Aphra Cheesman (b. 1989)
Education
2020 – 2020 BA (Fine Art Honours) Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
2016 – 2018 BA (Fine Art) Gold and Silversmithing, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
2014 – 2016 Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and Object Based Design, Melbourne Polytechnic, Melbourne, Australia.
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Handshake 7 Jewellery from New Zealand, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, NL.
2022 Whānui, Group show, The National, Christchurch, NZ.
2022 Third Story, group show, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne AU.
2022 Morph, HS6 final show, North Art, Auckland, NZ.
2022 Talente, Munich, DE.
2022 Glimmer, HS6, Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Wellington, NZ.
2022 Mass Reduction, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AU.
2022 Containment-Uncontained, collaboration between Handshake project, Dialogue Collective and Temp Contemp Gallery, Pah Homestead, Auckland, NZ.
2021 Unbounded, Radiant Pavilion Biennial, Melbourne, AU.
2021 Containment-Uncontained, collaboration between Handshake project, Dialogue Collective and Temp Contemp Gallery, for Radiant Pavilion Biennial, Melbourne, AU.
2021 Rendering Jewellery and Objects, Assembly Point, Melbourne, AU
2020 National Contemporary Jewellery Awards, Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, AU.
2020 Signing In, Handshake 6, Te Auaha, Wellington, NZ.
2020 Handshake 6, Weasel Gallery, Hamilton, NZ.
2020 Inaugural Exhibition, INTRO Gallery, Amsterdam, NL.
2019 O, TempContemp Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, AU.
2019 Profile 19’, Australian Design Centre, Sydney, Australia.
2019 Marzee International Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
2019 Consequences, Brunswick Street Gallery, Radiant Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia.
2019 Fresh! Graduate Exhibition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 RMIT BA (Fine Art) Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
2018 Wonderenamel, First Site Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 Graduate Metal XV, First Site gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 Around The Table, Assembly point, Melbourne, Australia.
2017 Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Vitoria, Melbourne, Australia.
2016 FORM Melbourne Polytechnic Advanced Diploma Graduate Exhibition, Red Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
Awards
2022 Winner - Talente, Gestaltungspreise.
2020 Winner - Emily Hope Award, RMIT.
2020 Winner - Joel Elenberg Prize, RMIT.
2020 Finalist - National Contemporary Jewellery Awards, Griffith Regional Art Gallery.
2019 Finalist - Victorian Craft Awards, Craft Victoria.
2019 Finalist - Profile 19, JMGA, Australian Design Centre.
2019 Selected for - Gallery Marzee International Graduate Show, Gallery Marzee.
2019 Winner - Future Leaders Award, Craft Victoria Fresh! Exhibition.
2018 Winner - Frank Klepner Memorial Award for Limited Series Jewellery, RMIT.
2018 Winner - Koodak Award for Top 3rd year student, RMIT.
2017 Finalist - Victorian Craft awards, Craft Victoria.
2017 Finalist - Graduate XV Metal, RMIT.
2016 Winner - AJS Graduate Award, Melbourne Polytechnic Advance Diploma of Jewellery and Object Design.
Collaborations, community involvement, volunteer roles and grants
2022 Round, Round, Round artist talk at Objectspace, Auckland NZ.
2022 Member Handshake 7.
2021 Member of Handshake/Dialogue Collective/Temp Contemp Gallery collaboration
2021 Recipient of City of Melbourne Grant for Unbounded collaborative project.
2021 Recipient of Australian Council for the Arts Grant for Unbounded collaborative project.
2021 Artist talk and panel discussion, In Collaboration, Craft Victoria
2020-1 Member of Handshake 6 with Mentor Lisa Walker.
2019 Volunteer at TempContemp Gallery, Melbourne.
2019 Artist Talk, Fresh!, Craft Victoria
2016-19 Volunteer running jewellery classes at SisterWorks
2016-18 Volunteer at Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2013-22 Craft Victoria member
Collections + Publications
W.E McMillian Collection RMIT
Gallery Collection, TempContemp Gallery
New Bracelets: 400+ Contemporary Jewellery Designs, Ed. Nicolas Estrada