Jemima Wyman

Born in 1977, Brisbane, Australia

Lives and works in Los Angeles, United States, Brisbane, Australia

Overview

Jemima Wyman is interested in the notion of visual resistance through camouflage, patterning and masking. The artist – a palawa woman who is a descendant of the pairrebeener people of tebrakunna and poredareme – investigates and considers camouflage, when used by marginalised groups, as a tactic and subversive political and social strategy used to gain counter-power in conflict zones. Wyman recognises the importance of opacity in a post-truth society marred by state surveillance and hyper-transp...Read more

Selected artworks

Jemima Wyman

Conjuring Radical Openness, 2015

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Jemima Wyman

Deepsurface Fray Rage (Anti-Prisoner Release protest banner, Israel, August 13, 2013 (Hands), Protester at the RNC for good jobs, healthcare, affordable education, equality and peace, Florida, USA, August 27, 2012 (A’s), “We Will Not Go Back” protester, New York, USA, December 17, 2014 (Bullet holes), March against corruption, Brazil, September 7, 2011 (Finger-painted cross), Women’s March, Pittsburg, USA, January 21, 2017 (Vagina Eye), Anti-government protests, Skopje, Macedonia, May 4, 2016 (Paint bombs), Protest banner against Trump immigration policies, Los Angeles, USA, June 30, 2018 (Hands on hands), May Day protester medics, Seattle, USA, May 9, 2012 (Taped cross)), 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Coated Shelter-quarter (Women’s March, Pittsburg, USA, January 21, 2017 (Vagina Eye) and Anti-Prisoner Release protest banner, Israel, August 13, 2013 (Hands)), 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Coated Shelter-quarter (Anti-Trump protesters, Manila Philippines, November 14, 2017 (Bombs) and Protester against the death of Michael Brown, Missouri, USA, August 17, 2014 (Skulls and stripes)), 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Coated Shelter-quarter (Anti-government protests, Skopje, Macedonia, May 4, 2016 (Paint bombs), Protester at the RNC for good jobs, healthcare, affordable education, equality and peace, Florida, USA, August 27, 2012 (A’s) and “We Will Not Go Back” protester, New York, USA, December 17, 2014 (Bullet holes), 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Deepsurface and Cautionary signs (Anonymous March, Los Angeles, USA, March 15, 2008 (Stars), March against Monsanto protesters, Florida, USA, October 12, 2013 (Tie-Dye), Budget-cut protester, London, March 26, 2011 (Cat), Anti-labor Law protester, Paris, France, June 14, 2016 (Stripes), Greenpeace activists against deforestation, Tartagal, Argentina, August 31, 2004 (Jaguar spots), Occupy Wall St protester, New York, USA, October 15, 2011 (Coin), 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Mass Monument (Counterillumination),, 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Countermeasure Cloak, 2018

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Jemima Wyman

Coated Shelter-quarter (Anonymous March, Los Angeles, USA, March 15, 2008 (Stars), Protesters for the protection of Sumatran tigers, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 12, 2012 (Tiger stripes) and March against Monsanto protesters, Florida, USA, October 12, 2013 (Tie-Dye)),, 2018

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