Fields of Research (FoR)
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Biography
Zoë Veness is a contemporary jewellery artist and design educator.
She has a background in classical ballet and design, graduating with a Diploma of Dance from the Australian Ballet School in Naarm (Melbourne), followed by a Bachelor of Design, Master of Design (Research) and Doctorate of Philosophy from UNSW Art & Design in Gadigal (Sydney).
Her practice-based research in contemporary jewellery uses experimental making methods to explore...view more
Zoë Veness is a contemporary jewellery artist and design educator.
She has a background in classical ballet and design, graduating with a Diploma of Dance from the Australian Ballet School in Naarm (Melbourne), followed by a Bachelor of Design, Master of Design (Research) and Doctorate of Philosophy from UNSW Art & Design in Gadigal (Sydney).
Her practice-based research in contemporary jewellery uses experimental making methods to explore aesthetics of time and notions of movement, materiality and place. Her work has received winning prizes for the Contemporary Wearables '23 Biennial Jewellery Award Exhibition and the National Contemporary Jewellery Award and acquisitions in public collections at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
She has produced ten solo exhibitions including Still Point at Gallery Funaki (2024), The Stream of Time at Woollahra Gallery (2022), New Terrain in an Old World at Craft + Design Canberra (2017), Infinite Fold at JamFactory (2009) and Mathematical Beauty at Australian Design Centre (2006).
Her curatorial projects include Wayfaring at Studio XL-XS for Radiant Pavilion Naarm/Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial (2019), and Remanence at Domain House in nipaluna (Hobart) for Ten Days on the Island in Tasmania (2017).
She has participated in over 70 national and international group exhibitions including the ITAMI International Jewellery Exhibition in Japan (2015), Australian Design Centre’s national touring exhibition Made/Worn: Contemporary Australian Jewellery (2020-2023) and Vestige at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (2023-2024). She was artist-in-residence at Arthur Boyd's Bundanon in 2010 and at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2006. Her work can be viewed at zoeveness.com
Zoë supervises Masters and PhD students in the areas of contemporary craft, contemporary jewellery, jewellery history, object design and textiles design.
She is currently Senior Lecturer and Deputy Head of School (Design) at UNSW Art & Design. Previously, Zoë was Studio Coordinator of Object and 3D Design at the University of Tasmania, School of Creative Arts and Media in nipaluna (Hobart).
My Grants
2023 UNSW Art & Design Research Grant, Design for the Circular Economy (Design ForCE) Project
2019 Exhibition Development Fund, Contemporary Arts Tasmania
2017 Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Project Grant
2012 UNSW Postgraduate Research Student Support Travel Grant
2011 Australian Postgraduate Award
2011 UNSW Art & Design Top Up Scholarship
2006 Australia Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Development Grant
2005 Craft-in-Site Grant, Australian Design Centre
2003 Postgraduate Research Grant, UNSW Art & Design
2002 Australia Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Development Grant
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
- Contemporary Craft
- Material Culture
- Practice-centred Research
- Jewellery Design
- Jewellery History
- Object Design
- Textiles Design
Currently supervising
Chloe Congdon, PhD, Healing, Reverie and Soma’Sensory Anchors: Designing objects of soft fascination to move from fight and flight, to flow and flourish (secondary with Jill Bennett)
Caitlin Dubler, PhD, The geology of glass: Critical craft as a methodological approach revealing material durations (joint with Bianca Hester)
Jingwen Yuan, PhD, Poetic translations and embodiment: Virtual materials and data transformations in contemporary jewellery practice (joint with Patricia Flanagan)
Changrui He, PhD, Modularity and Adaptation of Textile and Apparel Products: Construction Systems for a Sustainable Future (joint with Alison Gwilt)
Chantelle Baistow, PhD, A design-led exploration of energy transition in the NSW Central Coast and Hunter regions through recycled coal ash provotyping in 3D-printed ceramics with industry and community stakeholders (secondary with Katherine Moline)
Emma Peters, PhD, Designing new circular economy pathways for post-consumer textile waste in the interior textile industries (joint with Alison Gwilt)
Julie Oliver, PhD, Social Jewels: Bridging the gap between museum collections and colonial jewellery narratives (joint with Kasia Jezowska)
Previous supervisions
Inoka Samarasekara, PhD, Acts of preservation and renewal: Remaking traditional forms of Sri Lankan jewellery impacted by colonisation and globalisation (joint with Katherine Moline)
Kyoko Hashimoto, MFA, Bioregional Bodies: Place-based making and experimental design practices in contemporary jewellery (joint with Katherine Moline)
Julie Oliver, MPhil, Hidden Jewellery Revealed: an exploration of social status through the Rouse Hill House jewellery collection, 1801 to 1924 (joint with Wendy Parker)
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7933-8650