Chelle Destefano

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  • About Chelle
  • C.V.
  • Artworks / Projects
    • Performances >
      • Melbourne Fringe 2020
      • navigating water
      • safe spaces deaf
      • audism
      • performance auslan sculptures
      • time travel 1
    • Installation >
      • audism install
    • Mixed Media >
      • insects collab
    • Sculpture >
      • deaf cones
      • audism
      • Deaf Culture Project
      • the cot story
    • Paintings >
      • growing up deaf
      • Wait of World
      • Blue Ghosts / Abandoned Collection
      • Black Saturday Fires 2009
      • Portraits & Animals
    • Illustrations >
      • Vdub Collection
      • Victoria Australia
      • adelaide buildings
      • Baby Moon Stories
      • vintages collection
    • collaborations
  • Exhibitions
  • Contact
  • News
    • Blog
    • Works in Progress
Chelle Destefano - Artist CV 

Studies
2020 - 2021 Masters of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne
2001 - 2006 Bachelor of Visual Arts and Applied Design – O’Halloran Hill TAFE Campus
 
Awards/Scholarships
2020    
          Winner of the Lake Art Prize - an acquisitive award
                        Finalist in the Noel Counihan Commemorative Award
                        Finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Award
                        Finalist in the Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery
                        Australian Arts Council Innovation Games, First place winner  
                        Australian Arts Council grant - funding for Deaf Voices performance and textile project
                        Art House commission awarded with a grant for Art House Housewarming

2019               Nomination for the Australia Council of the Arts Leadership 
                        Finalist in the Noel Counihan Commemorative Award 2019
                        Finalist in the Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award 2020
                        Finalist in the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize 2019
                        Arts Activated Grant recipient by Moreland Council for Auslan Movement Performance
                        Finalist in the Banyule Award for Works on Paper 2019
                        Creative Victoria grant Recipient for Mentorship and Deaf arts project development                                                                      Selected for Testing Grounds Test Sites workshop for my project development
                        Recipient of Creative Victoria grant for mentorship and Deaf arts project development

2018               Recipient of the Regional Arts Victoria Community Arts Grants for Bushfires of 2009
                        Second prize winner in the major QLD Deaf arts exhibition
                        Recipient of the microgrant for the Fringe Festival Melbourne
                        Regional Arts Victoria grant recipient for the Sydney Other Art Fair

2016                Australian Arts Council grant - funding for Paris and London exhibitions
                        Richard Llewellyn Arts grant – funding for Wait of World Exhibition in Melbourne

2015                Arts SA Makers and Presenter’s Grant for Blue Ghosts Exhibition in Melbourne, March 2015

2014                Richard Llewellyn Arts grant – funding to attend Arts Activated Conference, October 2014
                        Dawn Slade Faull Award - the painter, Adelaide

2012                Richard Llewellyn Arts grant – funding for Vintage is Good solo exhibition, Adelaide
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Solo Exhibitions
2021      May - Deaf Safe Space, No Vacancy Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne

2020     Jan-March -
 The Deaf Culture​ exhibition, Incinerator Gallery - Boadle Hall, Melbourne
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2019      September
 12th - ​14th - The Auslan Movement show (performance and exhibition), Melbourne Fringe Festival
              March - Wonthaggi ArtSpace Gallery, Wonthaggi, Victoria

2018     November - FernArtz Gallery, Coburg, Melbourne
             September - Experimental Art Installation Exhibition of The Cot story, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Avondale Heights                     Library Gallery space

2017     October - Berlin Pop Up Exhibition of Enchanted Collection with Arts Access Australia, Berlin, Germany
             August - Volkys Collection in SALA Festival, Dulwich Bakery, Dulwich, South Australia (matching the coffee cups                         they were printed on)
 
2016    September - Chelle's Collections in Paris, Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France
            August - Wait of World II in SALA Festival, City Library, Rundle Mall, Adelaide South Australia
            May - June - Wait of the World, Gasworks, Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

 
Group Exhibitions
2021      July - Siena Art Institute Residency Program Exhibition, Siena Art Institute gallery, Siena, Italy (postponed indefinitely maybe to 2022 - 2023)
              January - Art House Housewarming commissioned exhibition, Art House, Melbourne
                           
2020    Dec - 
Finalist Exhibition for Lake Art Prize, Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie - Winner
              Nov - Finalist Exhibition for Noel Counihan Commemorative Award, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
              Oct - Finalist exhibition for Fisher's Ghost Award, Campbelltown, NSW

