Limbo has been a familiar state of mind over the past few years. This show takes its title from this shared experience of waiting within a transitional space, isolated, unsure of when or if it will end or change. The title work Limbo is one of the smallest in the show. It situates a minimal figure within this limbo world. At rest this character is both viewer and subject. A quiet participant waiting while this world of gestures plays out around them. Other works such as River Sticks, a play on the river Styx, acknowledge this limbo state between life and the afterlife. The show opens up an existential space in which to ponder the various structures present within it. In doing so acknowledging the space and time we have had to ponder our own position within the structures of our modern society.
While we navigate these twisted forms, certain titles of works speak to things we may tell ourselves. Words of affirmation, introspection, or support. Specific works take their titles from such idioms as Pull Yourself Togetheror Falling Over Myself. There is a repression of anxiety present in these concepts. I think that we have all struggled with being cut off and at times said to ourselves ‘Just don’t let it get you down’.
While the show speaks to themes of life and death, dark and light, there is also a sense of hope and frivolity in the joy of colour and movement. There is a light-hearted playfulness to the simple gesture of applying paint to a surface with a big brush. Its enjoyable. The physically meandering and looping brush movement is further explored through the sculptural work Lean Into Me. This work pulls itself out of the flattened plane of the paintings and steps onto the floor. Bringing with it a very purposeful sense of human scale to its movement. The gestured colour across its surface shifts the personality of the work as you move around it. Creating new compositions as you lean in and out from the work.
Each colour has its own feeling and personality. Each sit at a different level of resonance. Colours here are notes on a musical scale, each with their own pitch and harmony. They sit at their own frequency. Sometimes in harmony and sometimes in opposition. Hues can create a gentle melody or a clashing cacophony. Some ask for space while others embrace the company, melting into each other.
In making these works I aim for the process and the result to be a similar experience for myself and the viewer. I wish for there to be an immediacy to the painting and through this the possibility for surprise or delight in the application and the unique combination of colours. As if as your eye followed this linear path of light you were able to have the same experience of the nuance, comfort or electric fizz generated by specific colours newly encountered or overheard in conversation.
There is a patchwork quality to the work. The underlying, continuous, form implies a history of being a coherent solid path. I wanted the shifting sections to have a sense of being repaired or patched over an underlying framework. These repairs imply time. These changes in time also bring about a variegation in the composition and colour relationships within the twisting and doubled forms. The titles I am employing often refer the shape back to the body in different states or mind frames. The body as a site and facilitator of movement, traced in this instance by the brush. It is a record of physical existence.
Light prevails as a key access point to these works. Colour is light and light is the sun. Sun #3 is the third in an ongoing series using an octagonal framing device to explore colour relationships. The central void becoming an emoji style sun. The sun being our source of light and ultimately the giver of life to our planet. The dialogue with light as a shifting presence is prominent throughout the exhibition. Whether through the chalky white backgrounds, the contrasting and transparently vibrant hues or through the textured reflections present in the aluminium works, there is an embrace of this intangible, untouchable substance through which we navigate the world around us.
The space within these works is created for the viewer to spend time with, fall into, navigate, to pause and rest.
Belem Lett, June 2022
Belem Lett graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Sydney in 2008 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours Class 1) and a Master of Fine Art in 2012. In 2010 he was the recipient of the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, the highest award for an Australian artist under the age of 30, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. In 2011, he participated in a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.
He has exhibited locally and internationally and participated in art fairs including Melbourne's Spring 1883, Den Fair (Melbourne) and a solo presentation at Sydney Contemporary art fair with Edwina Corlette Gallery in 2017.
Lett has also been a finalist in several prizes including the Fishers Ghost Award (2013, 2015, 2018), The Mosman Art Prize (2023, 2024), The Muswellbrook Art Prize (2024), The Waverley Art Prize (2021, 2023, 2024), NAB Emerging Artist Award (2014), the Sunshine Coast Art Prize (2016, 2018, 2024), The Paddington Art Prize (2016, 2018 - Highly Commended), the Chippendale New World Art Prize, The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize (2017- Highly Commended), the Glover Prize (2019), the Arthur Guy Memorial Prize (2019) and received the early career prize in the Hazelhurst works on paper award (2019). Belem Lett’s work is held in public and private collections including Mirvac, Artbank, Crown Group, 10 Group and the Australian Catholic University.
