Kit Wise

Position title:

Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours Degree
Studio Coordinator of Drawing and Studio Coordinator of Visual Arts

Qualifications:

• BFA Oxon
• MFA RCA

Statement

A graduate of Oxford University and the Royal College of Art, Kit Wise studied as an artist in London, Paris, New York and Rome, before settling in Melbourne in 2002. He currently lectures in Fine Art at Monash University, and in 2006 will undertake an Australia Council Tokyo Studio residency.

He has curated a number of international touring exhibitions, published over 20 catalogue essays and also writes for national and international art journals such as Artlink, unMagazine and Frieze.

In his recent work: 'Diderot's Enlightenment concept of the encyclopaedia, as interpreted by Umberto Eco, is used to explore the notion of various forms of language organized as an encyclopaedia rather than a dictionary - dependent on rhizomatic cross-reference motivated by desire, rather than static, hierarchical structures'.

Working primarily with found-object based sculpture, installation, digital animation and web-based imagery, Kit Wise has exhibited nationally and internationally, addressing the increasingly fluid or plastic condition of the art work, the context of art works and the artist in contemporary culture.

Research/Professional activities

Academic Prizes and Awards

• 2004
  • Australia Council Visual Arts & Crafts Board Skills Development grant
    Tokyo studio residency (February - May 2006)
  • Australia Council Visual Arts & Crafts Board Publications & Promotions grant
    Curator, 'Academici', international touring exhibition, Melbourne & Rome
  • Monash University Research Travel Grant
    Visiting academic,  British School at Rome, Rome
• 2002
  • Artist in Residence
    Monash University, Melbourne
• 2001
  • Boise Travel Scholarship
    [Slade] New York, Australia
• 1999
  • Wingate Rome Scholarship
    British School at Rome            

Curatorial experience            

• 2005 
  • Curator - 'Academici: Answering the Other Question'
    Faculty Gallery, Monash University
  • & British School Gallery,
    British School at Rome, Italy
    Supported by the Australia Council,
    Monash University & the British School at Rome
• 2003
  • Curator - 'Marginalia',
    City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall;
    Supported by the City of Melbourne and Monash University
  • Co-curator 'Drawing: Marking the terrain'
    Faculty Gallery, Monash University;
    Supported by the University of West of England, UK
  • Co-curator 'The Bold & The Beautiful: New London Art'
    Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne;
    Carnegie Gallery, Hobart;
    Supported by the British Arts Council

Exhibitions

• 2005
  • Kit Wise: New Work
    Criterion Gallery, Hobart May
  • Sojourner
    Westspace, Melbourne
  • Roarers
    Ocular Lab, Melbourne
• 2003
  • Nocturne
    Project Space Gallery, RMIT Melbourne
    Inflight Gallery, Hobart
• 2002
  • July Oh, what a sweet thing is this perspective!
    Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne

Published Writings

• 'Labouring Lightly: Australian Drawing Now'
  Artlink Vol. 26, feature article, March 2005
• 'Living Together is Easy'
  Frieze, Issue 89, exhibition review, March 2005
• 'Pointform'
  unMagazine, Issue 3, exhibition review, February 2005
• 'NEW04'
  Frieze, Issue 83, exhibition review, September 2004
• 'Chaotic Attractors: Jake Chapman Lecture Tour 04'
  Artlink, Vol. 25, feature article, May 2004
• 'James Lynch: Let me be your fantasy'
  Frieze, Issue 79, exhibition review, January 2004

Other

Links

• www.kitwise.com