MARCIA SWABY
Bio
Marcia Swaby is currently a sessional academic, a recent graduate and a visual artist working primarily in jewellery and objects. With an interest in historical objects and their inherent communication, she translates her interpretations through multimodal materials. Processes for her most recent works include lost wax casting, chasing metal and experimenting with clay. As a tactile means of connecting with obscured histories, her work explores re-joining fragments of the past into the present.
CV
Education
2018: Master of Philosophy (MPhil),
Jewellery & Object, University of New South Wales Art & Design
Thesis — Haptic Tactility: How design processes can remediate identities past and present
2014: Master of Design (MDes),
Jewellery Course Work,
University of New South Wales Art & Design (Previously College of Fine Arts)
2008: Bachelor of Design (BDes),
Majored in Jewellery & Environments,
University of New South Wales,
College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Projects
2020: Dean's Awards Brooches, University of New South Wales Art & Design
Solo Exhibitions
2018: Exegesis: 'Haptic Tactility', AD Space,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Group Exhibitions
2020: Hand Over, Sydney Craft Week, Windowsmiths, Sydney
2020: The Cooked & The Raw, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2019: Profile 19, Sydney Craft Week, Australian Design Centre, Sydney
2019: Profile 19, Sydney Craft Week, SquarePeg Studios, Sydney
2019: Do You Hear the People Sing, 'Haptic Bowl, Print & Cemi video',
Metro Arts, Brisbane
2018: Les Misérables'18, 'Cemi video & Haptic Bowl', Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
2017: Under Pressure, Tarnanthi, Art Gallery of South Australia,
'Figure & Two Figures' 2016
2017: Sydney Craft Week, 'Jewellery: as archaeological emblems',
Sydney Craft Week, University of New South Wales Art & Design
2016: Secret 7, 'In-dent Faces (Cimú)', AD Space,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
2016: Girl Genius: Roundtable, 'Prelude 1.1', Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
2015: Kudos Emerging Artist & Designer, 'Figures',
University of New South Wales Art & Design
2014: Ontogeny, 'Pores', KudosGallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
2007: Parasite Octopus, 'Il Labbro (The Lip)',
Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy (Group Residence)
2007: Dissonance, 'Swollen Rings', Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Artist Talk
2018: Q&A Session, 'Les Misérables' 18, Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Panel Speaker
2016: Roundtable Prelude 1.1, 'Girl Genius', Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Awards
2019: Recipient of the 'Dean's Award' Postgraduate Research Excellence
2015: 'Girl Genius' Award, Kudos Gallery,
University of New South Wales Art & Design
Publication
2017: Tarnanthi, Catalogue, Art Gallery of South Australia