Profiles
John Vella
John Vella
Lecturer in Art
School of Creative Arts and Media
Centre for the Arts, Hobart CBD Campuses
John Vella has developed a number of independent and collaborative art research projects across diverse national and international contexts that include the: Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart; Stockholm Independent Art Fair; Glasgow International Arts Festival, UK; MCA Sydney; Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart.
In addition to having been awarded five major public art commissions, Vella has received highly competitive grants from the Australia Council and Arts Tasmania. John Vella has guest lectured at a number of Australian and European tertiary institutions and he is a Senior Lecturer in Art at the School of Creative Arts. His work is represented in private and public collections.
Biography
John Vella was born and raised in Sydney and moved to Hobart, Tasmania in 1996. After completing two years of an architecture degree at UTS in 1987-88, John travelled for 12 months overseas, worked as a waiter, labourer, photographer (for the band Midnight Oil), telemarketer, truck loader, phone book factory hand, exhibitions officer, and gallery attendant; completed a DipFA with Distinction (National Art School Sydney) and a BFA (Hons) first class and an MFA (Tasmanian College of the Arts, UTAS, Hobart).
Vella's works have been included in 12 solo and over 45 group exhibitions in local and national contexts (since 1993) and reviewed nationally and internationally. His work is represented in a number of collections in Australia including ArtBank, University of NSW and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Vella has been awarded 5 major competitive commissions through the Art for Public Building Scheme and received significant, competitive grants from Arts Tasmania and the Australia Council.
John has taught across a broad range of national and international contexts. Following periods teaching drawing and painting at the School of Creative Arts, John was appointed as an Associate lecturer in Sculpture in 2005 and is now a Senior Lecturer in Art.
Career summary
Qualifications
| Degree | Title of Thesis | University | Country | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFA | Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania | Australia | 2000 | |
| BFA (Hons) | Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania | Australia | 1996 | |
| DipFA | National Art School, Sydney | Australia | 1993 |
Languages (other than English)
John has a very basic understanding of Italian and Maltese.
Memberships
Committee associations
- 125 Southern Subcommittee
- Midlands Art / Science - research group
- Midlands Restoration Funding project
- Triabunna – Live Site Catalyst research group
- Heavy Metals - research group
- School of Creative Arts, Executive
Administrative expertise
John has extensive experience developing, managing and delivering community, teaching and research projects across diverse contexts. (e.g. Government agencies, MONA, Dark Mofo). In his role as the Head of Discipline (Art), John plays a key role in 'day to day' school - staff, student, curriculum, site - management in addition to collaboratively driving the School of Creative Arts vision and mission.
Teaching
Abstraction – aesthetic / pragmatic, Sculpture / Installation, Public Art, Socially engaged practice and collaboration.
Teaching expertise
John has taught regularly across diverse tertiary contexts that include drawing, painting and sculpture/installation. John also has significant experience developing and delivering community engaged programs. Increasingly John is liaising with key stakeholders such as the State Government, Arts Tasmania and MONA with a view to addressing key social and educational challenges.
John has been recognised locally and nationally for his teaching expertise:
- 2011 Awarded ALTC / OLT Citation for Australian Learning and Teaching Council for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning and Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning (UTAS)
- 2010 Awarded UTAS Teaching Development Grant
- 2008 Awarded Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning in the category of Teaching Excellence (UTAS)
Teaching responsibility
Lecturing in Painting and Drawing at the School of Creative Arts from 1998-2000, John Vella was subsequently employed as an Associate Lecturer in Sculpture (2005), and in 2009 was appointed as the Head of Sculpture. Since 1999 John has also guest lectured at Australian and international tertiary institutions. John's current teaching includes:
- Academic Coordination of outreach programs – Object Design, Machines
- Co teaching Breadth unit – Develop Your Creative and Entrepreneurial Potential (DYCEP)
- Delivering key lectures on success and risk to third year undergraduates
- Regularly delivering papers and presentations
- Undertaking supervision of Honours, Masters and PhD candidates
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Expertise
- Abstraction – aesthetic / pragmatic
- Sculpture / Installation
- Public Art
- Socially engaged practice and collaboration
Research Themes
John commits acts of physical and conceptual frottage on communities, objects and systems; 'rubbings' that recycle the act and artefact of lived experience. Mediating status, value and 'damage by design' Vella develops diverse testimonies to the epic and incidental aspects of our personal and material histories.