Belem Lett
Lives and works in Sydney
EDUCATION
2013
Masters of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts - First class Honours, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
'Aperture', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2024
'Fountain', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2023
'Spectre', Sydney Contemporary Art Fair with James Makin Gallery
'Meadow', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2022
'Limbo', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2021
'Burnouts', Gallery Pompom, Sydney
'Sundowner', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2020
'Smoke Screen', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
2019
'Grotto, Ideas Platform', Artspace, Sydney
'Personal Transporter (Self Balancing)', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2018
'Pipe Dream', Wellington St Projects, Sydney
2017
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, EDWINA CORLETTE
2016
'Paradise Lost', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Aviary', Gallery 9, Sydney
2015
'Tunnel Vision', Gallery 9, Sydney
2014
'There Be Monsters', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Island Fever', Gallery 9, Sydney
2013
'Fault Lines', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
'Far From Nowhere', Gallery 9, Sydney
'Something Crashed Into The Earth Last Night', Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2012
'Everywhere For Going', MOP projects, Sydney
2011
'Two Fold', Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
'Pursuit of Happiness', Ngununggula Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2024
The Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Art Gallery, New South Wales
The Waverley Art Prize, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2023
'Cut and Polish', Artist Car boot sale, Carriageworks
'Abstract Australia', Book Launch and exhibition, Michael Reid Gallery
'Festival Of Play', Group show, Surry Hills Community event
2022
'Mutual Exchange', MDW, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
'Chrome City', Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
Painting Now, Michael Reid Art Bar Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2021
'Summer group show', McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
'Chapter Three', James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2020
Durden and Ray, Los Angeles
'Collector space', Curated by Rowena Talacko for Artmonth, Shapiro Annex
'Rocococolonial', Curated by Gary Carsley, Lismore Regional Art Gallery
'Summer New', James Makin Gallery, Melbourme
2019
'Rocococolonial', Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney
'Rocococolonial', Bathurst Regional Gallery, New South Wales
'The New Gallery Show', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2018
Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Coloundra Regional Gallery
Melbourne Pop Up Exhibition, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
Founder and Director of Wellington St Projects, 2013 -2019
2011
'Second Nature', The Papermill Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
Gellatly, K., A Light Touch, Art Guide issue Sept/Oct 2021, p. 66-69.
Carsley, G., Rococolonial. Book published by University of New South Wales and Bathurst Regional Gallery. ISBN 978 0 646 83499 3 Cover art and p. 90-95
2020
ACU Art Collection: A New Perspective, Book p.115, 2020
2019
Australian Law Journal, Back cover, Artspace collaboration
Making Their Mark, Look Magazine, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sept, p.55
20 Years of the Brett Whiteley- Catalogue publication for exhibition at SH Ervin Gallery
2018
Belle Magazine, Pipe Dream (promo) Time Warp, 16/04/2018
2016
Interview, Art Collector Magazine, Issue 78, p 92
2015
S. Wolff, Tunnel Vision, The Art Life, 28 September
Laura Couttie, Belem Lett & Genevieve Felix Reynolds, lauracouttie.com, 11 April
2014
Natalie Walton, Artist Belem Lett, The Daily Imprint, 12 August
2013
Share Design Inspiration Blog, What’s Happening | ‘Fault Lines’ by Artist Belem Lett, 9 December
M. Fitzgerald, ‘Far From Nowhere’ Open Gallery in Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October, p 13
Kate Britton, ‘REVIEW: Belem Lett - Far From Nowhere’, Raven Contemporary, 11 October
Andrew Frost, The A-Z of Contemporary Art, ABC TV, 16 July
Tracey Clement, Belem Lett, Something crashed into the earth last night, Art Guide Australia, March/April
2012
Meghan McTavish, Belem Lett’s Compound, Harpers Bazaar/Citizens of the World, December
Clare Alstin, The Compound, Russh Magazine, Article, September/October, Issue 48
2011
Jo Bosben, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Incubate Magazine, Article, Issue 6
H. Tattersal, Artists to watch 2011, The Financial Review, January
D. Tarrant (ed), Winning the Whiteley, UNSWorld Magazine, January
Congratulations to Belem Lett who has been selected for the 2025 Omni Art Prize exhibition. This art prize and exhibition celebrate contemporary artists, promoting and selling their works. In 2022 Belem Lett won the Omnia Major Prize for Most Outstanding Work.
