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Jennifer Mathews (b.1994) is a sculpture and installation artist based in South Australia. Her practice weighs up the semiotic strength of various forms, architectural or purely symbolic, testing their capacity to contain different material histories or deliver shifting forms of meaning. Recent projects consider human dominion over the non-human and the architectural impulse to measure and contain. She engages these themes with a focus on the absurdity and alienation inherent in space, drawing upon language and found imagery. Working with materials such as metal, resin, and light, Mathews combines traditional and industrial processes—such as welding, casting, and moulding—to reflect, obscure, and poeticise the environments that inform her work.
Mathews holds First Class Honours in Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the University of South Australia, where she received the Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize. In 2023, she was awarded a 12-month studio residency at ACE, Adelaide. Recent exhibitions include UNIT, Laila, Sydney (2024); Studios: 2023, ACE, Adelaide (2023); Coercion Cradle, Al Fresco, Canberra (2023); Staple, Laila, Sydney (2023); and The Sun Ceases to Give Without Receiving, Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne (2022).
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Jennifer Mathews (b.1994) is a sculpture and installation artist based in South Australia. Her practice weighs up the semiotic strength of various forms, architectural or purely symbolic, testing their capacity to contain different material histories or deliver shifting forms of meaning. Recent projects consider human dominion over the non-human and the architectural impulse to measure and contain. She engages these themes with a focus on the absurdity and alienation inherent in space, drawing upon language and found imagery. Working with materials such as metal, resin, and light, Mathews combines traditional and industrial processes—such as welding, casting, and moulding—to reflect, obscure, and poeticise the environments that inform her work.
Mathews holds First Class Honours in Fine Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the University of South Australia, where she received the Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize. In 2023, she was awarded a 12-month studio residency at ACE, Adelaide. Recent exhibitions include UNIT, Laila, Sydney (2024); Studios: 2023, ACE, Adelaide (2023); Coercion Cradle, Al Fresco, Canberra (2023); Staple, Laila, Sydney (2023); and The Sun Ceases to Give Without Receiving, Kings Artist-Run, Melbourne (2022).