Yhonnie Scarce
BIOGRAPHY
Yhonnie Scarce was born in Woomera in South Australia. She belongs to the Kokatha and Nukunu peoples. In 2004 Scarce graduated from the South Australian School of Art with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) majoring in glassmaking. Scarce’s work often references the on-going effects of Colonisation on Aboriginal people and comment on the social and political mores of historical and contemporary Australia in regards to this colonization.
After graduating Yhonnie Scarce tutored Indigenous Arts, Culture and Design at the University of South Australia. In 2006 she was a finalist in the 23rd Telstra Aboriginal and Islander Art Award, in that same year she held a solo exhibition 'Forget me Not' at the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute (Tandanya). Scarce was a finalist in Xstrata Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award at the Queensland Art Gallery-Gallery of Modern Art in 2007 and in that same year Scarce’s work was included in the exhibition Another Story-Indigenous Responses to Colonialism held at the Festival Centre, Adelaide.
In 2008 Scarce became the South Australian recipient of the Inaugural Qantas Foundation Encouragement for Australian Contemporary Art Award and is currently studying for the degree of Masters of Fine Art (Research) at Monash University, Melbourne. Her work, 'Burial Ground' featured in 'Saying No: Reconciling Spirituality and Resistance in Indigenous Australian Art' at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), Brooklyn, New York in 2011. Scarce's public art work, 'Iron Cross' is part of the 2011 Melbourne Laneway Commission. She has also been a finalist in both 2011 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.
Yhonnie's work has been collected by The Art Gallery of South Australia, The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, The Flinders University Art Museum and The University of South Australia, In 2010, Yhonnie's piece 'Opression, Repression' became a part of The National Gallery of Victoria's prestigious collection.
ARTIST CV
ARTIST NEWS
January 19, 2012Artists Floor Talk Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute With Yhonnie Scarce, Beaver Lennon, Trevor Nickolls and Lorraine Connelly-Northey , Australia Artist floor talk with Yhonnie Scarce, Beaver Lennon, Trevor Nickolls and Lorraine Connelly-Northey, lead by Deadly: In-between Heaven and Hell co-curators … Continue reading |
October 27, 2011Yhonnie Scarce is back home after a whirlwind trip to New York , her work was received to great acclaim and she will be exhibiting back in the USA in 2012. If you’re in Peru, Marian Drew is exhibiting new … Continue reading |
July 26, 2011Congratulations to Yhonnie Scarce , her amazing work Burial Ground is included in a major exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts ( MoCADA) New York – go see if you’re in NY August 11 to October 30 … Continue reading |
June 24, 2011Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce are the recipients of Melbourne Laneway Commissions for 2011……brilliant ! This is an annual program and the commissions provide ongoing opportunities for artists, foster creative capacity and strongly advocate the artist profession. Unpredictable by nature … Continue reading |
April 29, 2011Yhonnie Scarce is exhibiting in the group show, Media Specific at Monash University Faculty Gallery. The exhibition focuses on glass works in contemporary practice. The exhibition opens May 3 until May 14. Matthew Hunt has taken over the Perth Cultural … Continue reading |
March 18, 2011More congratulations in order this week! First off, work by Reko Rennie and Yhonnie Scarce can be seen in the Victorian Indigenous Art Award finalist exhibition at Fortyfive Downstairs until April 2. We are very proud of Reko and Yhonnie … Continue reading |
