Holding Patterns Belem Lett Belem Lett - Holding Patterns
Belem Lett
Holding Patterns 2022
Holding PatternsBelem LettHolding Patterns
Belem Lett
Holding Patterns2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
122 x 94 cm
SOLD 
Centre Yourself Belem Lett Belem Lett - Centre Yourself
Belem Lett
Centre Yourself 2022
Centre YourselfBelem LettCentre Yourself
Belem Lett
Centre Yourself2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
122 x 94 cm
SOLD 
We Could Be A Little Closer Belem Lett Belem Lett - We Could Be A Little Closer
Belem Lett
We Could Be A Little Closer 2022
We Could Be A Little CloserBelem LettWe Could Be A Little Closer
Belem Lett
We Could Be A Little Closer2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
122 x 94 cm
$7,500  ENQUIRE
Kalipinypa Candy Nelson Nakamarra Candy Nelson Nakamarra - Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa 2022
KalipinypaCandy Nelson NakamarraKalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa2022
acrylic on linen
123 x 152 cm
SOLD 
Kalipinypa Candy Nelson Nakamarra Candy Nelson Nakamarra - Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa 2022
KalipinypaCandy Nelson NakamarraKalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa2022
acrylic on linen
123 x 152 cm
SOLD 
Vanitas 2 Tim McMonagle Tim McMonagle - Vanitas 2
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 2 2022
Vanitas 2Tim McMonagleVanitas 2
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 22022
oil on linen
51 x 51 cm
$4,500  ENQUIRE
Next Levels Bundit Puangthong Bundit Puangthong - Next Levels
Bundit Puangthong
Next Levels 2022
Next LevelsBundit PuangthongNext Levels
Bundit Puangthong
Next Levels2022
acrylic on linen
153 x 140 cm
$11,000  ENQUIRE
Dead Man's Fingers Belem Lett Belem Lett - Dead Man's Fingers
Belem Lett
Dead Man's Fingers 2022
Dead Man's FingersBelem LettDead Man's Fingers
Belem Lett
Dead Man's Fingers2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
56 x 48 cm
$3,900  ENQUIRE
Old Days at Amoonguna Sally M Nangala Mulda Sally M Nangala Mulda - Old Days at Amoonguna
Sally M Nangala Mulda
Old Days at Amoonguna 2021
Old Days at AmoongunaSally M Nangala MuldaOld Days at Amoonguna
Sally M Nangala Mulda
Old Days at Amoonguna2021
acrylic on linen
66 x 122.5 cm
(This work was a finalist in the 2022 Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW) 
SOLD 
Kungka with Kara (woman with meat) Marlene Rubuntja Marlene Rubuntja - Kungka with Kara (woman with meat)
Marlene Rubuntja
Kungka with Kara (woman with meat) 2022
Kungka with Kara (woman with meat)Marlene RubuntjaKungka with Kara (woman with meat)
Marlene Rubuntja
Kungka with Kara (woman with meat)2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
72 x 39 x 13 cm
144-22 
SOLD 
Owl Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Owl
Rhonda Sharpe
Owl 2022
OwlRhonda SharpeOwl
Rhonda Sharpe
Owl2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
33 x 44 x 11 cm
143-22 
SOLD 
Haystack Pond Bundit Puangthong Bundit Puangthong - Haystack Pond
Bundit Puangthong
Haystack Pond 2022
Haystack PondBundit PuangthongHaystack Pond
Bundit Puangthong
Haystack Pond2022
acrylic on linen
153 x 140 cm
SOLD 
Vanitas 4 Tim McMonagle Tim McMonagle - Vanitas 4
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 4 2022
Vanitas 4Tim McMonagleVanitas 4
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 42022
oil on linen
66 x 66 cm
SOLD 
Affection Belem Lett Belem Lett - Affection
