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I acknowledge people of the wurundgeri nation on whose unceded lands I rent land to live. I pay respects to their elders past, present and future and to the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters of Australia.
Ruby Napangardi painted Women Dreaming at Lajamanu Warlpiri in 1987.
Good wishes to everyone suffering and struggling with mental health challenge. My thoughts are with everyone who is or has experienced abuse, torture, control, forced treatment and/or murder. My condolences.
Artist, writer, wise woman, community enthusiast, trauma navigator, peer coach, enthusiastic art student/researcher.
Artistic creations for you and for me.
Certificate of Creative Writing, RMIT University, Melbourne, 1990
Bachelor of Arts, Majors English and Drama, Flinders University, 1991 - 1995
Graduate Diploma of Library and Information Studies from University of South Australia, 1996.
Open University Australia (Curtin University) BA, Fine Art and Visual Culture.
Bachelor of Fine Art, RMIT, 2019.
Group Exhibitions
Selfie, photograph, 2017, RMIT Vice Chancellor’s Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
Redmond Treehouse, 2017, Artists Guild, Melbourne, Australia (sold)
Hiraeth, Tacit Studio, Abbotsford, Melbourne, December 2018.
Walk A Mile in my Shoes, sponsor TreeHaus, Community Event Williamstown Reserve 2018.
Brunswick Street Gallery, sm
Group Exhibitions
Selfie, photograph, 2017, RMIT Vice Chancellor’s Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
Redmond Treehouse, 2017, Artists Guild, Melbourne, Australia (sold)
Hiraeth, Tacit Studio, Abbotsford, Melbourne, December 2018.
Walk A Mile in my Shoes, sponsor TreeHaus, Community Event Williamstown Reserve 2018.
Brunswick Street Gallery, small works, 2018
Linden new Art, postcard show, 2018.
RMIT Graduate Exhibition, Nov 21 to 17, three videos, Connection… each 10.23 mins
Solo Exhibitions.
MOJO Film Festival 2018, awarded for Therapy and Me, my 3.30 min MP4 video
MOJO film Festival 2019, awarded for Connecting and Creating after Trauma, 7 min MP4 video
Turning & Turning in Redwood State Forest, three videos/screens, RMIT Building 2, Melb.
Facebook Me, Gasworks Park, Mirrors back to back. Melbourne, Australia. November 2018.
Awards
Highly Commended, Hobsons Bay Art Show 2018, Williamstown Harbour, etching, 10 x 8cms.
Coordinated, published and launched Visible Ink, RMIT University’s Creative Writing Anthology 1990.
Fill My Cup, produced as a radio play at Flinders University 1992.
Bull-ants and Witch Volcano published online approx. 2000. http://www.earthplatform.com/jenny/hickinbotham.
Grant Writing, published Queensland Writer’s Centre Magasine approx.
Coordinated, published and launched Visible Ink, RMIT University’s Creative Writing Anthology 1990.
Fill My Cup, produced as a radio play at Flinders University 1992.
Bull-ants and Witch Volcano published online approx. 2000. http://www.earthplatform.com/jenny/hickinbotham.
Grant Writing, published Queensland Writer’s Centre Magasine approx. 2010.
Death Becomes Us All, Read on SynNation Radio, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia. 13 Sept 2018. Hear it at jennyhickinbotham.com
Syn Nation Radio, hear their interview and reading at jennyhickinbotham.com
When I Had a Grandpa, and Risking It All, The Corvus RMIT, 11 November 2018.
https://thecorvusrmit.com/category/poetry
The Problem with Transference, 2019, in Toxic Relationships, publisher RMIT Bowen Street Press.
Our Own Words, Collaborative Book Project, 2019. https://www.booktopia.com.au/our-own-words-the-collaborative-book-project/ebook/9781922391117.html
Psychology of Sex, published in Medium Online, 17th November, 2019.
EMAIL: jennyhickinbotham@gmail.com