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| NIEN (Janien) SCHWARZ - CV |
Born: 1962 The Netherlands
Practice: Sculpture (indoor and outdoor),
installation, painting, and writing
Employment: Senior Lecturer, Visual
Arts Course Coordinator, Sculpture Studio Coordinator.
School of Communications and Contemporary Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University.
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| Education: |
1999 Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Arts)
Australian National University, Institute of the Arts,
Canberra School of Art
"Beyond Familiar Territory":
A two-part thesis (studio exhibition with studio report
and a dissertation) focusing on mining and the consumption
of mineral resources (including an analysis of works by
Robert Smithson, Alfredo Jaar and the Bark Petitions of
Yirrkala). A multi-faceted exploration aided through the
Sculpture and Art Theory Workshops. External examiners:
Professors Professor Anne Graham, Professor Ian North,
and Dr Tim Bonyhady.
1994 Bachelor of Fine Arts Double Honours (First Class)
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Visual Arts (painting, sculpture, and photography) and
History in Art (Western art and arts of indigenous peoples
in the Americas and South and Southeast Asia).
1987 Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude)
Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island,
USA
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| Professional Teaching Experience |
Ongoing - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and
Arts, Edith Cowan University.
2000 -04 Lecturer in Sculpture, Sculpture Course Coordinator,
Honours Coordinator
School of Visual Arts, Western Australia Academy of Performing
Arts (WAAPA) Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia,
Australia.
1999 Lecturer in Sculpture
Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
1998 Assistant Lecturer in Sculpture
Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
1998 Tutor in Art Theory
Canberra School of Art, Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University
1997 Instructor, Sculpture
Canberra School of Art, Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University.
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| Research Students Supervised to Completion |
Honours 7
PhD 2
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| External Assessments |
Masters 3
PhD 1
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| Research and Committee Representation |
2006 Faculty Ethics Committee
University Research & Higher Degrees Committee (proxy)
Visual Arts Coordinators Committee
SPECTRUM Project Space Committee
Art on the Move, committee member
2004 -05 ECU representative to Australian University Quality
Audit (AUQA)
SOCA Executive Committee
SOCA Studio Coordinator’s Committee (Since 2000)
SOCA Honours Committee
1995-1998 Information Officer, Executive Office, part-time
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Canberra School of Art, Institute of the Arts, Australian
National University
Assistant to the Director, Deputy Director, and Graduate
Convenor.
1996-97 Elected Member of the Board of the Institute of
the Arts (BITA), Canberra School of Art, Australian National
University
1995-97 Elected Member of the Graduate Board of Studies,
Canberra School of Art, Australian National University
1997-98 Public Programs Assistant National Gallery of
Australia,
Facilitator for major symposia. Supervisor: Mr David Sequeira.
1993-94 Research Assistant
History in Art Department, University of Victoria
Research and compilation of material for "Contemporary
Native Arts in North America", a new undergraduate
course. Supervisor: Dr. V. Wyatt.
1992-93 Compilation of Unix-based visual database of native
art, including writing detailed descriptions of images
of art works. Production of an annotated bibliography
of library holdings of Native art from the Arctic and
American Southeast. Supervisor: Dr. V. Wyatt.
1993/96 Geological Assistant, P/T
Australian National University, Geology Department
1981-92 Arctic Field Expedition Cook and Field Camp Manager
Geological Survey of Canada, Precambrian Division, Ottawa
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| Grants/Awards/Funding |
2006 Faculty Small Grant
Teaching and Learning Grant
2005 Teaching and Learning Grant
CCI Faculty Symposia Support Grant (ACUADS)
ECU Small Research Grant (Glass Installation Art)
ECU Teaching and Learning Grant
Sculpture by the Sea project funding
ARTOPIA Living Artists - funding for 5 day Forrest Chase
student activity
2004 2 X ECU CCI Faculty Teaching &Learning grants
Faculty Research Publications grant
CCI Faculty small grant
2003 2 CCI Faculty Teaching &Learning grants
2002 Art on The Move Touring Grant for solo exhibition
travel throughout WA
2001 Australia Council, Visual Arts/Craft Board, New Work
category for emerging artists.
Edith Cowan University Scholarship for Certificate in
Education (Tertiary Education).
