A collection of paintings featuring the ongoing theme of birds and flowers, a celebration of natures most vivid colours. Bright, beautiful abundant blooms quickly pass, but do live on, captured in time in oil paint. Australia boasts over 830 species of birds, providing an abundant source of inspiration. Concentrating on colourful birds, I wanted to […]
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Judy Watson: concealed histories presents a selection of the artist’s etchings and paintings held in The University of Queensland Art Collection. Watson is a prolific Brisbane artist, who belongs to the Waanyi people of North-West Queensland. The works selected demonstrate Watson’s research-driven practice, which allows her to reveal concealed histories by exploring scholarly research, archival records
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TWFAx2 is an interactive pop-up located in the BRISBANE QUARTER, part of the W Hotel, Brisbane’s first 5 star hotel in 20 years. TWFINAERT have teamed up with artist Matt Sheridan to present a stunning installation of ‘Noodles for Tony’ – Sheridan’s latest painting-in-motion. Referencing the advancement of television from early black and white to
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space invites proposals for Augmented/ Virtual Reality Proposals as part of a larger installation of the project 36Q° at PQ 2019, taking place at the Prague Exhibition Ground 6-16 June 2019. Applications are accepted from artists at all stage of their careers, including emerging/student artists. PQ is an
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As the title suggests, ‘Debra Porch and Friends’ brings together a group of artists who were protégés or students of Porch at some stage of their and her careers, at the Queensland College of Art or Western Sydney University. Works on paper, paintings, objects, sculpture and video have been selected and presented by the following
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To Whom It May Concern, As brand ambassador for Brave Girl, I would be delighted if you would attend #SoBrave: an exhibition of Brave Girls. ‘Brave Girl’ is inspired by cosplay and comic strip characters and is clad in mock super-hero/medieval battle costume. She performs as the literal embodiment of what it means to be an
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Queensland College of Art presents the 2018 Honours Graduate Exhibition. Be inspired by the work of our 2018 graduating honours students from CAIA, Fine Art, Design, and Photography. Many of the works exhibited will be available for sale, kick-starting emerging artists on their way to professional careers in the diverse and exciting artforms mastered during
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Stefan Dunlop considers himself apprenticed to a mysterious craft, with a paradox at its heart: to make great art you’ve got to be on the edge of what you know; otherwise it is illustration. Dunlop’s aim is to make great paintings, whose grand gestures seek to push the medium progressively forward. It is not what
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Keith Burt was born in Sydney, educated in Melbourne and lives and works in Brisbane. Mostly recently he was awarded Finalist Archibald Portrait Prize 2017. In 2015 he was included in the 15 Artists exhibition at Redcliffe Art Gallery and was commissioned to paint the head of the Australian Medical Association Dr Christian Rowan in
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Jan Manton Art is pleased to announce upcoming exhibition First Impressions: The Valley of Skies, a group exhibition of Brisbane based artist Keith Burt, Aaron Butt, Michelle Gilbert, Jane James, Dylan Jones, Kate McKay, Carl Warner, Lee Wilkes. The artists participating in ‘First Impressions: The Valley of Skies’ are united by exhibiting with Jan Manton Art Gallery.Through this mutual professional connection, other
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This show is an extension of Ai Shah’s earlier series Notes on a Journey, this time using bamboo as a motif. “The more I paint this series, the more I realise the endless possibility. It is the feeling of opening up to a bigger world when you focus on the inner self. The title Inner Bloom comes from this feeling.” Her passion is to paint water. She wants to
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Tsering Hannaford is a realist painter based in Adelaide, South Australia. Portraiture is a focus of her practice and she has been hung four times in the Archibald Prize. In 2014 she was highly commended for the Portia Geach Memorial Award and she has been a semi-finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Tsering’s still
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For the longest time, humans have sought the solitude of nature as the inherent environment for self-reflection . We often seek to process, discover and contemplate while walking, even as little as 30 minutes of walking outside daily is for the physical and mental health of the human body. It is no wonder then, that when artists
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Elana Mullaly shares her recent ‘Drought series’ with her bold solo exhibition ‘SEDIMENTS EXACTLY’. This series has been inspired by the evaporative process that’s visible in bodies of water, and both the stagnant and evolving scenes that unfold during this natural phenomenon. Debris rises and becomes fluid, dissolving into the natural paths water seeks across the
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A pioneering Post Digital artist, Michael Weißköppel references and incorporates digital processes into his highly charged works. The immediacy of spray painted marks and rapid erasures smash up against formal landscapes. While from a distance Weißköppel’s landscapes feel photographic, each is painted in a manner that hints at abstraction and the urgency of 21st century culture. Michael’s work has been placed
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Zoonoses by Nicola Hooper. A collection of 2D, 3D lithographs, lithographic books and wallpapers using fairytale and rhyme iconology to explore Zoonoses (animal diseases that cross over to humans)
In this workshop you will learn how to create image transfers from a paper matrix using a solvent transfer method. Solvent transfer allows you release an image from a toner photocopy to anything smooth and receptive – fine art papers, wood, and even some fabrics. This workshop will focus on transferring to printmaking papers and
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Coinciding with ‘The Commute’ exhibition, ‘Loops and knots: a festival of weaving across waters’ brings together artists from saltwater and freshwater countries, and across the Great Ocean to celebrate and share in the cultural importance of weaving. Throughout the afternoon hear from artists working with fibre in a series of talks, take part in hands-on
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“We defy: By existing; By determining our identity; By asserting our histories; our culture; our language; By telling our stories, our way; By being one of the oldest continuous living cultures in the world.” – Tina Baum, NGA Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Bringing together works by 30 contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country, Defying Empire: 3rd National
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Fancy more than just a dip at the dam? Join us for Open Actions, a collection of site-specific participatory and interactive artworks that draw from the land, history and community of the Enoggera Reservoir. Featuring pop-up picnic radio sessions, magical flags, mythologies and interactive water sculptures, Open Actions will be something just a little bit
For 21 years I have made work in collaboration with my partner in love, art and life Suzanne Howard (1962-2018). This at the outset made the making for me difficult as there were already many voices inside my head. Art-school and running a gallery although very enjoyable and informative had crowded my brain. Ironically as
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For this last First Thursdays event of 2018, artist Tintin Wulia invites you to take part in ‘Make Your Own Passport’ (2014–ongoing), a participatory public installation and workshop on citizenship, border-crossing, and statelessness. Held previously in markets and public places, Wulia invites you to make your own passport at the IMA. You’ll be assigned a
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MARKETING TECHNOLOGIES What is MarTech or Marketing Technology? We all know that the next era of marketing is emerging and all businesses need to understand these changes may it be technology landscape, media landscape and even industry landscape. We don’t want to… or should I say we can’t lag behind our clients and business partners!
