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{{short description|Australian-born contemporary artist (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox artist
|name = Jemima Wyman
|image = Jemima Wyman in 2017.jpg
|caption = Wyman in 2017
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}
|birth_place = [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|nationality = [[Australia]]n
|education = {{ubl|[[Queensland University of Technology]]|The California Institute of Arts in Los Angeles}}
|website = https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/}}

'''Jemima Wyman''' (born 1977, Sydney, Australia) is a Australian-born contemporary [[artist]]. She is known for her art practices incorporating various mediums such as installation, video performance, photography, and painting. She has had various recent exhibitions focused on visually based resistance strategies employed within protest culture and zones of conflict.

Jemima Wyman currently lives and works between Brisbane, Australia, and Los Angeles, California. She has numerous Solo Exhibitions, participated in various Group Exhibitions, and has been a part of Live Performances/Screenings/Events.

== Early life and Education ==
Wyman was born in 1977, [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/}}</ref> In 2001, Wyman graduated with Honours at the [[Queensland University of Technology]] in Brisbane, Australia. She received an MFA in Fine Arts at The California Institute of Arts in Los Angeles and graduated in 2007. In 1997, Jemima Wyman received her Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art at the [[Queensland University of Technology]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
 
[[File:Jemima Wyman's At The Fray.webp|thumb|Jemima Wyman's contemporary art]]
[[File:Jemima Wyman's Conjuring Radical Openness.webp|thumb|Jemima Wyman's contemporary art]]

Wyman's most recent work often revolves around global issues and the politics of identity. <ref>https://www.the-national.com.au/artists/jemima-wyman/jemima-wyman/</ref> Jemima Wyman made an impact considering her use of masks, especially during the time when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world.<ref>Jackson, L. (2020). A Practice of Protest and Protection: The Masks of Jemima Wyman. Art and Coronavirus, 32–35.</ref> Jemima Wyman has been a part of 19 Solo Exhibitions, about 50 Group Exhibitions, and 20 Selected Live Performances/Screenings/Events.<ref>https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/</ref> Overall, Wyman has a MAS-archive that began in 2008, that revolves around the masked attire of protestors from around the world.

===''...like a siren it repeats'' (August 24 - September 23, 2019) ===
One of Wyman's most recent solo exhibitions is entitled "...like a siren it repeats," which explores camouflage and visual resistance and how it’s manifested in protest and biology. This exhibit was held at the Sullivan+StrumpF in Sydney, Australia, and is part of Wyman's MAS-archive collection. "Aposematism" is the common theme for the collages featured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/ |website=Jemima Wyman |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> Aposematism is a defense mechanism where an animal's color and pattern function as a "siren" to warn off predators.

Yellow and black were the primary colors used in this optical exhibit. Wyman attempts to highlight to the audience how this strategy of colors and patterns has been used by various individual protesters and collectives; such as the ‘Yellow Shirts’ (Southeast Asia), the Umbrella Revolution (Hong Kong), Black Lives Matter (internationally) and the ‘Yellow Vests’ movement (France).<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/ |website=Jemima Wyman |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> The scheme allows wearers protection as well as the coming together of collective desires and wishes for change.

===''At the Fray'' (September 22 - November 03, 2018) ===
This exhibition displayed at the CommonWealth & Council uses patterns, clothing, and masking to show neo-camouflage as a method of counterpower for marginalized groups. Wyman explores the transformative and protective potentials of textiles combined to create a visual resistance. This exhibition is also part of Wyman's MAS-archive collection. Wyman focuses on the DIY artwork style created by street protestors, using buildings, banners, signs, clothing, and masks to create talismanic imagery meant to ward off evil.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/ |website=Jemima Wyman |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> The scheme allows wearers protection as well as the coming together of collective desires and wishes for change. Inspired by "shelter-halves," Wyman has painted over multi-buttoned triangular pieces of fabric, known as "Zeltbahns," creating a series of double-sided recombinant paintings.

===''Conjuring Radical Openness'' (November 7 - December, 2015) ===
This exhibition uses new textile work and bronze sculpture that emphasizes the act of masking by protestors and rebels around the world. Jemima Wyman focuses on specific patterns and shows how creative transformation and disguise, allow protestors to multiply their presence or create solidarity. This exhibition was displayed at the CommonWealth & Council. A floor-to-celing textile work is displayed with a bronze sculpture in between the drapes. The monument represents an invisible presence, showing a shared collective face and the potential of anonymous protestors. <ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/ |website=Jemima Wyman |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref> The scheme allows wearers protection as well as the coming together of collective desires and wishes for change.

===''Pattern Bandits'' (April 5 - November 2, 2014) ===
Pattern Bandits was one of Wyman's habitable installations that took place in the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. This being one of Wyman's earlier works, she incorporated children's participation in her artwork. This was a 5-room interactive installation for children to show “social camouflage” and to describe patterns that are used by groups for visual resistance, ultimately creating an "architectural crazy quilt."<ref>Cull, T. (2014). The Power of Patterns. Artlines, 34–37.</ref> 

The 5 interactive rooms were:
*Spinning Wall Mandala Portal
*Pattern Action Zone
*Pattern Power Moves
*Kaleidoscopic Tessellation Station
*Harlequin Hallway

===''The Declaration of Resemblance and Fluid Insurgents'' (2009) ===
This solo exhibition was held at the Institue of Modern Art. The exhibit showcased how plaid has multiple functions as not only fashion but a disguise as well. In terms of war and protests, if one does not wear the right camouflage on the battlefield, one can potentially die. The camouflage also symbolizes unity and comradery when on the same team. The exhibition comprised of wallpaper, two video works, a digital photograph, a soft cultural couch, and three large-scale hand-cut collages.

In a one-on-one interview with Jemima Wyman based on her art exhibition, Robert Leonard, a contemporary-art writer and curator, dives deeper into the purpose and inspiration behind the exhibit. Leonard questions Wyman on how the plaid relates to camouflage and as a fashion statement.<ref>https://robertleonard.org/jemima-wyman-the-declaration-of-resemblance-and-fluid-insurgents/</ref> One of the questions asked refers to the vague distinction between what the characters in the exhibit represent. To which Jemima Wyman responds:
<blockquote>"Not allowing viewers a stable point of reference keeps the work open, allowing them to engage through their own fears and desires."<ref>https://robertleonard.org/jemima-wyman-the-declaration-of-resemblance-and-fluid-insurgents/</ref></blockquote>

==Awards and Residencies==
*2012 Australia Council Grant, New York Grant (Mid Career)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jemima Wyman's official website |url=https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/links/ |website=Jemima Wyman |access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>
*2011 Arts Queensland, Career Development Grant
*2010 QANTAS Foundation Art Award, Australia
*Elam International Residency, University of Auckland, New Zealand
*2009 Three walls Summer Residency, Chicago (CamLab)
*2006 California Institute of Arts Scholarship, Los Angeles
*2005 Lord Mayors Fellowship, Brisbane City Council & Arts Qld
*2004 The Anne & Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
*Los Angeles Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts
*2001 Graduate Award (Honours), Software Engineering Aust.
*2001 Melville Haysom Scholarship, Queensland Art Gallery

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://jemimawyman.wordpress.com/}

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