Jacinta Keefe

Objective

Jacinta is a Melbourne based Indigenous Photographer with a love and passion for Live Music and Events. 


Education

Victorian College of the Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, Photography

2013—2015


Experience

Jacinta Keefe Photography
Owner/Operator

  • Sole Trader Photography Business
  • Live Music & Event Documentation
  • Product Photography
  • Corporate Procurement 
  • Stock Photography & Social Media Content Creation

2014—present

Ngarrimili
Community Engagement & Digital Support

  • Assist in creating websites 
  • Make social media content plants 
  • Assist in facilitating workshops
  • Content Creator 
  • A voice for the Young Indigenous Community

2020—2022


Skills

  • Confident in PC & Mac Workflow
  • Great team worker
  • Confident in high stress enviroments
  • Can adapt to new situations quickly
  • Full Drivers Licence
  • Own Car
  • Good at writing grant applications
  • Confident in Adobe Photoshop,Lightroom, Illustrator, Premier Pro and Indesign



Awards

2011 - Moran Prize Finalist 

2012 - Moran Prize Semi Finalist

2014 - FECK ART: Peoples Choice 

2015 - FECK ART : Honourable Mention

Scholarships

2013 - Access Melbourne Scholarship

2013 - Boral Mining Indigenous Scholarship 

2013 - Creative Arts Scholarship

2013 - Indigenous Creativity Scholarship

Grants 

2020 - COVID19 Creative Arts Creator Fund 

2020 - Business Victoria Business Grant for COVID Support 



Exhibitions
 

2011 - Paradigm @ Fitzroy Art Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

2012 - Shift @ Fitzroy Art Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia

2013 - Fireworks Exhibit @ Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, Melbourne, Australia

2013 - SEE.ME @ Aperture Photography, New York City, NY

2013 - PROUD @ Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

2014 - Compromise @ VCA Art Space, Melbourne, Australia

2014 - FECK ART : Art vs Porn @ Untitled Warehouse, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia

2014 - PROUD @ Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA, Melbourne, Australia 

2015 - Conflict of Interest @ VCA Artspace, Melbourne, Australia

2015 - FECK ART Art vs Porn II, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia

2018 - Grey Voices: Female Identity & Culture, George Paton Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia

2019 - Brunswick 50 Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street, Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia

2019 - MOTHER @ BUS PROJECTS , Collingwood, Melbourne , Australia

2020 - The Spirits still walk among the hills @ Trocadero Art Space, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia (First Solo Show) 

2021 - Number One : Gudinski @ Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Australia 

2021 - Northland's Fight for Survival @ Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2021 - Untitled Home for Hyphenated Biennale with  Ellen YG Son  @ The Subspace Gallery, Newport


Production

2017 - Digital Rainforest - Production Designer

2017 - Neuroplug - Set Stills Photographer

2018 - Dark Light @ Melbourne Theater Company - Lighting Designer 

2018 - VIRAL: Are You The Cure?  @ ILLBIJERRI Theatre - Costume Designer 

2018 - Beyond Charlie - Set Stills

2019 - The Sapphires  @ HIT Productions - Assistant Costume Designer 

2019 - Out of Range @ SBS - Set Stills Photographer 

2019 - Scar Trees @ ILLBIJERRI Theatre - Costume Consultant 

Using Format