jessyca Hutchens
DPhil in Fine Art
Balliol College, Oxford 2014 Charlie Perkins Scholar 2014 Chevening Scholar 2013 Aurora Study Tour |
[One of my favourite moments as a Charlie Perkins Scholar was] presenting with Jared Field, a fellow CP scholar, on a panel on 'Collecting and Colonialism' at Oxford, and seeing [inaugural CP Scholar] Christian Thompson's newly acquired work at the Pitt Rivers Museum over the same weekend, and feeling that we can contribute together, as Indigenous (former and current) Scholars at Oxford to ongoing conversations and debates about its colonial legacies. |
Jessyca, a descendant of the Palyku people of Western Australia, is a 2014 Charlie Perkins Scholar, and undertaking a DPhil in Fine Arts at the Ruskin School of Art, Balliol College, Oxford.
She also holds a Bachelor of Laws with Distinction and a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Fine Art History from the University of Western Australia. Some of her notable achievements include being awarded the UWA Graduates Association Prize in Fine Arts in 2005, the Hackett Foundation Alumni Honours Scholarship in 2008 and the Dr Dorothy W & Dr Robert Collins Prize for Indigenous Law Students in 2010.
Jessyca worked as the Curatorial Assistant to the Artistic Director of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney over 2019-2020. Between 2010 and 2013, she lived in Berlin, Germany. While there, she worked as an Archival Assistant at the photography gallery, Kicken Berlin, and as an editor for the contemporary art website, Berlin Art Link. She also previously worked as a sessional tutor at the University of Western Australia and as a Compliance Officer at Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation in Perth.
She also holds a Bachelor of Laws with Distinction and a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Fine Art History from the University of Western Australia. Some of her notable achievements include being awarded the UWA Graduates Association Prize in Fine Arts in 2005, the Hackett Foundation Alumni Honours Scholarship in 2008 and the Dr Dorothy W & Dr Robert Collins Prize for Indigenous Law Students in 2010.
Jessyca worked as the Curatorial Assistant to the Artistic Director of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney over 2019-2020. Between 2010 and 2013, she lived in Berlin, Germany. While there, she worked as an Archival Assistant at the photography gallery, Kicken Berlin, and as an editor for the contemporary art website, Berlin Art Link. She also previously worked as a sessional tutor at the University of Western Australia and as a Compliance Officer at Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation in Perth.