Carine Thévenau - Photographic Artist

Carine Thévenau is an Artist, Photographer and Educator. Her photographic practice explores social and cultural identity through portraiture of place, community and the individual.

Carine believes that the revelatory, accessible nature of photographic portraiture can activate visibility, communicate ideas and explore narratives within societies and cultures.

Carine exhibited her first co-published photobook at the Tokyo Art Book Fair, Sydney Design Week, Singapore International Photography Festival and PhotoFairs, Shanghai China. The book was shortlisted as a finalist for the Cornish Family Prize in Art & Design Publishing at the NGV, Melbourne and the Photobook Awards at the Singapore International Photography Festival.

Carine has had solo shows at Edmund Pearce Gallery (Melbourne), Perth Centre for Photography (Perth), Kinokuniya Wedge Gallery (Sydney), Koskela (Sydney) and exhibited with Javid Dooney Gallery (Berlin).

Carine’s photography has been published internationally, including:

Wallpaper Magazine (UK), iD Magazine (UK), Metal Magazine (Spain), Vogue Magazine (AU), Cheese Kombino (FR), Australian Photography Magazine, Milk Magazine (FR), Shift Magazine (JP), Champ Magazine (JP), Art Almanac (AU), Frankie Magazine (AU), Smith Journal (AU), Assemble Paper(AU), Landscape Stories (IT), C41 Magazine (Milan), Aesthetica (UK), Plant Hunter (AU), Bird in Flight (Russia), Jetstar Inflight Magazine (AU), InStyle (AU)

Carine has acquired a Master of Fine Art Degree (Major in Photomedia) from the University of New South Wales, Art and Design.

Carine is passionate about sustainability within the arts and uses recycled and plant-based papers such as bamboo and washi paper to exhibit her works.