About
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the owners of the land on which I work and live, where sovereignty was never ceded. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present & emerging.
Bio
Jasmine Morgan Ryan’s techno-romantic arts practice focuses on understanding our intimate relationship to nature and the cosmos. Her work draws attention to the invisible aspects that impact our existence and unite us, and the themes we struggle with in our humanity.
Working with Glass the celebrated material hero of the scientific world, her artworks interrogate a view through the darker-side of the lens into Anthropocentrism and its environmental impacts. This subversive undertone is explored through a select range of mediums and techniques incorporating NASA - made glass, hand blown glass, recycled materials, acrylic, silk, aluminium, steel, porcelain, watercolour, photography, painting and installation with an attention on light reflection and refraction.
“Framing a physical map of the ozone hole through a sculptural reimagining of one the core motifs employed by the European Romantics-especially J.M.W. Turner-is a stroke of genius... On approach we immediately 'read' Blind Spot as a work positioned within the lexicon of Romantic art; it is thrillingly beautiful-composed of sheets of translucent material it captures and refracts natural light to produce a shimmer of rainbow effects-but in its bulk and incongruous siting within a gallery space it becomes, if not terrifying somewhat alarming. The work is finished off with a mirror, suspended from high above, allowing viewers to see the sculpture from below as we would the actual ozone hole.”
– Gippsland Art Gallery Director Simon Gregg.
In her expanded practice Jasmine often collaborates with scientists from NASA, Earth Satellite Observing Centre (EOS), Antarctica, Monash and Melbourne University to create artworks that universally educate on the unseen and hard to fathom aspects of nature surrounding atmospheric disturbance, climate change, planetary limits, quantum entanglement and divination.
In 2018 Morgan – Ryan’s work As Above, So Below, on anthropogenic caused ozone eating clouds was profiled by the United Nations and World Meteorological Organization for COP24 Climate Change Conference.
Jasmine’s 2025 field of enquiry investigates the transitory process through which super-ecological phenomena become visible in the landscape. This body of work will explore the implication of newly visible anthropogenic weather phenomenon in Australia.
2025 Acquisition – Jasmine Morgan Ryan’s installation Blindspot, 2014 has been acquired by Gippsland Art Gallery for their new Climate Change art collection; the first in the southern hemisphere. Blind Spot will make its Gallery debut this winter as part of the major exhibition Turner & Australia and go on permanent display in Spring.
Full CV below.
Immeasurable Heaven/Self, 2016. Perspex. L820 H 860 mm
Summary
Jasmine Morgan Ryan’s work has been presented nationally by Linden New Art, West Space, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Gippsland Art Gallery, Alcaston Gallery, Craft Victoria, the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Craft ACT, ANU and Cairns Regional Gallery. Her work has been exhibited internationally in Wonderland at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei TAIWAN, the Aesthetica Art Prize LONDON and Runway: Australian Experimental Art, Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna AUSTRIA.
Jasmine’s work has been awarded the Latrobe Regional Gallery Acquisitive Art Prize and Senini Sculpture Prize from McClelland Gallery. Her work is held in public and private collections including Latrobe Regional Gallery and Gippsland Art Gallery.
Jasmine’s expanded practice includes commissioned artwork for international festivals, art fairs, in-building public artwork, site-specific work for public and private art collections including the Australia Council for the Arts, the City of Melbourne, Creative Spaces, Linden New Art and Incinerator Art Gallery.
Curriculum Vitae
Upcoming Exhibitions
2025. Turner and Australia, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC. Curated by Simon Gregg.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019. Vision Quest: A Portal Opens, Immerse Commission, Civic Atrium, Knoxfield VIC
2018. Super Ecology, Stockroom Kyneton VIC
2015. The Politics of Perception, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell VIC
2015. The Catchments Project, LAB-14, Carlton Connect for Art + Climate = Change festival VIC
2015. Into Nature, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds VIC
2014. Blind Spot, Linden New Art, St Kilda VIC
2012. Crumbling Ecologies, Craft, Melbourne VIC
2011. Making Sense, Federation Square Urban Screens and Craft, Melbourne VIC
2011. Bubbling Up, Dianne Tanzer Gallery Project Space, Fitzroy, VIC
2010. Losing the Unique, Shifted Gallery, Richmond VIC
2010. Inside the Realm of Invisible Spheres, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbotsford VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025. Turner and Australia, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC. Curated by Simon Gregg.
