The first aliens I saw were in the house of my grandmother in Townsville. Constrained safely within the television and the Dr Who universe, they could do very little to me other than give me a bit of a scare. It was the other aliens that lived there that were truly unsettling. Dark emaciated, skeletal […]
Shayna Wells is a Brisbane based artist and has been exhibiting since 2008. She is currently in two touring shows – “Bimblebox- Art- Science-Nature” touring nationally throughout Australia (2014-2017) and “crosseXions” first presented at Metro Arts, then touring to Sydney at Alska Projects and Cross Arts in July – August in 2016. In 2014 she completed two residencies – “Bimblebox Artist
This exhibition is a continuation of Andy Lowrie’s 2014 brooch seriesSentinels and Spectres. Informed by historic jewellery and craft objects, Sentinels and Spectres captures Andy’s interpretation of landscapes he experiences by fusing natural and manmade elements. The exhibition features new pieces created in Tallinn, Estonia during an internship with Tanel Veenre, renowned jeweller and Associate
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The Ambience Store Project #5 will feature three exceptional Brisbane-based artists – Andy Harwood, Elysha Rei and Clairy Laurence. Opening Night: 1st July, 6:00 – 8:00pm
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CREATIVEMOVE is seeking Expressions of Interests from artists wishing to be considered for public art commission opportunities at Yarrabilba, a Lendlease master planned community situated approximately 40 kilometres south-east of Brisbane. Closing date for EOIs is 5pm, Friday 22 July 2016. The Yarrabilba Art Program has recently been launched identifying a variety of public artwork
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Offshoots: A Florilegium from the Cairns Botanic Gardens is a selection of botanical illustrations by Julie McEnerny with a special focus on plants of ecological or cultural significance. The making of the offshoots collection is a five year story about a working relationship between the artist, the curator and the Cairns Botanical Gardens. McEnerny employs
Ai Shah’s delicate technique is inspiring and deeply thought-provoking; offering the viewer a rare insight into the sense of space that water can enfold. Ai’s attention to detail and the subtle narrative of the passing of time have enchanted those who’ve followed Ai’s artistic career. Her paintings are contemplative, insightful and rich in metaphor and
Please join the opening of All that Glitters, an exhibition featuring the latest body of photographic work by Colombian artist Juan Leyva. Born in Bogota, Colombia in 1984 Juan Leyva’s latest series of photographs are an elegant minimalist statement about capitalism and the currency of fast food in Latin America. Leyva has transformed common local fast
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RAWHIDE features new work by Abbey McCulloch and Tara Marynowsky. Abbey McCulloch Women as social beings: mothers, daughters, sisters – the manner in which the feminine might present itself when the public gaze is not present and perfection not a requirement – this is what concerns Abbey McCulloch. Her paintings of the female persona, while grounded
Retail therapy is the sensation of possessions affecting consumer self-consciousness. My themes deal with consumer culture through representation of iconic consumer brand goods. Brands don’t only exist on a shirt or a computer screen, brands are ideas that can evoke emotions. My practice reduces the brand to a ghost of its former self portraying a
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Photographer Richard Avedon once proclaimed his faith in the power of surfaces, noting that “a good one is full of clues”. Surface connects the explorations of six photo media artists drawing on themes such as disconnection, identity and aspiration, and looks at how subjective meaning is formed from something that is often considered to have none.
Jan Manton Art is pleased to announce upcoming exhibition New Work by Sunshine Coast artist Joseph Daws. Daws continues his use of muted platte and abstraction of the landscape in this new series of works. Joseph Daws’s painting practice operates between landscape and abstract painting. It acts as an arena for the artist to explore visual forms in parallel,
Capturing obscure characters, gritty facades, and decrepit carnival rides, JAN VAN DIJK’s work reveals the beauty within these enigmatic people and places. Van Dijk’s gestural paintings unravel a narrative of the futility and frailty of human kind. Dense brushwork and layered imagery dominate the picture plane as the works encapsulate convergent moments in time. Having recently returned
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Viewing a photograph from the past, or holding an object of historical significance, can spark interest, emotion and dialogue. But, when a unique personal connection is established between an object and an individual, it has the power to stir poignant memories and promote a deeper understanding and knowledge of times gone by. This is my
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To date, there is a completely natural progression in my art practice; a cumulative response from very humble beginnings. All of my oeuvre is a testament to childhood memories as a girl, completely spellbound by the light refractions around the room from my mother’s crystal bracelet in the unique light of outback Queensland. The meticulously
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We were told that new technology would unshackle women from the domestic duties of the home, and yet in the 21st-century women’s experience of online and social media is one of abuse, exclusion and exploitation. From trolling to gaming and online culture, is technology feminism’s new frontier? Join special guest panellists and ABC Radio National
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Featuring Leah Emery, Nicole Gillard, Angela Hughes, Thommason Longmarsh, Ron McBurnie, Jonathan McBurnie, Robert Mercer, Glen O’Malley, Sue O’Malley, Naomi O’Reilly & Phoebe Sheehy Last year I put together a show at the Uni of Sydney’s Verge Gallery, called THE DREAMS OUR STUFF IS MADE OF and asked artists to respond to a science fiction
Intimate knowledge of colour frames the foundation for Carla Hananiah’s balancing act between nature and artifice. Her paintings depict vast stretches of New Zealand and Australian mountain and sky most often at the “magic hour” – at dawn or dusk when unreal and powerful, dramatic slanting sunlight moves fleetingly across the landscape, creating tonalities and
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pack your bags ladies and gentlemen; it’s time to get going. there’s no stopping for folks like you and me in times like these. no knowing who’s listening, tread lightly: the weirdos are coming. brisbane based emerging artist anya swan creates vignettes of sculptures, paintings, and drawings. working from the construction and deconstruction of interpersonal
