Repeat, Restate…Reiterate - Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2012 A Stitch in Time - Terry Williams Solo, Substation, Melbourne
2012 Arts Project Space - Melbourne Art Fair (co-curated)
2010 Captured - Roof Top Cinema, Melbourne,
2010 Human Nature - Warrnambool Regional Gallery (co-curated)
2009 Small Works - Arts Project Australia, co-curated
EMPLOYMENT
2017 - Present Photography and Digital Specialist Artsworker, Arts Project Australia
2008- 2017 Registrar, Arts Project Australia
1990 -2003 Self-employed photographer