Belem Lett
Affection 2022
AffectionBelem LettAffection
Belem Lett
Affection2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
SOLD 
Kalipinypa Candy Nelson Nakamarra Candy Nelson Nakamarra - Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa 2021
KalipinypaCandy Nelson NakamarraKalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa2021
acrylic on linen
123 x 152 cm
$10,500  ENQUIRE
Fingers Belem Lett Belem Lett - Fingers
Belem Lett
Fingers 2022
FingersBelem LettFingers
Belem Lett
Fingers2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
$5,200  ENQUIRE
Kalipinypa Candy Nelson Nakamarra Candy Nelson Nakamarra - Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa 2022
KalipinypaCandy Nelson NakamarraKalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa2022
acrylic on linen
123 x 152 cm
$10,500  ENQUIRE
I'll Consider Your Proposal Belem Lett Belem Lett - I'll Consider Your Proposal
Belem Lett
I'll Consider Your Proposal 2022
I'll Consider Your ProposalBelem LettI'll Consider Your Proposal
Belem Lett
I'll Consider Your Proposal2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
SOLD 
Bird Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Bird
Rhonda Sharpe
Bird 2022
BirdRhonda SharpeBird
Rhonda Sharpe
Bird2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
31 x 41 x 8 cm
140-22 
SOLD 
Head or Tail Bundit Puangthong Bundit Puangthong - Head or Tail
Bundit Puangthong
Head or Tail 2022
Head or TailBundit PuangthongHead or Tail
Bundit Puangthong
Head or Tail2022
acrylic on linen
153 x 140 cm
SOLD 
Kalipinypa Candy Nelson Nakamarra Candy Nelson Nakamarra - Kalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa 2022
KalipinypaCandy Nelson NakamarraKalipinypa
Candy Nelson Nakamarra
Kalipinypa2022
acrylic on linen
123 x 152 cm
$10,500  ENQUIRE
Bird Rosabella Ryder Rosabella Ryder - Bird
Rosabella Ryder
Bird 2022
BirdRosabella RyderBird
Rosabella Ryder
Bird2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
41 x 32 x 10 cm
142-22 
SOLD 
The Dress Bundit Puangthong Bundit Puangthong - The Dress
Bundit Puangthong
The Dress 2022
The DressBundit PuangthongThe Dress
Bundit Puangthong
The Dress2022
acrylic on linen
153 x 140 cm
SOLD 
Woman Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Woman
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman 2022
WomanRhonda SharpeWoman
Rhonda Sharpe
Woman2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
55 x 60 x 12 cm
SOLD 
Valley Belem Lett Belem Lett - Valley
Belem Lett
Valley 2022
ValleyBelem LettValley
Belem Lett
Valley2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
SOLD 
Creature Rhonda Sharpe Rhonda Sharpe - Creature
Rhonda Sharpe
Creature 2022
CreatureRhonda SharpeCreature
Rhonda Sharpe
Creature2022
wool and cotton, metal stand
25 x 43 x 10 cm
141-22 
SOLD 
Floss Belem Lett Belem Lett - Floss
Belem Lett
Floss 2022
FlossBelem LettFloss
Belem Lett
Floss2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
SOLD 
Vanitas 5 Tim McMonagle Tim McMonagle - Vanitas 5
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 5 2022
Vanitas 5Tim McMonagleVanitas 5
Tim McMonagle
Vanitas 52022
oil on linen
66 x 66 cm
$7,000  ENQUIRE
This Space Between Us Belem Lett Belem Lett - This Space Between Us
Belem Lett
This Space Between Us 2022
This Space Between UsBelem LettThis Space Between Us
Belem Lett
This Space Between Us2022
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
81 x 61 cm
SOLD 

