celestedeclario@gmail.com
Naarm (Melbourne), Australia
b. 1998
Eduction
2026 - Master of Fine Art by Research, Monash University (in progress)
2024 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Degree with Honours), The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts
Exhibitions
Solo
2024 – Poetry Jam, Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
2024 – Resurrecting Light book launch, 138 Gallery
2017 – Homes, Collingwood Gallery
2017 – Home, Mario’s Cafè
Duo
2026 – The Piped Piper of Hamelin (Vol. 2) with Lucca de Clario Davis, KINGS Artist-Run
Selected screenings (Things Will Be Different)
National
2024 – ACMI (VIC)
2024 – Nova Cinema (VIC)
2024 – Lido Cinema as part of Melbourne Design Week (VIC)
2024 – The Robin Boyd House (VIC)
2024 – Thornbury Picture House (VIC)
2024 – Dendy Cinema (NSW)
2024 – Mercury Cinema (SA)
2024 – Palace Barracks Cinema (QLD)
2024 – Byron Bay Palace Cinema (NSW)
2024 – Luna Leederville Palace Cinemas (WA)
2024 – Luna On SX as part of Fremantle Design Week (WA)
2024 – Kindred Studios as part of the Setting Sun Film Festival (VIC)
2024 – The Pivotonean Geelong (VIC)
2023 – Composite (VIC)
2023 – Collingwood Yards in collaboration with Centre for Projection Art (VIC)
2022 – The Capitol (VIC)
International
2024 – 12th Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, M.G.R. Film and Television Institute, Chennai, India
2024 – 24th Social Justice Film Festival, St Joseph’s University, Bengaluru, India
Research/academic screenings
2024 – Kaleide Theatre, Royal Melbourne University of Technology, Melbourne
2024 – Ecology and Economy, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Norway
Educational Distribution
2024 – Things Will Be Different included in ATOM Guide 2024 for Year 9–12 curriculum across Australia
Publications
2025 — The architecture of relationality in Things Will Be Different and the Merri Northcote Public Housing Renewal Project, Inflection Journal of the Melbourne School of Design
2024 – Resurrecting Light, Nice Music Label
Grants
2023 – Screen Australia Producer Equity Program (PEP)
2021 – Darebin Council ‘FUSE’ Fund
2021 – Yarra City Council Annual Grant
2017 – Yarra City Council Small Project Grant
Press
The Stars, The Paris End
‘I just can’t move again’: the Melbourne public housing residents fighting to save their community, Guardian, Australia
‘Things Will Be Different’ is a Melodic Documentary about the Importance of Public Housing, Rough Cut Journal
Will Gwynne wants community and connection, ACMI Stories and Ideas
No place like home: Will Victoria get value for its $5.3bn spend?, The Age, Australia
Mass Memo Review