John's research practice is diverse and has evolved through a number of phases that include abstract painting – challenging subject/object relations, industry collaborations – employing pragmatic methodologies to poetic ends and site specific engagement mediated and motivated through expanding notions of public. Vella's interests and engagement are broad and explore frangibility and permanency, Site Specificity in particular relation to the faking of belonging and public art infected by a culture of civic branding.
John's research has been driven by a commitment to 'creativity, culture and society' framed by a wariness of the instrumental and commercial dimensions of contemporary art practice. Vella's current research consists of ongoing investigations into the talismanic mediated through the bureaucratic; projects that seek to regenerate abstract visual languages as socially engaged and transformative catalysts of lived experience.
Awards
John has been awarded various grants and commissions:
Commissions (selected)
- 2007/8 S C A P E, Hydro Consulting, Cambridge, Hobart (international collaboration)
- 2007 Lifelines / Graduate Gallery, Royal Hobart Hospital
- 2005 Silicone Valley, Rose Bay High School, Hobart
- 2004 Coles Old World, Coles Sandy Bay, Hobart
Current projects
Group exhibitions:
- 2016 Ex Haust, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart, curated by Erin Sickler
- 2015 Mdina Contemporary Art Biennale, Mdina, Malta, curated by Guiseppe Schembri
The School of Creative Arts plays a key role in collaborative and creative responses to environmental and community based challenges:
LIVE SITE CATALYST – Institute for Social Change flagship project. Creative response to community and post industrial landscape. Develops partnerships and collaborations with community and locally, nationally and internationally eminent art, science researchers. LIVE SITE CATALYST will encourage and support Triabunna community capacity within the context of social transformation.
- Partners: Monash University, Spring Bay Mill, Spring Bay Museum, UTAS – School of Creative Arts, School of Architecture & Design, Glamorgan Spring Bay Council.
MIDLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT – Creating a series of 'art' land bridges for diverse flora and fauna species in response to environmental degradation.
- Partners: MONA, Monash University, Greening Australia, Northern Midlands Council, UTAS – School of Creative Arts, IMAS, Research Data Discovery Service.
In 2013 MONA launched the Derwent River Heavy Metals Project, an ongoing art-science collaboration developing long term remediation strategies to improve the Derwent river's health, positively affecting community ownership and engagement with the river.
- Partners: MONA, Monash University, Hobart City Council, Derwent Estuary Program, CSIRO, UTAS – School of Creative Arts, IMAS, Centre for the Environment (CforE), Creative Exchange Institute (CxI), School of Architecture & Design (UTAS).
Fields of Research
- Fine Arts (incl. Sculpture and Painting) (190502)
- Visual Cultures (190104)
- Visual Arts and Crafts (190599)
- Art Criticism (190101)
- Performance and Installation Art (190504)
- Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing (199999)
- Lens-based Practice (190503)
- Art History (190102)
- Social Change (160805)
- Land Use and Environmental Planning (120504)
- Multicultural, Intercultural and Cross-cultural Studies (200209)
Research Objectives
- The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) (950104)
- Arts and Leisure (950199)
- Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing (970119)
- Communication Across Languages and Culture (950201)
- The Media (950204)
Publications
John has developed a number of independent and collaborative art projects across diverse national and international contexts that include: the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Australia; the Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Sweden; Glasgow International Arts Festival, Glasgow, UK; MCA Sydney; The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne; the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart. In addition to having been awarded five major public art commissions, Vella has received a number of highly competitive grants from the Australia Council and Arts Tasmania. John Vella has guest lectured at a number of Australian and European tertiary institutions and he is currently Director of Program (Art) at the School of Creative Arts, UTAS. His work is represented in private and public collections
Conference papers (select)
- 2015: Dilemmas of the Diaspora, presented at Convention for Maltese Living Abroad, Malta
- 2012: Wilderness… The Second's Coming, presented at ASLEC conference, Monash, Melbourne
- 2009: Remote control: Frangibility and the art of blood letting the permanent, One Day: International Symposium, New Zealand
- 2007: Site Specificity… Faking Of Belonging, presented at ACUADS Conference, Sydney
- 2006: Beauty as the beast: creativity, the exotic and the dark side of desirability, ACUADS Conference, Melbourne
- 2006: Trailertrashed:.. interrogating place, presented at Senses of Place, Conference, Hobart
- 2005: Monumentalities: public art and the culture of civic branding, ACUADS Conference, Perth
Total publications
130
Highlighted publications
