A self confessed chromaphile, Jodie Cunningham has an obsession with colour, circles, pattern and the delights of perspex. She trained as a painter and also works with drawing, digital imaging, sculpture, installation, public art, jewellery and design. Her work deals with the themes of abstraction, symbolism, ornamentation, colour, play, place, community, architecture, emotion, memory, sustainability and transformation.
Cunningham has exhibited her artwork widely in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and the USA for over 25 years. She regularly exhibits in group exhibitions and her last major art exhibitions were a solo exhibition of images about transformation, ‘Bloom’ at M16 Artspace, ‘Talking to the Tax Man About Poetry - Artists Data Portraits - Unsustainable Realities' stage installation for Art Not Apart in 2018 and ‘We Dance Together’ a public art graphic installation in Civic Square for the Design Canberra Festival 2017.
Cunningham has been the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Fulbright Scholarship - Visual and Performing Arts Category, Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship and the University Medal in Visual Art, Australian National University (ANU). Cunningham has a Master of Fine Arts Degree, University of New South Wales; Bachelor of Visual Art, ANU.
Website: jodiecunningham.com
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Jodie Cunningham, A little much for me, 2018. Digital print on fibre rag 310gsm.