Perth International Arts Festival, Visual Arts Programme
Pat Corrigan Artists' Award
Artists Federation of WA Studio in Old Custom’s
House, Fremantle
1999-2000 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Studies grant (AIATSIS)
1999 The Lyle T. Cullen Memorial Book Prize, Canberra
School of Art
1998 Art & Architecture Award, Royal Australian Institute
of Architecture
(In association with May & Flannery Architects and
Canberra Museum & Gallery, public art commission for
16 passenger lift).
1995-98 All inclusive Commonwealth Scholarship to Australia
for Visual Arts
1998 Canberra School of Art Materials Award, Australian
National University
1995 Art History Postgraduate Scholarship, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada
1994 Victoria Medal for High Academic Achievement, University
of Victoria, Canada
Helen Pitt Award for Visual Arts, University of Victoria,
Canada
Art History Postgraduate Scholarship, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada
1993 President's Scholarship, University of Victoria,
Canada
University of Victoria Faculty Scholarship, Canada
Helen Pitt Fund for Visual Arts, University of Victoria,
Canada
Flora Hamilton Burns Scholarship, University of Victoria,
Canada
Hazel T. Knox Memorial Scholarship, University of Victoria,
Canada
Frank and Margaret Gibbs Scholarship, University of Victoria,
Canada
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| Research-related Workshops and Symposia |
2007 Sculpture by the Sea, Perth
2006 Sculpture by the Sea, Perth
2005 Glass Association Society (GAS) conference in Adelaide
Sculpture by the Sea, conference, Cottesloe, WA
Richard Florida, Creative Industries
2004 Electronic Arts 5 day workshop Beyond the Keyboard
The Space Between: textiles, art, design and fashion.
Curtin University
Private instruction in video editing, supported by my
CPAI research funds
ECU Landscape and Language On the Beach symposium Maritime
Museum
Now Beauty: Cover or remix? Annual SOCA symposium
Faculty Research Day
2003 Australian Technology Network Women’s Executive
Development and Program Symposium “Researching the
research agenda: women’s contribution to research
culture and collaboration across the ATN.” Curtin
University
National Review for Live Art, Midland.
PIAF Writer’s Festival – attended several
workshops
Seven Beauties, SOCA in Albany, 24-26 January
2002 Biennial of Electronic Art conference (BEAP), Curtin
University
Documenta Xl, Germany, research trip for installation
practice
2001 Canberra Sculpture Symposium
Hatched Symposium, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
National Review for Live Art, Midland
2000 Hatched, Symposium, Perth Institute of Contemporary
Art
Biennial of Electronic Arts (BEAP), Curtin University
of Technology.
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| Selected Invited Talks |
2006 Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), November
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology,
November
Central TAFE Art Gallery, Sensation exhibition, February
2004 Central TAFE Art Gallery
2004 Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Invited
speaker at Hatched Symposium.
2003 Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Invited
speaker at Hatched Symposium.
ARTiculate Artists Talk. An adverstised Event, Edith Cowan
University.
2002 ARTiculate Artists Talk. An overview of Documenta
Xl
2001 The Big Tent
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). Articulations
01: art, activism, aesthetics. A national public forum
coinciding with the Perth International Arts Festival
Promised Land: are we there yet?
The Church Gallery in association with the Perth International
Arts Festival
2001 "Graduate Studies Research Methodologies in
the Visual Arts"
Masters in Education Program, Edith Cowan University,
Perth
2000 Artist's Talk
Edith Cowan University, Visual Arts Forum Program
1999 Beyond Familiar Territory
Canberra Museum & Gallery
1998 "Krauss's: Sculpture in the Expanded Field and
Beyond"
Canberra School of Art, Art Theory Workshop, ANU
1997 Cartographies: Mapping and Art
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
Plenty More Ore or...?
University of New South Wales, Perspecta, Intersections
conference, Sydney
"Robert Smithson: Site/Non-site
Dialectics"
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art,
Art Theory Workshop and repeated in 1999
1996 Influence of the Environment on Art Making
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
1995 Artists Talk
Glasgow School of Art
1994 "Contemporary Inuit and Eskimo Art"
University of Victoria, History in Art Department, Faculty
of Fine Arts
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| Publications |
“Dutch Artists in Australia: Artiesten in Australie
van Nederlandse oorsprong”, The Dutch: The Move
Down Under edited by Nonja Peters. Syney: CCH, 2006.
