CONTACT

Email
hello@tessrogers.com

Instagram@tessrogerrs



BIO

My practice spans photography, embroidery, text and video, and explores how softness can be a form of freedom. I am intrigued by the complexities of what is gentle and sweet, and how these concepts and feelings can act as vehicles for dismantling patriarchy. My work aims to evoke memories and hold familial fragments. I see dripping nostalgia, lucent bodies, and clouded hope.




CV

b. 2003Based on the Mornington Peninsula on Bunurong Country. 


EDUCATION

2022-25
BFA Visual Arts (Photography), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne



PRIZES/ GRANTS

2024
Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship

2025Young Creators Mentorship Program,  Mornington Peninsula Shire & Vic Health 


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025I do it and you do it too, Blindside ARI, Melbourne
2024
Canosian Mothers, VCA Artspace, Melbourne

2024Southside, Pieces pop-up, Melbourne
2024On Process, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2023Crabs In A Bucket, VCA Artspace, Melbourne
2022Top Designs, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne


WRITE UPS

2024‘Photography, Victorian College of the Arts’ , written by Ella Peck, published by Mass Memo
2024‘It’s in unexpected places that you will find exactly what you’re looking for’: Meet VCA graduating artist Tess Rogers, written by Sam Burt, published by The University of Melbourne