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Terre Thaemlitz returns once more to the IMA for MONO 30. Thaemlitz will present ‘Deproduction’, an investigation into the awkward, uncomfortable, and hypocritical power dynamics behind Western Humanist notions of family, and how they function internationally through processes of globalisation. Terre Thaemlitz is an award-winning multi-media producer, writer, public speaker, educator, audio remixer, DJ and
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The Culprit Club proudly presents ‘The American Music Photo Exhibit’, a ONE NIGHT ONLY international debut by highly acclaimed New York City photographer, Mel D. Cole. Spending the last 16 years documenting the hip hop scene, Mel D. Cole ( @meldcole / MelDCole.com / Villageslum.com) has worked with HUNDREDS of artists including the likes of: The Roots, A Tribe Called
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Ben’s work can be described as an exploration of colour and movement through repetition. Working solely with acrylic paints, he takes inspiration from dot paintings of Indigenous Australian Art and the Pointillism techniques mastered by Signac and Seurat of the Neo-Impressionism era. Ben prefers to express himself artistically through his love of the contrasting natural
Each year we like to thank our extended IMA family for their support—our members, supporters, and loyal community—with a celebration: our Annual Party. Coinciding with ‘The Commute’, this year’s Annual Party draws on the exhibition’s relationships locally and across waters, through song, dance and spoken word. The night is full of dancing, drinks, food, and
Join Post Datum for our fourth and final exhibition of the year. Addressing a range of personal narratives, we have curated our most expansive exhibition of the year, incorporating work from twelve of QUT’s artists, both undergraduate and postgraduate. Un/comfortable aims to study the variable contrasting aspects of comfort and unrest, ease and strain, pleasure
Australian painter Adam Pyett creates beautifully toned still lifes and landscapes that reveal his interest in surface and colour. In late 2018, a series of his recent works will be on display at Jan Murphy Gallery for his first solo exhibition outside of his native Victoria. There is a tough structure and playful approach to
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Music at the Annerley Drains. Featuring: Ross Manning, Raquel, Hannah & Jodie, Mix and Match Meet 3pm near the community hall on Arnwood Place, then we will walk to the drains. STAY SAFE IN THE SPACE – be discreet with alcohol and respect the performances and each other. For more information please visit the – Facebook
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Wreckers Artspace proudly presents new work by Susan Hawkins. Hawkins’ assemblages implement New Materialism’s emphasis on the preceding histories of an object and how they can affect the reading and interpretation by the audience in response to their familiar imagery. Combining pieces of telecommunication off casts and household elements all uniquely tied to social intercourse.
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Excerpts 2018 is QUT Visual Art’s showcase of postgraduate contemporary art practice. The diverse array of images and experiences in this exhibition display the emerging edge of academic research and contemporary art. The exhibition features creative works by artists Karike Ashworth, Naomi Blacklock, Christopher Handran, Chris Howlett, Annie Macindoe, Meaghan Shelton and Elizabeth Willing produced
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MAKING ARRANGEMENTS maps out non-linear and personal narratives through a process of unpacking and cross-referencing artistic and archival materials. The threads connecting the materials explore ways that memory and reality coalesce, and the intangible links that anchor them in time and space. The exhibition takes form in an arrangement of moving images, photographs, paintings, collages,
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Following Harding’s recent inclusion in the Liverpool Biennale, this exhibition presents work made during a residency at IASPIS (Stockholm) earlier this year, alongside new paintings, works on paper and sculptures. Opening event: Saturday 3 November, 11 am – 1 pm IMAGE: Dale Harding, The Leap/Watershead, 2018, ochre on linen, 180 x 240 cm. Courtesy of the artist and
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Onespace Gallery is very excited to present an exhibition of recent paintings and weavings by Elisa Jane Carmichael, Will we swim together tomorrow through the Saltwater waves? Carmichael is a Quandamooka artist based on Minjerribah / North Stradbroke Island. This is her second exhibition at Onespace Gallery. Will we swim together tomorrow through the Saltwater waves? honours the
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An exciting exhibition of images of Brisbane’s architecture and built environment by Brisbane photographers Keith Stewart and Rob Crapnell. All images are hand printed by the artists using the 19th century platinum and palladium process. The platinum and palladium technique produces monochrome images of outstanding tonal qualities and permanence, creating an archival record of Brisbane
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