March 1, 2024

BELEM LETT IS A FINALIST IN THE 2024 MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE

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.

READ MORE HERE

Finalists will be exhibited at the Muswellbrook Art Gallery from 2 April - 25 May 2024

Belem's next solo exhibition at the gallery is from 1 - 21 May 2024

Artwork:

'The Mountains Await Your Return' 2022

Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminum composite panel

150 x 122 cm

September 19, 2023

BELEM LETT FEATURED IN THE SPRING EDITION OF ART/EDIT MAGAZINE

BELEM LETT is featured in the latest edition of Art Edit.

Issue 36 draws on Belem Lett's exploration of preconceptions and how his manipulation of colour creates pieces of harmony.

Text by editor Rose of Sharon Leake and images from past exhibitions with Edwina Corlette Gallery, edition out now.

READ MORE HERE

Image detail;

'Limbo' 2022
oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
56 x 48 cm

September 16, 2023

BELEM LETT IS A FINALIST IN THE 2023 PADDINGTON ART PRIZE

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

READ MORE HERE

July 29, 2023

BELEM LETT: FINALIST IN THE 2023 HAZELHURST ART ON PAPER AWARD

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

Artwork:

You Are The Centre Of The Universe

Oil, gesso on Stonehenge paper 245gsm

228 x 168 cm

2023

July 25, 2023

TIM MCMONAGLE'S PAINTING 'PLAZA' (2005) IS CURRENTLY ON VIEW AT AGNSW

Tim McMonagle's painting ‘Plaza’ 2005 is currently on view at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in the "brick vase clay cup jug" exhibition.

Guest curator Glenn Barkley selected the artworks in 'brick vase clay cup jug' by typing the words of the exhibition title into the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ online collection database, retrieving objects linked only by a word or medium. Unlike the typical approach to making an exhibition, where works are grouped conceptually according to meanings or historical associations, this selection process is non-hierarchical and echoes the random groupings seen in gallery storage. Usually guided by pragmatic considerations – maximising space and access or caring for the collection – these incidental groupings can create inspiring and surprising links between disparate objects, art-handling equipment and exhibition furniture.

Barkley has then taken cues from these search results, either aesthetic or conceptual, to cast a wider net through the collection, creating new connections – many of which are personal, visual, intuitive and emotional – between artworks.

In addition to the 270-plus collection objects, the exhibition also includes a new iteration of The Wonder Room, a house decorated with terracotta tiles made by communities of the Shoalhaven, NSW in a project with Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra. A video work by Dean Cross, Untitled (self-portrait as water and clay) 2015, on loan to the Art Gallery, is projected inside this space.

Until January 2024

'Plaza' 2005
oil on linen
180 x 180 cm

July 11, 2023

BELEM LETT: FINALIST IN THE 2023 WAVERLY ART PRIZE

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

150 x 122 cm

2023

May 6, 2023

SALLY M NANGALA MULDA FINALIST IN THE SULMAN PRIZE

Sally M Nangala Mulda is a finalist in the 2023 Sulman Prize.

Old man pay day

Daughter and father drinking beer. Down the creek one woman got two tail. Two man coming with the beer two rum with the bag

Two rum and two coca cola in the bag

Woman taking tail

Man taking rum and coca cola with the bag

Man taking beer at the creek

Sally M Nangala Mulda, 2023

Sally M Nangala Mulda’s work is a form of documentary storytelling. She started painting in 2008 and has frequently portrayed town camp life since the 2007 Northern Territory intervention: people camping in the riverbed in swags, council rangers moving people on, people cooking kangaroo tail down the creek. Her practice represents an important catalogue of lived experience of town camp life and colonisation.

Read more here.


Sally M Nangala Mulda

Old man pay day

acrylic on linen

59.5 x 91.5 cm

May 6, 2023

BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE OMNIA ART PRIZE

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

82 x 42 x 28 cm

2023

March 28, 2023

BELEM LETT FINALIST IN BAYSIDE ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE

Congratulations to Belem Lett who is a finalist in this year's Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize with his work 'Vertical Horizon'.

Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser-known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

READ MORE HERE

Image:
BELEM LETT
Vertical Horizon 2023
Oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
122 x 94 cm

February 28, 2023

Belem Lett Featured on the Cover of Belle Magazine

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

May 27, 2022

Belem Lett WINS OMNIA ART PRIZE

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.