IMAGE: Building Blocks 2024 oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 150 x 122cm
We are delighted to share that Belem Lett’s paintings are currently on display in ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ at Ngununggula, alongside works by Rebecca Bauman, Christopher Langton, and Brendan Van Hek.
Using reflective surfaces, sources of light, and sculptural forms, the four artists in ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ share an interest in the properties of colour, and the emotive and visceral reactions that it can evoke. Belem Lett’s joyful paintings have been beautifully curated against mirrored walls, allowing the works to converse across opposite sides of the room.
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ is current at Ngununggula until 30 March.
We are excited to share that Belem Lett is a finalist in two categories of the 2024 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award. Belem is a finalist in both the open and contemporary sections of this annual award with his works 'The Foot Of The Mountain' and 'Light Speed'.
The annual Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is now in its 62nd year, and there is over $60,000 in prize money to be won across the categories. The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over ten days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.
You can see Belem’s works in the finalists exhibition which will be held at the Campbelltown Arts Centre from Saturday 26 October – Friday 6 December, 2024
IMAGES
'The Foot Of The Mountain’ 2023 oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 150 x 122cm
'Light Speed' 2023
clear coat, acrylic, gesso, wood putty, screws, wood glue, pine
Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year’s Hornsby Art Prize with his 2022 work ‘Look At Yourself’.
Established in 2009, the Hornsby Art Prize is organised and sponsored by Hornsby Shire Council and delivered in partnership with the Hornsby Art Society. The non-acquisitive prize celebrates Australian Contemporary Art and has an overall prize pool value of $23,000, with the major prize being $10,000.
The Hornsby Art Prize Finalists’ Exhibition will be held at Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, 25 October - 10 November 2024
IMAGE
‘Look At Yourself’ 2022 oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 90 x 74cm
It is with great delight to share that Belem Lett is a finalist in the 2024 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award for his work ‘Wormhole’.
The Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award was established in 2009 and is organised by the Art Collection and Galleries Unit at Deakin University, Victoria. The award celebrates contemporary sculptures from artists around Australia.
The finalist exhibition will be held at at the Deakin University Art Gallery from 29 August – 11 October, 2024.
IMAGE:
'Wormhole' 2023 clear top coat, acrylic, gesso, wood putty, screws, wood glue, polyurethane glue, pine 53 x 66 x 52cm
Congratulations to Belem Lett who has been selected as a finalist in this year's Gosford Art Prize for his work 'Snorkel'.
The Gosford Art Prize is a significant facet of the Gosford Regional Gallery’s annual exhibition program. The prize was initially organised by the community in the early 1970s. When the Gosford Regional Gallery opened in 2000, it became the new permanent home of the Gosford Art Prize. Both the main prize and the Ceramics Prize have grown in popularity and strength over the past 23 years, celebrating the diversity of practices from artists both on the Central Coast and from beyond our region.
Finalists are exhibited in all galleries, 24 August 2024 - 20 October 2024
IMAGE
'Snorkel' 2024
oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel
Exciting news for Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year's Mosman Art Prize for his work 'Fire Walk With Me'.
The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting since 1947. The Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive award of $50,000 sponsored by Mosman Council.
The annual exhibition will take place 10 August - 6 October.
IMAGE:
'Fire Walk With Me' 2024 oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel 150 x 122cm
It is with great pleasure that we share the news that Belem Lett is a finalist in the 2024 Sunshine Coast National Art Prize for his work ‘A Love Song’.
The acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. The finalists exhibition will be held at the Caloundra Regional Gallery from 24 August - 13 October 2024.
Belem Lett’s work transcend representation and instead embraces gestural abstraction, delving into the interplay of light and colour. Lett transforms the canvas into a dynamic arena where paint and surface coalesce. Each stroke is laden with vibrant hues, embodying physical momentum that echoes the artist’s gestures and movements.
IMAGE
‘A Love Song’ 2024
oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel
Congratulations to Belem Lett who has been chosen as a finalist in the 2024 Waverley Art Prize for his work 'Body Language'. The Waverley Art Prize finalist exhibition is on from 6 July - 18 August at the Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney.
Congratulations to Belem Lett for his selection as a 2024 finalist for the The Vincent prize. Belem was selected for his work 'Pollinate' and can be seen at the finalists exhibition which opens this Friday 14 June 6-9pm at Scratch Art Space, Marrickville.
The Vincent Prize was established by art courier service Art Van Go for their customers that missed out on selection for The Archibald, Wynne, Sulman & the Salon des Refuses.
