General 
 

In 2007, Jessie Ngaio ran away from her small hometown in New Zealand to study for her Masters in Fine Arts at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Since graduating, she has worked in a gallery, a bank and as a video editor in an “ethical erotica” company. She has one or two exhibitions a year and also illustrates comics and video works over at sighfive.com

Jessie’s work deals with notions of kitsch, concepts of “otherness”, gender, sexuality, deviance, pornography, feminism, monsters, cuteness, lust, fear, the beautiful and grotesque. Jessie likes cartoons, graphic novels, Maori art, museums, taxidermy, coral reefs, candy, big teeth, boobs, glitter, colours that burn your eyeballs and long walks on the beach looking for mermaid corpses. 

 

Education

 

2007  Master of Fine Arts, RMIT University, Melbourne.

2006 Advanced Diploma of Art and Design, Waiariki Institute ofTechnology, New Zealand.

2005 Diploma of Art and Design, Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand.

 

Exhibition History

  • May 2012

Visiting artist installation. Extraterrestrial Diorama, Waiariki Institute of Technology, New Zealand. 

  • March 2012

Solo show. Little Bits, Cafe Lua, Melbourne. 

  • December 2011

First Time, winner of second place award, Cafe Lua, Melbourne. 

  • July 2011

Curated and exhibited in Dumb Arts, Saint One Twenty, Melbourne. 

  • October 2010

Don't Quit Your Day Job, Hogan Gallery, Melbourne. 

  • October 2010

Owl in the Spotlight, LaMama Theatre, Melbourne.

  • April 2010

Saint One20 Arts Show, Melbourne, Australia.  

  • October 2009

Alice in Saint One20, Melbourne, Australia. 

  • October 2009

Solo show. Cold Salt Skin, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. 

  • April 2009

Wall Painting for Saint One20 Melbourne, Australia.

  • October 2008

Tales and Oddities in the Parlour Room, Per Square Metre Gallery. Melbourne, Australia.

  • September 2008

Totem, Dolls With Souls, Fracture Galleries, Federation Square. Melbourne, Australia.

  • September 2008

Solo Show. Saint One20. Melbourne, Australia.

  • April 2008

Once Upon a Time... Off The Kerb Gallery. Melbourne, Australia.

  • July 2008

Tammy's Tea Party, Saint One20. Melbourne, Australia.

  • December 2007

RMIT MFA Graduate Exhibition, RMIT School of Art Gallery and Gossard Building. Melbourne, Australia.

  • October 2007

A Minor Collection of Unnatural History, Off The Kerb Gallery. Melbourne, Australia.

  • November 2006

The Sum of Us, Waiariki Graduate Exhibition. Hei Tiki Gallery. Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • August 2006

Mazda Emerging Artists Exhibition. Auckland, New Zealand.

  • November 2004 to August 2005.

Toi Te Aranga Gallery. Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • August 2005

Multi-media student group display at the Waiariki Institute Gallery. Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • May 2005 to June 2005

Abstract Expressionist inspired group exhibition at Rotorua Museum of Art and History Gallery Café. Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • May 2005 to June 2005

Student screen print exhibition at the Waiariki Institute Gallery. Rotorua, New Zealand.

  • December 2004 – January 2005.

Solo show. Aether / Or, Rotorua Museum of Art and History Gallery Cafe. By invitation of Museum Art Curator, Ann Sommerville. Rotorua, New Zealand.

 

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