Dogs That I Have Known - Stella2018 oil on board 25 x 23 cm
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1950's Australia - The days when Sunday mornings meant Dad was washing the Holden, the kids were playing in the backyard under the Hills Hoist and Mum was effortlessly preparing a roast lunch in her modestly appointed kitchen. It was a time of stability and innocence. The standard of living was high, unemployment low and cultural awareness absent. Those who did not fit this increasingly standardised pattern found their minority status more pronounced. By 1956, 1.5 million immigrants had arrived, all within the confines of the White Australia policy. Books such as 'They’re A Weird Mob’ by John O’Grady published in 1957, tell us of the trials these migrants went through in order to assimilate into a foreign country.
On the surface, this exhibition Distance from Here depicts with uncritical nostalgia, the 1950's Great Australian Dream – a suburban house on a quarter acre block, owned by a traditional nuclear family. However, these beautifully built mid-century modern homes were all designed by post-war European migrants. The first being Hillman House which was built by Russian-born, Viennese-trained émigré architect Dr Henry Epstein in 1948 for the Hillman family in Roseville, Sydney. Many Europeans like Epstein who emigrated to Australia had a significant impact across architecture, interior and furniture design. This series of works speaks of the stories of migrants alike and the enormous contribution they made to Australia.
Following this, The Dogs That I Have Known series features chairs designed by George Korody, an architect and furniture designer who relocated to Sydney from Hungary in 1939.
Eliza Gosse 2019
Eliza Gosse explores life through the lens of architecture – specifically the clean, simple lines of post-war and mid-century design. Drawn to forms produced decades before she herself was born, Gosse creates paired back images that are not so much a depiction as an evocation of an era or place, or the people who may once have lived there. Sleek, stylised, and given quirky titles snatched from pop culture, they’re enhanced by a muted colour palette that bathes each scene in nostalgia and encourages viewers to imagine what memories might be held within the walls.
Eliza Gosse (b.1995) lives and works in Sydney, Australia. She is an alumna of the National Art School, Sydney, graduating a Master of Fine Art in 2019. Her work has been exhibited in public and private galleries since 2016. Gosse’s work has been selected for numerous awards and prizes including the Archibald Prize (2023, 2022) and Wynne Prize (2020), Paddington Art Prize (2023, 2021) and won the Mosman Alan Gamble Award (2022) and the John Olsen Drawing Prize (2017). In 2024 she was awarded a Bundanon Trust Residency.
Eliza Gosse
Born 1995, Sydney
Lives and works in Sydney
EDUCATION
2019
Master of Fine Art, National Art School
2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
'In My Grandmother's Garden', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2024
'Afternoon Hour When Sun Falls Like Honey', Halcyon House, Carbarita Beach, New South Wales
'Roller Blades and Stereo Cassettes Down Ocean Drive', Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2023
'All My Friends Have White Walls and Beige Carpet', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Entertainer’s Delight With Ocean Views', Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2022
'Pool Towels Are Softer At Tennis Clubs', Mars Gallery, Sydney
'Bumpy Roads And Tip Top Sandwiches', Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2021
'You're Poolside and Everything is Perfect', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2020
'Mini Mokes and Mini Skirts', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Cabin Fever', Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2019
'Distance From Here', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Eggs On Soldiered Toast Buttered Well', May Space, Sydney
2018
'Mission Brown', Saint Cloche, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
'Naive realism', Art Space Howha, Seoul, South Korea
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2023
'SPRING 1883' Art Fair, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Spring Group Show, Galerie Camille Pouyfaucon, Paris
A Female Gaze, Mars Gallery, Melbourne
'30 x 30', Olsen Gallery, Sydnet
2022
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Salon des Refusés Wynne Prize, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
National Art School in the NSW Landscape, NSW Parliament, Sydney
2021
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE
'After Dark', M2 Gallery, Sydney
Spring1883 Art Fair, Melbourne
'Going Home', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
2020
The Wynne Prize' finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Auckland Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE
'New Collectors', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
'Adoration', China Heights, Sydney
London Art Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
2019
MFA Graduation show, National Art School, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE
'The New Gallery Show', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Young Guns', Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
'June', MARS, Melbourne
2018
'Suburban Dream's, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Contemporary, National Art School, Sydney
'On The Aussie Telly', Ambush Gallery, Sydney
22.08.18, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
'Masters Painting Exhibition', National Art School Library Stairwell Gallery
National Art School selected students, The Other Art Fair, Sydney
'On Site', May Space Gallery, Sydney