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In conjunction with the exhibition Femel_Fissions, CONFLUENCE will provide a platform to discuss political and social themes of creative practice at the intersection of art, science and technology. The one-day symposium will present and discuss the dynamic ideas, hybrid outcomes and technological innovation that occur when art and science collide within practice. CONFLUENCE will also examine
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Wo(kin) is designed as a platform to celebrate artists representing a wide array of voices and perspectives that engage with analysing and critiquing the pervading structures of the patriarchy, the arts and capitalism. The term ‘Wo(kin)’ is inspired by the socio-political colloquial term of being ‘woke’ taken from the phrase of ‘staying awake.’ It describes
Robert Malherbe’s long and self-imposed apprenticeship, driven by his passion for painting is paying off. The artist’s training has been the first-hand contemplation of master works in the galleries of Europe, and has provided him with invaluable insights into the craft of painting that he now determinedly applies to his own practice. Looking to predecessors
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Teetering on the precipice that is the history of self-portraiture and social media technology, three practitioners seek to explore the contemporary nature in which we navigate issues of identity, gender and corporeal experience through a perpetual state of self-imaging. Through the introduction of social media, the ways in which people interact with each other have
YOUR SPACE OR MINE brings together contemporary spaces from across the Asia Pacific region, with contributions from Art Space Pool (Seoul), Sa Sa Art Projects (Phnom Penh) and Videotage (Hong Kong). This group exhibition explores a collaborative curatorial process, with each of the participating spaces selecting one artist or project. In this way the exhibition at Boxcopy in Brisbane becomes an open-ended format
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Emerging artist Jessica Cochrane explores the effect of consumerism on feminism in this special exhibition. Cochrane’s work combines portrait photography and expressionism painting in order to create works that are colourful, expressive and tantalise the viewer – is the photographic portrait’s beauty obscured or amplified by the vibrant splash of paint? You decide. The exhibition
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Join QAGOMA’s newest and youngest supporters, the Future Collective, for the first gala at GOMA as we lower the lights for an extravaganza of contemporary art, cocktails, live music and culinary delights. TICKETS $150 per person | $1350 group of 10 (All inclusive. Get in early. Limited availability) EXPLORE Enjoy exclusive access to our latest
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Gambit Lines presents new work by Carolyn Mckenzie-Craig at BOSZ Gallery, Fortitude Valley. Living in the subject body means living within certain parameters. Our bodyminds are restricted by learned behaviour, both intentional and unintentional, due to the influence of cultural normativity. Through the white noise of culture’s codifications, we forget that we exist in a
Recent winner of the 2016 Rotary Art Spectacular, Anne-Marie Zanetti’s, showcases her new exhibition ‘Transformations’ at Lethbridge Gallery. This collection embodies a new found vitality which is apparent through her use of rich colour and intricate detail. Throughout her artwork, Anne-Marie focuses on revealing subtlety and simplicity that is often overlooked. Accepting and embracing these
Geometric Asylum presents a series of sculptural and installation works that explore relationships between space, power and control. Hostile architectures, deterrent physical forms and automated kinetic systems will impose limitations on the viewer’s movement throughout the gallery to reflect on exclusionary spatial strategies in the built environment. Lachlan Anthony is a Melbourne based artist whose recent
Mitchell Fine Art presents a solo exhibition by award winning Indigenous artist Margaret Loy Pula. Hailing from Utopia in Central Australia Pula continues a legacy that dates back through millennia. Painting traditional stories handed down from her father she depicts her homelands, bush foods and ceremonial designs using intricate dot work. Margaret Loy Pula paints
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In 1945, at the close of the Pacific war, a group of young Brisbane artists formed Miya Studio, named after an Aboriginal word for ‘today’. Founding members Pamela Seeman, Laurence Hope and Laurence Collinson, together with Cecel Knopke, organised studio space and encouraged artists to respond to the challenges of the contemporary world. In Collinson’s
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‘ICEdust’ is a solo exhibition of new work by Melbourne-based Christian Capurro. The seven large-scale photographs stage found commercial scenes cleaned, corrupted and rerendered by maverick electronic dusting. Opening Event: Thursday 30 June, 6 – 8pm Image: Christian Capurro, ICEdust 71 2016, C-Type photograph, 160 x 115 cm.
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Brett Leavy is an Indigenous artist, immersive heritage specialist, inventor, and the driving force behind Virtual Songlines. In consultation with historians and custodians of First Nations knowledge, Virtual Songlines is an immersive virtual landscape with 3D characters based upon historical counterparts from Australian history before first settlement. Using applied research and development along with Unity
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Davida has said she works in episodes. This is through personal necessity, and because the life of the painting when wet, finishes quickly. There is a very strict technical limitation to make any changes. Whereas other methods of painting allow for changes to be made, Davida’s direct hands on caressing of the paint, the substance
Dust. Ashes. is the result of a recent residency at Sunday Morning@EKWC in Holland, and marks a new direction in Phoebe McDonald’s practice. The title of the exhibition refers to the craft of ceramics – a new medium for Phoebe. ‘Dust’ alludes to the material of clay, refined in riverbeds over thousands of years and combined
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Now in its second year, Queensland Film Festival seeks to re-energise local film culture by providing a stimulating environment for thinking and talking about the best contemporary international cinema. As a prelude to the full program (15 – 24 July 2016), QFF and IMA have partnered again in 2016 to present a free screening on
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