Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan
My practice draws from past connections and experimentation with fine crockery and sculpture. When I contemplate birds in flight, I reflect on the migratory process, a long and epic journey and the trials along the way. The lessons we learn, new shores, new experiences. As a dual citizen of France and Australia, having my feet on both shores, birds reflect my personal narratives of migration, belonging and displacement.
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Exhibitions at Tacit Art
2023 The Way I Strut
Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth, but sadly we don’t speak bird. Kurt Cobain
A major perk of residing in the Dandenong Ranges is the daily treat of hearing and watching the business, dramas and socialisation of birds in my garden.
I imagine their politics, their courting, their serious business of territory, their nesting preoccupations and their preening obligations… Negotiating their daily affairs and to-dos with my unwelcome presence and the imposing structures I have built in their natural environment. They bustle and hustle at my windows, they poop on my outdoor floor mosaics. They raid my berries, they swoop, they taunt my indoor cat, they wake me up with their song and they occasionally fly into my studio and perch inquisitively on some Royal Doulton.
2021 Anhinga
Each sculpture features a mix of European and Japanese antique ware including purposely hand-crafted and painted ceramic pieces, at times requiring three kiln firings.
Upon closer inspection, you will spot the odd fish, bird, koala and horse… As a dual citizen of France and Australia, birds reflect the artist's personal narratives of migration, belonging and displacement, while the use of horses in her work evokes strength.
Exhibitions
solo
2023 The Way I Strut - Tacit Art, Melbourne
2021 Anhinga - Tacit Art, Melbourne
2019 Raconteuse - Tacit Art
2018 Tea & Kintsugi - Tacit Art
2016 Reflecting on Little Things - 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Germination - Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
group
2025 Summer Salon - Tacit Art, Melbourne
2024 Small - Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Summer ART Awards Exhibition - Bright Art Gallery
Glimpse - Dandenong Ranges Open Studios Group Exhibition, Burrinja
2023 Small Sculpture Exhibition - Yering Station, Healesville
Bits & Pieces - Bright Art Gallery
Small Sculpture Exhibition - Yering Station, Healesville
Winter Salon - Up Gallery, Sassafrass
Dandenong Ranges Open Studios
2022 Small - fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
The Heat is On: Burrinja Climate Change Biennale - Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
2021 Still Standing - KAPI Art Space, Kalorama
2020 20[2020] - Tacit Art, Melbourne
2019 Dandenong Ranges Open Studios
Alchemy - Sherbrooke Art Gallery
Herring Island Summer Arts Festival - Melbourne
Cornucopia, Art at Linden Gate - Yarra Glen
Small! - fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2018 What Lies Beneath - Dandenong Ranges Open Studios
Herring Island Summer Festival
Contemporary Artists of Victoria Society Annual Exhibition - Gallery 314, Melbourne
Group - Black Cat Gallery, Melbourne
Small! - fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
2017 Duality - Dandenong Ranges Open Studios
Movement - Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne
Burrinja Climate Change Biennale - Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
Odyssée/Odisea - Red Gallery, Melbourne
Paintbrush, Loom & Hammer - Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
2016 Micro/Macro - Dandenong Ranges Open Studios
Red Stocking Show - Red Gallery, Melbourne
The Last Show - 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2015 Mimicry - Burrinja Cultural Centre, Upwey
Emerging, Experimental, Enigmatic - Art at Linden Gate, Yarra Glen
Awards
2009 Diploma of Education
2009 Dean's Honours List
2006 Master of Fine Art
2004 Faculty Research Masters Scholarship
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours
2000 Diploma of Visual Arts
1996 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
2024 Bright Gallery Summer ART Award - Grand Acquisition Award
2023 Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition - Finalist
2022 The Heat is On, Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Exhibition - Finalist
2021 MAANZ International Exhibition - Finalist
2019 Yarra Glen Art Show - Highly Commended
2018 Contemporary Art Society of Victoria Inc. Annual Exhibition - First Prize
2018 Dandenong Ranges Open Studios - People’s Choice Award
2017 Climate Change Biennale Acquisitive Award - Burrinja
2015 Dandenong Ranges Open Studios - People’s Choice Award
Commissions
2019 Parks Victoria - Public Art Commission, Olinda Playspace, Olinda.
2015 End of the Line Arts Festival - Belgrave; Mimicry (Burrinja)
2014 The Mad Artists’ Tea Party - Commission & Collaborative Project
2008 Monash University - Content Developer and Academic research, Multimedia
2004 Monash University - Contribution to video pieces Full and Monsters by Dr. Anika Ramholdt
Publications
2023 Art/Edit Magazine, Best of Patterns - Double Page Feature, Issue #37
Artists of the Dandenong Ranges - Featured Artist in Book, JCDC, Melbourne
Summer 2022 - 23 - Yarra Ranges Local
Burrinja Biennale - Schlennstedt, Derek
2020 Au Temps du Coronavirus - Préambule Essay, Jacques Revon, Editions Harmattan, France
2018 Hillscene Magazine Autumn Edition - (Issue 29), Ferntree Gully Mail, Schlennstedt, Derek
Hillscene Magazine Winter Edition - (Issue 30), Ferntree Gully Mail, Schlennstedt, Derek
2016 Radio Eastern 98.1FM - Radio Interview with Tracey Roberts, Deanna Roberts & Rick Durra
2015 The Ranges Trader Mail, Visual Feast on Display - (June, 2015), Douglas, Peter
Weekend Notes - Mimicry, Jarmbi Gallery Exhibition, Jen
Weekend Notes - Dandenong Ranges Open Studios, Jen
2014 Artist Profile - Hillscene Blog Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan, Amy Middelton; Mosaic Mirror a Smashing Favourite, Free Press Leader
2013 3MDR - Mountain District Radio
97.1 FM - Interview, Richard Gearon, Burrinja Open Day
Artistic Aspirations - Leader Community, Free Press Leader
2011 Journal of Hermeneutics, Art Theory and Criticism - Tony Kolb, Jessie O’Sullivan, Cathy Wu. Hermeneia - Topic: Language and Education. Editura Fundaţiei Academice AXIS, IAŞI
2007-2002 The West Australian - The Value of experience
Yarra Ranges Trader - Jessie’s Exhibition with Soul, Mallinder, Terry
Knox Journal - Soul Series, Di Paolo, Lucy
The Ranges Leader - Using Faces to Express her Art’s Desire, Ollerenshaw, Jane
Whitehorse Leader - Portraits Part of Art Show, Brownbill, Andrew