READ MORE HERE

This Sun Burns For Us 2022
oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminum composite panel
152 x 150cm

May 6, 2022

Belem Lett - SULMAN ART PRIZE FINALIST

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.

READ MORE HERE

Bending Over Backwards 2022
oil, gesso, marble dust on aluminium composite panel
150 x 125 cm

May 6, 2022

SALLY M NANGALA MULDA - SULMAN ART PRIZE FINALIST

Congratulations to Sally M Nangala Mulda 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.

Sally Mulda's painting 'Old Days at Amoonguna' depicts the art centre's toyota picking up all the woman for painting. That kungka Nadine driving. Long time ago I use to get picked up at Little Sisters. Now Abbott’s Camp. Every day. We listen to CAAMA radio. Good ways. Everybody talkin’ talkin’. This one [middle] – three woman, they on the hospital lawn, playing card for money. Pay day. Night time [right panel] four woman by the fire at town camp. They sitting round the fire at night time. Keeping warm, talking story. Maybe they by the fire because no power card? This is town camp life. Every day.

READ MORE HERE

Old Days at Amoonguna 2021
acrylic on linen
66 x 122.5 cm

March 26, 2022

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG Mural painting performance at Hawthorn Arts Centre

‘Expanded Canvas’ is a major exhibition at Town Hall Gallery exploring the dynamic and innovative nature of contemporary painting. The traditional grid and 2D picture plane are replaced by modern surfaces, including drop sheets, sign vinyl, virtual space, and the gallery wall itself.

Bundit’s mural painting will be exhibited in the major exhibition ‘Expanded Canvas’, showing at Hawthorn Arts Centre, Victoria - 23 April to Saturday 2 July 2022.

READ MORE HERE

February 26, 2022

MIRANDA SKOCZEK - Interview for Vault Magazine

There is more to Miranda Skoczek’s paintings than immediately meets the eye. They are built intuitively and in layers, from colours, patterns and objects that she absorbs in her immediate home environment – and all over the world. They are often abstract, sometimes with figurative elements; they focus on paint and colour, process and time, to create a space that takes us somewhere other, outside the material world. Inspiration comes from art and antiquities, folk art and contemporary design – and through obsessive consumption of images. Skoczek describes herself as “a sponge,” confessing to VAULT: “I have 95,000 photographs on my phone.”

The mystical is evident in Skoczek’s hope that her paintings work like amulets for those who acquire them. Protective elements aside, in their sensual textures and influences, so powerfully evoked, these paintings emerge as poignant and poetic visual essays written to the past and the present.

Front Cover: Miranda Skoczek, Vault Magazine

READ MORE HERE

February 26, 2022

BELEM LETT - CHROME CITY: GROUP EXHIBITION, LOS ANGELES

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

READ MORE HERE

February 25, 2022

THE BLAKE PRIZE - CASULA POWERHOUSE

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

READ MORE HERE

February 8, 2022

BELEM LETT - GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH ART PRIZE

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

READ MORE HERE

February 8, 2022

BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE HAZELHURST WORKS ON PAPER PRIZE

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

READ MORE HERE

November 19, 2021

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

NGV is committed to providing creative experiences for young people and their families and sharing new ways to be creative. The gallery invited Bundit Puangthong to conduct a series of online workshops for their NGV Kids programme, during the 2021 Melbourne lockdown.

With a background in puppeteering, Bundit created a range of workshops with an introduction to making paper puppets.

READ MORE HERE

November 19, 2021

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG, FINALIST IN THE SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE

The Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D arts practice in Australia. Now in its 16th year, this significant art award is the flagship event for the Sunshine Coast’s Regional Gallery in Caloundra, attracting entries from emerging and established artists across the nation.

This year Bundit Puangthong was a finalist with his work 'Riding Stars' 2021

READ MORE HERE

November 19, 2021

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG, FINALIST IN THE ARTHUR GUY PAINTING PRIZE

Held every two years, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize attracts some of Australia’s most accomplished artists, awarding a generous acquisitive cash prize of $50,000. The Prize provides Bendigo Art Gallery with the opportunity to survey contemporary painting by established and emerging artists from across Australia.

