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Jemima Wyman (2023) creating a piece from the World Cloud exhibition

Jemima Wyman was born in the year 1997 (46 years old) in Sydney, Australia. She resided there in her early years in a rural area where there were no art contemporary art museums. She became a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Wyman completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (in Visual Arts) with Honors 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.

Career

Jemima Wyman is a contemporary artist whose work spans over all forms of art. She has created art through installation, video, performance, photography and painting. Throughout her career Wyman has created pieces that encapsulate political awareness and forms of protest. Her first solo work was a video in 2008 titled Combat Drag. In this piece she portrays how camouflage is a form of performative protest and how it can be used by marginalized groups. Her first exhibition was collaborative, titled Feminism Never Happened occuring in 2010 at the Institute of Modern Art. Featuring several artists, Wyman was one among many who displayed pieces perceiving the world as if feminism did not exist in the world and how different it would look today than it does. Her most recent work is titled World Cloud (2023), Wyman continues displaying forms of protests through camouflage, she creates pieces capturing modern day issues such as Black Lives Matter.

Awards

Cultural Trailblazers award by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles - 2023

Exhibitions

1. Putting On - Steve Turner Gallery, Park La Brea, Los Angeles- 2008 - to demonstrate the subculture of street gangs and liberation armies

2. Feminism Never Happened - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - 2010 - a view of the world if feminism never happened

3. Inner Voices - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan - 2011 - demonstrating freedom of expression and self identity

Conjuring Radical Openness - 2015

4. Conjuring Radical Openness - Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, California - 2015 - an exhibition displaying the act of masking by protests throughout resistances around the world

5. Cover Versions Mimicry and Resistance- Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Australia - 2017 - explores the concept of mimicry

6. Green Room: Material Politics - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - 2017 - an exhibition of everyday materials used to reflect the ideas of ecology, inequality, and other social issues

7. Craftivism. Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms - Shepparton Art Museum, Shepparton, Australia - 2019 - using playful materials to create an exhibition with a deeper meaning of political intent

8. Violent Salt - Artspace Mackay, Mackay, Australia- 2019 - an exhibition dedicated to representing the diverse cultural heritage of Australia

9. The Art of Protest - Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia- 2021 - representing major changes throughout history featuring protests

10. On Fire: Climate and Crisis - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia - 2021 - describing how the earth is in a major stage of climate change especially in Australia with wildfires

References

1. “Jemima Wyman Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Jemima Wyman Art Value ...” Invaluable, www.invaluable.com/artist/wyman-jemima-49bp6itz2f/sold-at-auction-prices/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
2. “Jemima Wyman | Biography - MutualArt.” MutualArt, www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jemima-Wyman/C8DC2D29F03F8210/Biography. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
3. Jemima Wyman, www.jemimawyman.com/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
4. “Jemima Wyman.” PHOTO 2024, photo.org.au/artists/jemima-wyman. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
5. Meet Jemima Wyman | Artist - Shoutout La, shoutoutla.com/meet-jemima-wyman-artist/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
6. “Sullivan + Strumpf.” – Sullivan + Strumpf, www.sullivanstrumpf.com/artists/jemima-wyman. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.