Caitlin Fargher CV
Education:
2022-25 Masters of Teaching (Secondary Arts), UTAS (Ongoing)
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours First Class), UNSW Art and Design
2016 Bachelor of Media Arts (Video, Sound and Image / Sculpture, Performance and
Installation), UNSW Art and Design, Sydney
Awards / Scholarships:
2022-23 Art Farm Birchs Bay, Perennial Residency December - February
2021 Watch This Space ARI, Artist in Residence September 2021 (Alice Springs)
2020 Contemporary Art Tasmania Curatorial Mentorship recipient
2018 CONSTANCE/ Salamanca Arts Centre Artist/Curator Project recipient
2017 The Artscene UNSW Art and Design Annual Award for Sculpture
2017 Nominated for Hatched (Australian National Graduate Show) 2018
2017 Dean’s List Recipient
2014 College of Fine Arts Undergraduate Award
2014 UNSW Transition Scholarship
Selected Group Exhibitions/ Projects:
2022
Nematode Dreams - Creative Hobart (Artist, curated by Selena de Carvalho)
Inhabiting Benjafield Park – (Artist, curated by Bec Stevens)
Mermaids in the Basement – Dark Mofo and Constance ARI (Co-curator and artist)
Home and Other Things - Potentially Eventually (Artist)
2021
The Suburbs Project – Rosny Farm Arts Centre (Curator)
A Fountain for Water when you Find it – Watch This Space (Artist)
Art Farm Birchs Bay Art Prize (Artist)
2020
Muwinina Country by Luana Towney for ngayapi niyakara (Born to Dream) – Constance ARI x Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (Project manager)
Sweet Water – Hadley’s Orient Hotel (solo artist)
re-member – Contemporary Art Tasmania (curator)
the dam swallows the river whole – Sawtooth ARI (solo artist)
2019 - 2018
Mermaids in the Basement – Good Grief Studios (Artist and co-curator)
Grand Opening at Good Grief Studio Artist Showcase - Good Grief Studios (artist)
they tell you which rock they were and how they travelled so far – Constance ARI x Salamanca Arts Centre (Curator)
Dear kunanyi – Long Gallery, Hobart (Artist and Co-Curator)
A Luta Continua – Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart (Artist and Co-Curator)
Enter the Picture: Emerging Sydney Artists – GAFFA Gallery, Sydney
2015 - 2017
Precipice – Goodspace Gallery, Sydney (Artist)
The Annual Graduate Exhibition – UNSW Galleri es, Sydney (Artist)
Sustaining the Seas: Methods of Speculative Harbouring - The Department of Cultural Studies, USYD and UTS
Fowlers Gap Field Trip Residency - Fowlers Gap Research Centre, UNSW (Artist)
NOX: Art at Night Festival– Randwick Eco Park, Sydney (Artist)
BEAMS Festival – Chippendale Arts Precinct, Sydney (Artist)
1200K West – AD Space, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney (Artist)
Professional Experience (arts):
Current Good Grief Studios - Treasurer/Board member
Current CONSTANCE ARI - Board Member/Producer ngayapi niyakara
2018-2022 Rosny Farm Arts Centre (Clarence City Council) — Arts Administrator
2021 Dark Lab – Project Manager
2019 HOBIENNALE - Project manager
2018 Plimsoll Gallery - Install team
2018 Moorilla Winery - Tour Guide and Cellar Door assistant
2017 Second Nature Film / Indievillage, Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story – Editing assistant
2017 Cicada Press – Printing Press assistant, Artist
2014 - 2018 MONA / DARK MOFO / MONA FOMA - Festival Staff
2015 - 2016 Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Fringe Festival – Technical Assistant
2016 UNSW School of the Arts and Media – Video Assistant
2015 Arc @ UNSW Ltd. – Video Hub Program Coordinator
2015 Pulse Studio Productions / Bedlam Music, Continental Drift – Designer
2012 – 2018 Hobart College Theatre Cabaret, Sweeny Todd, Spamalot – Set Design
2011- 2013 Terrapin Puppet Theatre Hungry For You, The Gatekeeper – Video assistant
Professional Experience (Education):
2022 Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification Clerical
Assistant and Exam Supervisor
2022 Inhabiting Benjafield Park Workshops
2022 School holiday workshops at Chigwell Community Centre
2020 School holiday workshops at Hadley’s Orient Hotel
2016-2017 Darlinghurst Primary (NSW) After School Care, Education Assistant
Qualifications:
Current Responsible Service of Alcohol
Current Full Driver’s License
Current Working with Vulnerable People (Employee)
2016 First Aid Certificate (Specialising in Children)