Michael Zavros, a realist painter, drawer, sculptor and film-maker, was born in 1974 and graduated from Queensland College of Art with a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 1996. Michael has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, the Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, […]
WHEN : 21st April WHERE : Lethbridge Gallery Yanni Floros is an Adelaide based artist that trained at the National Art School in Sydney graduating as a sculpture major. Since then he has shown his work around Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide and has been a finalist in art prizes such as the
WHEN :21st April, 11:00 – 12:00pm WHERE : QUT Art Museum Jon Cattapan travelled to Timor-Leste in July 2008 as an official war artist commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. Join Jon as he discusses his experience of the role of Australian peacekeepers in Timor-Leste and how it influenced his series of works in Perspectives.
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WHEN : 21st April – 18th July WHERE : Cinémathèque / GOMA The program coincides with the Gallery’s ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’ exhibition and continues the exhibition’s exploration of the rich and complex contribution of women practitioners, specifically in the field of filmmaking. Margaret Pomeranz is guest curator for a free film program exploring representations of
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WHEN : 21st April, 1:00 – 3:00pm WHERE : The Edge Inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Not your traditional jewellery making class, in this workshop contemporary artist and biotechnologist Svenja Kratz, will show you how to extract DNA from a piece of fruit or vegetable and then use it to create wearable
Embodied Acts will present a range of free performances, events and actions in and around GOMA. See Rebecca Baumann collaborating with a pyro technician to send sheets of candy-coloured smoke into the sky; Performance fee, an endurance event by Brown Council, where for two dollars the viewer can procure a kiss from one of the
WHEN : 21st April – 9th June WHERE : Institute of Modern Art
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WHEN : 18th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts The exhibition Essence depicts the artist Louise Sparre’s reflections and moods in process as a newcomer integrating into the Australian society, dealing with the curiosity, strangeness, sacrifice and loneliness. Many of Sparre’s artworks deal with the dualistic from the upheaval associated with a habitat
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WHEN : April 18th, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts On Hiatus marks the first of our Pear shaped: one-night editions by collaborating artists. Catherine or Kate, the artist(s) formerly known as Catherine Sagin (née Fiona Mail) have been working together for four years. Having undergone more name-changes than a high school garage band
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WHEN : 19th April, 4:00pm WHERE : UQ Art Museum Cultural Restitution in the Digital World: Understanding a New Political Economy of Images in the Pacific The digitisation of museum collections has transformed the way people access and engage with objects. It opens opportunities for a new kind of analytical understanding of collections as well
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WHEN : 4th April – 5th May WHERE : Andrew Baker Art Dealer Fiona Foley (born 1964) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian artist from Badtjala, Fraser Island, Queensland. She studied at the Sydney College of the Arts. She has travelled as an artist internationally and to remote communities in Northern Territory. In particular visits to
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WHEN : 17th April, 12:00 until 12:30 WHERE : UQ Art Museum Please join us for an ‘in conversation’ with ‘Rethink’ exhibition curator Nadia Razzhigaeva and Sebastian Moody, Special Projects Officer. ‘Rethink’ highlights two Australian artists, Eric Bridgeman and Brendan Huntley, who create characters and objects that are playful yet confronting. Both artists are young,
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WHEN : 17th April – 5th May WHERE : Jan Murphy Gallery Dunlop often alludes to the precision of botanical art in his paintings by including realistic renderings of plants. However where botanical illustration is tethered to exactitude (drawing is basically a stand in for specimen collecting), Dunlop’s paintings thrive in inexactness. It is the
WHEN : 17th April – 28th April WHERE : Graydon Gallery QUIVER is an exhibition of new paintings inspired by concepts of Mother Nature. Using the age-old transcultural/religious tree-of-life symbol, Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox explores distance from the nano to the multiversal. In this distance where perspective, both literal and metaphoric, takes on multi layered dimensions, the
WHEN : 17th April – 12th May WHERE : Phillip Bacon Galleries Over the past three decades John Young has continuously negotiated with the definitions and concepts surrounding the question: what is the role of the artist? Throughout his long artistic journey Young’s practice has responded to and been shaped by the seismic shock waves
WHAT : CALL OUT DEADLINE : 16th April BLINDSIDE is calling for submissions from contemporary video artists to present their work during a two week festival in August 2012 themed around the open concept of travel, transitions and place. Is there somewhere you would rather be? The inaugural BLINDSIDE Festival themed ‘everywhere but here’ will
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WHEN : Until 21 April WHERE : Fireworks Gallery Artists : Yessie Mosby, Judy Napangardi Watson, Dorothy Napangardi Roberston Image : Dhoeri, 2011, bamboo cane, twine, natural ochres, bird scull, goose and rainbow pigeon feathers, 68 x 56 x 15 cm
WHEN : 16th – 27th April WHERE : POP Gallery PhD candidate Brian Sanstrom is using POP in conjunction with his research to continue with a work in progress. This is in line with his investigations in the spatial relationships of an individual within the shared space of an art gallery, being POP. Brian has
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WHEN : Until 1st July WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art This exhibition shows how contemporary artists are exploring social contact with their subjects and audiences. Many are interested in historical events, but others look at the ways we perceive the world today and our place within it. Addressing themes including human rights, sustainability and
WHEN : 13th April 6:00 – 11:00pm WHERE : Bleeding Heart Gallery ARTISTS:Alley cat, Aurora Braid, Chris Mckenzie, Eleven, Gus Eagleton, Mark Joncheff, Josh Rufford, Joshua White, Keiron Mcmaster, Keith Carey, Quentin Purdie. MUSICIANS: Lauren Moore, HC, O’Little Sister, Mouldy Lovers.
