Press Gang performing at the 2023 Experimental Print Prize Opening!
Castlemaine Art Museum
Friday 15 September, 6pm
The Press Gang are thrilled to be performing at the opening and prize announcement of the 2023 Experimental Print Prize. Thank you to Castlemaine Art Museum for allowing us to fill your beautiful spaces with our printmaking-themed songs and the Mount Alexander Shire Council Event Grants Program for their support! Press Gang is made up of print world luminaries Martin King, Jim Pavlidis, Adrian Kellett, Etienne Mantelli, Sophie Dickinson, Julie Forrester, and Jazmina Cininas who also pens the original lyrics.
Full details of the event and RSVP at this link.
Castlemaine Art Museum
Friday 15 September, 6pm
The Press Gang are thrilled to be performing at the opening and prize announcement of the 2023 Experimental Print Prize. Thank you to Castlemaine Art Museum for allowing us to fill your beautiful spaces with our printmaking-themed songs and the Mount Alexander Shire Council Event Grants Program for their support! Press Gang is made up of print world luminaries Martin King, Jim Pavlidis, Adrian Kellett, Etienne Mantelli, Sophie Dickinson, Julie Forrester, and Jazmina Cininas who also pens the original lyrics.
Full details of the event and RSVP at this link.
Jazmina Cininas: The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf
Australian Galleries Melbourne, Tuesday 2 May - Saturday 20 May 2023
Opening Night 6-8pm, Tuesday 2 May
Artist Talk with performance by The Lost Clog
3pm Saturday 13 May
If you happen to be passing through Collingwood, be sure to pop into 'The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf', hosted by the lovely folk at Australian Galleries. The solo exhibition features a shimmering forest of my quintessentially 'Aussie bush band' lagerphones reimagined as Baltic nature motifs, alongside some especially made new frottage work. Yep. Rubbings.
The frottage works were born of the 2020 lockdown, when I was suddenly in need of a medium that my printmaking students could utilise from their homes without specialist equipment and I began making rubbings of the items around my in my home. Like a phoenix, the frottage images arise anew from the everyday and the overlooked.
Australian Galleries Melbourne, Tuesday 2 May - Saturday 20 May 2023
Opening Night 6-8pm, Tuesday 2 May
Artist Talk with performance by The Lost Clog
3pm Saturday 13 May
If you happen to be passing through Collingwood, be sure to pop into 'The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf', hosted by the lovely folk at Australian Galleries. The solo exhibition features a shimmering forest of my quintessentially 'Aussie bush band' lagerphones reimagined as Baltic nature motifs, alongside some especially made new frottage work. Yep. Rubbings.
The frottage works were born of the 2020 lockdown, when I was suddenly in need of a medium that my printmaking students could utilise from their homes without specialist equipment and I began making rubbings of the items around my in my home. Like a phoenix, the frottage images arise anew from the everyday and the overlooked.
Jazmina Cininas: The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf
Albury Library Museum, Saturday 19 November 2022 - Sunday 19 February 2023
If you happen to be heading for the Victorian-NSW border this summer, be sure to make a pit stop at the Albury Library Museum, where The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf will be on show in the Laneway Gallery. This exhibition spans two decades of exploration of my Lithuanian-Australian identity and a more recent focus of sustainable art practices, from an early photographic portraits of Iron She-Wolves featuring Lithuanian-Australian women of my acquaintance, through handbound books from print ephemera that explore Baltic mythology, migration and the natural world, to lagerphones from recycled timber and bottle caps in the form of Baltic nature motifs. A mere stone's throw from the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, where many Lithuanian refugees began their lives in Australia, The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration and showcases the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric.
Photo: Andrius Lipšys
Link to Albury Library Museum exhibition listing here.
Albury Library Museum, Saturday 19 November 2022 - Sunday 19 February 2023
If you happen to be heading for the Victorian-NSW border this summer, be sure to make a pit stop at the Albury Library Museum, where The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf will be on show in the Laneway Gallery. This exhibition spans two decades of exploration of my Lithuanian-Australian identity and a more recent focus of sustainable art practices, from an early photographic portraits of Iron She-Wolves featuring Lithuanian-Australian women of my acquaintance, through handbound books from print ephemera that explore Baltic mythology, migration and the natural world, to lagerphones from recycled timber and bottle caps in the form of Baltic nature motifs. A mere stone's throw from the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, where many Lithuanian refugees began their lives in Australia, The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration and showcases the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric.
Photo: Andrius Lipšys
Link to Albury Library Museum exhibition listing here.