(6 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Major Creative Work | Vella JM, 'HANGBANG (nightshift*)', Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST), CAST Gallery, North Hobart (2010) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Other Creative Work | Vella JM, 'Hobart Portrait Group: Life Drawing Session (version II)', Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2008 | Other Creative Work | Vella JM, 'Scape', Arts@Work/ Hydro Tasmania Consulting, Hobart, pp. 1 (2008) [Acquisition] | |
| 2008 | Other Creative Work | Vella JM, 'Scape', Arts@Work/ Hydro Tasmania Consulting, Hobart, pp. 1 (2008) [Acquisition] | |
| 2006 | Major Creative Work | Vella JM, 'Fume', Devonport Regional Gallery (2006) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2005 | Major Creative Work | Vella JM, 'Silicone Valley', Arts Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 1 (2005) [Published Creative Work] |
Chapter in Book
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bleach L, Fountain W, Vella J, 'The Whether project: transformative Extra Tertiary' platforms in Tasmania', Transformative Pedagogies in the Visual Domain, Common Ground Publishing, United States (In Press) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Bleach L; Fountain W | |
| 2018 | Vella JM, 'Keep calm and carry on', Associations: Creative Practice and Research, Melbourne University Press, J Oliver (ed), Melbourne ISBN 9780522870312 (2018) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2008 | Vella JM, 'Freetransform', Virtually Natural, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Penny Malone (ed), Hobart, pp. 2 - 3. ISBN 0947335633 (2008) [Other Book Chapter] |
Conference Publication
(6 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Vella JM, 'Wilderness...the Second's coming', 4th ASLEC-ANZ Biennial Conference, August 31 to September 2, 2012, Melbourne, pp. 1-2. (2012) [Conference Extract] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Remote Control: frangiblity and the art of blood letting the permanent', One Day Sculpture, 26-28 March 2009, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 14. (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'Site Specificity, the local and the faking of belonging', Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools Annual Conference, Sydney (2007) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Beauty as the beast: creativity, the exotic and the dark side of desirability', Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools 2006 Conference: Thinking the Future: Art, Design and Creativity, 27-29 Sept 2006, Melbourne, Victoria EJ ISBN 9780975836019 (2006) [Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Trailertrashed: Detritus inspired strategies for interrogating place', Senses of Place, Hobart (2006) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Monumentalities', ACUADS 2005 Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools Conference, 28th September, Perth, pp. electronic. ISBN 0-9758360-0-5 (2005) [Refereed Conference Paper] |
Major Creative Work
(53 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Vella J, 'Panopticon', University of Tasmania, Tasmanian College of the Arts (2017) [Other Exhibition] | |
| 2017 | Vella JM, 'a house is not a home (IN TRANSIT: Contemporary Media Art)', Artists from Malta, NRW-Forum and Stadskantoor (2017) [Repeat Exhibition] | |
| 2016 | Vella J, 'Mine_', exhaust, Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart (2016) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2016 | Vella J, 'Church and State', Mdina Biennale, Mdina Cathedral Museum, Mdina, MALTA (2016) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'CRYMEARIVER, Heavy Metals Project', Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, 1 (2014) [Published Creative Work] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, 'a house is not a home,', Tasmania Today, Academy Gallery, Launceston, 1 (2014) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, 'Praxis, Proxy', Witness, Linden gallery, Melbourne, 1 (2014) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2013 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'Dirty Big Whole', Constance A.R.I., Hobart, 1 (2013) [Published Creative Work] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2013 | Vella JM, 'Public Art', Supermarket Artfair Project, Stockholm, Sweden, 1 (2013) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2013 | Vella JM, 'Vella Vehicle Accumulations (VVA), Vella- Piss Takes (VPT): Shuttle international mobile desert performance', Stanford University, Palo Alto , USA, 1 (2013) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2013 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'MeanMachines', Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), 1 (2013) [Other Exhibition] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2012 | Vella JM, ''thendofanalogue' in the Last days of Analogue', Stephen Hurrel, Mark Lyken - UK initiated exhibition online, United Kingdom, 1 (2012) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2012 | Vella JM, 'SkypeSpace', Art Lending Library, Mitchell Library Glasgow International Arts Festival, Glasgow, 1 (2012) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2012 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'SceneMachines', Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), 1 (2012) [Other Exhibition] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2011 | Vella JM, 'The Great Escape - Home and Away (part 1)', Mildura Biennale, KAR-RAMA Motel objects + room 20, 