Jia Jia Chen
Education
Masters of Contemporary Art, VCA, University of Melbourne 2019-2020
Bachelor of Fine Art Honours, RMIT 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics, RMIT 2009-20012
Certificate IV in Small Business Management (NEIS) 2008
Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne 2004-2007
Selected Projects
WOMEN IN DESIGN – Design Tasmania 2022
Immersive dining experience opening event combining ceramics and seasonally grown and wild-caught fare. When dinner is done, the ceramic installation will form part of a 4-week exhibition featuring Fluff Corp’s collaboration with Other Matter, exploring bio-plastics as an eco alternative to glaze.
NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL – Footscray Community Arts 2022
Collaboration with 3 guest artists to present 3 different and unique clay-baked dining experiences. The project explores the foods of different cultures as well as the shared rituals surrounding the act of creating and sharing meals; a language of its own.
MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK - Queer Ecologies 2021
Symposium meal using no plastic and no tableware, people ate a shared menu of local ingredients, cooked in paperbark and served on a table covered with lotus and banana leaves. This was a zero waste meal and at its conclusion the whole table was composted.
THE TALKING ORNAMENT – Flagstaff Gardens 2021
Curation and artwork for a two day exhibition of 10 ceramicists for Melbourne Design Week 2019, National Gallery of Australia (NGV).
DREAM MACHINE – ‘City Gallery’ 2021
Curated by Harriet Edquist, in homage to Holden GM’s design studio. Commissioned artwork for acquisition for City of Melbourne collection
ERASURE – ‘Assembly point’ 2020
Curated by Nur Shkembri, ceramic video - group exhibition
MERCURY – ‘You are the Prototype 2019
A short film by Alena Lodkina: Art Production, set design, costume and food styling.
BUT FIRST WE EAT – ‘Long Division Gallery’, Schoolhouse Studios 2019
Curated and held a series of clay food events for Melbourne Design Week 2019, National Gallery of Australia (NGV).
MY COBALT BLUES – C3 Contemporary 2016
Solo show
BLUE AND WHITE…CHINA? – ‘Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 2015
Hobart Art Prize, highly commended
ARTIFICIAL SCHOLARS ROCKS - RMIT 2014
Honours graduate exhibition
BEIGE ‘Wardlow gallery’ 2012
Beige dinner event, custom ceramic tableware.
FLOCCULATE – ‘First Site Gallery’ 2011
Collaboration with Sophie Morris, fairy-floss installation.
FRESH! – ‘Craft Victoria’ 2011
Winner of the Future Leaders award.
SOUNDS LIKE CLAY – ‘School of Art Gallery RMIT; 2010
Live ceramic sound performance with Tori Holleman
Commissions
ART OF DINING – ‘NGV Great Hall’ 2019
- Collaborated with Danielle Brustman for Kay and Burton table. Commissioned set of tableware
SUPERSENSE – ‘ARTS CENTRE’ 2019
- Festival artwork, working with crystals, curated by Sophie Brous.
ASSEMBLY OPERATION, Speak Percussion – ‘ARTSHOUSE’ 2019
- Collaborated with Eugene Ughetti making a set of aural ceramic sculptures for stage performance
SUPERSENSE – ‘ARTS CENTRE’ 2017
- Festival artwork, working with Jelly curated by Sophie Brous.
Claire Lehmann
Diploma of Ceramics Holmesglen TAFE 2015-2017
Electronic Design and Interactive Media Victoria University 2001-2003
Bachelor of Arts, University of Melbourne 1997-2000
Education
WOMEN IN DESIGN – Design Tasmania 2022
Immersive dining experience opening event combining ceramics and seasonally grown and wild-caught fare. When dinner is done, the ceramic installation will form part of a 4-week exhibition featuring Fluff Corp’s collaboration with Other Matter, exploring bio-plastics as an eco alternative to glaze.
NEIGHBOURHOOD FESTIVAL – Footscray Community Arts 2022
Collaboration with 3 guest artists to present 3 different and unique clay-baked dining experiences. The project explores the foods of different cultures as well as the shared rituals surrounding the act of creating and sharing meals; a language of its own.
MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK - Queer Ecologies 2021
Symposium meal using no plastic and no tableware, people ate a shared menu of local ingredients, cooked in paperbark and served on a table covered with lotus and banana leaves. This was a zero waste meal and at its conclusion the whole table was composted.
THE TALKING ORNAMENT – Flagstaff Gardens 2021
Curation and artwork for a two day exhibition of 10 ceramicists for Melbourne Design Week, National Gallery of Australia (NGV).
BUT FIRST WE EAT – ‘Long Division Gallery’, Schoolhouse Studios 2019
Curated and held a series of clay food events for Melbourne Design Week, National Gallery of Australia (NGV).
MELBOURNE DESIGN WEEK - Satellite Sculpture Installation 2019
Light sculpture for Elk window, Collins St Melbourne.
VICTORIAN CRAFT AWARDS - Craft Victoria 2017
Finalist.
FRESH! – ‘Craft Victoria’ 2011
Finalist.
573 Exhibition - Guild Of Objects
Exhibition with Georgie Moyes.
EUROPEAN KERAMIC WORK CENTRE (EKWC) - Residency 2016
3 month residency with 15 other international artists, designers and ceramicists. With 24hr/7 day access to ceramic technology including 3D ceramic and plastic printing, 3D scanning, mold making/metal/wood workshops, engineers and glaze/mold/rendering/3D/ceramic specialists to help realise any project I could imagine.