2022. Degrees of Concern, ANU School of Art and Design Gallery, ACT. Curated by Megan Hinton + Irina Agaronyan.
2021. Fire Flow, Craft, NGV Design Festival Melbourne VIC. Curated by Eliza Tiernan.
2020. Art Aid, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC
2020. Light and Life, NGV Design Festival, Bright Space Gallery. Curated by Ilan El.
2020. Every Artist Ever, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton VIC
2019. Sea Change: Tree Change, Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2019. Space, Gippsland Art Gallery. Curated by Simon Gregg – Director Gippsland Art Gallery.
2018. Mixed Tape, Stockroom Gallery, Kyneton VIC
2017. Every Second Feels Like A Century, West Space. Curated by Debbie Pryor + Hannah Presley.
2017. Time and Tide, Alcaston Gallery for Art + Climate = 2017, Melbourne VIC
2016. Sign O’ the Times, NotFair Art Fair. Curated by Kirsten Rann.
2016. Hero Worship, Craft. Curated by Debbie Pryor and Hannah Presley.
2016. Aesthetics in a time of Emergency, Craft ACT
2015. Elemental, McClelland Gallery, Curated by Erin Wilson and Penny Teale, Senior Curator.
2015. Sinister Beauty, Strange Neighbour Gallery, Curated by Linsey Gosper.
2015. Emerging Contemporaries, Craft ACT, Canberra, ACT
2015. Aesthetica Art Prize, London UK
2015. Vision Quest - Knowledge, Runway: Australian Experimental Art, Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna AUSTRIA
2014. Compassionate Voices, Koskela, Waterloo NSW. Curated by Liane Rossler.
2012. Wonderland, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei TAIWAN. Curated by Annie Ivanova.
2012. Us and Them: Umwelten, RMIT ProjectSpace, Melbourne VIC. Curated by Catherine Clover & Jen Rae.
2012. Launch, Glass Artists Gallery, NSW
2011. Media Specific, Monash Faculty Gallery, Caulfield VIC
2010. Greater than One, Monash Faculty Gallery, Caulfield VIC
Selected Award Exhibitions
2019. Deakin Small Sculpture Prize, Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood VIC
2019. Footscray Art Prize, Footscray VIC
2019. Collins Place Summer Salon, Melbourne VIC
2015. Aesthetica Art Prize, London UK
2015. Victorian Craft Award, Craft Victoria, Melbourne VIC
2014. Linden Postcards Exhibition, Linden New Arts, St Kilda VIC
2014. Incinerator Art Prize, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds VIC
2014. Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2014. Senini Sculpture Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin VIC
2013. Manningham Ceramic Art Award, Manningham VIC
2013. Artecycle, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds VIC
2012. Australian National Glass Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Wagga Wagga NSW
2011. Tom Malone Prize, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
2010. Australian National Glass Prize, National Gallery of Australia, Wagga Wagga NSW
2010. Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Williamstown VIC
2010. Ranamok Glass Prize, Canberra Glassworks ACT, Cairns Regional Gallery QLD
2010. Artspace Mackay QLD, Hervey Bay Regional Art Gallery QLD
2009. Senini Sculpture Award, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park VIC
Selected Awards, Grants, Residencies, Commissions
2019. Immerse Commission, Vision Quest: A Portal Opens, Civic Atrium, Knoxfield VIC
2016. NAVA Australian Artist Publication Grant - Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency, Craft ACT
2015. Arts Project Grant, City of Melbourne, CLIMARTE Festival: Art + Climate = Change.
2015. Artist in Residence, Carlton Connect Studio: LAB-14, Creative Spaces Melbourne, City of Melbourne.
2014. Winner - Senini Sculpture Prize, McClelland Gallery VIC
2013. New Work Grant, Early Career Artist, Visual Arts Board Australia Council for the Arts.
2013. Australian Postgraduate Award for Post Graduate Research, Monash University (2011–2013).
2012. Arts Project Grant, City of Melbourne.
2012. Monash University Research Publication Grant (also 2011, 2009).
2010. Emerging Artist Grant, City of Melbourne.
2008. Winner - Latrobe Regional Gallery Acquisitive Contemporary Art Award.
Art Collections
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale VIC
Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell VIC
Selected Publications
2025. Recent Acquisitions Gippsland Art Gallery Publication, Cover and Essay, by Simon Gregg, director Gippsland Art Gallery.
