Born in Yugoslavia. Lives and works on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People Sydney, Australia.
Represented by 1301SW, Australia.
Telecki is interested in representation and how it can articulate politics of personal and shared narratives. Informal and formal power dynamics, intimacy and violence and how they have been historically and presently recognised and depicted are central to Telecki’s practice and research.
Telecki has exhibited extensively in Australia, England, and Japan. Recent solo exhibitions include : Mothers, Fathers (2024), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; I used to be good looking (2023); Playthings (2021); Incidental Collaborators (2020), Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney; Not Coming Andersson (2018) at Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney and Bubble diagrams (2017) at Artspace Ideas Platform, Sydney. Notable group exhibitions include Stupid As (2024) at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne Free/State - Adelaide Biennial of Australian art (2022), Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA); the pleasurable, the illegible, the multiple, the mundane at Artspace, Sydney (2021); Gymnasium (2020), SCA Galleries, Sydney; Outside my window (online, 2020), Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney; RONDO (2020), Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney; NSW Visual Arts Fellowship (2019), Artspace, Sydney; John Fries Award (2018), UNSW Galleries; and NEW14 (2014), Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne. Telecki has been awarded several grants and residencies including a one-year studio residency at Artspace, Sydney in 2019; the University of Sydney Postgraduate Award in 2008-2009; and the Australia Council for the Arts grant for the development of new work in 2021 and 2010. Her work is held in public and private collections nationally including the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Artbank, Sydney; and The Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Curriculum vitae
Born in Yugoslavia. Lives and works in Sydney.
Education:
2018 Bachelor of Arts (Anthropology and Sociology major), University of Sydney
2010 Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney (2008-2009)
2006 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours, 1st class), Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 ‘ŽUR’, 1301SW, Melbourne
2024 ‘Mothers, Fathers’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2023 ‘I used to be good looking’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2021 ‘Playthings’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2020 ‘Incidental collaborators’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Mirror Practice’, COMA, Sydney
2018 ‘Not Coming Andersson’, Firstdraft, Sydney
2018 ‘These are not real people’, True Estate gallery, Melbourne
2017 ‘Bubble diagrams, Artspace Ideas Platform, Sydney
2016 ‘Love is Gold’, Station Gallery, Melbourne
2016 ‘I Starseed di Pasolini’, Knulp, Sydney
2016 ‘Opening night (sitter, painter, muse)’, 55 Sydenham Rd, Sydney
2014 ‘Vege’, Knulp, Sydney
2014 ‘Stage job’, Gallery 9, Sydney
2013 ‘Roland’s mother’, Gallery 9, Sydney
2012 ‘Jelena Telecki’, Gallery 9, Sydney
2012 'Finally Lost', West Space Gallery, Melbourne
2011 ‘Plant Eaters’, C3 gallery, Melbourne
2010 ‘Pazite na decu’ , Firstdraft gallery, Sydney
2009 ‘Reconstructing the Future’, Bus projects, Melbourne
2008 ‘Rekonstrukcija’, Chalkhorse gallery, Sydney
2007 ‘What Occurred Only Twice’, Kings ARI, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions:
2024 ‘Last Christmas (I gave you my heart)’, Sarah Scout Presents, Melbourne
2024 ‘Lime and limpid green, a second scene (Part Two)’, 1301SW Sydney
2024 ‘Happy Daze’, curated by Scott Donovan, Ethan Frome, Sydney
2024 ‘Figure Holding Ground’, curated by Fernando do Campo and Michael Edwards, Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart
2024 ‘Echoes’, curated by Yvette Dal Pozzo, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
2024 ‘New South: Recent painting from Southern Australia’, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Hazelhurst Art Centre, Gymea
2024 ‘At Home with Painting’, curated by Madeleine Kelly, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2024 ‘Stupid As’, curated by Alex Gawronski, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
2023 ‘Thin Skin’, curated by Jennifer Higgie, MUMA Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne
2023 ‘In the Arms of Unconsciousness: Women, Feminism & the Surreal’, curated by Carrie Kibbler, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Gymea
2023 ‘SemiErotic’, curated by Carla Cescon, Scala, Sydney
2022 ‘Hunky Dory’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2022 ‘Short Corners (Pt1)’, curated by Alexander Jackson Wyatt, KNULP, Sydney
2022 ‘Short Corners (Pt2)’, curated by Alexander Jackson Wyatt, Sydenham International, Sydney
2022 ‘Short Corners (Pt3)’, curated by Alexander Jackson Wyatt, Working at Heights, Melbourne
2022 The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Finalist exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2022 ‘Zombie Eaters’, curated by Michael Moran, Murray Art Museum Albury MAMA, Albury
