STATEMENT
Carrie Radzevicius is a dual American and Australian living in Adelaide, South Australia. Driven by the effects of global politics and policy outcomes on local communities, her practice focuses on experimenting with the use of line, materials and images of everyday life to challenge socio-ecological conventions and perspectives. The resulting works offer the viewer an alternative lens through which they can evaluate their place and power in society. Carrie also brings several years of community engagement experience to deliver programs that encourage creative innovation, community interaction, wellbeing and civic engagement as a means to improve social outcomes for local communities. Through her works and program delivery she aims to offer viewers and participants empowering experiences that spark compassion, empathy and understanding.
Carrie Radzevicius is a dual American and Australian living in Adelaide, South Australia. Driven by the effects of global politics and policy outcomes on local communities, her practice focuses on experimenting with the use of line, materials and images of everyday life to challenge socio-ecological conventions and perspectives. The resulting works offer the viewer an alternative lens through which they can evaluate their place and power in society. Carrie also brings several years of community engagement experience to deliver programs that encourage creative innovation, community interaction, wellbeing and civic engagement as a means to improve social outcomes for local communities. Through her works and program delivery she aims to offer viewers and participants empowering experiences that spark compassion, empathy and understanding.
Born 1982, Minneapolis, Minnesota
EDUCATION
2019 Graduate Diploma of Visual Art and Creative Practice, University of South Australia
2005 Bachelor of Arts, Lawrence University (Studio Art Minor), Appleton, Wisconsin
2011 Diploma of Government (Management)
2010 Diploma of Government (Project Management)
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 Finalist, Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition, Adelaide
Quick Response Grant Recipient, Arts and Cultural Grants Program, Adelaide City Council
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2019 TransformARTive Collaborative Bottle Painting, Youth Opportunities, Somerton Park, South Australia
2018 Mark making workshops, Unley Primary School, Unley
Match Studio Create and Make Workshops, Adelaide Women’s Prison, Northfield
Outdoor play day painting and mark making, Grove Kindergarten, Eastwood
Mark making and painting with toys: workshops at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, as part of the WCH Foundation’s Artist in Residence
program, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide
2008-16 Community Engagement Officer and Adviser, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, South Australia (various roles)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Big Boys Toys, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Pussy Grabs Back, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide, South Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 In Situ, 2019 Contemporary Art Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia, Adelaide
2019 TransformARTive, exhibition benefitting Youth Opportunities, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Waste Not, Want Not, SALA 2018, Pepper Street Art Centre, Magill, South Australia
2017 Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Southbank, Victoria
All About Her, part of FRAN FEST, Ensemble Studio Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
FRAN FEST Poster Project, ACE Open, Adelaide, South Australia
Drawn, Singaplural 2017 Design Conference, Singapore
2005 NewART, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc Galleries, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Lawrence University Student and Alumni Art Exhibition, Appleton, Wisconsin
2004 Wriston Arts Collective Juried Student Exhibition, Lawrence University, Appleton Wisconsin
COMMISSIONS
2005 Don Quixote, collaborative mural with Leslie Martin, commissioned by the Lawrence University Spanish Department, Appleton, Wisconsin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Lisa Harper Campbell, Interview, Arts Breakfast, Radio Adelaide, South Australia, 4 November 2017.
EDUCATION
2019 Graduate Diploma of Visual Art and Creative Practice, University of South Australia
2005 Bachelor of Arts, Lawrence University (Studio Art Minor), Appleton, Wisconsin
2011 Diploma of Government (Management)
2010 Diploma of Government (Project Management)
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2018 Finalist, Adelaide Fringe Poster Competition, Adelaide
Quick Response Grant Recipient, Arts and Cultural Grants Program, Adelaide City Council
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2019 TransformARTive Collaborative Bottle Painting, Youth Opportunities, Somerton Park, South Australia
2018 Mark making workshops, Unley Primary School, Unley
Match Studio Create and Make Workshops, Adelaide Women’s Prison, Northfield
Outdoor play day painting and mark making, Grove Kindergarten, Eastwood
Mark making and painting with toys: workshops at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, as part of the WCH Foundation’s Artist in Residence
program, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide
2008-16 Community Engagement Officer and Adviser, Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, South Australia (various roles)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Big Boys Toys, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Pussy Grabs Back, Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide, South Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 In Situ, 2019 Contemporary Art Graduate Exhibition, University of South Australia, Adelaide
2019 TransformARTive, exhibition benefitting Youth Opportunities, Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Waste Not, Want Not, SALA 2018, Pepper Street Art Centre, Magill, South Australia
2017 Unfinished Business: Perspectives on art and feminism, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Southbank, Victoria
All About Her, part of FRAN FEST, Ensemble Studio Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
FRAN FEST Poster Project, ACE Open, Adelaide, South Australia
Drawn, Singaplural 2017 Design Conference, Singapore
2005 NewART, University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc Galleries, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Lawrence University Student and Alumni Art Exhibition, Appleton, Wisconsin
2004 Wriston Arts Collective Juried Student Exhibition, Lawrence University, Appleton Wisconsin
COMMISSIONS
2005 Don Quixote, collaborative mural with Leslie Martin, commissioned by the Lawrence University Spanish Department, Appleton, Wisconsin
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Lisa Harper Campbell, Interview, Arts Breakfast, Radio Adelaide, South Australia, 4 November 2017.