Calvin Sawada-Jorgensen
b. 1999
Lives and works in New South Wales, Australia
Australian artist of Japanese descent and Australian-European descent. Focusing on elements of immigration and belonging, his work explores liminal experiences and occasions of otherness in the contemporary space. Sawada works across two- and three-dimensional forms as well as through digital images and videos.
Recent work has focused on the doll as a basis of identity in space, and discomfort in inter-connected realities. This type of work was exhibited in the 2022 exhibition ‘The Grad Show 2021’ at the National Art School.
In 2018 he exhibited as a part of a local mental health initiative and won in the Carers Category.
Education
2018: Ourimbah TAFE, TAFE NSW, Diploma of Visual Art
2019-2021: National Art School, BFA Ceramics
2022-2023: National Art School, MFA Drawing
Group exhibitions
2018: Sojourners, Community Gallery
2018: Mental Health Art Works, Community Gallery
2019: StraightWhite, Goodspace Gallery
2020: Proximity, Articulate Project Space
2022: The Grad Show 2021, National Art School
2022: Germ, National Art School Stairway Gallery
2022: MF1 and MF2 Exhibition, National Art School Building 26
2023: The PostGrad Show 2023, National Art School
Awards
2018 Mental Health Art Works Carers Prize