JOSEPHINE MEAD
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SUPPORT MATERIAL - Australia Council Career Development Grant
EXAMPLES OF VISUAL WORK:
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Installation view: The Conversation.  ​solo exhibition by Josephine Mead at Bus Projects, Collingwood. (August 1 - 25, 2018)
Work pictured (left to right):
A tired ship with deflated sails, 2017, Josephine Mead
Digital inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made tasmanian oak frame, 29.7 x 42cm, Edition 1/3 + AP.
​Chair Sculpture, 2018, Josephine Mead

Tasmanian oak, glue, putty, screws, foam, eco polyester, cotton, 1.5 m x 0.6 m x 0.6m.
The Conversation. 2017, Josephine Mead

Digital inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made tasmanian oak frame, 1.3 m x 0.9m, Edition 1/3 + AP.
Photograph courtesy of Christo Crocker.
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Installation view: The Marking. solo exhibition at c3 contemporary art space at the Abbotsford Convent by Josephine Mead (January 30 - February 24, 2019). ​
Sculptures pictures (background to foreground):
Ocular Looking Device (brass), 2018, Josephine Mead, brass, 185 x 74 x 64 cm.
Ocular Looking Device (copper), 2018, Josephine Mead, copper, 204 x 113 x 55 cm.
Ocular Looking Device (steel), 2018, Josephine Mead, steel, 231 x 155 x 66 cm.
​Photograph courtesy of Aaron Rees.
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Installation view: The Marking. solo exhibition at c3 contemporary art space at the Abbotsford Convent by Josephine Mead (January 30 - February 24, 2019). 
Works pictured (left to right):
The body has many a discursive function, 2018, Josephine Mead, Inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford 
Smooth Pearl paper, created from scanned film photograph, 29.5 x 43.2cm. Edition of 3 + AP.     
I am bounded by the curve, entirely and in parts, 2018, Josephine Mead, Inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, created from scanned film photograph, 29.5 x 43.2cm. Edition of 3 + AP.      
The flower is fragile in the same way that my body is fragile, 2018, Josephine Mead, Inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, created from scanned film photograph, 29.5 x 43.2cm. Edition of 3 + AP.      
The Marking., 2018, Josephine Mead, Inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford 
Smooth Pearl paper, created from scanned film photograph, 29.5 x 43.2cm. Edition of 3 + AP.      ​
​Photograph courtesy of Aaron Rees.
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Sin Puertas Visibles / No Visible Doors, 2018, Josephine Mead, 
Digital Inkjet print on 310gsm Illford Smooth Pearl paper, 27.5 x 42cm, Edition of 3 + AP.
This work was produced through the Arquetopia Foundation Residency in Puebla, Mexico. Image courtesy of the artist.
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My Body Was Pushed and Pulled by Language, 2018, Josephine Mead
Digital Inkjet print on 310gsm Illford Smooth Pearl paper, 27.5 x 42cm, Edition of 3 + AP.
This work was produced through the Arquetopia Foundation Residency in Puebla, Mexico. Image courtesy of the artist.
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Installation view: a veritable (un) mooring, 2017, Josephine Mead, MADA Now, Honours BFA Graduate Exhibition, Monash University (November 14 - 25, 2017)
Sculptures pictured (left to right):
Curved Support Frame (Just Holding Up), 2017, Josephine Mead, tasmanian oak, glue, dowel, screws, wood putty, wax, vinyl, felt, sand, plastic sheeting, cotton thread, 181cm x 94cm x 94cm.
Tall Support Structure (Mirror Device), 2017, Josephine Mead, tasmanian oak, glue, screws, wood putty, wax, vinyl, felt, sand, plastic sheeting, cotton thread, 240cm x 138m x 107.5cm.
Photograph courtesy of the artist.
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​Installation view: a veritable (un) mooring, 2017, Josephine Mead, MADA Now, Honours BFA Graduate Exhibition, Monash University 
(November 14 - 25, 2017)
Josephine Mead, Curved Support Frame (Just Holding Up), 2017
Tasmanian oak, glue, dowel, screws, wood putty, wax, vinyl, felt, sand, plastic sheeting, cotton thread, 181cm x 94cm x 94cm.
Photograph courtesy of the artist.
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Installation view: a veritable (un) mooring, 2017, Josephine Mead, MADA Now, Honours BFA Graduate Exhibition, Monash University
​(November 14 - 25, 2017)

Works pictured (left to right):
Leg of the Child, 2017, Josephine Mead, inkjet print (created from scanned film photograph) on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm. Edition 1/5 + AP.
Holding Position, 2017, Josephine Mead, inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm, Edition 1/5 + AP.
Mourning as a productive act, 2017, Josephine Mead, inkjet print (created from scanned film photograph) on 310gsm Canson Photographique paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm, Edition 1/5 + AP.
A lesson in holding oneself up, 2017, Josephine Mead, inkjet print on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm, Edition 1/5 + AP.
​Photograph courtesy of the artist.
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Left: a veritable (un) mooring, 2017, Josephine Mead
Digitial inkjet print on 310gsm Canson Platine paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 60.5cm x 41.5cm, Edition of 3 + AP.
Image courtesy of the artist.
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Act. Generational reflections: an investigation into acts of self-care (part 1), 2017, Josephine Mead
Inkjet print (created from scanned film photograph) on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm, Edition of 5 + AP.
Act. Generational reflections: an investigation into acts of self-care (part 2), 2017, Josephine Mead
Inkjet print (created from scanned film photograph) on 310gsm Ilford Smooth Pearl paper, framed in custom-made Tasmanian oak frame, 43cm x 27.2cm, Edition of 5 + AP.
​Images courtesy fo the artist.
EXAMPLES OF WRITING:
'The Specifics of a Poem' - collection of poems produced through the Arquetopia Foundation Residency in Puebla Mexico, published by Art + Australia in 2018.
'The Conversation' - poetic text produced by Josephine Mead in 2018 to accompany solo exhibition 'The Conversation.' at Bus Projects in Collingwood. (August 1 - 25, 2018)
'They were at-once exfoliate and moisture' - poetic essay produced to accompany exhibition by Jess Taylor and Deborah Prior at Kings Artist-Run. Produced through the Kings Emerging Writer's program in 2018.
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