Festival of the Fantastic in Australian and Japanese Arts, Australia Week
19-28 November 2022, Kanagawa University, Japan
I'm honoured to have been invited to represent Australia in a mini exhibition in Yokohama at the Festival of the Fantastic in Australian and Japanese Arts, organised by the University of Queensland. In a truly international affair, the show features poster-sized reproductions of pages from my artist book, The Slippery She-Wolf Dreams in Snakish, which I created as Artist in Residence at the Estonian Printing and Paper Museum in Tartu. Part of the exchange of ideas between Australia and Japan, this exhibition also showcases the dreamy paper cuts of Kathleen Jennings and the water colours of Mortimer Menpes.
See some behind the scenes images of The Slippery She-Wolf Dreams in Snakish here.
Further exhibition details here.
19-28 November 2022, Kanagawa University, Japan
I'm honoured to have been invited to represent Australia in a mini exhibition in Yokohama at the Festival of the Fantastic in Australian and Japanese Arts, organised by the University of Queensland. In a truly international affair, the show features poster-sized reproductions of pages from my artist book, The Slippery She-Wolf Dreams in Snakish, which I created as Artist in Residence at the Estonian Printing and Paper Museum in Tartu. Part of the exchange of ideas between Australia and Japan, this exhibition also showcases the dreamy paper cuts of Kathleen Jennings and the water colours of Mortimer Menpes.
See some behind the scenes images of The Slippery She-Wolf Dreams in Snakish here.
Further exhibition details here.
Press Gang performing at the 2022 Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic
2pm Sunday 27 November 2022
After a COVID-enforced hiatus, those multi-talented printmakers, The Press Gang, are delighted to be returning to the Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic with their irreverent reveries and laments of the print world. Lead by etching luminary Martin King with lyrics penned by Jazmina Cininas, the Gangsters will be performing their classics, such as You Can't Print That and Am I Ever Gonna Etch a Plate Again?, along with some brand new numbers, in the idyllic bushland setting of Baldessin's St Andrews studio. Photo: Silvi Glattaeur
Festivities kick off at 12pm. Full details here.
2pm Sunday 27 November 2022
After a COVID-enforced hiatus, those multi-talented printmakers, The Press Gang, are delighted to be returning to the Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic with their irreverent reveries and laments of the print world. Lead by etching luminary Martin King with lyrics penned by Jazmina Cininas, the Gangsters will be performing their classics, such as You Can't Print That and Am I Ever Gonna Etch a Plate Again?, along with some brand new numbers, in the idyllic bushland setting of Baldessin's St Andrews studio. Photo: Silvi Glattaeur
Festivities kick off at 12pm. Full details here.
Girlie Werewolves join Divine Creatures in regional NSW.
If you happen to be passing through Armidale, be sure to pop into the New England Contemporary Print Gallery, an initiative by Lizzie Horne to raise the profile of printmaking in regional NSW. On show until 14 November is Divine Creatures, featuring works by Rhonda Ellem, Rona Green, Julie Harris, Lizzie Horne, Trudy Rice, Jessica Serov and yours truly, Jazmina Cininas!
Link to New England Contemporary Print Gallery website here.
If you happen to be passing through Armidale, be sure to pop into the New England Contemporary Print Gallery, an initiative by Lizzie Horne to raise the profile of printmaking in regional NSW. On show until 14 November is Divine Creatures, featuring works by Rhonda Ellem, Rona Green, Julie Harris, Lizzie Horne, Trudy Rice, Jessica Serov and yours truly, Jazmina Cininas!
