Education
2024
Anthotypes & Other Organic Processes I & II, Penumbra Foundation, New York (online)
2022-current
Doctor of Philosophy (Creative Arts), University of Tasmania
Doctor of Philosophy (Creative Arts), University of Tasmania
2012-2015
Master of Visual Arts (Major Studio Project), University of South Australia
Master of Visual Arts (Major Studio Project), University of South Australia
2010
Private tuition at the Center for Alternative Photography, New York
Private tuition at the Center for Alternative Photography, New York
2006-2007
Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), University of South Australia
Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours (First Class), University of South Australia
2002-2005
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Specialisation), University of South Australia
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Specialisation), University of South Australia
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2024
Mentorship with Dr WhiteFeather Hunter (CA)
Arts South Australia Professional Development Grant
Arts South Australia Professional Development Grant
2022
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
2018
Guildhouse Collections Project, Guildhouse and Santos Museum of Economic Botany, Botanic Gardens of South Australia
Guildhouse Collections Project, Guildhouse and Santos Museum of Economic Botany, Botanic Gardens of South Australia
2017
Artist in residence, Elizabeth Grove Primary School, SA
Artist in residence, Elizabeth Grove Primary School, SA
2014
Artist in residence, Bundanon Trust, NSW
Artist in residence, Bundanon Trust, NSW
2013
Artist in residence, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Arts SA Individual Development Grant
Artist in residence, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
Arts SA Individual Development Grant
2012
Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award
MF & MH Joyner Scholarship in Fine Arts
Highly Commended, Sculpture at Scenic World
Qantas Foundation Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award
MF & MH Joyner Scholarship in Fine Arts
Highly Commended, Sculpture at Scenic World
2010
Ruth Tuck Scholarship
Artist in residence, Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire, UK
Ruth Tuck Scholarship
Artist in residence, Braziers International Artists Workshop, Oxfordshire, UK
2009
Helpmann Ashington Mentorship Scheme with Marian Crawford
Wilson HTM National Art Prize Encouragement Award
SAYAB Project and Development Grant
Helpmann Ashington Mentorship Scheme with Marian Crawford
Wilson HTM National Art Prize Encouragement Award
SAYAB Project and Development Grant
2008
Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture Prize
People’s Choice Award, Peter Walker Fine Art, Helpmann Graduate Exhibition
Helpmann Academy Project Support Grant
Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant (NAVA)
Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture Prize
People’s Choice Award, Peter Walker Fine Art, Helpmann Graduate Exhibition
Helpmann Academy Project Support Grant
Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant (NAVA)
Selected Solo Exhibitions & Commissions
2022
Public art commission: Paul Kelly Lane, City of Music Laneways, City of Adelaide
2020
Public art commission: Bowden Park sign, Renewal SA
2018
From little things, Museum of Economic Botany and Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide
From little things, Museum of Economic Botany and Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide
2013
Turn back to the river, One River Project, Murray Bridge, SA
Turn back to the river, One River Project, Murray Bridge, SA
2010
Of Things Past, Seedling Art Space, Hawthorndene, SA
Of Things Past, Seedling Art Space, Hawthorndene, SA
2009
the air finds it hard to breathe, FELTspace, Compton St, Adelaide
the air finds it hard to breathe, FELTspace, Compton St, Adelaide
2008
After you’ve gone, The Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside, SA
After you’ve gone, The Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside, SA
2005
Fifth Floor, Grote Street Public Library, Adelaide
Fifth Floor, Grote Street Public Library, Adelaide
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Preliminary Artefacts, Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide
Desire Lines, Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, SA
Desire Lines, Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, SA
2022
Neoteric, North Eastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station, Adelaide
Neoteric, North Eastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station, Adelaide
2021
Unley 150, Unley Museum, Unley, SA
signs & wonders & other omens, West Gallery Thebarton, Thebarton, SA
Unley 150, Unley Museum, Unley, SA
signs & wonders & other omens, West Gallery Thebarton, Thebarton, SA
2020
Solastalgia - an antidote, Fabrik, Lobethal, SA
Artists making futures, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
Solastalgia - an antidote, Fabrik, Lobethal, SA
Artists making futures, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
2019
The Scene is the seen, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
Small Spaces / Big Ideas, Praxis Artspace, Bowden, SA
Things of Nature, Unley Museum, SA
The Scene is the seen, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
Small Spaces / Big Ideas, Praxis Artspace, Bowden, SA
Things of Nature, Unley Museum, SA
2018
Heysen Prize for Landscape, Hahndorf Academy and The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA
