Alana Hunt

Education

2008-2010
Masters in Arts and Aesthetics (class I)
The School of Arts and Aesthetics of Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi

2004-2007
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours Class I
Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
Honours advisor, Josephine Starrs.

2006
Jan–April, International Student Exchange
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada 
Under the studio supervision of Rita McKeough.
     

Selected Exhibitions

2011

  • Demonstrating Relevance: Response-Ability, as part of Memefest an international network of radical communication with exhibitions across Ljubjjana (Slovenia), Berlin (Germany) and Nijmegan (Netherlands).

2010

  • Lover/Carer, curated by Jacqueline Olivetti at Peacock Gallery, Auburn Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
  • Mad Lab: Manchester Digital Laboratory, as part of the Asia Triennial Manchester 11 (ATM11), project curated by Ima Pico, Manchester.
  • Emerging Economies/ refreshing the art scene?, curated by Ima Pico (black duck) and Christina Ghetti (RED NOMADE) as part of the S.LOW cross-disciplinary project, Berlin.
  • City as Studio: EXB 10.02, Sarai Interface Zone, New Delhi.
  • Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative 4, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax NS, Canada.

2009

  • OK.Comedy: 4th Jakarta International Video Festival, National Gallery of Indonesia, 28th July - 9th August, 2009.
  • Someone draws a flower on a wall beside a bed, School of Arts and Aesthetics Galleries, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • Climate Emergency, At the Vanishing Point, Newtown/Sydney, curated by Ingrid Dernee.
  • It's a human relations thing, Mori Gallery, Sydney, along with new works by Susan Norrie and Abel TM

2008

  • Fauvette Laureiro Travelling Artist Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, SCA Galleries, Sydney.
  • CUT: the greatest artwork since the end of the world, a collaborative performance with Rosita Holmes, Serial Space, Sydney.
  • Eyelevel Re-Shelving Initiative 3, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Canada.
  • Callan Park Protest Exhibition, Mori Gallery, Sydney.

2007

  • 2007 Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney.
  • Trajectories of Dissent, coinciding with APEC this was a decentralised multi-venue exhibition that took place at Tooth Studios, Little Fish Gallery and Mori Gallery, Sydney.
  • Save Sandon Point, Mori Gallery, Sydney.
  • Distance Yourself, Don’t Look Experimental New Media Gallery, Dulwich Hill.
  • SCA Enviro-Collective Art Show, Exit Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts.

2006

  • 2006 Degree Show, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney.
  • The Rise of the Court Jester, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle. (co-curator)
  • Australia Right Now, Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.
  • Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative 2, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax NS, Canada.

2005

  • ….about, China Heights, Surry Hills, Sydney.
  • Firstly television is a male thing Newspace Gallery, Rozelle.

Selected Film Screenings

  • It's a human relations thing (2009) screened at New Art Exchange (Nottingham, UK) as part of Made in India a compilation of creative short video works from India compiled by curator Ima Pico (aka Black Duck).
  • OK.Comedy: 4th Jakarta International Video Festival, National Gallery of Indonesia, 2009.
  • Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival, Pact Theatre, 2008.
  • E.T.A. for Death – a night of visual stimulation, Chauvel Cinema, 2006.
  • Broken Tape: Video Art, Verge Arts Festival, The University of Sydney, September 2006.
  • Short Black Film Festival, Manly, 1999.
  • Pittwater Short Film Festival, Avalon, 1997.


Curatorial Projects

  • Someone draws a flower on a wall beside a bed, School of Arts and Aesthetics Galleries, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 4th-20th of August, 2009.
  • Art from Callan Park, Exit Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, 2007.
  • SCA Enviro-Collective Art Show, Exit Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, 2007.
  • ….about, China Heights, Surry Hills, Sydney, 2005.


Residencies

  • Memefest, Nijmegan (NL), May-June 2011.
  • Splendid Arts Lab, 2010-2011.
  • Fraser Studios Visual Arts Residency, Chippendale, August-November, 2010.
  • The Sarai Programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India, January – April 2008.


Grants, Awards and Scholarships

  • The Ian Potter Cultural Trust, grant recipient, 2009.
  • RUN_WAY: Inter-arts young and emerging professional development initiative, Australia Council for the Arts, 2008.
  • The University of Sydney Honours Scholarship, 2007.
  • Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship, 2006-2007.
  • Zelda Stedman Young Artist Travel Scholarship, Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney, 2005.
  • Jerome de Costa Memorial Award, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney, 2004.
  • Youth Award, Pittwater Short Film Festival, 1997.

Publications (about the artist)

  • Baba Umar, “Letters from Kashmir”, Kashmir Dispatch, 5th May, 2010.
  • Baba Umar, “Ban on prepaid meets sarcasm in Kashmir: Aussie student’s ‘paper text message’ provides vent to dejected subscribers”, Rising Kashmir, 21st December, 2009.
  • Janice Pariat, “Bedroom becomes a drawing room”, Time Out Delhi, vol.3 issue 10, August 2009.
  • Richa Bhatia, “Delhi Nights, Kashmir Days”, Indian Express, 6th August, 2010.
  • Ann Finegan, “Hyperplexic Desalinated but not Scary”, Artlink, vol.28 no.1, 2008, p. 47-51.

Publications (by the artist)

  • “Reunion Island, Offshore territory” and “Drifters”, Art and Deal Magazine, Issue No. 31 - Radical: Possibilities / Ruptures, 2010.
  • "It's a human relations thing", Locksmith Projects, Publication 01, upcoming.
  • "In an age of terror the fundamental threat to Australia appears to be safety” and “Between the Festival” in Text Camp Reader Next Wave Festival 2008.
  • “Inside Outside Inside On, by Kenzie McKenzie and James Brown”, exhibition essay included in Drop Down NSW artists in the 2008 Next Wave Festival, 2008.

Employment and Related Experience

  • Warmun Art Centre, Gallery Coordinator, 2011.
  • Freelance arts writer.
  • Arts writer for artslant.com, 2009.
  • Internship in Kashmir with ANHAD, an NGO working for harmony and democracy in communal stricken areas of India, 2009.
  • Next Wave Text Camp. A mentorship and publication project that explores ways in which young writers can respond to artworks and performance projects beyond conventional modes of art writing and reviewing. Melbourne May 15 - 31, 2008.
  • ABC Radio National, Freelance program producer/researcher, 2008.
  • Gallery Assistant, Agathon Galleries, Glebe, 2007.
  • Community Radio (2ser 107.3) producing segments on the arts and other related topics, 2007.
  • Art therapy project initiated by Stephen Mori, at Rozelle Psychiatric Hospital, Callan Park, 2007.
  • Co-Director of Exit Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts, 2007.
  • Camera operator for Quickclips.com.au, 2006-2008.
  • Transcription of artist interviews for William Wright as part of a project for the Power Institute at the University of Sydney, 2006.
  • Cross-cultural education workshops with Indigenous elder Ernie Grant and artist Danie Mellor, Tully, QLD, 2005.
  • Volunteer at Garma Indigenous Cultural Festival 4-10 August 2004, Arnhem Land, NT.
  • Volunteer at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, 2003.
  • Work Experience at Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, 2003.

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