Link to New England Contemporary Print Gallery website here.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer, Counihan Gallery, 5 February - 3 April 2022
The Sparrow Made Some Beer is an immersive, cross-cultural installation of lagerphones in the shapes of Baltic nature motifs that takes audiences of all ages on a visual, auditory, and poetic reimagining of Lithuanian traditions. As well as creating a totemic forest, these lagerphones serve as percussive instruments, which I first began making for the Melbourne-Lithuanian folkloric ensemble, The Lost Clog, when I joined them 11 years ago. 'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration, recognising the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric. Specially commissioned video works by Mark Bakaitis capture the lagerphones in action and tease out themes of cultural hybridity. 'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
www.moreland.vic.gov.au/exploring-moreland/events/whats-on/the-sparrow-made-some-beer-2022/
Click here for full project details
The Sparrow Made Some Beer is an immersive, cross-cultural installation of lagerphones in the shapes of Baltic nature motifs that takes audiences of all ages on a visual, auditory, and poetic reimagining of Lithuanian traditions. As well as creating a totemic forest, these lagerphones serve as percussive instruments, which I first began making for the Melbourne-Lithuanian folkloric ensemble, The Lost Clog, when I joined them 11 years ago. 'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration, recognising the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric. Specially commissioned video works by Mark Bakaitis capture the lagerphones in action and tease out themes of cultural hybridity. 'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
www.moreland.vic.gov.au/exploring-moreland/events/whats-on/the-sparrow-made-some-beer-2022/
Click here for full project details
Video documentation by Oliver Clifton of Dijuta Kalneli, performed in Counihan Gallery, now live on YouTube
Oliver Clifton's video documentation of The Lost Clog performing Dijuta Kalneli in Counihan Gallery was premiered on 29 May 2022 at the Melbourne Lithuanian Club, in celebration of the CD launch of The Sparrow Made Some Beer. Scott Pope's cinematography captures all the drama - and sweat! - of the live performance. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made this clip, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
Oliver Clifton's video documentation of The Lost Clog performing Dijuta Kalneli in Counihan Gallery was premiered on 29 May 2022 at the Melbourne Lithuanian Club, in celebration of the CD launch of The Sparrow Made Some Beer. Scott Pope's cinematography captures all the drama - and sweat! - of the live performance. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made this clip, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
Third collaborative video work with Mark Bakaitis now live on YouTube
The third of my commissioned video works with fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, Turėja Liepa, was released on YouTube on 1 May 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Mothers' Day. The stars aligned to grant us a glorious spring day after a long lockdown. Mark has truly captured the magic of the morning. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
The third of my commissioned video works with fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, Turėja Liepa, was released on YouTube on 1 May 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Mothers' Day. The stars aligned to grant us a glorious spring day after a long lockdown. Mark has truly captured the magic of the morning. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
Second collaborative video work with Mark Bakaitis now live on YouTube
The second of my commissioned video works with fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, Apėja Sauliutė, was released on YouTube on 11 March 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Restoration of Independence Day mark 2, this time from Soviet Russia. Once again, the gorgeously sumptuous results exceeded all our expectations, transporting us to our personal Walhalla.Yours truly channels her inner Viking for the lead vocals. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
The second of my commissioned video works with fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, Apėja Sauliutė, was released on YouTube on 11 March 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Restoration of Independence Day mark 2, this time from Soviet Russia. Once again, the gorgeously sumptuous results exceeded all our expectations, transporting us to our personal Walhalla.Yours truly channels her inner Viking for the lead vocals. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KsLIREiVjQ
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
First collaborative video work with Mark Bakaitis now live on YouTube
As part of my lagerphonic extravaganza, The Sparrow Made Some Beer, I commissioned fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, to create three new video works featuring the lagerphones in action. It was a monumental undertaking, however, the gorgeously sumptuous results exceeded all our expectations. The most epic of the clips, Balnok Tarnai, was released on YouTube on 16 February 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Restoration of Independence Day. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSHKZMdW4E
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
As part of my lagerphonic extravaganza, The Sparrow Made Some Beer, I commissioned fellow Melbourne-Lithuanians, filmmaker Mark Bakaitis and The Lost Clog, to create three new video works featuring the lagerphones in action. It was a monumental undertaking, however, the gorgeously sumptuous results exceeded all our expectations. The most epic of the clips, Balnok Tarnai, was released on YouTube on 16 February 2022, in celebration of Lithuanian Restoration of Independence Day. Available to view at the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeSHKZMdW4E
A huge AČIŪ to the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, whose financial support made these clips, and The Sparrow Made Some Beer, possible.
Jazmina Cininas in conversation with Rosa Ellen. ABC Radio National. 10am, Wednesday 9 February 2022
Tune into ABC Radio National as I discuss my current exhibition, The Sparrow Made Some Beer at Counihan Gallery, and do my best to explain just how and why I ended up making a forest of lagerphones! Huge thank you to the lovely interviewer, Rosa Ellen.
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/vivienne-binns-jazmina-cininas/13745918
Tune into ABC Radio National as I discuss my current exhibition, The Sparrow Made Some Beer at Counihan Gallery, and do my best to explain just how and why I ended up making a forest of lagerphones! Huge thank you to the lovely interviewer, Rosa Ellen.
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the-art-show/vivienne-binns-jazmina-cininas/13745918
The Sparrow Made Some Beer in the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival.
Counihan Gallery. 2pm, 6 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
I'm thrilled that the Lost Clog's live performance of The Sparrow Made Some Beer has been included in the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival. The Lost Clog will bring the lagerphones to life as they weave a narrative song cycle of seasons, love, and loss from archaic Lithuanian folksongs. The fabulous Ben Smart has been working with us behind the scenes to expand our percussive repertoire. I've also made some souvenir songbooks with translations so non-Lithuanian speakers can also access the songs' meanings. Suitable for all ages, and FREE, though bookings are essential. (Follow the link below).