              Oct - IAN annual Art Exhibition, the Inclusive Arts Network, Geelong, Victoria
              Sept-Oct - 
Zero O'Clock Exhibition, CoVA (Centre of Visual Arts), VCA, Melbourne
              Aug-Nov -Finalist exhibition for Incinerator Art Award, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne
              August - Master of Contemporary Art first year show, 3x3, VCA (online on instagram @vcaartspace) 
              June - 
The Emerging Writers Festival film poetry exhibition; co-curated by the festival & Poetry Film Portal
              June - The Platform 2020, Arts Festival - Rivana Arts, Wagga Wagga, NSW
              January - Midusmma Aust Post Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne

2019     December - Axiom: A Reimagined Reality, for International Day of People with Disability, SpACE@Collins gallery, Melbourne
             November - Linden Postcard Show Art Prize, Linden New Art Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne 
             
November 
- Finalist Exhibition for Noel Counihan Commemorative Award, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
             November - KernArt Art Prize exhibition, Kernot, Victoria
             December - Selected Exhibition, Axiom: A Reimagined Reality, SpACE@Collins, Melbourne
             November - Finalist Exhibition for the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
             October - Selected Catalogue Exhibition of 10 artists for Ignite by Rotary Club / Arts Access Victoria, No Vacancy Gallery,                                          Melbourne
             August - Finalist Exhibition in the Banyule Art Prize, Hatch Contemporary Arts Space, Ivanhoe, Melbourne
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2018     November - The Flow Festival, The Cot Story Extended
             August - The Other Fair, Melbourne, Australia
             May - The Skin Gallery show duo with Luke King. Exhibition of two Deaf artists
             March - The Other Fair, Sydney, Australia
             January - ArtSpace Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

             January - Mornington Art Show, Victoria, Australia
             Me & Baby Moon portrait

2017     October - Rome Arts Expo
             Me & Baby Moon portrait

Residencies and Development
2021                      June - residency at Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2021                      June-July - Collaboration with music school, The Inspiration Orchestra, Scotland, UK
2020                    Deaf Community Advisor - supported by City of Melbourne Quick Response Grant
2020                    Creative Development residency for performance, Brunswick Mechanics Institute (postponed, date TBA)

2019 - 2020        Oct-Jan selected as one of the 5 artists for Artist in Residency at Heritage Hill, Dandenong
2019                     Sept - One of three judges for a juried art show at VDC (Victorian Deaf College)
2019 - 2020        Mentorship and Deaf Culture Art Project development
2019                     Cultural Threads, Nebula, Dandenong, textile collaborations with Warren Loorham, Karen
                             Walker, Rhian Hinkley and Kim Charman
2019                     April - Testing Grounds - Test Sites workshop
2017                     Berlin - Workshop teaching collaboration with Corry Siw Mirski, leading tour exhibition and my duo                                                             exhibition with Corry
 
Publications
2020       Article in Sentinel-Times South Gippsland, Chelle's Art Speaks for the Deaf Community, Wednesday 10 June 
                https://sgst.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Wednesday-June-10-2020-small.pdf

2019       Article in il Globo (Italian paper, Melbourne) on my Auslan Sculpture Performance, Monday 9 Sept 2019

2019      Published story article in Herald Sun / Moreland Leader paper on my upcoming Auslan Movement performance for the fringe
               Dated 4 September 2019
               
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/fringe-show-from-artist-chelle-destefano-to-teach-audiences-about-sign-language/news-story/f40e4ad11504a63cfcc531ce8c4a800e
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2019      Winning Prize in QLD Deaf Services Art Prize and face of the QLD Deaf Lottery
              
http://tiny.cc/lyl9az
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2019           Newspaper (Bass News) an article on my arts career success
https://www.basscoastpost.com/liane-arno/beyond-words?fbclid=IwAR3ij5yhzh7_n5Z9tEXicLmWqXfhviDRLIleonQ258QUA4AZansqx6rLxc0

2019            Winning publication of my work on Arts Access Australia for 2019
https://artsaccessaustralia.org/success-stories/our-featured-artworks-for-2019/

2018            Write up on my exhibition in the Sydney Other Art Fair on Accessible Arts website
http://www.aarts.net.au/whats-on/the-other-art-fair/

2017             Feature article by art packing specialists Pack and Send as one of their customers
                       
https://blog.packsend.com.au/chelle-destefano

2017             My artwork on coffee cup from Dulwich featured in Herald Sun
                    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/envirofriendly-recyclable-coffee-cup-launches-in-melbourne/news-story/461f3c3b60d2d85a4691c3bc7fc5b3a6

2017             Chelle's artworks on coffee cups at Dulwich bakeries featured in Adelaide's Advertiser 24 May 2017
                    http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/dulwich-bakery-outlets-feature-sala-art-works-on-collectable-coffee-cups/news-story/11f41005c54f93d19bf514711288605f

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