Bundit Puangthong is a finalist in the 2021 prize with his work 'The Living Room' 2021.

READ MORE HERE

August 20, 2021

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG IN FLASH FORWARD LANEWAYS IN MELBOURNE

Flash Forward is creating a connected network of laneways across Melbourne with their own stories, visuals and acoustic designs.

Showcasing Melbourne’s creative culture and unlocking the potential of some of the city’s lesser-known laneways, more than 80 creatives have been commissioned to create over 40 art installations, 40 albums and stage 40 gigs across the city.

As part of the project Bundit was commissioned to make a large-scale work in Rose Lane.

READ MORE HERE

August 10, 2021

BUNDIT PUANGTHONG, FINALIST IN THE GEELONG ART PRIZE

The 2021 Geelong contemporary art prize is a signature event that assists with the development of the Geelong Gallery’s collection while fostering Australian artists and contemporary painting practice in general.

Bundit Puangthong’s work ‘Skull splitter’ takes inspiration from a famous Buddhist story where a prince’s ship sinks, and he has to swim all the way back to shore. The story represents the challenges we all face, despite our social status, and the lessons we learn from them. ⁠

Image: Bundit Puangthong ‘Skull splitter’, 2020, synthetic polymer paint and spray paint.

READ MORE HERE

July 22, 2021

SALLY M NANGALA MULDA, FINALIST IN THE ARCHIBALD PRIZE AGNSW 2021

This open competition is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW. Finalists are displayed in an exhibition at the Gallery (although in the early years all entrants were hung). Although it is a non-acquisitive prize, several of the entries are now part of the Gallery’s collection.

Born in Titjikala in 1957, Mulda experienced a childhood accident that left her with impaired vision, but surgery has improved her sight. Exhibiting since 2008, she creates bright canvases with distinctive cursive text, depicting scenes of everyday life within Abbott’s Camp and drawing attention to social and political issues with emotional honesty.

In this portrait, the artist is wearing the stripey top and sits with her daughter, Louise Abbott. The other two people cooking roo tails on the fire represent all town camp women. As Mulda puts it: they are ‘maybe me and Louise, maybe any womans. This is town camp life. Every day.’

Mulda is also a finalist in this year’s Sulman Prize.

READ MORE HERE

    June 9, 2021

    SALLY M NANGALA MULDA FINALIST IN THE BAYSIDE ART PRIZE

    Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

    The annual prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Bayside community.

    Sally Mulda's work 'Town Camp Stories' 2020 is a finalist in this year's prize.

    READ MORE HERE

    June 9, 2021

    TIM McMONAGLE FINALIST IN THE BAYSIDE ART PRIZE

    Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

    The annual prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Bayside community.

    Tim McMonagle's work 'Put Upon' 2020 is a finalist in this year's prize.

    READ MORE HERE

    June 9, 2021

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE BAYSIDE ART PRIZE

    Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today.

    The annual prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Bayside community.

    Belem Lett's work 'Pineapples' 2019 is a finalist in this year's prize.

    READ MORE HERE

    March 22, 2021

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK FOR DAVID JONES MAGAZINE

    Copywriter and content specialist Elle McClure was asked by the team at Medium Rare Content agency to help produce content for the autumn 2021 issue of the David Jones magazine, JONES HOME. As well as compiling trend pages and writing copy across the issue, Elle interviewed Otis Hope Carey, Louise Olsen and Miranda Skoczek as part of profiles on the artists.

    You can read more HERE

    February 10, 2021

    TIM McMONAGLE IN LOVELOCK AT GREENWOOD STREET PROJECT

    Lovelock is the presentation of a new suite of paintings by Tim McMonagle that have been directly informed by a new suite of sound works, produced for this project by Paul Knight, who is resident in Berlin.

    Transference. The change of elemental states. The search for a place not here nor there.