2017
BFA Graduation Show, National Art School, Sydney
Mosman 70th Anniversary Art Prize, Mosman Gallery, Sydney
'Jet Set', Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington
Waverley Art Prize, Waverley Art School, Sydney
'Gridlock', Hoff Gallery Space National Art School, Sydney
2016
'Landscape', Hoff Gallery Space National Art School, Sydney
PRIZES AND GRANTS
2023
Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
Finalist, The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Finalist, The Kings School Art Prize, Sydney
2022
Winner, Alan Gamble Award, Mosman Art Prize
Finalist, The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalist, Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize
2021
Finalist, Paddington Art Prize
2020
Finalist, The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Finalist, Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Gallery
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
2019
Winner, National Art School and Parkers Sydney Fine Art Award
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
Finalist, Waverley Woollahra Art Prize
2018
Winner, William Fletcher Grant for Emerging Artists
Finalist, Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
Finalist, Waverley Woollahra Art Prize
Finalist, Little Things Art Prize
2017
Winner, John Olsen Drawing Prize National Art School
Finalist, Mosman 70th Anniversary Art Prize
Winner, Peoples Choice Award in Waverley Art Prize
Winner, Peoples Choice Award in Chippendale World Art Residency
Finalist, Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Award
Finalist, Little Things Art Prize
RESIDENCIES
Halcyon House, Cabarita Beach, New South Wales
PUBLICATIONS
2022
'Pool Towels Are Softer At Tennis Clubs' limited edition book, self published
'Bumpy Roads And Tip Top Sandwiches' limited edition book, self published
2019
'Eggs On Soldiered Toast Buttered Well' limited edition book, self published
Eliza Gosse is exhibiting in Seoul this month, alongside three other international artists in an exhibition titled 'Naive Realism'. The show reinterprets still life painting through architectural scenes from the everyday. The four artists aim to remove meaning from historical objects in order to provoke personal memories and reflections from the viewer.
Eliza Gosse's contribution is two acrylic paintings on canvas, and two gouache paintings on paper, each titled in response to moments of solitude in her home.
The exhibition is open 27 December, 2024 until 2 February, 2025.
Congratulations Eliza Gosse whose portrait of Australian designer Emma Mulholland is a finalist in this year's Salon des Refusés. 'Emma and Norby on holiday' is now hanging at S.H. Ervin Gallery until 25 August, 2024.
The Salon des Refusés was initiated by the S.H. Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered into the Archibald Prize which were not selected for display in the official exhibition.
Each year the Salon des Refusés panel is invited to go behind the scenes of the judging process for the annual Archibald Prize for portraiture and Wynne Prize for landscape painting and figure sculpture at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, to select an exhibition from the many hundreds of works entered in both prizes but not chosen for the official award exhibition. The Salon des Refusés exhibition has established an excellent reputation that rivals the selections in the ‘official’ exhibition, with works selected for quality, diversity, humour and experimentation, and which examine contemporary art practices, different approaches to portraiture and responses to the landscape.
Congratulations to our artist Eliza Gosse who is a finalists in this year's Mosman Art Prize for her work 'We Climbed the Fence and Swam in Their Pool'. Exhibition open 23 September in Mosman, Sydney.
Eliza Gosse is a finalist in the 2023 Archibald Prize.
This dual portrait features Eliza Gosse and her husband, architect and designer Benjamin Jay Shand, who was the subject of her portrait 'somewhere near home' in the Archibald Prize 2022.
Gosse describes this 2023 work – one of several recent portraits, all painted on board – as: 'a cut-out of our weekend at sunrise – just us and our fluffy robes.'
Robes are mandatory if you come to breakfast at ours. The coffee percolates as the muesli is garnished and the CD is chosen. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every morning could be spent lazing over several cups of coffee with a dash of honey and a side of strawberries?
While painting these portraits in my studio, I indulged in a few afternoons on the floor – tea and biscuits included – with the works propped up against the wall, as a sort of tea party with my wooden friends.
My studio mates will be glad to see these cut-outs gone; they say they came to life at night.
Eliza Gosse was featured in The Design Files article 'Eliza Gosse's Paintings Capture the Nostalgia of Retro Architecture' by Christina Karras.
There’s a magical attention to detail within Eliza Gosse's architectural paintings.
She expertly captures the light-filled interiors and magical Modernist facades of homes inspired by designs of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s with a dreamy pastel palette that makes you want to leap right into them. All the while maintaining a beautiful ‘flatness’ about her work.
The Archibald Prize is a prestigious Australian portraiture art prize that has been running since 1921. The national portrait prize is entering a new century with 816 submissions entered this year, of which 52 finalists were announced on Thursday 5th of May. It is with great pleasure to congratulate Eliza Gosse who was selected as a finalist in the 2022 Archibald Art Prize.
Gosse depicts in her painting an architect and designer Benjamin Jay Shand.
