Friends of the Drill Hall Gallery are invited to join artist Jacqueline Stojanović and curator Oscar Capezio as they discuss the artist's practice and work in the current exhibition Units, in Drill Hall Gallery 2 till August 10.

Jacqueline Stojanović is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Naarm Melbourne. She is an artist, weaver and educator who works with historic and contemporary textile processes. Jacqueline holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University and graduated with Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2015. Following her tertiary studies, Jacqueline undertook research in the Caucasus, Middle East, and Eastern Europe to further learn histories of flat woven textile design. Her works are held in public and private collections including The Justin Art House Museum, The Australian National University Art Collection, along with a series of works made in collaboration with her mentor John Nixon, at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Jacqueline has worked in Australia, New Zealand and Europe presenting exhibitions, facilitating workshops, and undertaking creative residency appointments including The Icelandic Textile Centre in Blönduós, Iceland (2017); Lottozero in Prato, Italy, and the Fondazione Lisio in Florence, Italy, funded by the Ian Potter Cultural Trust (2022); and the Australian Tapestry Workshop (2025). She was a finalist for the Darebin Art Prize at Bundoora Homestead (2021), the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize (2023), and the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award (2025). Jacqueline currently teaches Crafting Woven Textiles at RMIT University Fashion and Textiles School and Tapestry Workshops for new settlers at Foundation House in Dallas and TAMA Gallery in Ararat.

Jacqueline is represented by Haydens in Naarm Melbourne, Australia.

To participate you can join the Friends online, in the Gallery or over the phone.

Portrait courtesy of Larisa Petcuț

Contact the host of July Friends Night: Artist Talk with Jacqueline Stojanović