It is with great joy that we announce the selection of Belem Lett as a finalist in the 2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize for his work 'The Mountains Await Your Return'
Since 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize has grown and evolved and is today one of the richest prizes for painting in regional Australia. Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century, with the winning acquisitive works forming the nucleus of what is now known as the Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection.
It is with great pleasure that we announce Belem Lett has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 Paddington Art Prize for his work 'This Land Is Slippery'
The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize, awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape.
Image:
'This Land Is Slippery' 2022 Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 150 x 180 cm
Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year's Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award for his work 'You Are The Centre Of The Universe'.
The biennial Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award is a significant national exhibition that aims to elevate the status of work on paper while supporting and promoting artists working with this medium.
Finalists will be exhibited in the Main Gallery at Hazelhurst Arts Centre in Sydney from 16 September to 12 November 2023.
Belem's next solo exhibition at the gallery is from 2 – 16 December 2023
Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year's Waverley Art Prize for his work 'Smile'.
Belem is one of the 38 finalists chosen from over 700 entries. Recognising his striking choice of colour and form, Waverley Woollahra Art School credits his signature technique of forcing the eye to follow the shifting stark palettes.
The Waverley Art Prize celebrates excellence across the local arts community and greater Australian contemporary Visual Arts sector, ultimately showcasing the brilliance of early to mid-career Australian artists.
The Finalist Exhibition for this Waverley Art Prize is held in Sydney at the Bondi Pavilion until August 13, 2023.
Artwork:
Smile
oil, gesso and marble dust on aluminium composite panel
Belem Lett is a finalist in the 2023 Omnia Art Prize with his works 'These Peaks Watch Over You' and 'Eclipse'. The Omnia Art Prize is one of Australia’s premier art awards and exhibitions for contemporary art. Read more here.
Artworks:
These Peaks Watch Over You
oil, clear primer on brushed aluminium composite panel
150 x 120 cm
2022
Eclipse
clear coat, acrylic, gesso, wood putty, screws, wood glue, pine
Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year's Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize with his work 'Vertical Horizon'.
The Bayside Painting Prize is the only annual painting prize held in Melbourne, with specific focus on artists with a variety of approaches to the painted medium. The Bayside Painting Prize is one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in Australia. This allows the Bayside City Council to continue to promote artists to the Bayside community and support painters across Australia.
IMAGE: Belem Lett Vertical Horizon 2023 Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 122 x 94 cm
Belem Lett's bold artwork 'Move Me' (2022) is featured on the recent cover of Belle Magazine. Belem's piece celebrates the power of colour and is shown in an exclusive look inside interiors star Anna Spiro's home.
BELEM LETT Move Me 2022 Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel 122 x 94cm
Congratulations to Belem Lett who has won the 2022 Omnia Art Prize for the most outstanding work in any medium.
The prize was judged by Charlotte Day, Director of Monash University Museum of Art. The exhibition is open until 30th May at St. Kevins College, Toorak.
Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in the 2022 Sulman Art Prize.
The Sulman Prize is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist. Established within the terms of Sir John Sulman’s bequest, the prize was first awarded in 1936. Each year the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW invite a guest artist to judge this open competition. Finalists are displayed in an exhibition at the Gallery opening on the 14th of May.
The main idea of this show is to speculate if Sydney, Australia, a sprawling conurbation of coastal and landlocked suburbs, has anything artistically in common with the metropolis of Los Angeles. I am also speculating that there is such a thing as Australian cool, which might reflect or correspond with a perception held that LA art is definitely cool. LA’s emergence as an important art city has been an ongoing matter for debate but has recently become cemented by the by appearance in LA of some major new art museums and international galleries.
Artists: Ron Adams, Polly Borland, Chris Dolman, Belem Lett, Adam Norton, Philjames, Genevieve Felix Reynolds
Durden & Ray, Los Angeles 19 March - 9 April 2022
Title: The River, 2022 Medium: oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel Size: 81 x 61 cm
The Blake Prize is one of Australia's longest standing and most prestigious prizes which encourages conversation about religion and spirituality through art and poetry.
Belem Lett has been named as a finalist for the 67th Blake Prize, 2022.
Title: Electric Dreams, 2021 Medium: oil on aluminium composite panel Size: 152 x 150 cm
The Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize is inspired by the work of Abbotsleigh Old Girl and artist Grace Cossington Smith who made connections with her changing world through her drawing and painting.