'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
https//:brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/the-sparrow-made-some-beer-presented-by-jazmina-cininas-and-the-lost-clog
Counihan Gallery. 2pm, 6 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
I'm thrilled that the Lost Clog's live performance of The Sparrow Made Some Beer has been included in the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival. The Lost Clog will bring the lagerphones to life as they weave a narrative song cycle of seasons, love, and loss from archaic Lithuanian folksongs. The fabulous Ben Smart has been working with us behind the scenes to expand our percussive repertoire. I've also made some souvenir songbooks with translations so non-Lithuanian speakers can also access the songs' meanings. Suitable for all ages, and FREE, though bookings are essential. (Follow the link below).
'The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
https//:brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/the-sparrow-made-some-beer-presented-by-jazmina-cininas-and-the-lost-clog
Siren Songs from the Baltic Sea in the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival.
Counihan Gallery. 2pm, 5 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
Siren Songs from the Baltic Sea celebrates International Women's Day with live performances of women's songs by Melbourne-Lithuanian folkloric ensemble, The Lost Clog, and the Melbourne Estonian Society 'Kodu' Women's Choir. Performed amidst The Sparrow Made Some Beer - visual artist Jazmina Cininas' lagerphonic wonderland - Siren Songs from the Baltic Sea promises to transport you on a visual and sonic journey to the forests and fields of Lithuania and Estonia, paying homage to mothers and daughters, women's work and the seasons.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/siren-songs-from-the-baltic-sea-celebrating-international-womens-day
Counihan Gallery. 2pm, 5 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
Siren Songs from the Baltic Sea celebrates International Women's Day with live performances of women's songs by Melbourne-Lithuanian folkloric ensemble, The Lost Clog, and the Melbourne Estonian Society 'Kodu' Women's Choir. Performed amidst The Sparrow Made Some Beer - visual artist Jazmina Cininas' lagerphonic wonderland - Siren Songs from the Baltic Sea promises to transport you on a visual and sonic journey to the forests and fields of Lithuania and Estonia, paying homage to mothers and daughters, women's work and the seasons.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/siren-songs-from-the-baltic-sea-celebrating-international-womens-day
Let Loose the Lagerphones! Percussion workshop with Ben Smart & The Lost Clog in the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival.
Counihan Gallery. 10am, 6 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
Let Loose the Lagerphones! promises and odyssey of percussive discovery, led by expert Ben Smart. Uncover the sonic and rhythmic possibilities of this humble bush band instrument amidst Jazmina Cininas' lagerphonic wonderland, The Sparrow Made Some Beer. Lithuanian folk ensemble, The Lost Clog, will be on hand to demonstrate the lagerphones in action and help Ben and the participants create a dynamic interpretation of an archaic Lithuanian folk song. Suitable for ages 8-18. FREE, however, bookings essential.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/let-loose-the-lagerphones-percussion-workshop-with-ben-smart-and-the-lost-clog
Counihan Gallery. 10am, 6 March 2022. BOOKED OUT
Let Loose the Lagerphones! promises and odyssey of percussive discovery, led by expert Ben Smart. Uncover the sonic and rhythmic possibilities of this humble bush band instrument amidst Jazmina Cininas' lagerphonic wonderland, The Sparrow Made Some Beer. Lithuanian folk ensemble, The Lost Clog, will be on hand to demonstrate the lagerphones in action and help Ben and the participants create a dynamic interpretation of an archaic Lithuanian folk song. Suitable for ages 8-18. FREE, however, bookings essential.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer' is presented by Counihan Gallery in association with the Brunswick Music Festival and supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
brunswickmusicfestival.com.au/shows/detail/let-loose-the-lagerphones-percussion-workshop-with-ben-smart-and-the-lost-clog
Eglė and the She-Wolves, 24 January - 29 March 2020
In a dream come true, I've been invited to hold a solo exhibition, Eglė and the She Wolves, at the prestigious MK Čiurlionis Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The show will feature a mix of my reduction linocut portraits alongside my more recent artist books. If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, be sure to pop on in! Runs from 24 January - 29 March 2020.
Official museum facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/901066046975646/
Further details at the following link:
https://ciurlionis.lt/2020/01/08/australu-menininkes-jazminos-cininas-paroda-egle-ir-vilkmerges/
and in English:
https://ciurlionis.lt/en/2020/01/09/egle-and-the-she-wolves/
In a dream come true, I've been invited to hold a solo exhibition, Eglė and the She Wolves, at the prestigious MK Čiurlionis Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania. The show will feature a mix of my reduction linocut portraits alongside my more recent artist books. If you happen to be in the neighbourhood, be sure to pop on in! Runs from 24 January - 29 March 2020.
