Rosanna Blacket’s practice explores landscape through the process of embedding oneself in that landscape. She seeks out materials which can speak of place through the process of collecting. This is done in a manner which redresses the colonial and settler methodologies with a promise of reverence and protection to the natural environment. The fragility of the work ensures it holds close to the moment of creation, while reflecting on the history of her connection to the Australian landscape.
Education:
B.FinArts. 2019 (VCA, University of Melbourne)
B.Arch.(Hons) (University of Melbourne)
M.Arch. (By Design Research) (University of Melbourne)
Prizes:
Awarded the 2019 Majilis Encouragement Award. VCA, Melbourne.
Awarded the Kaufman Scholarship 1993, University of Melbourne
The Edward and Penelope Billson Prize for Architectural Design, 1986 University of Melbourne
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 - 26 Advantage, Highett. The Hide
2022 – 26 Advantage, Highett. TeenyWeeny.
Group Exhibitions:
2024 The Art Room, Footscray, Be Longing, Work Exhibited – Sarah and the Swan, Stella, Ethel, Dorothea.
2023 MILK Gallery, Collingwood, The Final Drop, Work Exhibited-.Settle Down
2021 George Paton Gallery, Carlton, Re-Scene Unseen. Work Exhibited- The Creek
2020 George Paton Gallery Website, SceneUn, Video
2020 George Paton Gallery, Carlton, Scene Unseen, Work Exhibited- The Creek
2020 George Paton Gallery, Carlton, Silences Between the Ticks of the Clock. Work exhibited – ShoreDrift and ShoreBreak.
2019 VCA Graduation Show, Southbank. Work exhibited – ShoreDrift, ShoreBreak, and ShoreLine.
2019 VCA Art Space, Southbank S/cens/us, Work exhibited- The Corellas, Sound installation.
2018 VCA Art Space, Southbank Afterthoughts. Work exhibited-Pianola, Multiscreen installation with sound and projection. Hand cut pianola roll
2017 VCA Art Space, Southbank, I’d Like To Call It. Work exhibited- Cutie- Timber, tambourine, coat hanger, steel
2006 Homer Faber, Melbourne Museum
2004 3O/4U Architectural Exhibition 2004, held at the Bread Box, Northbridge Perth, October 2004.
2000 Big Journey, Small Buildings: inhabiting a drawn out landscape. Held at Habitus 2000 – A Sense of Place Conference, Sheraton Hotel, Perth and at John Curtin Art Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
Articles and catalogue inclusions:
Halliday, Karl. “Silences Between the Ticks of the Clock: Absence and Erasure in an Age of Cultural Palimpsest”, George Paton Gallery. Exhibition Catalogue essay. Feb 2020.Accessed September 26, 2023.https://issuu.com/mattlsiddall/docs/_silences_between_ticks_of_a_clock__catalogue
“Silences Between the Ticks of the Clock: Absence and Erasure in an Age of Cultural Palimpsest”, George Paton Gallery. February 2020. Accessed September 26, 2023. https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/pageassets/express-yourself/gallery/archive/1-silence-between-ticks-of-a-clock-February-2020.pdf
“Scene Unseen”. George Paton Gallery. March 2020. Accessed September 26, 2023
“Scene-Un_RBlacket”. George Paton Gallery Virtual. December 2020. Accessed September 26, 2023
“ReScene Unseen”. George Paton Gallery. March 2021. Accessed September 26, 2023