1 (2011) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'Because I'm Lucky', Conical Inc. Gallery, Conical Inc Gallery, Melbourne, 1, pp. 3 works (2010) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'HANGBANG (nightshift*)', Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST), CAST Gallery, North Hobart (2010) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'ScreenMachines', Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), 1 (2010) [Other Exhibition] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'Online (fishing)', Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian School of Art, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, pp. 28 (2010) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'TERROIR Portrait', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, pp. 1 work (2009) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Vella J, 'Trust: poleposition', Ten Days on the Island, Clarendon, Evandale, Tasmania (2009) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Stigma Research Lab (SRL)', Moonah Arts Centre/Contemporary Arts Spaces Tasman, Moonah, TAS, pp. 2 works (2009) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Birds in Space', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 work (2009) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Hobart Portrait Group: Life drawing session (version 2) in I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing', Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2, pp. 1 work (2009) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'GreenMachines', Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), Tasmanian Museam and Art Gallery (TMAG), 1 (2009) [Other Exhibition] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Onalog', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 5 works, 7 artists (2009) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2008 | Holmes JH, Vella JM, 'Onaroll', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, pp. 32 (2008) [Curated Exhibition] Co-authors: Holmes JH | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'Lifelines/Graduate Gallery', Royal Hobart Hospital - Neonatal and Pediatric Int, Hobart, pp. 2 (2007) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'Skidmarks', Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 (2007) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'Ricky Swallows (sometimes it's as if we all have Parkinson's disease)', Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, pp. 1 (2007) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'Freestyle', Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 1 (2007) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Bath (Yet to be Acquired)', Criterion Gallery, Hobart (2006) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Marks Made', Canberra Contemporary Arts Space (CCAS), Canberra, pp. 1 (2006) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Fume', Devonport Regional Gallery (2006) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Silicone Valley', Arts Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 1 (2005) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Nocturnal', Kelly's Garden, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, pp. 1 (2005) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Acidophilus', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (2005) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Inklein', Criterion Gallery, Criterion Gallery (2005) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2004 | Vella JM, 'Coles Old World', Arts Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1 (2004) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2004 | Vella JM, '2004 Apartment, series of 6 solos', xxxx, Melbourne, 1 (2004) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, 'Blow', Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Victoria (2003) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, 'Placemats: a series of fundamental floors', Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania (2003) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, 'The House of Silverfish', Woolmers Estate, Longford, pp. 1 (2003) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, ''To Catch Akif: prototypes for trapping refugees on the run' in Haven', Long Gallery, Hobart, pp. 3 (2003) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2002 | Vella JM, 'Product Lines', Academy Gallery, Launceston (2002) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2002 | Vella JM, 'Pattern as Subject', Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart (2002) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2002 | Vella JM, 'Munch Boxes 1, Munch Boxes 2, Munch Boxes 3', Arts Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 3 (2002) [Published Creative Work] | |
| 2001 | Vella JM, 'TerraTowel', Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney (2001) [Curated Exhibition] | |
| 1999 | Vella JM, 'Untitled Vella', Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 36pp,11 b/w ill 12 colour illustrations (1999) [Recorded Creative Work] | |
| 1999 | Vella JM, 'Untitled - Vella', Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 4pp (1999) [Recorded Creative Work] | |
| 1998 | Vella JM, 'Upbeat and Lively', Dick Bett Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 2 (1998) [Recorded Creative Work] | |
| 1997 | Vella JM, 'Object Poverty', Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney, pp. 1 (1997) [Other Exhibition] | |