Good Mother, Adelaide Central Gallery, Glenside, SA
Mad for More, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide College of the Arts, Adelaide
Director’s Cut, FELTspace, Adelaide
Heysen Prize for Landscape, Hahndorf Academy and The Cedars, Hahndorf, SA
Good Mother, Adelaide Central Gallery, Glenside, SA
Mad for More, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide College of the Arts, Adelaide
Director’s Cut, FELTspace, Adelaide
2015
Ghostly Nature, Adelaide Town Hall
Life in Still, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA
CACSA Contemporary, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide
Ghostly Nature, Adelaide Town Hall
Life in Still, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA
CACSA Contemporary, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide
2014
Same River Twice, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide and Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA
Well Made, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Same River Twice, Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide and Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge, SA
Well Made, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2013
to the things themselves, FELTspace, Adelaide
One River Project, Belconnen Arts Centre and Lake Ginninderra, Canberra, ACT
Provisional State I, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside
to the things themselves, FELTspace, Adelaide
One River Project, Belconnen Arts Centre and Lake Ginninderra, Canberra, ACT
Provisional State I, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside
2012
CACSA @ 70, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside
Objectified, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
Take Care, Arts SA, Adelaide
Sculpture at Scenic World, Blue Mountains, NSW
CACSA @ 70, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Parkside
Objectified, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
Take Care, Arts SA, Adelaide
Sculpture at Scenic World, Blue Mountains, NSW
2011
Los Minutos, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
Refraction, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Los Minutos, Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
Refraction, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2010
Show seventeen, Shift Gallery, London, UK
Supernormal Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK
Structural Integrity, FELTspace pavilion, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, VIC
There’s a time and a place, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
Show seventeen, Shift Gallery, London, UK
Supernormal Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK
Structural Integrity, FELTspace pavilion, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, VIC
There’s a time and a place, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2009
Wilson HTM National Art Prize, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Wilson HTM National Art Prize, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2008
Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture Prize, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
Peter Walker Fine Art, Walkerville, SA
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall, Adelaide
First, Liverpool Street Gallery, Adelaide
Hatched National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA
The Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture Prize, SASA Gallery, Adelaide
Peter Walker Fine Art, Walkerville, SA
Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Drill Hall, Adelaide
First, Liverpool Street Gallery, Adelaide
Selected Bibliography
2022
Llewellyn, Jane. “Neoteric is a testament to the resilience of SA’s visual artists.”
InDaily. March 16, 2022. https://indaily.com.au/arts-culture/visual-art/2022/03/16/neoteric-is-testament-to-the-resilience-of-sas-visual-artists/
Llewellyn, Jane. “Neoteric is a testament to the resilience of SA’s visual artists.”
InDaily. March 16, 2022. https://indaily.com.au/arts-culture/visual-art/2022/03/16/neoteric-is-testament-to-the-resilience-of-sas-visual-artists/
Purvis, Andrew. ‘There is music in everything.’ Myth & Lore: Fungus Among Us 2 (October 2022): 23-26
2018
Scicchitano, Eleanor. “From Little Things.” Real curators wear black. June 24, 2021.
https://realcuratorswearblack.com/Heidi-Kenyon-Writing.
Scicchitano, Eleanor. “From Little Things.” Real curators wear black. June 24, 2021.
https://realcuratorswearblack.com/Heidi-Kenyon-Writing.
Llewellyn, Jane. ‘Artist Profile: Heidi Kenyon’s natural medicine.’ The Adelaide Review. July 16, 2018. https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/visual-arts/2018/07/16/artist-profile-heidi-kenyon-natural-medicine/
von Einem, Johnny. “Voices in the trees.” City Mag. July 16, 2018.
https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/voices-in-the-trees/
von Einem, Johnny. “Voices in the trees.” City Mag. July 16, 2018.
https://citymag.indaily.com.au/culture/voices-in-the-trees/
2015
Gouriotis, Kon. “Same River Twice.” Asian Art News (May/June 2015): 62-63.
Gouriotis, Kon. “Same River Twice.” Asian Art News (May/June 2015): 62-63.
2014
Allen, Lindy. “River dirt is dirty dirt.” Belonging: Great Art Stories From Regional Australia, 41. Footscray, Victoria: Regional Arts Australia, 2014.
Allen, Lindy. “River dirt is dirty dirt.” Belonging: Great Art Stories From Regional Australia, 41. Footscray, Victoria: Regional Arts Australia, 2014.
