JACQUI MILLS
BIO
Jacqui Mills is a Sydney based audio-visual artist whose work explores memory, loss and the passing of time. She has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of interdisciplinary performances, videos and installations with organisations including Carriageworks, Performance Space, Airspace Projects, the Malthouse Theatre and PACT Centre For Emerging Artists. Jacqui co-curated the 2018 In Motion festival at Airspace Projects, Marrickville. She has been an artist-in-residence at Arteles Creative Centre, Hämeenkyrö, Finland 2012; and the recipient of the Viktoria Marinov Award UNSW 2014, People’s Choice Award Creative Corner Festival 2015, and Finalist and Highly Commended Hidden Rookwood Films 2019.
Self Portrait, 2025
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EDUCATION:
2017: Masters of Fine Arts by Research UNSW Art and Design
2013: Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, UNSW Art and Design
2007: Certificate III and IV in Screen, EORA, TAFE NSW
2006: Certificate III in Theatre, Performance and Practice, EORA, TAFE NSW
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS:
2021: Finalist in Hidden Rookwood Films (Breath)
2019: Highly Commended in Hidden Rookwood Films (Places That Sometimes Disappear)
2019: Finalist in Hidden Rookwood Films (Something in the Room)
2015: People’s Choice Award in Creative Corner Festival (Breath)
2014: Australian Postgraduate Award for Masters of Fine Arts at UNSW Art and Design
2014: Victoria Marinov Award for Masters of Fine Arts at UNSW Art and Design
2013: Dean’s List Award UNSW Art and Design
RESIDENCIES:
2012: Arteles Creative Centre, Haukikärvi, Finland
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2018: In Motion, Airspace Projects Sydney (Co-Curator)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017: A Search for What is Lost, Black Box, UNSW Art and Design
2016: Something in the Room, Airspace Projects, Sydney
2015: Mutable Narratives, Airspace Projects, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020: Introversion, Articulate Project Space, Sydney
2019: Hidden Rookwood Films, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney
2017: An Act of Showing: Rethinking artist-run initiatives through place, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2015: Openings, Airspace Projects Sydney
2015: Creative Corner Festival, Verona Cinema, Sydney
2014: In Motion, Airspace Projects, Sydney
2013: The Annual, UNSW Galleries, Sydney
2013: The Shape of Things to Come, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2013: Show Us Your Kunst, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2012: New Performance Festival, Breathing Pop-Up Gallery, Turku, Finland
COLLABORATIONS:
2017: A/V artist for Revolving Door, with Sally Clarke, Rethinking artist-run initiatives through place, Testing Grounds, Melbourne
2015: Video Documentation for Liveworks Festival, Performance Space
2014: A/V Artist for SEETHrough, Next Wave Festival, The Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
2014: A/V Artist for KumKum, Freshly Squeezed Festival. PACT Centre For Emerging Artists
2011: A/V Artist for Bully Beef Stew, PACT Centre for Emerging Artists
2010: A/V Artist for The Promise, PACT Centre for Emerging Artists
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS:
2017: Mills, J. ‘A Search For What Is Lost: Video As Memory’, MFA Dissertation UNSW
2017: Mmiranda, 'An Act of Showing: rethinking artist-run initiatives through place'. https://the-ari-experience.com/2017/08/18/an-act-of-showing-rethinking-artist-run-initiatives-through-place/
2014: Miller, L. ‘SEETHROUGH’, in Toorak Times, 5/05/2014 http://www.tooraktimes.com.au/reviews.php?do=viewreview&reviewid=49
2013: Mills, J. ‘Video as Landscape Artefact and Narrative’, Honours Thesis UNSW
2012: Lancaster, L. ‘Freshly Squeezed’, in Sydney Arts Guide, October 22, 2012. http://www.sydneyartsguide.com.au/freshly-squeezed/
2011: Jackson, K. ‘Bully Beef Stew’, in Kevin Jackson Theatre Blog, July, 2011. http://www.kjtheatrediary.com/2011/07/bully-beef-stew.html