| 1997 | Vella JM, '12th Survey Exhibition', Access Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney, pp. 1 (1997) [Recorded Creative Work] |
Other Creative Work
(31 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bleach L, Vella JM, Wise K, 'Night Garden', MONA, Hobart, Tasmania (2016) [Minor Creative Work] Co-authors: Bleach L; Wise K | |
| 2016 | Vella J, 'Red wine and coffee on canvas over cigarettes and medication in Navagating the Landscape', Academy Gallery, Launceston, pp. 1 (2016) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2016 | Vella J, 'Brainstorm', Centre for the Arts, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 1 (2016) [Minor Creative Work] | |
| 2015 | Vella J, Bleach L, 'Curation of Ogoh Ogoh', Dark Mofo, Hobart, pp. 1 (2015) [Representation of Original Art] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2015 | Vella J, Bleach L, 'Assistant Curators of Sowatkins', Plimsol Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 (2015) [Representation of Original Art] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2015 | Vella J, '2 Works- SPEEDKING (199-2015)', Heritage Malta, Vallette, pp. 1 (2015) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2013 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'Mean Machines', Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, pp. 36 (2013) [Catalogue] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2012 | Vella JM, Bleach L, 'SceneMachines', Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, pp. 36 (2012) [Catalogue] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2012 | Vella J, 'SELF PORTRAIT Intervention at Sydney Biennale', Sydney, pp. 1 (2012) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'polepositioned', Artbank, Sydney, pp. 1 (2010) [Acquisition] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'Fit (7___)', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, pp. 1 (2010) [Minor Creative Work] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'Blind', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 (2010) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'ScreenMachines', Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, pp. 33 (2010) [Catalogue] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Hobart Portrait Group: Life Drawing Session (version II)', Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Poleposition', Clarendon House, Evandale, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Fit - 7_ _ _; Status Free Vehicle', Moonah Arts Centre/CAST, Hobart, pp. 2 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Spatial Origami', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'The New Black', Criterion Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Blind', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 1 (2009) [Acquisition] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Green Machines', Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart, pp. 70 pages, 16 works (2009) [Catalogue] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Permissiontosit', Criterion Gallery Hobart, Launceston, pp. 1 (2009) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2008 | Vella JM, 'Scape', Arts@Work/ Hydro Tasmania Consulting, Hobart, pp. 1 (2008) [Acquisition] | |
| 2008 | Vella JM, 'Scape', Arts@Work/ Hydro Tasmania Consulting, Hobart, pp. 1 (2008) [Acquisition] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Skidmarks', Conical Inc., Melbourne, pp. 1 (2006) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Placemats: a series of fundamental floors (version II)', Academy Gallery, Launceston, pp. 1 (2006) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Letitia Street Studios', Plimsoll Gallery/CAST, Hobart, pp. 50 (2005) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Silicone Valley', Arts Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 1 (2005) [Acquisition] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Acidophilus', Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, pp. 6 (2005) [Catalogue] | |
| 2004 | Vella JM, ''Hobart Portrait Group Life Drawing Session 9.30am-10.30am EST 27.02.04 Regatta Pavilion, Hobart Tasmania' in Free Time', CAST Gallery, Hobart, pp. 3 (2004) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, 'GE 40 Watt', Academy Gallery, Launceston, pp. 1 (2003) [Representation of Original Art] | |
| 2002 | Vella JM, 'Family Ties (Wetspot)', Moores Building, Fremantle WA, pp. 1 (2002) [Representation of Original Art] |
Thesis
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Vella JM, 'A Re-presentation of Object Phenomena through the Medium of Painting' (2000) [Masters Research] |
Other Public Output
(36 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Bleach L, Vella JM, 'Live Site catalyst', Island Magazine, Hobart, 147, pp. 56-61. (2017) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Bleach L | |
| 2016 | Bleach L, Vella JM, Wise CJE, 'Night Garden - Live Site catalyst', DDCA + NTRO Publication, The Australian Council of Deans and Directors of Creative Arts, Hobart, 4 (2016) [Magazine Article] Co-authors: Bleach L; Wise CJE | |
| 2015 | Bleach L, Wise CJE, Vella JM, 'Midlands Restoration Project', Community Engagement Grant $8000, Hobart (2015) [Award] Co-authors: Bleach L; Wise CJE | |