SOVAnotes/SOCAnotes School of Contemporary Arts Newsletter.
Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Survey catalogue preface 2004.
Edited Transpositions exhibition catalogue. Curated by
Rinske Car. ECU Publication.
Wh-Eat, exhibition flyer, Fremantle Arts Centre, 2001
Promised Land, 24page colour exhibition catalogue, Perth
International Arts Festival, 2001
On-line PhD Dissertation, Beyond Familiar Territory, ANU,
Canberra
Beyond Familiar Territory, 4 page exhibition catalogue,
Canberra Museum & Gallery, 1999
Moving Territory, Muse Magazine, Canberra, October, 1997,
p. 3.
Father’s Hair An Inquiry About Hair, www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/textiles/hairinquiry/
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| Solo Exhibitions |
2008 Turner Galleries, Perth (forthcoming)
2006 Over My Shoulder, Perth Institute of Contemporary
Art
2004 Promised Land 2, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
Midland, The Bank
Central TAFE, Perth
2003 Promised Land 2 , Geraldton Regional Art Gallery,
WA
Promised Land 2. The Cannery Arts Centre, Esperance, WA
Promised Land 2. WA Fringe Festival Event, Goldfields
Arts Centre and Gallery. Kalgoorlie, WA
transpose. Spectrum Project Space. Northbridge, WA
2002 Promised Land 2. Revised installation for Vancouver
Arts Centre. Albany, WA
2001 Promised Land. Installation, Perth International
Arts Festival. The Church Gallery, Claremont, WA
1999 Beyond Familiar Territory. Canberra Museum &
Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1996 Bauxite. Installation at Canberra Contemporary Art
Space (The Cube), Canberra
1995 Backbone #3. Installation at de Vaalserberg, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Backbone #2. Installation Canberra Contemporary Art Space,
Manuka, Canberra
Backbone #3, de Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1994 Backbone. University of Victoria Fine Art Building
Gallery, Victoria, Canada
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| Documented Performances |
2003 transpose 3, 3x3 Urban Project. Commissioned by
the City of Perth, Forrest Place, 24-26 May.
2002 transpose 2, Port Beach, North Fremantle
transpose 1, Leighton Beach, Cottesloe
1995 Assistant to Lyndal Jones' Sexual Play in the Galapagos
Island. Australian National University
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| Collaborations |
2006 Art in Bloom, Art Gallery of Western Australia.
In collaboration with Hyaline Glass, David Hay, professional
glass blower.
2004 Art in Bloom, Art Gallery of Western Australia. In
collaboration with hyaline Glass and David Hay, professional
glass blower.
2001 Wh-Eat. Installation at Fremantle arts Centre, Fremantle,
WA. Part of Metis 3, National Exhibitions of Science and
Art, Collaborating with Murray Gibbs, CSIRO, Agriculture
WA, The State Salinity Council and the Oil Mallee Association
of WA.
1995 Canberra School of Art, Lyndal Jones' Sexual Play
in the Galapagos Islands, video/performance and installation
1997-9 Collaborations. Artists group organised by Vivienne
Binns, Canberra
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| Group Exhibitions (Selected) |
2006 Sculpture Survey 2006, Gomboc Gallery and Sculpture
Park
Sensation, TAFE Central Gallery, Perth
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
Australia on the Map, John Curtin Art Gallery
My Own Executioner 2006, Mundaring Arts Centre
2005 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
Joondalup Art Award, by invitation
2004 On the Beach. Maritime Museum, Fremantle.
2003 AFWA OCH Members Show. The Moores Building, Fremantle,
2002 Collectables. The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
September
Initial spECtrUm. SpECtrUm Project Space, Northbridge,
WA. June
Transpositions. Dutch Artists in Western Australia. WA
MUSEUM, April - May. Touring in 2003-05 to Mandurah, IASKA
Kellerberrin, Katanning Gallery, Goldfield Art Gallery
Kalgoorlie, etc.