2022. Degrees of Concern, ANU School of Art and Design Exhibition Catalogue, by Rebecca Mayo.
2021. Fire Flow: Glass Resurgence, NGV Design Festival Exhibition Catalogue, by Eliza Tiernan.
2018. Climate and Art by Erica Allis, UN World Meteorological Organisation Bulletin.
2018. Three Truths about Climate Change, Dumbo Feather Magazine by Jasmine Targett.
2017. Art + Climate=Change edited by Guy Abrahams, Bronwyn Johnson and Kelly Gellatly.
2016. Debbie Symons and Jasmine Targett: The Politics of Perception by Mem Cap.
2016. The Catchments Project by Emma Mayall.
2016. The Politics of Perception by Guy Abrahams.
2016. The Urgency of our Time by Dr David Sequeira.
2016. Aesthetics in a Time of Emergency, Garland Magazine by Simon Gregg
2015. A Sinister Beauty – Strange Neighbour by Jasmine Targett.
2014. Runway: Australian Experimental Art – Vision Quest by Jasmine Targett (Vienna Art Week).
2012. No Part is Immune From the Changes of its Counterparts by Antoanetta Ivanova.
2012. Jasmine Targett in Wonderland by John Gregory.
2012. Porcelain Persuasions by Miriam McGarry.
2012. The Crumbling Ecologies Project by Debbie Pryor.
2012. Collaboration Continuity and Community by Alicia Renew.
2012. The Remarkable Beauty in Disaster by Dr Kit Wise.
2012. New Perspectives in Environmental Art by Assoc. Professor Linda Williams.
2011. Media Specific by Alicia Renew.
2011. Endangered Crafts by Grace Cochrane.
2011. Making Sense: from the Sublime to the Meticulous by John Gregory.
2011. Icons of Climate Change in Art by Linda Williams.
2010. Greater than One by Alicia Renew.
Selected Press
2018. Climate and Art by Erica Allis, UN World Meteorological Organisation.
2018. Art Guide - Jasmine Targett - Super Ecology by Nadiah Abdulrahim.
2018. Art Almanac – Jasmine Targett – Super Ecology, Editorial Review.
2017. Aesthetica Magazine – Visual Quest: Jasmine Targett, Editorial Review.
2015. Art Almanac- Jasmine Targett and Debbie Symons: The Politics of Perception, Editorial Review.
2015. Artist Profile – Issue 31, Discovery: Jasmine Targett’s Arts Practice, Editorial Review.
2015. Arts Hub – The Politics of Perception – by Mem Capp.
2015. The Sydney Morning Herald - Craft Review: Emerging Contemporaries by Kerry-Anne Cousins.
2015. The Corning Museum of Glass - 100 Best New Artworks in the World, New Glass Review.
2015. The Leader – New Carlton art studio generating new ideas for a sustainable solution by Toby Prime.
2015. Trouble Magazine – Vision Quest: Into Nature in Salon, June 2015.
2014. The Sydney Morning Herald – Innovators 1 by Dan Rule.
2014. The Sydney Morning Herald – Fear of the Future by Dylan Rainforth.
2014. Craft Unbound – Looking through the Blind Spot by Jasmine Targett.
2014. The Design Writer - Charity Art and Design Auction for Animals by Penny Craswell.
2012. The Age - A Dying Art? by Dylan Rainforth.
2012. Vogue Living – The Crumbling Ecologies Project, by Madeleine Hinchy.
2012. Lip Magazine – Crumbling Ecologies: Craft Community, Fragility, by Emma Koehn.
2012. Monash University Press – Space travel meets art in reflective exhibition, by Emily Walker.
2012. Australian Art Collector – Australian Artists Exhibit in Taiwan, by Jane O’Sullivan.
2011. New Scientist – Dazzling glass reveals hidden crises on Earth, by Wendy Zukerman.
2011. Beyond Zero Emissions Radio – Symons+Targett: Artists+Scientists Collaborate on Climate Change.
2012. Progress Leader - A Glass Above, by Holly McKay.
2011. Carbon Arts - Making Sense, Jasmine Targett & Debbie Symons by Jodi Newcomb.
2011. Monash University Press – Art vs. Science by Emily Walker.
2010. University WA, SymbioticA Symposium: Unruly Ecologies – Featured Artist- Jasmine Targett.
2010. Craft Arts International, No 79 - Pre-Text by Anita Taylor.
2010. Craft Arts International, No 76 – Questions of Scalability by Gordon Bull.
2010. Artabase, Editorial Review - Jasmine Targett - Glass Artist by Rebecca Cannon.
