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ARI ATHANS
BIOGRAPHY & CV
I have used geology as the starting point for this work.
I am interested in the beauty of science and in particular what comes out of the ground. I like to play with ideas about the value of these materials and the cost to our planet. My point is all materials should be valued. Everything should be recycled. Our resources are limited and mining them comes at a human cost.
The house and jewellery are motifs I use to show the emotional attachment we place on our stuff. Rocks and gems express stability and permanence. Yet gems can be lost and houses can be built on unstable rock foundations. Houses as crystal palaces and ostentatious jewels all question our emotional attachment to these things.
I spend a large part of the day working with materials, their physical and optical properties are all considered when creating a jewel. It is a challenge to express material concepts in a two dimensional format.
This is why I paint.
Education
1992
Associate Diploma of Arts (Jewellery Object Design)— Sydney Institute of Tafe
1989
Diploma in Gemmology— Gemmological Association of Australia
1988
Bachelor Applied Science (Geology)— University Technology, Sydney
Current
Opened Ari Jewellery Gallery/Workshop, Brisbane
Solo Exhibitions
2002
Stonewear, Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2001
Cha Cha Charms, CQ Store, Craft Queensland, Brisbane
2000
Bodyguards, Craft Queensland, Brisbane
Selected Joint/Group Exhibitions
2009
Vexta, Kill Pixie & Ari Athans, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Mod Squad, Touring Regional Galleries Queensland
2008
Smart State Designer Finalist, Design Institute of Australia, Brisbane
2007
Bowerbird, A Day on Earth, Brisbane & Melbourne: A collaboration with David Bromley
Freestyle, Melbourne Museum, QUT Museum, Object Gallery and Milan Museum
Blurred Boundaries, Kick Arts, Cairns
Pecha Kucha , Powerhouse, Brisbane
2006
South Project, Santiago Museum, Chile
2005
Make the Common Precious, Craft Victoria— Melbourne
Arc, Art Design Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Gallery
2004
Self, Touring Seven UK galleries
2002
Less is More/Less is a Bore, Brisbane City Gallery
2001
Schmuck 2001, International Handwerksmesse— Munich
Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Travelling Talent, Australians in Germany touring Craft Vic, Craft Qld, Craft ACT
1998
Past Tense/Future Perfect, Object Gallery
1997
X-Ray, Craft Queensland Gallery
Project: Object, Performance Space, Sydney
Grants
2002
Arts Queensland
2000
Arts Queensland
Collections
Toowoomba Regional Gallery
Selected Bibliography
Freestyle, Object and Melbourne Museum, edited by Brian Parkes
Craft Unbound, Kevin Murray, Craftman House
Vogue, ‘Finders Keepers’ by Clare press, 11/07, p.118
Object, ’Studio’ by Robyn Daw Issue 52/2007, p.60
Artichoke, ‘Ari Jewellery’ by Cameron Bruhn Issue 13,p.63
Arbitare, ‘All the worlds products’ Issue 402 1/2001 p.127
Harpers Bazaar, ‘Personal Space’ by Megam Morton, 4/03, p.103
Object, ‘Bodyguards” by Tim Morell 4/00, p.92
Object, ‘Diagnostic Imaging” by Rhana davenport, 1/98, p.26