WHEN : 13th April, 6:00 – 10:00pm WHERE : Jugglers Art Space Recognised for his low brow retro pop contemporary work, Brisbane born and bred Keiron McMaster’s latest collection of vivid, iconic paintings reflect his influences of Disney, advertising and horror movies.
WHEN : 14th April WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art Tony Albert (Artist, Brisbane) Ross Dawson (Futurist, Future Exploration Network, Sydney) Dr Melissa Gregg (Senior Lecturer, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Sydney) Tim Longhurst (Strategy Lead, Key Message, Sydney) Hosted by Antony Funnell, Presenter, Future Tense, ABC Radio National
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WHAT : Artist Call Out – Live Art Prize DEADLINE : 27th April Are you an established or emerging artist in Brisbane? This is your chance to get out of the studio, connect with a live audience of over 5,000 members of the architecture and design industry and auction your work! Chairbiz are giving Brisbane
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WHEN : 12th – 28th April WHERE : Milani Gallery Hughes’s work combines what are usually considered to be opposing modes in visual culture: a seductive aesthetic and aberrant figuration. “I think about these modes in terms of the ‘grotesque’. In my images, unfamiliar ‘bodies’ bulge with misplaced and enlarged limbs. They are broken by
WHEN : 11th – 14th April, 6:30 – 11:30pm WHERE : Contortionist Studios ROAM is Brisbane’s newest & most exciting creative arts festival. Held over four nights at Contortionist Studios in Woolloongabba, it will showcase scores of original new works from up-and-coming Brisbane artists of all mediums. Each night, the doors and bar will open
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WHAT : Mentorship Opportunity DEADLINE : 10th April 2012 The Curator Mentorship Initiative, supported by the Sidney Myer Fund, provides the opportunity for emerging and mid-career curators to further their professional development by supporting mentored placements within a gallery, art institution or university. Four grants of up to $15,000 will be distributed annually, with up
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WHAT : Call Out WHEN : Deadline, 15th April The Maximilian is an international online platform and publication that will publish in-depth discussion around art and theory, culture and philosophy. Our overarching ethos is one of ‘deep vs. broad’: we aim not to simply expand upon the surface of our cultural landscape, but rather to
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WHEN : Until 21st July WHERE : Heiser Gallery Maureen Hansen is an artist living and working in Brisbane. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Queensland University of Technology and currently works as an art curator and a freelance fine art teacher. Image : Maureen Hansen, Martin Boyd Remekins, Oil on Belgium
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WHEN : Until 14th April WHERE : Phillip Bacon Galleries Before immigrating to Australia I studied Biology, Microbiology and Theology in Würzburg and Munich.After my arrival in Australia in 1986 I decided to study art and completed a BFA and MFA at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and later a PhD at
WHEN : Until 3rd June WHERE : Gallery of Modern Art The English artist Phil Collins explores the construction of identity, particularly in relation to the video or television camera. Reflecting his own experiences growing up in northern England in the 1970s and 1980s, his works often use music, television and pop culture to explore
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WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Current Projects An exhibition by Pirrin Francis curated by Current Projects ARI. Francis’ recent practice is concerned with how unconventional narrative structures can be used to portray events, places and characters within a realm where reality and imagination overlap. Working predominantly with video and digital media,
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WHEN : 5th April, 6:00pm WHERE : Institute of Modern Art To celebrate his hundredth birthday, we are showing films featuring the iconic American composer, philosopher, poet, and mushroom enthusiast John Cage. The program includes collaborations with Merce Cunningham, Nam June Paik, Stan Vanderbeek, and Robert Rauschenberg. 16mm prints from National Film and Sound Archive,
WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 8:00pm WHERE : Ryan Renshaw Gallery “The works of [Marcel Cousins]( are informed by a new Pacific Rim aesthetic. He has an acute ability to fashion a fresh artistic view of a longitudinal time zone based slice of the globe. The range of his imagination covers the signs and
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WHEN : 4th April, 6:00 – 7:00pm WHERE : Metro Arts Featuring artists Arryn Snowball, Tiffany Shafran, Jason Castro and Shanna Muston in discussion with David M Thomas. Promise Program 2012 is a survey of the considerable talent of artists and arts writers emerging out of Queensland’s leading arts institutions. It heralds the beginning of