Official museum facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/901066046975646/
Further details at the following link:
https://ciurlionis.lt/2020/01/08/australu-menininkes-jazminos-cininas-paroda-egle-ir-vilkmerges/
and in English:
https://ciurlionis.lt/en/2020/01/09/egle-and-the-she-wolves/
2019 Experimental Print Award, 6 December 2019 - May 2020
The Experimental Print Prize, a welcome new initiative by an anonymous benefactor and Castlemaine Art Museum, was launched this year and I'm delighted to have my work Enter the Lair shortlisted. Be sure to pop in if you're lucky enough to be passing through, and don't forget to take a werewolf selfie (masks and ears supplied!) in front of the backdrop to post to social media. Huge congratulations to the deserving winner, Rebecca Mayo. Runs until May 2020. Details here: www.facebook.com/events/497721870835186/
Dark Horse: Wild Beast and Curious Creatures, 9 November 2019 - 23 February 2020
I'm delighted to announce that Rue Dingo has taken up permanent residence at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, and is currently on show as part of the Dark Horse: Wild Beasts and Curious Creatures group exhibition, alongside some excellent company. including Eric Thake, Patricia Piccinini, Ginger Riley Munduwalawala, Rick Amor, Bruce Armstrong, Rona Green and Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison. As part of the programme, I will also be hosting a one day, single colour linocut printing workshop on 19 February. More details here: artgalleryofballarat.com.au/gallery_events/linocut-printing-with-jazmina-cininas-3/
Between the Moon and the Stars, 22 March 2019 to 29 March 2020
I'm (literally) over the moon to be included in this major exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, commemorating 50 years since the Apollo 11 launched humankind onto another world. Curated by Wendy Garden. Be sure to pop in if you're lucky enough to be passing through Darwin. More details here: www.magnt.net.au/moon-and-stars
Press Gang performing at Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic, 2:00pm Sunday 24 November 2019
Once again, that talented band of printmakers, will be performing at the Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic in the idyllic surrounds at St Andrews. Led by Martin King and featuring an array of luminaries of the Melbourne printmaking world, the Press Gang perform classic hits with original printmaking lyrics, written by yours truly. Come join us for a celebration of all things printmaking. Big thank you to the talented Silvi Glattauer for the fab photo;
Once again, that talented band of printmakers, will be performing at the Baldessin Press Printmakers' Picnic in the idyllic surrounds at St Andrews. Led by Martin King and featuring an array of luminaries of the Melbourne printmaking world, the Press Gang perform classic hits with original printmaking lyrics, written by yours truly. Come join us for a celebration of all things printmaking. Big thank you to the talented Silvi Glattauer for the fab photo;
Tell Tail. Solo exhibition at Australian Galleries. 17 September - 6 October 2019
My forthcoming exhibition shines a spotlight on my recent forays into the world of artist books. Come along to see new narratives constructed from old book illustrations, recycled business envelopes and Estonian milk cartons. The books will be sharing the walls with my trusty girlie werewolf linocut portraits. Officially opening on the 17th September, but the show is up and running for those who like to get in early. There will also be an Artist Talk at 2pm Saturday 5 October.
My forthcoming exhibition shines a spotlight on my recent forays into the world of artist books. Come along to see new narratives constructed from old book illustrations, recycled business envelopes and Estonian milk cartons. The books will be sharing the walls with my trusty girlie werewolf linocut portraits. Officially opening on the 17th September, but the show is up and running for those who like to get in early. There will also be an Artist Talk at 2pm Saturday 5 October.
Jazmina joins Australian Galleries.
The new year has ushered in a new beginning with a new gallery. I am delighted and honoured to be joining such a talented array of artists at such a prestigious gallery. Thank you Australian Galleries for warmly welcoming me into your fold! More details here: australiangalleries.com.au/artists/jazmina-cininas/
Jazmina joins Australian Galleries.
The new year has ushered in a new beginning with a new gallery. I am delighted and honoured to be joining such a talented array of artists at such a prestigious gallery. Thank you Australian Galleries for warmly welcoming me into your fold! More details here: australiangalleries.com.au/artists/jazmina-cininas/
Threshold: 2019 Banyule Works on Paper Award. 2nd Commendation Prize. 29 August - 19 October 2019
I'm thrilled my little artist book, Gone Star Fishing, has been awarded the 2nd Commendation Prize at this year's Banyule Works on Paper Award, from an absolutely stellar line up of artists. This year's theme, Threshold, invited artists to submit artworks that express, explore,,advocate, or address current social, cultural, political or environmental issues.Be sure to cross the threshold of Hatch Contemporary Art Space for a peek if you happen to be passing through Ivanhoe.
