Simon Degroot: Transfer Echo

Transfer Echo investigates transient and layered abstract shapes which are quintessential to Degoot’s practice. Each artwork within the show reveals the nature of these playful forms as they are recontextualised through various applications, colours and materials.

Degroot elaborates on the relationships contained within his series, stating: “This process of mediation and transfer between artworks highlights their formal relationship. Each material manifestation creates a new relationship where meaning is created in the space between works. Through these relationships I can connect with other visual ecologies to create new meaning.”

Degroot completed his postgraduate studies at the Queensland College of Art where he was awarded his PhD in 2017 with an exhibition titled, Familiar Beyond Recognition: Translation in Contemporary Abstraction. Degroot has also completed a range of works for entities such as The City of South Perth, Bundaberg Regional Galleries, Queensland Rail, Cairns Regional Council, Brisbane City Council and The Brisbane Hilton.

Guest speaker Frank Licastro, Managing Director of Frank Developments, will open the show at 4:30.

In accordance with COVID-19 restrictions implemented by the Queensland Government, it is necessary that you RSVP to the exhibition’s opening as there are limited spaces available.  If you aren’t able to attend please contact the gallery. If you miss out on a session, we encourage you to visit the space during our normal gallery hours.

Exhibition Opening— Sunday 28 March, 4- 6 pm. 

Image: Oblique Transfer 1, 2021, Simon Degroot, oil on linen, 72 x 56cm Courtesy of the artist and Jan Manton Gallery.