2022 ‘Free/State’, Australian Biennial of Australian Art, curated by Sebastian Goldspink, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
2021 ‘the pleasurable, the illegible, the multiple, the mundane’ curated by Talia Linz, Artspace, Sydney
2021 ‘Almost’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2021 ‘Ten Year anniversary show’, Station gallery, Melbourne
2021 ‘The Image is Not Nothing’ (Concrete Archives)’ curated by Lisa Radford and Yhonnie Scarce, ACE Open, Adelaide and Margaret Lawrence gallery, Melbourne
2020 ‘Apparition’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2020 ‘Rondo’, Sarah Cottier gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Peasant, Partisan’, curated by Jack Willet, Neon Parc city, Melbourne
2019 ‘Immurement’, curated by Deidre Cannon, Station gallery, Melbourne
2019 Finalist exhibition, New South Wales Visual Art Fellowship (emerging), Artspace, Sydney
2019 ‘Anthroposcene : R & M McGivern Prize finalist exhibition, Maroondah regional galley
2019 ‘Containment Field’, Coma gallery, Sydney
2018 John Fries Award: Finalists exhibition, curated by Consuelo Cavaniglia, Art Gallery, UNSW Art and Design, Sydney
2018 ‘Painting amongst other things’, curated by Oscar Capezio, Australian National University, Canberra
2017 ‘Ecce homo homo’ , with Andrew Hazewinkel, 55 Sydenham rd, Sydney
2016 ‘Big Cheese’, curated by Alex Gawronski and Justene Williams, CAST Hobart, as a part of MOFO, Hobart
2015 ‘Casual Conversation, Verging on Harassment’, Minerva, Sydney
2015 'University Selection 2014-2015', University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba
2014 ‘Eurovision’, with Nina Knezevic, 55 Sydenham Rd, Sydney
2014 NEW14, curated by Kyla McFarlane, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2010 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition, Artspace, Sydney
2009 ‘Obsession’, Terminal00: Balkan Art, curated by Piera Ravnikar, Ada Street Gallery, London
2008 ‘What is White?’, Terminal00:Balkan Art, curated by Piera Ravnikar, Ada Street Gallery, London, Uk
2007 ‘Drawn Together’, Blindside gallery, Melbourne
Works held in public and private collections nationally including the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; Artbank, Sydney; and The Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Awards / Scholarships / Residencies:
2025 British School in Rome - National Art School Residency
2022 Finalist, Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship - Travel
2021 New Work Grant -Australia Council for the Arts
2019 Artspace One-year studio residency
2019 New South Wales Visual Arts Fellowship finalist
2018 John Fries Award, finalist
2017 NAVA artist grant
2010 New Work Grant (Emerging) – Australia Council for the Arts
2009 - 2008 University of Sydney Postgraduate Award (2 Years)
Publications / Media:
2024 ‘Thicker than water’, Johanna Bear, Look magazine, April-May 2024 issue, pp. 53 - 55. Online version: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/art/watch-listen-read/read/thicker-than-water/
2024 ‘Jelena Telecki ‘Mothers, Fathers’, by Jack Howard, Artist Profile 67, https://artistprofile.com.au/jelena-telecki-mothers-fathers/
2024 ‘Mothers, Fathers’, by Toyah Webb, Memoreview, 1 June 2024, https://www.memoreview.net/reviews/mothers-fathers-by-toyah-webb
2023 ‘Thin Skin exhibition catalogue’, curated and edited by Jennifer Higgie, published by Monash University Museum of Art and Monash University Publishing
2022 ‘Free/State’, 2022 Australian Biennial of Australian Art Exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of South Australia
2022 Artist talk, Free/State Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia (March 2022 >
https://soundcloud.com/artgalleryofsa/jelena-telecki
2021 Artist talk, ‘the pleasurable, the illegible, the multiple, the mundane’ in conversation with the exhibition curator, Talia Linz at the Artspace, Sydney (April 2021) >
https://soundcloud.com/artspace-619083596/artists-in-conversation-jelena-telecki
2021 ‘Critic’s Choice’, Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Art Collector Magazine
2020 ‘Creation in isolation’, Noelle Faulkner, ART ON VIEW Magazine, winter issue, 2010, pp. 24-26.
2020 ‘ From My Window’, online project curated by Lisa Catt, Art Gallery of New South Wales: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/artboards/together-in-art/from-my-window/
2019 ‘Critic’s Choice: Isobel Parker Phillip’, Art Collector Magazine, October 2019, pp. 94-96.
2019 ‘Jelena Telecki: Process’, Artist Profile, Issue 49, pp. 132-134
2018 Interview, Floorr online, April 2018: https://www.floorrmagazine.com/issue-15/jelena-telecki
2017 Exhibition 'Opening night’ at 55 Sydenham Rd ARI: by Lynne Barwick, February 2017>https://lawofcontagion.blogspot.com/2017/03/narrative-4-jelena-teleckis-opening.html
2014 NEW14 Exhibition Catalogue, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, March 2014. written by Alex Gawronski>
2014 Artist talk, NEW14, curated by Kyla McFarlane, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (March 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz7xq4nUpyQ
2014 Sturgeon Magazine – as a part of Sebastian Goldspink’s ‘Breaking Up is Hard To Do’ selected pictorial, 2 August 2014, pg 32.
2014 Vault Magazine feature written by Neha Kale Issue 8, October 2014, pg 74.
Links:
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