JESSE ANDREWARTHA | CV
Jesse Andrewartha is a Vancouver based photographic artist working in hybrid analogue stills & motion picture film, specializing in historical & obscure darkroom techniques. A member of the Atomic Photographer’s Guild, an international group dedicated to making visible all facets of the nuclear age, his current work explores the legacy of uranium exploration, combining ultra-large format photography, 35mm motion picture films, digital video and historical photographic processes including platinotype, palladiotype and uranotype.
EDUCATION
| 1997 | Postgraduate Degree (Honours) Applied Science in Photography Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia |
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| 1994 - 1997 | Bachelor of Applied Science in Photography, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Australia |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
| 2022 to present | Advisory Board Member, Atomic Photographers Guild. |
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| 2000 to present | Visual Effects Technical Director/Supervisor/Lead Lighter and Rendering Efficiency Supervisor for over 50 major motion picture films. |
| Sept. 2017 to April 2020 | Member, Board of Directors, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society |
| 2015 to April 2020 | Cineworks Annex Technical Coordinator, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society. |
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
| May 2022 | Solo Exhibition, “Transmutations: Visualizing Matter | Materializing Vision”, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society, Vancouver, BC |
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| May 2018 | Screening & artist talk, “Photography & Radiation”, (15min 3s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm film), Cineworks/DOCBC Film & Media Showcase, Vancouver, BC |
| May 2018 | Screening & artist talk, “Photography & Radiation”, (15min 3s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm film), ATOMIC Study: Film Screenings (for the exhibition “BOMBHEAD” by the Vancouver Art Gallery), The Cinematheque, Vancouver, BC |
| Feb 2017 | Screening & artist talk, “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, (5min 36s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm / 16mm / 8mm film) Cineworks, Vancouver, BC |
| Nov 2016 | Screening, “Dream”, (5min, HD digital projection from 16mm black & white film), BLUE Ocean Film Festival (As Honourable Mention), St. Petersburg, FL, USA |
| Aug 2016 | Screening, “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, (5min 36s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm / 16mm / 8mm film), Cineworks/DOCBC Film & Media Showcase, Vancouver, BC |
| Aug 2016 | Screening & artist talk, “Underwater Film”, curation of films and technical presentation, Cineworks, Vancouver, BC |
| Nov 2014 | Screening, “CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn”, (5min, colour, HD digital projection from digital SLR) SDUFEX (as Finalist), Irwin M Jacobs Qualcomm Hall, San Diego, USA |
| Oct 2014 | Screening, “CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn”, (5min, colour, HD digital projection from digital SLR) Cineworks Film & Media Showcase, Vancouver, BC |
| Aug 2013 | Screening, “5 seconds: Adventures in Underwater Hockey”, (5min, colour, HD digital projection from regular-8mm film) Cineworks Film & Media Showcase, Vancouver, BC |
| 2004 | Group exhibition, “Daguerreotypes”, (series of five 4”x5” original landscape daguerreotypes) Sony Pictures Imageworks, Los Angeles, USA |
| 2002 | Group exhibition, “Colour infrared 2443”, (series of three large format colour infrared landscape C-prints), ESC Entertainment, Former Naval Airforce Base, Alameda, USA |
| 1996 | Group Exhibition, “Waterfalls”, (series of three 16”x20” cyanotypes of Victorian waterfalls), B.App.Sci Photography Exhibition, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1995 | Group exhibition, B.App.Sci Scientific Imaging Exhibitionem>, (Scientific photography portfolio), RMIT, Melbourne, Australia |
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the Cayman Islands, United Kingdom, United States & Australia.
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
| Presented lectures on “Transmutations” both locally and internationally. | |
| Numerous darkroom demonstrations on custom still and cine film processing and printing. | |
| Organized & presented the course, “Raytracers & workflow: A production perspective”, SIGGRAPH 2014 |
ARTICLES
| July 11, 2021 | "Going Underground: Documenting the history, legacy and radioactivity of uranium mining with autoradiograms, Emulsive online, writer/photographer |
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| Aug / Sept 2014 | “Chuuk Transformed”, Sportdiving Magazine, writer / photographer. |
AWARDS
| 2024 | Sony Pictures Imageworks Awards - Achievement in Software Development: co-recipient with Alejandro Conty, Larry Gritz and Ole Gulbrandsen |
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| 2024 | Image of Distinction - "Keeping His Memory", Biocommunications Association, BioImages 2023, Still Image Division | Personal Work and Self Directed |
| 2022 | Official Selection (two films), “Photography & Radiation”, (15min 3s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm film) / “Transmutations: Visualizing Matter | Materializing Vision”, (1hr 6mins, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm film), International Uranium Film Festival |
| 2018 | Explore & Create Grant, Canada Council For The Arts |
| 2017-2018 | Artist in Residence, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society |
| 2016 | Official selection, “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, (5min 36s, colour, HD projection from 35mm/16mm/8mm film), Raw Science Film Festival |
| 2016 | Semi Finalist, “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, (5min 36s, colour, HD projection from 35mm/16mm/8mm film), Miami Short Film Festival |
| 2016 | Honourable Mention, “Dream”, (5min 01s, HD digital projection from 16mm black & white film) BLUE Ocean Film Festival |
| 2016 | Honourable Mention, “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, (5min 36s, colour, HD digital projection from 35mm / 16mm / 8mm film), BLUE Ocean Film Festival |
| 2014 | Finalist, “CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn”, (5min, colour, HD digital projection from digital SLR), San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition (SDUFEX) |
| 1995 | Winner, IPT Award, Best 2nd year scientific imaging portfolio. |
FILMOGRAPHY (AS DIRECTOR+ DP)
| Aug 2021 | “Transmutations: Visualizing Matter | Materializing Vision”, 1hr 6mins, Colour, 35mm film, Digital cinema. |
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| May 2018 | “Photography & Radiation”, 15min 3s, Colour, 35mm film |
| Aug 2016 | “Reclaiming The Deep: Solving the Riddle of Nitrogen Narcosis”, 5min 36s, Colour, 35mm / 16mm / 8mm film |
| July 2016 | “Dream”, 5min 01s, Black and White, 35mm / 16mm film |
| Aug 2014 | “CHUUK: Adventure on the Thorfinn”, 5 minutes, Colour, Digital SLR |
| Aug 2013 | “5 seconds: Adventures in Underwater Hockey”, 5 minutes, Colour, Regular 8mm film |
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
| Member, Atomic Photographers Guild | |
| Member, BioCommunications Association | |
| Member, ACM SIGGRAPH | |
| Member, Daguerreian Society |