2013
Kemp, Jemima. “Everything is Going to be Alright.” The Adelaide Review (November 2013): 42-43.
Orchard, Ken. “Drawn in Light.” One River Project (June 2013): www.oneriver.com.au
Macdonald, Logan. “FELTspace.” Art Monthly Australia 257 (March 2013): 48.
Kemp, Jemima. “Everything is Going to be Alright.” The Adelaide Review (November 2013): 42-43.
Orchard, Ken. “Drawn in Light.” One River Project (June 2013): www.oneriver.com.au
Macdonald, Logan. “FELTspace.” Art Monthly Australia 257 (March 2013): 48.
2011
Ananda, Roy. “Heidi Kenyon” FELTspace GOLD: A Survey of Emerging Contemporary Art Practice in South Australia, edited by Matt Huppatz, 72-75. Adelaide: FELTspace, 2011.
Ananda, Roy. “Heidi Kenyon” FELTspace GOLD: A Survey of Emerging Contemporary Art Practice in South Australia, edited by Matt Huppatz, 72-75. Adelaide: FELTspace, 2011.
2009
Invisible City 06, No Theme (November 2009): 14-17. www.invisiblecity.org ‘A quiet power finds its place’ The Independent Weekly (August 14-20 2009): 32.
Invisible City 06, No Theme (November 2009): 14-17. www.invisiblecity.org ‘A quiet power finds its place’ The Independent Weekly (August 14-20 2009): 32.
2008
Snell, Ted. “State of Play.” The Weekend Australian (‘Review’ May 3-4 2008): 18-19.
“Graduate Exhibitions” Art World Issue 1 (February/March 2008): 152.
Snell, Ted. “State of Play.” The Weekend Australian (‘Review’ May 3-4 2008): 18-19.
“Graduate Exhibitions” Art World Issue 1 (February/March 2008): 152.
Professional Development / Performances / Public works
2023
On collaboration, consumption and care: discussion for Nature Festival with Dr Prudence Gibson (NSW) and Henry Wolff (SA), Art Gallery of South Australia
On collaboration, consumption and care: discussion for Nature Festival with Dr Prudence Gibson (NSW) and Henry Wolff (SA), Art Gallery of South Australia
2021
Public art commission: Paul Kelly Lane, City of Music Laneways, City of Adelaide
Performer for CARE by Henry Wolff (SA)
Public art commission: Paul Kelly Lane, City of Music Laneways, City of Adelaide
Performer for CARE by Henry Wolff (SA)
2020
Public art commission: Bowden Park sign, Renewal SA - https://bowdenlife.com.au/news-events/news/a-sure-sign-that-bowden-park-is-the-place-to-be/
Public art commission: Bowden Park sign, Renewal SA - https://bowdenlife.com.au/news-events/news/a-sure-sign-that-bowden-park-is-the-place-to-be/
2019
Performer for The Scene is the seen, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
Performer for The Scene is the seen, Holy Rollers, Prospect, SA
2018
Participant, Francois Knoetze (South Africa) workshop; The Art of Mongo: New forms of art making with recycled materials.
2017
Performer for TRIO, a performance by David Cross (VIC), Series of Unexpected
Events (SUE) curated for the City of Onkaparinga by Paul Gazzola in conjunction with Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA)
Fight For Self forum, Fran Festival, ACE Open, Adelaide (Creator and co-coordinator with Polly Dance)
Participant, Francois Knoetze (South Africa) workshop; The Art of Mongo: New forms of art making with recycled materials.
2017
Performer for TRIO, a performance by David Cross (VIC), Series of Unexpected
Events (SUE) curated for the City of Onkaparinga by Paul Gazzola in conjunction with Open Space Contemporary Arts (OSCA)
Fight For Self forum, Fran Festival, ACE Open, Adelaide (Creator and co-coordinator with Polly Dance)
2012
Performer/Navigator for HOLD, a performance/installation by David Cross (VIC/NZ), Melbourne Festival, Arts House, VIC
Discord and Resonance ‘Speculations’ Design Project (5000+ and the Integrated Design Commission, Adelaide, SA.
Masterclass with Jonathan Jones (NSW) and Postcommodity (USA), Adelaide Festival
Performer/Navigator for HOLD, a performance/installation by David Cross (VIC/NZ), Melbourne Festival, Arts House, VIC
Discord and Resonance ‘Speculations’ Design Project (5000+ and the Integrated Design Commission, Adelaide, SA.
Masterclass with Jonathan Jones (NSW) and Postcommodity (USA), Adelaide Festival