2001 Uglieland. The Moores Building,, Fremantle, WA. November.
1998-9 Vital Signs. Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape
Town University, South Africa (touring: Photospace Gallery,
Canberra School of Art, 1998; Stargard Szczecinski Museum,
Szczecinski, Poland, 1999)
1998 Canberra National Sculpture Forum. National Library
venue, Canberra, ACT
RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
1997 Mapping the Comfort Zone. Artspace, Adelaide Festival
Centre
Nien Schwarz and Hanh Ngo. Canberra School of Art Gallery,
ANU, Canberra, ACT
1996 Nomadia. De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The 12th Tamworth Fibre/Textile Biennial. Tamworth Regional
Gallery, (touring Campbelltown, Dubbo, Bathurst, Toowoomba,
Broken Hill)
Response to Manifesta 1. Duende, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1995 The Helen Pitt Exhibition. Surrey Art Gallery, Vancouver,
Canada
1994 Bumper Crop: Contemporary Art in Victoria. The Rogue,
Victoria, Canada
1993 Photography at The Rogue Gallery. Rogue Art Gallery,
Victoria, Canada
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| Commissions |
2005 Curtin University of Technology Art Collection,
Transpose
2003 City of Perth, Cultural Development and Arts, 3x3
Urban art Project
1999 Australian Capital Territory, Dept of Environment.
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, Information Centre, Marmoleum
design of foyer floor. In association with TT Architecture,
Canberra
1998 ACT Dept. of Urban Services, Civic Lighting and Signage
Project. Canberra City bus interchange beacon. In association
with Rodney Moss, architect
1997/98 Canberra Museum and Gallery, public art commission
for MOVING TERRITORY, a 16 passenger lift. In association
with May Flannery Architects
1997 Canberra Museum and Gallery, public art proposal,
Canberra
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| Selected Catalogue Entries |
Sculpture by the Sea, 2005, Cottesloe.
Sculpture Survey 2006, Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Park.
Transpositions, Dutch artists in WA. Rinske Car and Nonja
Peters, ECU publication, 2002
Canberra National Sculpture Forum, exhibition catalogue,
Canberra School of Art, 1998
Naomi Horridge, Vital Signs, Michaelis School of Art,
Cape Town University, South Africa and Canberra School
of Art, 1998
Future Perfect: The 1998 ACUADS Conference, exhibition
catalogue, RMIT University, 1998
Vivonne Thwaites, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre,
Mapping the Comfort Zone: the dream and the real, 1997
Nomadia, De Vaalserberg Artists' Initiative, Rotterdam,
1996
Rolfe, Michael and Daniel Brine, Twelfth Tamworth Fibre/Textile
Biennial, Tamworth City Gallery, 1996
Davison, Liane. The Helen Pitt Award, exhibition catalogue,
Surrey Art Gallery, BC, Canada, 1995
Reviews and References (selected)
Cook, Robert, “Over my shoulder: Nien Schwarz in
Perth”, Art Monthly Australia, April 2007, pp 9-12.
Ric Spencer, “Taking stock of human cargo”,
The West Australian, May 20 2006, p. 13 Weekend Extra
(review of curated exhibition Floating).
Ric Spencer, “Insightful works a shore thing”,
The West Australian, March 18, 2006, p. 13 Weekend Extra.
Stephen Bevis, “Art on the sand rivals Cottesloe’s
tanned torsos”, The West Australian March 9, 2006,
page 3.
Art Monthly Australia, Artnotes WA image, April 2005
The West Australian, “Sculpture a breath of fresh
air”, Ric Spencer Mar 26, 2005
Nyanda Smith, “Inspiring isolation”, The West
Australian, August 3, 2004, p. 10.
The West Australian, “It’s all in the case
of art for the city”, 26 May, 2003
Art Monthly Australia, Artnotes WA (Image), April, 2003
Dorothy Erickson, "Uglie Land", Artlink, Vol
22 No 1.
Ian McLean, "Promised Land: Nien Schwarz at The Church
Gallery", Artlink, Vol 121 No.2 p. 89
Art Monthly Australia, Artnotes WA, June, 2001 p. 41.
Artlink," Art events addressing ecological issues,
Vol 21 #1, p. 70
John Mateer, "Earth: Perth International Arts Festival",
Art Monthly Australia, March 2001
Art Monthly Australia, Artnotes WA (Image), March, 2001
David Bromfield, "Sights To Make You Soar",
The West Australian, Big Weekend lift out, Feb 10, 2001,
p 6.
