CIRRICULUM VITAE
JESIKA DAWNN (formerly Hanford)
Born 1968 Fort Worth, TX, USA
Immigrated 1973 Brisbane, QLD Australia
Currently Residing Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Immigrated 1973 Brisbane, QLD Australia
Currently Residing Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
EDUCATION
2007 Bachelor of Fine Art – Gold & Silversmithing, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1997 Bachelor of Fine Art – Gold & Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (first year)
1996 Yeronga TAFE, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Blacksmithing for Beginners)
1995 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA
(Metalforming Techniques, Beginning Soldering, Jewellery Casting)
1994 Universidad de Mexico, Taxco, GRO, Mexico (Jewellery Studies)
1989 Bachelor of Arts – Film & Television, Queensland College of Arts, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1997 Bachelor of Fine Art – Gold & Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (first year)
1996 Yeronga TAFE, Brisbane, QLD, Australia (Blacksmithing for Beginners)
1995 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA
(Metalforming Techniques, Beginning Soldering, Jewellery Casting)
1994 Universidad de Mexico, Taxco, GRO, Mexico (Jewellery Studies)
1989 Bachelor of Arts – Film & Television, Queensland College of Arts, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
EMPLOYMENT
2016 → Independent Arts Practice, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2011-15 Studio Jeweller, JesikaJack, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2006 Resident Jeweller, MoB Studio, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2003-05 Jewellery Production Manager, Bing Bang, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2003-04 Jewellery Production Manager, Meryl Waitz Inc., New York, NY, USA
2001 Jewellery Production Assistant, Arnold Goldstein, New York, NY, USA
1999 Jewellery Production Assistant, Adventures in Jewellery, Beerburrum, QLD, Australia
2003-05 Jewellery Production Manager, Bing Bang, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2003-04 Jewellery Production Manager, Meryl Waitz Inc., New York, NY, USA
2001 Jewellery Production Assistant, Arnold Goldstein, New York, NY, USA
1999 Jewellery Production Assistant, Adventures in Jewellery, Beerburrum, QLD, Australia
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Profile 2017, Gauge Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2017 Five, 88 Gallery Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2017 PIN7, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2017 Loop, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2016 Takeaway, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2016 Production Run, Artisan – Queensland Craft and Design Centre, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2016 Trace, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2016 Worn and Weathered, Webb Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2015 Pendulum, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2015 Profile 2015, Airspace 2 Projects, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2015 Lux Lumens, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2015 sPIN, ANCA Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2014 OverYour Head, Stanley St Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 Glam-r-us, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 Cherish, Craft Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 Expeditions, Metalab Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 Glisten, Marks & Gardner Gallery, Mt Tambourine, QLD, Australia
2006 Cherish, Craft Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2006 Expeditions, Metalab Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
2006 Glisten, Marks & Gardner Gallery, Mt Tambourine, QLD, Australia
2002 Natural Influences, Pismo Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
1999 Soul, Peter Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 Rush, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 The Gift, Contemporary Art and Design Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 Birth, Carindale Library, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 Rush, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 The Gift, Contemporary Art and Design Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1999 Birth, Carindale Library, Brisbane, QLD, Australia