Hyacinth Schukis
works from the starting point of their body and desires to
explore classical longing, known and felt histories, queer/trans and sick
symbologies, replication, and beauty. They are an artist, writer, designer,
researcher, and educator. When making pictures, Hyacinth practices studio
photography, self-portraiture, reenactment, appropriation, assemblage, and collecting. They hold an experimental MFA in Image/Text from Ithaca College. They hold bachelor’s degrees in Art and Art History from the Robert D. Clark
Honors College at the University of Oregon. Hyacinth is from and lives in
Portland, Oregon.
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hyacinthschukis@gmail.com
@discoursamoreux
hyacinthschukis@gmail.com
@discoursamoreux
Education
*2024: Portland State University: Portland, Oregon. Master of Education.
2022: Ithaca College: Ithaca, New York. Master of Fine Arts in Image/Text
2020: Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. Presidential Scholar. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in Photography, Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Minor: Greek. Summa Cum Laude
Residency
2019: Yale Norfolk School of Art
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2022: How will I gain respect from death?, with David Iñiguez Mangado, Gallery Kannski, Reykjavik ISL
2019: Temple, Foyer Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Sappho’s Silence, Washburn Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2017: Caryatids, Aperture Gallery, University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union, Eugene OR
Group Exhibitions
2023: Image as Object, Alternatives Biennial, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens OH, juried by Deborah Orloff
2022: Ouroboros, Essex Flowers, New York NY
2021: Under the Sun and Moon, Humble Arts Foundation, Online Exhibition, Curated by Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly
2021: Time Capsule, Photographic Center Northwest’s 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Curated by Shamim Momin, Seattle WA
2021: Misstep, Ditch Projects, Eugene OR
2020: a Subject to Change, Curated by Sophie Barbasch, Online Exhibition, Re-direct Gallery
2020: the Class of 2020, Juried by Michael Itkoff, Online Exhibition, In the In-Between
2020: Tropes Gone Wild, Curated by Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly, Online Exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation
2020: A Swarm of Bees, Curated by Alexandra Cipolle, Viking Braggot Company Southtowne, Eugene OR
2020: Pretty Ugly, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2020: Blue, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: Pointing at Things, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: A Catalogue of Traces, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
2019: Self-Portrait, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: Nevertheless, Curated by University of Oregon’s Art History Student Association, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene OR
2019: Drywall, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Middle of Nowhere, Curated by Kitchen Sync Magazine, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Contested Memories, Curated by University of Oregon’s Art History Student Association, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
Teaching
2023: Instructor, University Studies 254: Examining Popular Culture, Portland State University
2021: Teaching Assistant for Photography 457: Alternative Photographic Processes, University of Oregon
2020: Teaching Assistant for Photography 410: Studio Lighting, University of Oregon
2020: Guest Lecturer, “Refuse,” for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2019: Student Leader of Clark Honors College Introductory Program Course “Archive Fever: Collecting Inside and Outside the Academy,” University of Oregon
2019: Teaching Assistant for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2017, 2018: Student Leader of Clark Honors College Introductory Program Course “Know Thy Selfie: the Philosophy and Practice of Social Media,” University of Oregon
2017: Teaching Assistant for Photography 350: Film & Darkroom, University of Oregon
Speaking Engagements
2022: “Agalmatophilia,” for Image Text Ithaca’s Curriculum
2021: Guest Lecturer, “Adventures in Reenactment,” for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2019: “Phrasikleia Kore: an Alternative Role for Female Viewership.” Event: Archaeological Institute of America and Society for Classical Studies Joint Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Paper Session, San Diego, CA
2018: “Phrasikleia Kore: Alternative Feminine Roles.” Event: Northwest Undergraduate Conference on the Ancient World, Willamette University, Salem OR
2018: “Processing: Travel and My Artistic Work.” Event: Evolution of the Travel Journal, sponsored by University of Oregon’s Office of International Affairs, Eugene OR