| 2015 | Bleach L, Wise CJE, Vella JM, 'Live Site Catalyst', Institute for the Study of Social Change Grant $50 000, Hobart (2015) [Award] Co-authors: Bleach L; Wise CJE | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, 'Scape', The Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald, Australia (2014) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, 'Commissions in Brief', Sculpture, Elizabeth Lynch, United States, 27, 7, p. 27. (2014) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2014 | Vella JM, 'Around The Galleries', The Age September 25th, Dan Rule, Australia, p. 20. (2014) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2012 | Vella JM, 'Palimpest #8', Art Monthly, Merryn Gates, Australia, p. 25. (2012) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2011 | Vella JM, 'Monkey Business, HANGBANG (nightshift)', un Magazine, Kit Wise, Australia, 5, 1, pp. 70-72. (2011) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2011 | Vella JM, 'I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing', Art & Australia, Craig Judd, Australia, 47, 1 (2011) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2010 | Vella JM, 'SRL: Stigma Research Laboratory', Artlink, Andrew Harper, Australia, 29, 3 (2010) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Scape', Landscape Architecture Australia, Judith Abell, Australia, pp. 36-38. (2009) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Ten Days on the Island', Art Monthly, Daniel Thomas, Australia, June, pp. 22-25. (2009) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'The sound many hands clapping', Artlink, Stephanie Radock, Australia, 29, 2, pp. 11-13. (2009) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'Art Notes', Art Monthly, Rebecca Tudor, Australia, September, p. 60. (2009) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Vella JM, 'John Vella permissiontosit', Gallery Guide, Phillip Watkins, Australia (2009) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2009 | Jacobs KA, Vella JM, 'Interview for ABC Radio (Hobart) The role of art in addressing social stigma', ABC Radio, Hobart, 1 (2009) [Media Interview] Co-authors: Jacobs KA | |
| 2008 | Vella JM, 'Lifelines and Graduate Gallery', Artichoke, Judith Abell, Australia, 23, pp. 89-92. (2008) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'John Vella', Studio: Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity (2007) [Award] | |
| 2007 | Vella JM, 'New Deities', ArtArtlink, Briony Downes, Australia, 27, 3 (2007) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Too Cool 4 School, Silicone Valley,', Black + White, Nick Dent, Australia, 83, March 06, p. 123. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Commissions', Sculpture, Laura Dillion, United States, 25, 8, pp. 18-19. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Fume', Artlink, Jane Deeth, Australia, 26, 4, p. 117. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Subpoena, Art around the galleries', The Age Novemeber 11, Megan Backhouse, Australia (2006) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Subpoena, Visual Arts, Preview', The Age November 5th, Penny Webb, Australia (2006) [Newspaper Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Beyond the Big City', Art Gallery Guide, Andrew McKenzie, Australia, pp. 14-15. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Control-Shift', State of the Arts, Adam Haddow, Australia, p. 81. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Art Attacks', Good Weekend: Sydney Morning Herald, John McDonald, Australia (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Silicone Wonder', Urbis, Melind Williams, Australia, 33, pp. 54-55. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2006 | Vella JM, 'Silicone Valley', Artichoke, Judith Abell, Australia, 14, pp. 111-113. (2006) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Apartmnet', Broadsheet, Andrew gaynor, Australia, 33, 4, pp. 44-45. (2005) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Silcone Valley', Architectural Review, Phillip Watkins, Australia, September, pp. 26-28. (2005) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Art Notes', Art Monthly, Peter Timms, Australia, April (2005) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2005 | Vella JM, 'Free Time', Photofile, Stephen Rainbird, Australia, Summer, 05, p. 77. (2005) [Magazine Article] | |
| 2003 | Vella JM, 'New Work Grant (established), Australia Council' (2003) [Award] | |
| 2002 | Vella JM, 'Arts industry grant, Arts Tasmania' (2002) [Award] |
Grants & Funding
- 2011: Research Enhancement Grants Scheme, University of Tasmania
- 2011: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning / VC's Award Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning (UTAS)
- 2009: Teaching Development Grant (UTAS) / UTAS Community Engagement Grant (SRL / HACRU)
- 2003: New Work Grant (established), Australia Council
- 2002: Arts/ Events Grant, Arts Tasmania / Arts Industry Grant, Arts Tasmania
- 2000: New Work Grant (emerging), Australia Council / Artsbridge Grant, Arts Tasmania
Funding Summary
Number of grants
16
Total funding
Projects
- Description
- PanopticonII and Dark [Other]Times will facilitate the design, development and delivery of a suite of new works, through diversemedia and modes of collaboration. PanopticonII and Dark [Other]Times will generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings, through a series of new major, creative works. These works will engage broad territories of time, violence and friction whilst being sensitively attuned to site and massive audience engagement.