Kate Gauntlett, The West Australian, "For Nien art's
clearly in the bag" Feb 5, 2001, p 11
Sophie O'Brien, Perth International Art Festival Visual
Arts Guide, 2001, pages 13-14
Anne O’Hehir, "Art: Beyond Familiar Territory,”
Muse Canberra’s Art Monthly, April, 1999, p 14-15
Art Monthly Australia, Artnotes ACT(image), No 117, Mar
1999, p 38
Helen Musa, "A Capital Life", Canberra Times:
Panorama section, Feb., 20, 1999
Ben Reid, "Times Out Feature", Canberra Times,
Jan 28, 1999, page 3
Canberra Museum & Gallery, See Public Art at CMAG,
brochure, 1999
Jacky Talbot, "Public Art at the Canberra Museum
and Gallery", Artlink, Vol. 18, No 12, p 68-9
Deborah Clarke, "Canberra National Sculpture Forum
1998", Art Monthly Australia, May 1998, p 10-11
Sonia Barron, "Diversions From The Ordinary",
Canberra Times, May 11, 1998
Anne O’Hehir, "Sculpture: Canberra National
Sculpture Forum", Muse Magazine, Canberra, May, 1998,
page 21
Myra McIntyre, "A Feeting Glimpse of Inner-city Living",
April 27, 1998, Canberra Times, page 7
Jacky Talbot, "ACT Public Art Program", National
Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) Newsletter, Dec
1997, p 4-6
Catherine K, "Art:Textile Art", Muse: Canberra’s
Art Monthly Magazine, April, 1997, pages 17-18
Cath Kenneally, "Post-Colonial Dreaming", Artlink
vol 17 (3), 1997, pp 74-6
Diana Wood-Conroy, "The Indelible Artisan: Tamworth
Fibre Textile Biennial 1996", Object, No. 1, 1997
Australian National University, Canberra School of Art
brochures - Study Guide, Sculpture Workshop, 1996, Graduate
Prospectus, 1996, 1998
The Ring, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, Vol. 20,
No. 10, June 10, 1994, page 5
Alisa Smith, "The Shock of the New, Part Two",
Monday Magazine, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May
5-11, 1994, page 3
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| Other Media Coverage |
ABC Radio 720 Perth, November 2006
RTR Radio 92.1 Perth, November, 2006
ABC Documentary Sculpture by the Sea 2005
Channel 31 Sculpture by the Sea, 2005
Channel 9 News, Perth. September, 2002
WIN Television News, Canberra, February 10, 1999
ABC Television News, Interview, aired March 21, 1998
Radio 2XX Canberra, Interview with Jane Barney, May 1995
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| Selected Gallery Experience and Exhibitions
Conceived and Curated |
2006 Floating. Fremantle Arts Centre
2005 Hyaline Hybrids, ECU Spectrum Project Space, Perth
1996 Installation Assistant, National Gallery of Australia,
for "Islands: Contemporary Installations" exhibition.
Assisted Christian Boltanski, Alfredo Jaar, Annette Messager,
Lyndal Jones and Montien Boenma.
1993-94 Curator/Promoter, Fine Arts Department, University
of Victoria, Canada. Curated a group show of fifty works
to commemorate the opening of the new Visual Arts Building
at the university. Including fund raising, press releases,
and promotional activities.
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| Website Links |
http://www.soca.ecu.edu.au/index2.html
http://www.aar.com.au/spons/sculpture/exhib/schw.htm
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/places/cth/cth15.htm
http://www.pica.org.au/artist01/Artic01.html
http://waapa.ecu.edu.au/staff/nschwarz.htm
http://www.perthfestival.com/events/indexvisarts.html
http://www.csiro.au/metis/schwarz.html
http://www.arts.act.gov.au/publicart.html
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/srowley/nien.htm
http://www.anu.edu.au/ITA/CSA/sculpture/home1.html
http://www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au/gallery/fibre.html
http://www.afct.org.au/arts/publications.html
http://www.artthrob.co.za/may/listings.htm
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/dpa/monpaper/98-no12/ozart.htm
http://www.v2.nl/vaalserberg/cat/nomadia/default.htm
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