Design Commissions
2023: Irit Reinheimer, Push the Water, Thread Makes Blanket Press
2022-23: @cornellmfa_imagetext Instagram
2022: Joel Dias-Porter, Ideas of Improvisation, Thread Makes Blanket Press
2021: Irit Reinheimer, Push the Water, self-published
Publications
2022: the Garland, Draft One, self published
2022: artwork in EVERY SINGLE LAST THING OF THE MANY MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED, collaboration with Dale Small, part of a broadsheet set curated by Nicholas Muellner and Catherine Taylor, Image Text Ithaca Press
2022: art and writing in Ouroboros, designed and curated by Paul Soulellis, Image Text Ithaca Press
2022: artwork in Fifth Wheel Press’ 2022 calendar
2021: photographs in Trains Magazine issue 5, “Power”
2021: photograph in Blue Arrangements’ Lazy Susan III
2021: photograph and writing in Stone Fruit issue 4, “Ritual”
2020: photographs in Soft Lightning volume 2, “Connection”
2020: photograph in Pilot Press, A Queer Anthology of Healing
2020: cover artist for “Moonsoaked,” a zine published by Fifth Wheel Press and Cumulus Photo
2020: photograph in Oregon Voice, “Cursed” issue
2019: photographs in Peculiars Magazine issue 2, “Anatomy of a Melancholia”
2018: photographs in The Hand, issue 22
2018: photographs in Peculiars Magazine issue 1, “Through Heavy Water”
2018: photographs in Kitchen Sync Magazine, “Middle of Nowhere” issue
2018: photographic essay in Unbound, Volume X Issue II
Press
2021: feature and interview with Kat Davis on Lenscratch, “Focus on Appropriation”
2021: conversation with Sadie Cook on From Here on Out
2020: feature and interview in University of Oregon College of Design’s “Map Your Future”
2018: five-part interview with Kathryn Liu in Kitchen Sync Magazine, “Middle of Nowhere” issue
Professional Experience
2019-2020: Undergraduate Student Peer Advisor, College of Design, University of Oregon
2018-2020: Gallery Intern, Ditch Projects
2017-2019: Undergraduate Student Peer Advisor, School of Art and Design, College of Design, University of Oregon
2015, 2017-2019: Photography Lab Monitor, University of Oregon Art Department
Awards and Fellowships
2020-2022: Park School of Communications Fellowship, Ithaca College
2020: Creative Thesis Award, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon
2019, 2020: David McCosh Memorial Scholarship, Department of Art, College of Design, University of Oregon
2019: Mingle Thesis Research Grant, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon
2018: Vice President for Research and Innovation Fellowship, University of Oregon
2018: Gloria Tovar Lee Scholarship for Promising Undergraduate Student in Art History, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Oregon
2017: Roger and Ginny Reich Scholarship for Study Abroad, University of Oregon
2015-2019: Presidential Scholarship, University of Oregon
*2024: Portland State University: Portland, Oregon. Master of Education.
2022: Ithaca College: Ithaca, New York. Master of Fine Arts in Image/Text
2020: Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon: Eugene, Oregon. Presidential Scholar. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a concentration in Photography, Bachelor of Arts in Art History. Minor: Greek. Summa Cum Laude
Residency
2019: Yale Norfolk School of Art
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
2022: How will I gain respect from death?, with David Iñiguez Mangado, Gallery Kannski, Reykjavik ISL
2019: Temple, Foyer Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Sappho’s Silence, Washburn Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2017: Caryatids, Aperture Gallery, University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union, Eugene OR
Group Exhibitions
2023: Image as Object, Alternatives Biennial, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens OH, juried by Deborah Orloff
2022: Ouroboros, Essex Flowers, New York NY
2021: Under the Sun and Moon, Humble Arts Foundation, Online Exhibition, Curated by Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly
2021: Time Capsule, Photographic Center Northwest’s 24th Annual Juried Exhibition, Curated by Shamim Momin, Seattle WA
2021: Misstep, Ditch Projects, Eugene OR
2020: a Subject to Change, Curated by Sophie Barbasch, Online Exhibition, Re-direct Gallery
2020: the Class of 2020, Juried by Michael Itkoff, Online Exhibition, In the In-Between
2020: Tropes Gone Wild, Curated by Jon Feinstein and Roula Seikaly, Online Exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation
2020: A Swarm of Bees, Curated by Alexandra Cipolle, Viking Braggot Company Southtowne, Eugene OR
2020: Pretty Ugly, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2020: Blue, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: Pointing at Things, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: A Catalogue of Traces, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR
2019: Self-Portrait, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2019: Nevertheless, Curated by University of Oregon’s Art History Student Association, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene OR
2019: Drywall, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Middle of Nowhere, Curated by Kitchen Sync Magazine, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
2018: Contested Memories, Curated by University of Oregon’s Art History Student Association, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR
Teaching
2023: Instructor, University Studies 254: Examining Popular Culture, Portland State University
2021: Teaching Assistant for Photography 457: Alternative Photographic Processes, University of Oregon
2020: Teaching Assistant for Photography 410: Studio Lighting, University of Oregon
2020: Guest Lecturer, “Refuse,” for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2019: Student Leader of Clark Honors College Introductory Program Course “Archive Fever: Collecting Inside and Outside the Academy,” University of Oregon
2019: Teaching Assistant for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2017, 2018: Student Leader of Clark Honors College Introductory Program Course “Know Thy Selfie: the Philosophy and Practice of Social Media,” University of Oregon
2017: Teaching Assistant for Photography 350: Film & Darkroom, University of Oregon
Speaking Engagements
2022: “Agalmatophilia,” for Image Text Ithaca’s Curriculum
2021: Guest Lecturer, “Adventures in Reenactment,” for Photography 351: Constructed Image, University of Oregon
2019: “Phrasikleia Kore: an Alternative Role for Female Viewership.” Event: Archaeological Institute of America and Society for Classical Studies Joint Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Paper Session, San Diego, CA
2018: “Phrasikleia Kore: Alternative Feminine Roles.” Event: Northwest Undergraduate Conference on the Ancient World, Willamette University, Salem OR
2018: “Processing: Travel and My Artistic Work.” Event: Evolution of the Travel Journal, sponsored by University of Oregon’s Office of International Affairs, Eugene OR
Design Commissions
2023: Irit Reinheimer, Push the Water, Thread Makes Blanket Press
2022-23: @cornellmfa_imagetext Instagram
2022: Joel Dias-Porter, Ideas of Improvisation, Thread Makes Blanket Press
2021: Irit Reinheimer, Push the Water, self-published
Publications
2022: the Garland, Draft One, self published
2022: artwork in EVERY SINGLE LAST THING OF THE MANY MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED, collaboration with Dale Small, part of a broadsheet set curated by Nicholas Muellner and Catherine Taylor, Image Text Ithaca Press
2022: art and writing in Ouroboros, designed and curated by Paul Soulellis, Image Text Ithaca Press
2022: artwork in Fifth Wheel Press’ 2022 calendar
2021: photographs in Trains Magazine issue 5, “Power”
2021: photograph in Blue Arrangements’ Lazy Susan III
2021: photograph and writing in Stone Fruit issue 4, “Ritual”
2020: photographs in Soft Lightning volume 2, “Connection”
2020: photograph in Pilot Press, A Queer Anthology of Healing
2020: cover artist for “Moonsoaked,” a zine published by Fifth Wheel Press and Cumulus Photo
2020: photograph in Oregon Voice, “Cursed” issue
2019: photographs in Peculiars Magazine issue 2, “Anatomy of a Melancholia”
2018: photographs in The Hand, issue 22
2018: photographs in Peculiars Magazine issue 1, “Through Heavy Water”
2018: photographs in Kitchen Sync Magazine, “Middle of Nowhere” issue
2018: photographic essay in Unbound, Volume X Issue II
Press
2021: feature and interview with Kat Davis on Lenscratch, “Focus on Appropriation”
2021: conversation with Sadie Cook on From Here on Out
2020: feature and interview in University of Oregon College of Design’s “Map Your Future”
2018: five-part interview with Kathryn Liu in Kitchen Sync Magazine, “Middle of Nowhere” issue
Professional Experience
2019-2020: Undergraduate Student Peer Advisor, College of Design, University of Oregon
2018-2020: Gallery Intern, Ditch Projects
2017-2019: Undergraduate Student Peer Advisor, School of Art and Design, College of Design, University of Oregon
2015, 2017-2019: Photography Lab Monitor, University of Oregon Art Department
Awards and Fellowships
2020-2022: Park School of Communications Fellowship, Ithaca College
2020: Creative Thesis Award, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon
2019, 2020: David McCosh Memorial Scholarship, Department of Art, College of Design, University of Oregon
2019: Mingle Thesis Research Grant, Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon
2018: Vice President for Research and Innovation Fellowship, University of Oregon
2018: Gloria Tovar Lee Scholarship for Promising Undergraduate Student in Art History, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Oregon
2017: Roger and Ginny Reich Scholarship for Study Abroad, University of Oregon
2015-2019: Presidential Scholarship, University of Oregon