- Funding
- Dark Lab Pty Ltd ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vella JM; Warren AD
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Triabunna's school children will help design prototypes for Vertical Gardens. First one then a series will be chosen for testing and installation in the township.
- Funding
- Tasmanian Community Fund ($39,550)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Bleach L; Vella JM
- Year
- 2017
- Description
- BRAINSTORM will facilitate the design, development and delivery of a suite of new works through diverse media and modes of collaboration. BRAINSTORM will generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings through a series of new major, creative works. These works will engage broad territories of violence, friction and sensation whilst being sensitively attuned to site and massive audience engagement.
- Funding
- Museum of Old and New Art ($40,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vella JM
- Year
- 2016
- Description
- This proposal seeks funds to create, transport and install a series of proof of concept site responsive 'habitat' artworks.
- Funding
- Ian Potter Foundation ($24,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Wise CJE; Vella JM; Bleach L; Davies L; Davies PE
- Year
- 2016
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($5,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Enhancement (REGS)
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Bleach L; Vella JM
- Year
- 2012
- Funding
- Hydro Consulting ($107,700)
- Scheme
- Consultancy
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vella JM
- Year
- 2008
- Funding
- Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment ($16,000)
- Scheme
- Consultancy
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Vella JM
- Year
- 2007
- Funding
- Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and 10 Days on the Island ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Exhibition
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John ; Edwards Michael; Hansen David
- Year
- 2005
- Funding
- Arts@work ($19,000)
- Scheme
- Public artwork
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2005
- Funding
- Arts@work ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Public artwork
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2004
- Funding
- Australia Council ($18,000)
- Scheme
- New Work Grant
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2003
- Funding
- Arts Tasmania ($8,000)
- Scheme
- Arts/Events Grant
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2003
- Funding
- Arts Tasmania ($4,000)
- Scheme
- Arts Industry grant
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2002
- Funding
- Arts@work ($7,000)
- Scheme
- Public artwork
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2002
- Funding
- Arts Tasmania ($4,000)
- Scheme
- Artists Development Grant
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2000
- Funding
- Australia Council ($10,000)
- Scheme
- New Work Grant (emerging)
- Administered By
- N/A
- Research Team
- Vella John
- Year
- 2000
Research Supervision
Completed
10
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| Masters | Vital Ground: A sculptural investigation of the perceptions of Rock Island Bend on the Franklin River, Tasmania Candidate: Alexander John Thomson | 2017 |
| PhD | Constructed Situations: Socialising a Sculptural Practice Candidate: Jack Timothy Robins | 2015 |
| PhD | The Ever Present Eye; a studio exploration of the moment and the everyday lived experience Candidate: Greer Honeywill | 2015 |
| Masters | A Sculptural Problem: The Measurement of Being Candidate: Anthony Minton Johnson | 2013 |
| Masters | Live Recording: Temporal Plasticity and the Indeterminate Present in Time-based Practice Candidate: Darren Peter Cook | 2013 |
| PhD | The Collaborative Curator; a Methodological Enquiry into Negotiated Mediation and Audience Participation Candidate: Paula Adriana Goncalves Silva | 2013 |
| PhD | Collaborating with Nature: Reinterpreting Human Ecology Candidate: Dean Anthony Chatwin | 2013 |
| Masters | Energy, Air and Climate Change: A New Sculptural Language Candidate: Michael Neil Singe | 2011 |
| Masters | Potency of the Invisible: An Exploration into Urban Symbiotics Through Installation Practice Candidate: Denise Ava Robinson | 2010 |
| Masters | The Raw, the Rotted and the Interruption of Cooking: A Visual Investigation Candidate: Andrew Robert Rewald | 2009 |