2010. Melbourne Jeweller - Losing the Unique: Shifted Gallery, Richmond by Karen Thompson.
2010. Melbourne Jeweller - Inside the Realm of Invisible Spheres at c3 by Karen Thompson.
Documentaries and Online Media
2020 Jasmine Targett – Vision Quest, produced by Immerse Arts Festival
2015 The Catchments Project Documentary, produced by The City of Melbourne
2015 Jasmine Targett featured in the Incinerator Art Award, produced by Incinerator Gallery
2015 The Incinerator Art Award - Art for Social Change produced by Incinerator Gallery
2010 Jasmine Targett featured in the Ranamok Glass Prize 2010, produced by ABC News ACT and NSW
Public Projects
2025. Gippsland Art Gallery – Blind Spot, 2014. In-Building public artwork launching Spring 2025, Sale VIC.
2021. Knox City Council - Public Artwork Commission - Vision Quest: Butterfly Effect, Knoxfield VIC.
2019. Knox City Council - Public Artwork Commission Vision Quest: A Portal Opens, Knoxfield VIC.
2015. City of Melbourne Arts Projects - Catchments Project, Lab-14, Art + Climate= Change. Melbourne VIC.
2014. Incinerator Gallery Public Artwork Commission, Vision Quest: Into Nature, Moonee Ponds VIC.
2013. Australia Council for the Arts Project - Blind Spot, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art St Kilda VIC.
2012. City of Melbourne Arts Project - Crumbling Ecologies Project, exhibited Craft. Melbourne VIC.
2010. City of Melbourne Arts Projects - Life Support Systems, Craft. Melbourne VIC.
Professional Related Experience
2021. MPavilion MTALKS - Art as Action: Ecology, Resilience and Sustainability.
2021. Presenter - Fire Flow - Panel discussion. Craft for NGV Design Festival.
2019. Presenter – Vision Quest and other commissions, Knox Immerse.
2019 - 2014. Gallery Assistant – Hawthorn Town Hall Gallery.
2018. Arts practice profiled and presented by the United Nations and World Meteorological Organization for COP24 Climate Change Conference. Published in Climate and Art by Erica Allis, UN World Meteorological Organisation Bulletin.
2017 - 2015. World Crafts Council Australia - Board Member.
2015. Project, development and facilitator – The Catchments Project, Lab-14 for the City of Melbourne.
2014 - 2013 Research and development - Blind Spot for Australia Council for the Arts.
2012. Research, development and facilitator – The Crumbling Ecologies Project. Monash University and Craft.
2012. Lecture - Research Symposium: Art, Activism and Social Change. Monash University.
2011. Judging Panel – Fresh Awards 2011. Craft.
2011. Research, development and delivery– Research Symposium: Art and Communicating Climate Science Symposium. Craft.
2011. Participant - Tipping Point. Melbourne.
2010. Research and development - Life Support Systems: Collaboration with NASA Satellite Data Centre & CBS Glass.
2010. Research and development - The Similarity of Parallel Worlds: with data from NASA and MMI.
Published Writings
2018. My Nike will live longer than me and Noctilucent Canary in Interalia Magazine.
2017. Three truths about climate change in Dumbo Feather Dec 5.
2015. On nature and existence in Artist Profile July 29.
2014. Vision Quest – Issue 26: Knowledge, Runway: Australian Experimental Art. Presented at Museums Quartier Wien, Vienna AUSTRIA
2008. The interconnectedness of study and passion in Melbourne University Collections, Issue 3. Dec.
Academic History
2014. PhD Fine Arts, Monash University.
2010. Silversmithing, NMIT.
2009. Hot Glass (Flame Working), Monash University.
2008. Bachelor of Fine Arts with First Class Honours, Monash University.
2007. Hot Glass (Glass Blowing), Monash University.
2007. Bachelor of Fine Arts – Painting, Monash University.
2004. Diploma of Visual Arts, Box Hill Tafe.
Selected Professional Memberships
NAVA
Craft Victoria
Synapse – The Australian Network for Art and Technology ANAT
AEGIS Research Cluster