INTO THE LIGHT exhibition and prize
I am beyond honoured to be included as a finalist in the ‘Into the Light’ exhibition and prize at Whitewall Art Projects. Featuring works from sixty artists, it was created to promote mental health awareness. 10% of sale proceeds go to LIFELINE Macarthur and WA branches.
The exhibition will be viewable online and at Whitewall Art Projects Gallery at 10 Jellore Street, Berrima, Southern Highlands NSW (pending lockdown restrictions) until MONDAY 6 DECEMBER 2021. Not in NSW? View the exhibition online HERE.
A huge congratulations to Martie Curtis with her beautiful winning entry.
Read more about my work, “Self/Memento Mori/Lockdown”, here or click on image below.
Luminä Exhibition At Tinning Street Presents
It has been 17 months since I completed my residency in Finland. Not a day has passed during which I haven’t thought about that place and the people I met there; about the snow; the frozen lakes and sunsets that lasted hours. And so I’m excited to announce that the exhibition of works that I began whilst there, and contined back home, will finally be opening at the brilliant Tinning Street Presents.
UPDATE:
As the gallery has had to close due to the lockdown in Melbourne, works are available online. A PDF of available works can be seen here. Please get in contact for more photos or information. Payment plans welcome.
Friday 21 May — Sunday 6 June 2021
OPENING DRINKS and a chance to meet in-person will be held:
Thursday 20 May from 6-8pm
LOT 5/29 TINNING ST
BRUNSWICK, VIC
entrance via Ilhan Lane
Only 50 people will be allowed in the gallery at once due to COVID-19 restritions, however you are welcome to take your drink into the laneway and mingle outside if it does reach capacity.
I very much hope to see you on Thursday evening. I will also be sitting the gallery each Sunday from 11 - 5.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Luminä (a combination of the Finnish words for snow and self), features two different bodies of work: the first, daily self-portraits I did on a residency in Finland in mid-winter. Experimental, varying in length and materials, they display an element of play usually missing from my practice. Some are almost invisible, having been painted with snow, or with the barest addition of watercolour. Others are white oil stick or paint on white paper.
The second is a progressive series of self-portraits in the snowy landscape. Working in my customary silverpoint (drawing with silver and gold), these works explore my - and by extension humanity's relationship - to nature, placing myself in the landscape, slowly dissolving. There is an uncomfortable element introduced by the fully-realised figures being the ones to interact least with the surrounding scenery, initiating questions of our place in nature, the reality of that and the desire for change.
MY ART NOW AVAILABLE ON ART LOVERS AUSTRALIA
I’m very happy to announce that my work is now available on the wonderful online gallery Art Lovers Australia, which also means you can purchase it with the help of AfterPay. Winning!
Beinart gallery ‘antipodes 2020’ exhibition
until feb 2
I am excited to announce that I am exhibiting alongside 39 other figurative artists at the incredible BeinArt Gallery as part of Antipodes 2020. This must-see show ends Feb 2 so get to Brunswick to check it out before it’s over! See the online preview here.
Artist residency in Finland
In December of 2019, I undertook a month-long residency in the Finnish countryside. Whilst I was offline for the duration of the residency, you can follow my travels, and see the work I produced during the residency, by following me on instagram here.
scott livesey gallery
opening sat 27 July, 1 - 3 pm
I am excited to announce that I will have some works on show at Scott Livesey Gallery, alongside Lily Mae Martin and John Pastoriza-Piñol. The exhibition will continue until 17 August. Join me and the other artists for the opening on Saturday 27 July, from 1 - 3 pm. More details here.