
Fiona Shewan is an artist based in Naarm/Melbourne. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Monash University in 2011 with a double major in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and Film and Television Studies. She received a Merits Scholarship to undertake Honours. Her thesis focused on the ethics of spectatorship and historical trauma in the cinematic works of Michael Haneke. She has just completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts where she was a recipient of the Majlis Art Award.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Victorian College of the Arts 2024
Graduate Certificate of Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts 2018
Bachelor of Arts, Honours: Double major in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and Film and Television Studies, Monash University 2011
EXHIBITIONS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
Blindside Radio, Call Waiting, 30 November 2024
Majlis Art Award, the Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, 2024
The Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, November 2024
Shortlisted for Majlis Scholarship at the Victorian College of the Arts, 2023
AN/ARI, Fundraiser, June 2023
Black Spot Gallery, Silent Auction for the Ukraine, May 2023
AN/ARI, Dirt, March 2023
SIM Gallery Reykjavik, In To, January 2023
SIMS Residency Seljavegur, Iceland, December 2022
Shortlisted for the Kate Daw Scholarship at the Victorian Collage of the Arts 2022
Second Space Projects, Toys R Us: A Playland of One's Own, 17 - 25 March 2022
Static Open Gallery, Yellow Associations, 25 February 2022
George Paton Gallery Virtual, I Do Love, November 2021
UMSU Mudfest, Blaze, George Paton Gallery, 5 - 13 August 2021
Rubicon ARI, Main Gallery, Shadow Lines, Solo Exhibition, 10 - 27 November 2021
George Paton Gallery Mentorship Program with Sandra Bridie 2021
University of Melbourne Student Union, Creative Arts Grant 2020, Postponed due to COVID-19
George Paton Gallery Virtual, May 2020
https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/5-GPGvirtual-Untitled-Fiona-Shewan-2020.pdf
Noir Darkroom, We've Got Chemistry Baby, 4 - 15 December 2019
Victorian College of the Arts Open Day, Photography Tutorial Room, Solar Eclipse 2019
CCP Ilford Salon 2018
https://milieuproperty.com.au/melbourne-milieu/salon-as-selected
Melbourne Central Art Loop Series Three: Issues of Tomorrow, June 2017 - January 2018
https://marsgallery.com.au/melbourne-central-art-loop-series-three-issues-of-tomorrow/
Brunswick Street Gallery Video Art Group Show, 7th April - 20th April 2017
Shortlisted for Channels Video Art Festival 2017
Gertrude Street Projection Festival Art Box Video Jam, Saturday 22 July 2017
http://gspf.com.au/work/artbox-video-jam/
Budd Street Gallery launch, 10th December 2016
GCVA Final Exhibition VCA Student Gallery 2016