I'm thrilled my little artist book, Gone Star Fishing, has been awarded the 2nd Commendation Prize at this year's Banyule Works on Paper Award, from an absolutely stellar line up of artists. This year's theme, Threshold, invited artists to submit artworks that express, explore,,advocate, or address current social, cultural, political or environmental issues.Be sure to cross the threshold of Hatch Contemporary Art Space for a peek if you happen to be passing through Ivanhoe.
Of Humans and Wolves. Curated group exhibition at MARKK Museum am Rothenbaum, Hamburg. 11 April - 13 October 2019
Else of Meersburg is now Else of Hamburg! I'm thrilled that Else is not only featured in the Of Humans and Wolves exhibition - which takes a cross-cultural and historical approach to explore how the relations between human and wolf have been perceived and represented in popular culture, in the arts, and the sciences - she has also taken up permanent residence in this prestigious ethnographic museum as part of their collection. Go Else!
Image and Text, in conjunction with the Mildura Writers' Festival. The Art Vault.
17 July - 5 August 2019
The Art Vault have been long time supporters of the Mildura Writers' Festival, and this year are contributing an exhibition of artists' books and artworks exploring text. I'm delighted to have been selected to take part in this creative reimagining of the book and the word. The Art Vault is a hidden gem, and always worth a visit should you be passing through the sun soaked citrus groves of Mildura.
17 July - 5 August 2019
The Art Vault have been long time supporters of the Mildura Writers' Festival, and this year are contributing an exhibition of artists' books and artworks exploring text. I'm delighted to have been selected to take part in this creative reimagining of the book and the word. The Art Vault is a hidden gem, and always worth a visit should you be passing through the sun soaked citrus groves of Mildura.
Lupercalia: group exhibition, Adelaide Central Gallery.
25 March - 26 April 2019
Adelaide Central School of Art Gallery are hosting an exhibition examining the werewolf as a metaphor in contemporary art, from notions of dual identity, hybridity, race and gender divides and post-internet politics..Featuring A dul A dullah, Elsie-Jayne Beinke, Jazmina Cininas, Susan Flavell and Luke Thurgate.
Photo by Sam Roberts. Courtesy of Adelaide Central Gallery.
25 March - 26 April 2019
Adelaide Central School of Art Gallery are hosting an exhibition examining the werewolf as a metaphor in contemporary art, from notions of dual identity, hybridity, race and gender divides and post-internet politics..Featuring A dul A dullah, Elsie-Jayne Beinke, Jazmina Cininas, Susan Flavell and Luke Thurgate.
Photo by Sam Roberts. Courtesy of Adelaide Central Gallery.
Press Gang performing at Australian Galleries, 6:00pm Tuesday 26 February 2019
When I'm not making reduction linocuts of female werewolves or collaging and binding artist books or making lager phones and performing with the Lithuanian folk group, The Lost Clog, you will finding me writing original lyrics and performing with those talented band of printmakers, the Press Gang. Led by Martin King and featuring an array of luminaries of the Melbourne printmaking world. We're tickled pink to have been asked to perform at the opening of the Papermade exhibition at Australian Galleries. Featuring a stellar lineup of Australian Galleries' finest printmaking talents. Curated by Kathleen Coelho.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer. 23-24 February 2019
I've had this little project on my back-burner for a number of years. My fantasy of a lagerphone forest activated by a live performance is finally seeing the light of day. Two days only, literally finishing up with a bang on Sunday 24 February with a live performance by The Lost Clog. Thank you Lost Clog! And thank you to the the fabulous Artery Co-Operative for your invaluable support, facilities and vision. Facebook event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2542787722459636/.
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Antipodeans Abroad: Curated group exhibition in Athens 9-27 October 2018
Curated by Martin King, this exhibition showcases the work of five Australian printmakers to the Greeks. Artists include Rosalind Atkins, Jazmina Cininas, Martin King, George Matoulas, and Mitchell Mcauley. No Trojan horses. |
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Searching for the off switch acquired by Australian National Gallery collection. I'm delighted to have my one off, collaged concertina book enter Canberra's Australian National Gallery collection, after senior curator Roger Butler saw it at the Libris Artist Book Award in Mackay, Queensland. Thank you, ANG!