He sees beauty in the most peculiar places, has great hair and likes to wear sunglasses more than is usual. I can say that because he is my husband. I don’t often paint people; however, Benj finds himself the constant muse for my sketchbook scribbles. And as this is my first large-scale portrait, it felt natural for him to be the subject...
Congratulations to Eliza Gosse whose work has been included in a new exhibition at New South Wales parliament house 'National Art School in the NSW Landscape'.
The exhibit explores the relationship between people, land and culture across the state through artworks by 21 significant Australian artists who studied at the National Art School (NAS), which this year celebrates 100 years since moving into the former Darlinghurst Gaol site in inner-city Sydney. Featuring 27 major artworks in various media including tapestry, collage and ceramics, this show represents the enormous diversity of NSW’s landscape, environment and culture.
The exhibition is open at NSW Parliament House from 9 – 31 March 2022.
Eliza Gosse's work 'Spoonfuls of Milo at Kosciuszko' is a finalist in the 2020 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
TheWynne Prize is awarded annually for 'the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists'. This open competition is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW.
Eliza Gosse's work 'A Triangle of Vegemite Toast Lay Forgotten Under the Mustard Chair' is a finalist in the 2020 Mosman Art Prize.
Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia's oldest and most prestigious local government art award. It was founded by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman Allan Gamble, at a time when only a small handful of art prizes were in existence in Australia and the community had very little support and few opportunities to exhibit their work.
Congratulations to Eliza Gosse who is a finalist in the 2020 with her work 'He Watched Cars Passing By Beyond The Cracks In The Curtains', 2020, oil on canvas, 120x150cm.
The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize is an annual prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established female artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.
Artwork judging is overseen by Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize Patron and acclaimed artist, Jennifer Turpin and the winners will be announced 26 May 2020.
The Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize is an annual prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established female artists in Australia. There are two prize categories, including a $35,000 prize — the richest professional art prize for women in Australia. Artwork judging will be overseen by Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize Patron and acclaimed artist, Jennifer Turpin, and announced at the exhibition opening on 31 May, 2019.
Eliza Gosse is a finalist with her work 'Your Yellow Brick Holding Up the Sky' 2019, oil on canvas 50 x 40cm
Toby Orton from Plain Magazine features Eliza Gosse's work. He writes:
Delving into social issues of national identity and immigration, artist Eliza Gosse focuses on the post-war houses built for European migrants in her home country of Australia in the 50s, 60s and 70s. In her striking oil paintings, Gosse’s style combines clean, color blocked geometric forms that call to mind the utopian ideals of suburban planning with a ‘nostalgic inflection’. The ‘Suburban Modernism’ that she has created is a response to her interests in design history, the initial impact of inexpensive post-war architecture on communities and the way that the design’s influence and meaning is viewed over time. In her paintings of the Australian (and to a lesser extent, American) suburbs she celebrates an era of design that mocks the unflattering stereotype of bland suburbia and celebrates the unabashed invention of the time.
The Ideal Home presents a history of the 20th century Australian home told through household objects, furniture and design classics from the MAAS Collection.
For much of the 20th century Australia enjoyed one of the highest rates of home ownership in the world. This situation emerged following the landmark ‘Harvester Judgement’ of 1907, which enshrined a ‘living wage’, and enabled ordinary workers to purchase a home and support a family.
Post war affluence, technology, mass manufacturing and the ready availability of goods, created both a consumer base and desire. In this setting, suburbs grew and homes became our castles. Australians enthusiastically adopted international trends in architecture, interior furnishings and design. Labour saving devices liberated us from domestic drudgery and increased the time available for leisure. Indoors and outdoors Australians aspired to a lifestyle centred upon the comfort, style, amenity and function of the home.
The Ideal Home presents a history of the 20th century Australian home told through household objects, furniture and design classics from the MAAS Collection. See more of The Ideal Home including modernist design and artworks at MAAS Powerhouse, Ultimo.
The Ideal Home is a partnership between the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.
The exhibition suite features works across the site from the following Australian artists:
Cope Street Collective: Mathew Cooper and Colin Kinchela
The William Fletcher Trust (now the William Fletcher Foundation) was established in 1985 to celebrate the life and to commemorate the work of William Fletcher whose straitened circumstances, ill health and early death cut short his developing talents. In 1988, the Trust awarded its first grants for study to tertiary students of the visual arts. The William Fletcher Trust was incorporated in 2006 as William Fletcher Foundation following a generous bequest. Since 1988, grants totalling over $400,000 have been distributed to over 500 highly talented students of the visual arts, to assist them to continue their studies.
Eliza Gosse's work is included in the 2018 Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize. The theme of the prize is resilience. Gosse's work depicts a house in the suburbs of Melbourne designed by Russian architect Antol Kagan and is part of a larger series that investigates the architecture of post WWII refugees in Australia.
