Ioanna Thymianidis is a Greek-Australian artist specialising in sculpture and installation. Her artworks embody an edgy dichotomy of traditional technique and conceptual exploration. She studied a Bachelor of Visual Art and Bachelor of Business at Monash University while holding a scholarship to practice from the Italian campus. At the Annual Awards Exhibition of 2018, the Association of Sculptors Victoria awarded Ioanna the 2018 Tina Wentcher Prize. Ioanna has more recently been awarded the 2021 Godinymayin Jewelry Prize after completing a string of residencies based in Norway, Colombia and New York, USA. Following a 2023 solo exhibition in Switzerland, IΩANNA has returned to the Northern Territory to build a body of work about native flora and fauna mutating with contemporary technology.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Artificial Assimilation | Garage Kollectiv | Schaffhausen, Switzerland
2022 Transmutation. Spores. Chasms. Your Anatomy. | Tactile Arts | Darwin, Australia
2019 The Natural, The Eternal | Brunswick Street Gallery | Melbourne, Australia
Awards
2024 People's Choice Award & Third Prize | From Rubble to Resistance | Northern Centre for Contemporary Art | Northern Territory, Australia
2021 Godinymayin Inaugural Jewellery Prize | Godinymayin Arts Centre | Northern Territory, Australia
2018 Tina Wentcher Award | Association of Sculptors Victoria | Melbourne, Australia
2016 Vice Chancellor’s Diversity and Inclusion Award | Monash University, Melbourne , Australia
2014 - 2016 Monash Community Leaders Scholarship | Melbourne , Australia
Residencies
2024 | LANDSLIDE Artist Residency | Wentworth Falls, Australia
2022 Tactile Arts Studio Residency | Northern Territory, Australia
2021 Archeological Governance Grant | Media Enterprise Design Lab | Chicago, United States
2021 Crystal Waters Artist In Residence and Workshop Series | Queensland, Australia
2019 Studio Residency | Vintage Underground | Chicago, USA
2019 La Katia | Impact Project | Tayrona, Columbia
2018 Atelier Studio Residency | Austmarka, Norway
Group Exhibitions / Performances
2022 Artists Need Not Apply | Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts | Katherine
2022 Soak Tumble Dry | Darwin Community Arts | Darwin
2021 Recycle, Rework, Remake | Northern Centre of Contemporary Art | Darwin
2021 SoundStone | Darwin Fringe Festival | Darwin
2021 Corporate Carving | Rabbits Eat Lettuce | Queensland
2020 Bronze | Art Students League of New York, New York
2020 Art In Isolation | Belle Epoque Contemporary, Sydney
2019 Jersey City Studio and Art Tour | JCAST, Jersey City
2019 My Two Cents | No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2018 52 Portraits in 52 Weeks | Meatmarket, Melbourne
2018 Annual Awards Exhibition | Association of Sculptors Victoria, Melbourne
2018 Held in Hand | Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Open Eye Signal | Fort Delta, Melbourne
2017 Environmental Exhibitions Project | Renewable Energy Society, Cebu
2017 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition | Toorak Village Traders Association Inc, Melbourne
2014 MADA Now | Graduate Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne
Education
2020 Course: Welding and Fabrication | The Art Students League of New York, New York, USA
2019 Course: Sculpting in Wax | The Art Students League of New York, New York, USA
2013 Unit: Classical Sculpture and Drawing | Monash University Campus, Prato, Italy
2012 - 2016 Bachelor of Visual Art and Bachelor of Business | Monash University, Melbourne, Australia | Graduating class of 2016
Teaching
2022 - Present Community Development Program | The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) | Northern Territory, Australia
2022 Tactile Arts | Sculpting in recycled aluminium | Darwin, Australia
2021 Darwin Community Arts | Lost-wax casting with aluminium | Darwin, Australia
2021 Crystal Waters | Lost-wax casting with aluminium | Queensland, Australia
2019 La Katia | Sculpting in recycled aluminium | Tayrona, Columbia
An overview of Ioanna’s workshops in the ancient craft of lost-wax casting. In this workshop, we used a home built foundry and melted recycled aluminium for our sculpture material. This workshop was filmed at Darwin Community Arts and features works in progress from local artists.