2 December 2017 - 28 January 2018: Solo exhibition
Enter the Lair, Benalla Art Gallery
Featuring a selection of works from my PhD project and beyond, plus new, specially created interactive elements including a backdrop and werewolf kits for werewolf selfies. Thank you Benalla Art Gallery!
Enter the Lair, Benalla Art Gallery
Featuring a selection of works from my PhD project and beyond, plus new, specially created interactive elements including a backdrop and werewolf kits for werewolf selfies. Thank you Benalla Art Gallery!
5 - 22 December 2017: Group exhibition
Into the Wilderness, Flinders Lane Gallery
Group exhibition of printmakers who explore the idea of the wilderness in their work. Featuring David Frazer, Annika Romeyn Bec Orszag and Sophia Szilagyi and yours truly.
Into the Wilderness, Flinders Lane Gallery
Group exhibition of printmakers who explore the idea of the wilderness in their work. Featuring David Frazer, Annika Romeyn Bec Orszag and Sophia Szilagyi and yours truly.
26 October –29 December 2017: Solo exhibition
Hell Hunt and the Slippery She-Wolf, Eesti Trüki- ja Paberimuuseum, Tartu, Estonia
The culmination of a three month residency at the fabulous Estonian Printing Museum in Tartu. The exhibition includes pre-existing linocuts and new works made in response to the country's unusually rich legacy of female werewolves, including a reduction linocut portrait of Kongla Ann from Viru Nigula, and an artist book featuring collages from the museum's .stockpile of discarded Soviet-era encyclopaedias.
Hell Hunt and the Slippery She-Wolf, Eesti Trüki- ja Paberimuuseum, Tartu, Estonia
The culmination of a three month residency at the fabulous Estonian Printing Museum in Tartu. The exhibition includes pre-existing linocuts and new works made in response to the country's unusually rich legacy of female werewolves, including a reduction linocut portrait of Kongla Ann from Viru Nigula, and an artist book featuring collages from the museum's .stockpile of discarded Soviet-era encyclopaedias.
1 September - 30 November 2017: International Residency
Tartu Artist in Residence (TAiR) at the Eesti Trüki- ja Paberimuuseum (Estonian Printing and Paper Museum). I'm over the moon to have been selected for a three month residency in the university town of Tartu, Estonia. Not only do I get to explore the archaic printing presses in this working museum, this small Baltic nation is the world capital of female werewolves. Does it get any better? To read all about my adventures, click on blog posts #1, #2 and #3 on the TAiR website.
Tartu Artist in Residence (TAiR) at the Eesti Trüki- ja Paberimuuseum (Estonian Printing and Paper Museum). I'm over the moon to have been selected for a three month residency in the university town of Tartu, Estonia. Not only do I get to explore the archaic printing presses in this working museum, this small Baltic nation is the world capital of female werewolves. Does it get any better? To read all about my adventures, click on blog posts #1, #2 and #3 on the TAiR website.
2-31 May 2017: Solo exhibition
Blood Moon solo exhibition at Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
My first solo exhibition in Tasmania, Blood Moon features a roll call of female werewolves from throughout the centuries, spanning early modern werewolf trials, hirsute wonders, furry femme fatales and the recent generation of cinematic PMS werewolves. Proudly part of the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, directed by Briony Kidd with a focus on female filmmakers in the horror genre.
Blood Moon solo exhibition at Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
My first solo exhibition in Tasmania, Blood Moon features a roll call of female werewolves from throughout the centuries, spanning early modern werewolf trials, hirsute wonders, furry femme fatales and the recent generation of cinematic PMS werewolves. Proudly part of the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, directed by Briony Kidd with a focus on female filmmakers in the horror genre.
7pm 18 February - 7am 19 February 2017: Projection
What Big Teeth You Have! at Melbourne White Night Festival, RMIT Storey Hall
As the sun sets and Melbourne lights up for White Night, the façade of RMIT Storey Hall annex will be transformed into a giant billboard of morphing female werewolves. With enormous, billboard-scale gratitude for this opportunity to show my work in a new light - literally - and to assisting filmmaker Ollie Clifton for helping me make the most of this opportunity. Official details viewable here, and some beautiful footage of the night by Ollie here.
What Big Teeth You Have! at Melbourne White Night Festival, RMIT Storey Hall
As the sun sets and Melbourne lights up for White Night, the façade of RMIT Storey Hall annex will be transformed into a giant billboard of morphing female werewolves. With enormous, billboard-scale gratitude for this opportunity to show my work in a new light - literally - and to assisting filmmaker Ollie Clifton for helping me make the most of this opportunity. Official details viewable here, and some beautiful footage of the night by Ollie here.