Congratulations to Belem Lett for being finalist in three Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize awards for 2022.
Title: Wave Racer, 2021 Medium: oil on aluminium composite panel Size: 110 x 80 cm
The Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award is a significant national biennial exhibition that promotes excellence and innovation in the field of art on paper. This year, Hazelhurst received over 700 entries from artists throughout Australia.
Belem Lett has been selected to exhibit for the Art on Paper award 2022.
Title: Sunflower, 2021 Medium: oil, gesso on 12 sheets stonehenge paper Size: 228 x 228cm
Established in 2015, the Bayside Painting Prize is one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in Australia. The exhibition draws together a breadth of artists with varied approaches to painting. This allows the Bayside City Council to further develop its collection and promote artists to the Bayside community.
Belem Lett's work 'Pineapples' 2019 is a finalist in this year's prize.
The Glover Prize has announced its 42 finalists for 2020. These finalists represent the Judges’ selection of the best artworks of the Tasmanian landscape, chosen from the entrants coming from every Australian state and territory. These 42 artworks will be on display at the Glover Prize Exhibition at Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania during March this year.
The judges for the Glover Prize 2020 are Queensland Art Gallery | Museum of Modern Art (QAGOMA) director, Chris Saines; Sydney artist, Fiona Lowry; Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) Senior Curator and Dark Mofo Associate Artistic Director, Jarrod Rawlins. The judges next task is to carefully narrow down the 42 finalists to choose the winner of the $50,000 cash prize. After its display at the exhibition, the John Glover Society Inc. will acquire the winning artwork for its collection.
Belem Lett's work Burn Baby Burn 2020 has been selected as one of the finalists. The exhibition commences on 6 March, running from Saturday the 7th of March, 2020 and continuing until the end of the following weekend on Sunday the 15th of March, 2020, at the historic Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale.
Since 2001 The Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award has been a significant national biennial exhibition that aims to elevate the status of works on paper while supporting and promoting artists working with this medium.
With prize money totalling $26,000, the Award showcases outstanding art created with, on or about paper. Artists compete for the $15,000 major award; the Young & Early Career Artist and the Friends of Hazelhurst Local Artist Awards ($5,000 each); and the People’s Choice Award ($1,000), plus the Hazelhurst Preparator’s choice Residency Award.
Image below: BELEM LETT 'Mountains of Madness' 2019, mixed media on paper, 148 x 110 cm
Administered by Bendigo Art Gallery and held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize is designed to attract some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists, awarding a generous acquisitive cash prize of $50,000.
RocoColonial is a major artist-initiated project by Gary Carsley and presented by Hazelhurst Arts Centre in partnership with Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.
ARTISTS: Brook Andrew | Tony Clark | Peter Cooley | Deborah Kelly | Belem Lett | Jennifer Leahy | Danie Mellor | Marc Newson | Técha Noble & Romance Was Born | Joan Ross | Justin Shoulder | Esme Timbery | Jenny Watson | Louise Zhang
CARTOUCHES: Renjie Teoh
Rococo and Colonial are often considered to be disparate, undisputable categories that neatly divide periods of time. This separation offers little opportunity to consider parallel histories - how similar or different things might be happening elsewhere or at the same time. RocoColonial is an exhibition that examines the overlap between Rococo and Colonial and begins by acknowledging that both can be intrinsically related and link Australia to a wider, speculative world of multiple, concurrent histories.
We are delighted to see works by Sally Anderson, Belem Lett, Lucy O'Doherty, and Amber Wallis in the new exhibition 'The Whiteley at 20: Twenty Years of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', as previous finalists of the award.
Established by Ms Beryl Whiteley in 1999 in memory of her son, the 'Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship' provides young painters with the opportunity to travel through Europe to develop their artistic practice. Since its inception, 20 young painters have followed in the titular artist's footsteps.
The exhibition features works by Sally Anderson, Alice Byrne, Mitch Cairns, James Drinkwater, Petrea Fellow, Becky Gibson, Nathan Hawkes, Alan Jones, Nicole Kelly, Belem Lett, Lucy O’Doherty, Wayde Owen, Timothy Phillips, Tom Polo, Ben Quilty, Karlee Rawkins, Samuel Wade, Amber Wallis, Natasha Walsh, and Marcus Wills, alongside the four paintings that won Brett Whiteley the Italian Government Travelling Scholarship.
