EDUCATION
2014 Master of Cultural Material Conservation, University of Melbourne
2008 Master of Fine Arts (by Research), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
EXHIBITIONS l SCREENINGS l PROJECTS
2024 Retrospective, group exhibition curated by Emma Thomson, correspondences, Melbourne
2024 Opening, group exhibition curated by Savina Hopkins, Retractable Art Space, Melbourne
2024 Partial Vision, group exhibition curated by Ren Gregorcic, Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne
2023 Ekphrasis, exhibition and public program as part of duo artist residency with Ouyang Yu, correspondences, Melbourne
2023 Resonate: Drawing Sound, exhibition and public program as part of duo artist residency with Genevieve Fry, correspondences, Melbourne
2023 The Surface Ripples, solo exhibition, Bargoonga Nganjin, Fitzroy North Library, Melbourne
2021 Where Water Falls, duo exhibition with Ren Gregorcic, AIRspace Projects, Sydney
2021 The Water Replies, group exhibition, Estuary 2021, South Essex and North Kent
2020 Four Gestures of a Grassland, solo exhibition, Carlton Library Lightboxes, Melbourne
2019 Friends and Family, group exhibition, Daine Singer, Melbourne
2019 Nature, Post Nature, duo exhibition with Ren Gregorcic, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2018 Groundwork, group exhibition as part of Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Melbourne
2018 Critical Mass, group exhibition as part of Melbourne Fringe, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2017 Acme Open Studio, solo exhibition, film screening and artist talk, London
2016 Between Performance and Landscape, Photodust, curated online feature
2009 Female Capture, group exhibition, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
2009 'Video Vara' Program, curated by Kim Donaldson, Sub Urban Video Lounge, Rotterdam
2008 Felt Image, solo exhibition, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
2008 RE.ACTIVITY, group exhibition, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2007 IMAGE / IMAGE, solo exhibition, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Untitled, solo exhibition, Platform Artists Group, Melbourne
2007 Draw Order, group exhibition, Trocadero Art Space, Melbourne
2006 VCA Graduate Exhibition, group exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2005 VCA Graduate Exhibition, group exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2004 White Light, Witnessing Light, group exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Presa, Alliance Francaise Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Timing, group exhibition, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-present Preservation Technician, State Library Victoria
2015-2016 Program Services Officer, Centre for Cultural Partnerships, Faculty of the VCA and MCM, University of Melbourne
2013-2015 Research Officer, Research Office, Faculty of the VCA and MCM, University of Melbourne
RESIDENCIES
2023 Ekphrasis, duo residency with Ouyang Yu, correspondences, Melbourne
2023 Resonate: Drawing Sound, duo residency with Genevieve Fry, correspondences, Melbourne
2018-19 Research Residency, Melbourne's Living Museum of the West, Melbourne
2017 Associate Artist Residency, Acme Studios, London (link to alumni page) (partially supported by the Copyright Agency)
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
2020 Nature, Post-Nature, a discussion on the post-natural with Ren Gregorcic as part of the National Sustainable Living Festival, Kathleen Syme Library, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Urban Panopticon - urban design and the automatic functioning of power, guest panellist, public program for wilder by Ren Gregorcic, Testing Grounds, Melbourne, Australia
2019 Nature, Post-Nature launch and presentation, collaborative publication with Ren Gregorcic (designed by Kim Mumm Hansen), Readings State Library, State Library Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Reperformance Strategies for the Reiteration of Tino Sehgal's 'This Is So Contemporary', presented with Robert Lane, The German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR): Collecting and Conserving Performance Art, Wolfsburg, Germany (link to video recording of presentation)
2016 Reenact, repeat, reiterate, reperform - a practitioners' chat, organised by Teaching and Learning Cinema, guest panellist, West Space, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Knowledge transfer strategies for the acquisition of contemporary live art: an Australian case study, Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ), Annual Conference: Image l Space l Body, Brisbane, Australia
2015 Knowledge transfer strategies for the acquisition of contemporary live art, Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM), National Conference, Illuminating the new: contemporary practice and issues in materials conservation, Hobart, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Nature, Post Nature, collaborative publication with Ren Gregorcic, designed by Kim Mumm Hansen (purchase here)
2019 The Landscape That Reshapes Itself at the Edge of the Sea, Photodust, essay feature
2018 Isle of Grain, WomenCinemakers Biennial Edition, extended feature and interview (link to article)
2017 Reperformance Strategies for the Reiteration of Tino Sehgal's Constructed Situations, co-authored with Robert Lane, the German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR), 2, 113-117 (link to article)
2016 This is so contemporary? Mediums of exchange and conservation, co-authored with Robert Lane, Studies in Conservation, 61:sup2, 104-108 (link to article)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2020 Yarra City Arts Artist Grant, City of Yarra
2016 Ignite Career Fund, The Copyright Agency
2008 Finalist, ANZ Visual Arts Award, University of Melbourne
2007 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), University of Melbourne
2006 Gary Grossbard Drawing Prize, Victorian College of the Arts, VCA Graduate Exhibition
2005 Finalist, Wallara Travelling Scholarship Award, Victorian College of the Arts
COLLECTIONS
Yarra City Arts
State Library Victoria
Private collections
CONTACT
jessye.mcgregor@hotmail.com