Sasha Grishin, "Profiles in Print - Jazmina Cininas", Craft Arts International, Issue 96, 2016, pp. 31-35.
2016: Feature Article
Appearing in Craft Arts International! With many thanks to Sasha Grishin and Craft Arts for such a generous feature article..
Appearing in Craft Arts International! With many thanks to Sasha Grishin and Craft Arts for such a generous feature article..
14 May - 3 July 2016: Group exhibition/Exchange portfolio
Eventide, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
.Relief Printmaking exchange portfolio, curated by Rona Green and on show in Mornington
Eventide, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
.Relief Printmaking exchange portfolio, curated by Rona Green and on show in Mornington
29 June - 18 July 2016: Solo exhibition
Where the wolfsbane blooms, The Art Vault, Mildura
To co-incide with my forthcoming residency at the fabulous The Art Vault, I'll also be exhibiting a selection of works from my PhD project and beyond that return attention to archaic lore in which enchanted flora or potions brewed from poisonous flowers caused women to transform into wolves. Explanatory wall texts provide insights into the floral iconography in an exhibition that exploits and subverts the cliché of the quintessentially feminine floral motif.Be sure to pop in if you happen to be passing through Mildura
Where the wolfsbane blooms, The Art Vault, Mildura
To co-incide with my forthcoming residency at the fabulous The Art Vault, I'll also be exhibiting a selection of works from my PhD project and beyond that return attention to archaic lore in which enchanted flora or potions brewed from poisonous flowers caused women to transform into wolves. Explanatory wall texts provide insights into the floral iconography in an exhibition that exploits and subverts the cliché of the quintessentially feminine floral motif.Be sure to pop in if you happen to be passing through Mildura
6 May - 11 June 2016: Group exhibition
Out of the Matrix, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
An exploration of Printmaking beyond the Print. Curated by Richard Harding. Featuring: Jazmina Cininas, Marian Crawford, Lesley Duxbury, Joel Gailer, Andrew Gunnell, Richard Harding, Bridget Hillebrand, Clare Humphries, Ruth Johnstone, Andrew Keall, Rebecca Mayo, Jonas Ropponen, Andrew Tetzlaff, Andrew Wetherill, Deborah Williams. Full details available at the RMIT Gallery website. (Installation view: RMIT Gallery. Photo: Tobias Titz)
Out of the Matrix, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
An exploration of Printmaking beyond the Print. Curated by Richard Harding. Featuring: Jazmina Cininas, Marian Crawford, Lesley Duxbury, Joel Gailer, Andrew Gunnell, Richard Harding, Bridget Hillebrand, Clare Humphries, Ruth Johnstone, Andrew Keall, Rebecca Mayo, Jonas Ropponen, Andrew Tetzlaff, Andrew Wetherill, Deborah Williams. Full details available at the RMIT Gallery website. (Installation view: RMIT Gallery. Photo: Tobias Titz)
1 May 2016 Artery Open Studios, Book Launch and After Party , Artery Northcote
Hear Jazmina Cininas talk about her chapter on the Artery studios for the book, The Artist Curates, visit Jazmina's studio in the Artery studio complex and listen to Jazmina as she sings with her Lithuanian folksinging group, The Lost Clog.
Hear Jazmina Cininas talk about her chapter on the Artery studios for the book, The Artist Curates, visit Jazmina's studio in the Artery studio complex and listen to Jazmina as she sings with her Lithuanian folksinging group, The Lost Clog.
4 February - 6 March 2016: Group exhibition
Modern Myth, curated by Domenica Vavala. Counihan Gallery, Brunswick.
Domenica Vavala has curated a shimmering exhibition exploring the enduring power of storytelling, symbolism and myth in contemporary visual art. I'm honoured to have been invited to give the opening remarks at the exhibition launch, and excited to be showing my totemic lagerphones in the show as well amongst such excellent company. Fellow artists include Eddy Carroll, Paul Compton, Deborah Klein, Minela Krupić, Alesh Macak, Annette Phillips, Dear Plastic, Carmel Seymour, Linda Studená and the lovely Domenica herself.
Modern Myth, curated by Domenica Vavala. Counihan Gallery, Brunswick.
Domenica Vavala has curated a shimmering exhibition exploring the enduring power of storytelling, symbolism and myth in contemporary visual art. I'm honoured to have been invited to give the opening remarks at the exhibition launch, and excited to be showing my totemic lagerphones in the show as well amongst such excellent company. Fellow artists include Eddy Carroll, Paul Compton, Deborah Klein, Minela Krupić, Alesh Macak, Annette Phillips, Dear Plastic, Carmel Seymour, Linda Studená and the lovely Domenica herself.
