CAROLYN LEWENS ART CV
Studio: Studio 14, Collingwood Yards Contemporary Arts Precinct, 35 Johnston St Collingwood 3066
Email: carolynlewens@gmail.com Instagram: photo_artist_carolynlewens
Web: www.carolynlewens.com (currently under reconstruction)
QUALIFICATIONS
PhD Fine Art Monash University (on hold) Supervisor - Dr. Robert Nelson
1992-97 Master of Arts by Research (Media Arts) RMIT Supervisor - Dr. Les Walkling
1980-82 Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts (Photography) Victorian College of the Arts
1977-80 Diploma in Arts and Design (Photography) Prahran College
1967-70 Certificate in Education (Art) University of Warwick, UK
Conferences, short courses and workshops (abridged)
2022 ANAT SPECTRA Multiplicity conference & workshops
2018-2020 Melbourne School of Contemporary Philosophy – Contemporary Theory courses
2018 ANAT SPECTRA conference paper presented & SymbioticA DYI Lab Workshop
2000-2015 CCP workshops: Photoshop - Dr. Les Walkling & Contemporary Theory - Dr. Kevin Murray
2009 ANAT Super Human: Revolution of the Species Masterclass & Symposium
PROFESSIONAL (abridged)
Artist-in-Residences
Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University (2017-2019)
St. Vincent’s Hospital, MLC, Graham St. Primary School, Wesley College, City of Box Hill, Gasworks Arts, Caulfield Art Centre
Grants
2023 Yarra City grant for Photosynthetic project;
Australia Council; Arts Victoria Regional Arts Fund
Art Industry Art advisor: Wet and Salty Project, Off the Kerb Gallery, RMIT Media Arts
Awards Trustees of NGV, Agfa, CCP (2), Linden (2),
Cultural Boards CCP: Joint founder & board member; LIP Magazine: board member
Tertiary lecturer Monash University, RMIT, Photography Studies College
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (abridged)
2021-2 Urban Campfire Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Collingwood Curator Paula Mahoney
2020 Resurrection & COVID LIFE Off the Kerb
2019 SPACE: 50 years since man1st stepped on the moon Gippsland Art Gallery Curator Erin Mathews
2018 SeaCreate_ures Maritime Museum Santander Spain at IMPACT Printmaking conference
DEEPER DARKER BRIGHTER Town Hall Gallery, Swinburne University AIR with Pam Bain
Antipodean Emanations: cameraless photographs from New Zealand & Australia
Monash Gallery of Art
2017 Sustaining the Seas at ‘Sustaining the Seas’ conference Sydney University
States of Being: The Elemental importance of Water Hatch Contemporary Curator Anne Bennett
2016 Water Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2015 PIXEL: Art and Technology Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2013 Of Light: Reflections on Colour Banyule Works on Paper Award, Hatch Contemporary Art
Postcard Show Linden with Pam Kleemann & Assoc. Prof. Damian Myers (St Vincent’s Hospital)
Art in Science, Science in Art St. Vincent’s Gallery Fitzroy collaboration with Pam Kleemann
Treasures: the art of collecting Queensland Centre of Photography Brisbane
2012 Postcard Show Linden art/science collaboration with Pam Kleemann
2011 Tales of Romance, Exploitation and Longing 45 Downstairs Melbourne
Photosynthetic, including Submerge animation with Aasmund Heimark animation & Tim Catlin sound QCP Brisbane
Submerge Linden Innovators project
2010 Edge of the World LaTrobe Regional Gallery, group exhibition with Heather Shimmen & Mandy Gunn
2009 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize The Substation - finalist with Neil Stanyer
2008 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize The Substation - finalist with Neil Stanyer
Fibre as Artform Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
2007 Watermarks: Blue-Gold feature installation, Castlemaine State Festival with Neil Stanyer
Tattersalls Contemporary Art Prize The Substation, Newport - finalist
2006 New Energies Contemporary Gippsland Artists, Victorian Regional Gallery Tour
Edge of Light Curator and exhibiting artist, Cowwarr Art Space, Gippsland
2005 The Fold La Mama Theatre theatrical exploration in collaboration with dramaturg Dr. Alison Richards
Watermarks: Swamped installation Gippsland Art Gallery Sale collaboration with Neil Stanyer
2004 Paper Animals Maroondah Art Gallery collaboration with Neil Stanyer
Watermarks: Cornered The Royal Society Melbourne collaboration with Neil Stanyer
Suck: voices from the interior Melbourne University and Maroondah Art Gallery
Narrative Voices 45 Downstairs Melbourne Curator Tyra Hutchings
2003 New Energies Meeniyan Art Gallery & Victorian Regional Gallery Tour
2001 Geelong Print Prize Geelong Gallery - finalist
2000 Watermarks: Channels installation, Albury Regional Gallery collaboration with Neil Stanyer
ARTART Monash University Gallery
Watermarks: Crossings installation, Geelong Gallery collaboration with Neil Stanyer
Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse Bendigo Art Gallery
BIBLIOGRAPHY (abridged)
2021 Leonardo, MIT Press Abstracts from the Spectra 2018 Symposium Part 2: Visualization Vol.54 N0.5 p.566
2017 Carolyn Lewens In the Photic Zone chapter in Building Sustainability with the Arts
David Curtis (ed.) Cambridge Scholars, UK
2013 Claire Watson Colour – beyond perception (cat. essay) Banyule City Council
2011 Elvie Franzidis Photosynthetic exhibition review, Artlink vol. 31 no.3
Alix Perry Photosynthetic (cat. essay) QCP Brisbane
2010 Anne Marsh LOOK: Contemporary Australian Photography since 1980, Macmillan
2006 Carolyn Lewens Watermarks: Swamped Groundwork Magazine, Regional Arts Victoria
2005 Liam Davison The Frequency of Water (cat. essay) Gippsland Art Gallery Sale
Pru J Evans Watermarks: Swamped (cat. essay) Gippsland Art Gallery Sale
Irene Crusca Cyberswamp: A Geography of Contrasts (cat. essay) Gippsland Art Gallery
Carolyn Lewens Swamped: Waters of Flux and Flow (cat. essay) Gippsland Art Gallery
2003 Robert Nelson Elusive Signs of the Real in Primitive Photography The Age 16 April
2000 Robert Nelson Unraveled Layers The Age 30 August
Kevin Murray Bridges and Cameras (cat. essay) Geelong Gallery
Pru J Evans Sonic Bridges (cat. essay) Geelong Gallery
Robert Nelson Hidden Depths in Pet Project The Age 9 January
CURATOR (abridged)
2011 Photosynthetic Queensland Centre of Photography, Brisbane
Submerge Linden Innovators Program
2008 Strange New Quarry The Substation
2008 6min 52sec Monash Gallery of Art
2007 Microcosms of Hope The Substation
d_light Off The Kerb
Watermarks: Blue-Gold Castlemaine State Festival
2006 Lucid Dreaming The Substation
Non-Photography Brunswick Arts
Edge Of Light Cowwarr Art Space
2005 Watermarks: Swamped Gippsland Art Gallery
First Light The Foundry
Tales of Unstilled places… The Foundry
Circles of Confusion Horti Hall, Melbourne and Gippsland Art Gallery
2001 Melbourne Up Close 12month Public Art Project with Maggie McCormick
Metro Tram shelters & Eckersleys Open Space
Three First Site RMIT
2000 Watermarks: Channels Albury Regional Art Centre
Watermarks: Crossings Geelong Gallery
1999 Watermarks: Confluence Warrnambool Art Gallery