The exhibition presents not only the works that won the scholarship, but features works from each artist's residency at the Cite Internationale des Art, Paris and recent work.
The exhibition is open from 22 March - 5 May 2019 at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.
After receiving a record-breaking 482 entries this year and careful deliberation from the judges, the Glover Prize has announced its 42 finalists for 2019. These finalists represent the Judges’ selection of the best artworks of the Tasmanian landscape, chosen from the 482 entrants coming from every Australian state and territory, as well as a number of submissions from New Zealand, Italy, and the United Kingdom. These 42 artworks will be on display at the Glover Prize Exhibition at Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale, Tasmania during March this year.
The judges for the Glover Prize 2019 are Art Fairs Australia CEO and director, Barry Keldoulis; Sydney artist Joan Ross; and Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) director, Janet Carding. The judges next task is to carefully narrow down the 42 finalists to choose the winner of the $50,000 cash prize. After its display at the exhibition, the John Glover Society Inc. will acquire the winning artwork for its collection.
Belem Lett's work The River Runs/The People Come has been selected as one of the finalists. The exhibition commences on the March long-weekend, running from Saturday the 9th of March, 2019 and continuing until the end of the following weekend on Sunday the 17th of March, 2019, at the historic Falls Park Pavilion in Evandale.
John Aslanidis, Belem Lett and Bridie Gillman are finalists in the 2018 Fisher's Ghost Award through Campbelltown Arts Centre.
The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is part of Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over 10 days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.
The Open section of the Art Award is acquisitive to the Campbelltown Art Centre permanent collection and the artist is awarded prize-money of $20,000. Over the years, the prize has been won by some of Australia's most well respected contemporary artists.
Belem Lett has won the UNSW Print Prize as part of the 2018 Paddington Art Prize with his work River Reflection (After Boyd) (pictured).
The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 national acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape, now in it’s 15th year. In addition, UNSW Art & Design offers a selected artist the opportunity to create a limited edition print and a $3,000 prize.
Belem Lett has been selected as one of five finalists in the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Prize for 2017.
The Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Prize is now celebrating its fifteenth year. This
program invites Australian artists to work and live for three months at the
Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. The program offers the artist a residency prize valued at $21,000 as well as the opportunity to collaborate with other international artists in the historic and scenic Scottish
highlands.
The finalists exhibition was held at the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2017.
Image: 'Jenny I'll Meet You At The Grocery Store' 2017, oil on aluminium composite panel, 165 x 244 cm
Congratulations to Belem Lett who has been names as a finalist in the Salon des Refusés 2017.
The Salon des Refuséswas 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 the final exhibition.
The 2017 selection panel comprised James Dorahy art advisor, Michael Reid Galleries; Elisabeth Hastings curator & author, ‘Kevin Connor’ monograph; and Jane Watters, Director, S.H. Ervin Gallery.
The exhibition is at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, housed in the historic National Trust Centre on Observatory Hill, The Rocks in Sydney.
Belem Lett is a finalist in the inaugural Birmingham Prize. The overall winner will receive a $20,000 cash prize generously donated by Elaine Bermingham.
The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting is a unique triennial art prize which aims to celebrate excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium. This non-acquisitive prize is open to all Australian artists and selected finalists will be exhibited in the Webb Gallery, located within Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art at South Bank, Brisbane. All finalist artworks will be available for sale to the public.
Belem Lett has been selected as a finalist in two awards – the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, which offers a major acquisitive prize of $25,000, plus an artist studio residency, and the Chippendale New World Art Prize, where the winner will receive a $10,000 residency grant at the Arte Studio Ginestrelle Retreat at Mount Subasio, Italy. The Chippendale New World Art Prize winner will be announced 2 June, and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize winner will be announced 1 September, 2016.
Belem Lett is a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award this year with his work 'Monster.' The Fisher's Ghost Award was established in 1956 and runs as part of the Fisher's Ghost Festival at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, New South Wales. The opening ceremony is the evening of Friday, 6th of November, and the exhibition runs from 31st of October to 12th of December.
Belem Lett joins Genevieve Felix Reynolds for an exhibition titled “Bang Bang” at Chasm Gallery in New York: a boutique gallery in Brooklyn NY, focusing on Australian fine art. The show runs from 10 – 20 April, 2015.
Image: Belem Lett, Bang (2015) oil on aluminum composite panel, pigment, resin 62 x 45 x 6 cm.