    These were our early concepts for the exhibition. Be careful what you wish for. Despite an unpredictable year in all corners of the globe, the original framework for the project is in place: to commission work from one artist to inform the work of the other. The idea & process is elliptical and is revealed over a period of time in three sections.

    The fulcrum is a set of paintings by Tim McMonagle. They will be made using source imagery around the idea of “A Place Between / Not here nor there”. We approached Paul Knight in Berlin to create source images generated by this diaristic photographic practice. Then the pandemic happened, and nothing was the same.

    In isolation in Berlin, Paul had immersed himself in his music practice, making soundscapes without traditional song structures, using sources completely derived from synthetic sounds: purely electronic space. The fit with the original concept was perfect. We devised a limit of the 12” LP to set the duration of the material. The square of the LP cover echoes Tim’s exclusive canvas ratio, the square.

    The six tracks are to be issued as source material to McMonagle for his body of paintings. Tim has always hankered to work with a non-visual source for a group of paintings & this serendipitous outcome has both artists exhilarated by the possibility of extending their practice.

    The final part of this work is the unification of the germinal sound work by Paul Knight,

    Tim McMonagle’s paintings, and documentation of the exhibition to be presented at Greenwood Street Project in early 2021 in an LP/catalogue.

    https://soundcloud.com/user-470862214/sets/lovelock-1

    December 8, 2020

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG'S WORK FEATURES IN SHOWCASE ART SEGMENT WITH ART CRITIC DIETER BUCHART

    SHOWCASE

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    February 7, 2020

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE GLOVER PRIZE 2020

    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.

    READ MORE HERE

    November 30, 2019

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK, VAULT MAGAZINE

    'Artefacts', Alison Kubler, Vault Magazine, Issue 23, 104-105pp.

    August 19, 2019

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE HAZELHURST WORK ON PAPER AWARD

    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.

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    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

    READ MORE HERE

    August 19, 2019

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE ARTHUR GUY PAINTING PRIZE

    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.

    Belem Lett is a finalist in the 2019 award.

    Image below: BELEM LETT 'Dip Me in the Water' 2019, oil on aluminium composite panel 163 x 122cm

    READ MORE HERE

    July 4, 2019

    THAI ARTISTS REVIEWED IN THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

    A new exhibition showcases the work of five Thai-born artists now living and working in Australia, the first of its kind in Melbourne.

    Curated by Vipoo Srivilasa, the show was designed to provide a platform, "for [the artists] to have a voice in Australia".

    An artist who moved to Australia 22 years ago, Srivilasa says when you emigrate, your cultural identity changes.

    "All of them have a very strong sense of Thai culture in their work, yet it’s not traditional. It blends with Australian culture and becomes something new, something exciting."

    The exhibition features the work of Gallery artist Bundit Puangthong

    Un/Thaid runs until July 27 at Grau Projekt, Level 1, 2-12 Alexandra Pde, Clifton Hill. The gallery is open Wed-Sat, from 1pm-6pm. grauprojekt.com

    READ MORE HERE

    June 22, 2019

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG AT GRAU PROJEKT CURATED BY VIPOO SRIVILASA

    UN/THAID Curated by Vipoo Srivilasa

    This exhibition brings together the work of five contemporary artists from Thailand who now live and work in Australia. Arriving in Australia independently of one another across the 1990s and 2000s, these five artists are based in the urban centres of Melbourne and Sydney and have continued their distinct individual practices since arriving in this country. The work on display in this exhibition is a diverse offering, including performance, painting, ceramics, sculpture, video and installation. Articulating multi-dimensional and layered histories, all of these artists are emboldened in their shared cultural experience of growing up in Thailand and then relocating to Australia while continuing to develop and refine their artistic practices. This exhibition features the work of Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Nakarin Aaron Jaikla, Bundit Puangthong, Pimpisa Tinpalit and Somchai Charoen. A Thai born Melbourne based artist, Vipoo Srivilasa has initiated and organised this exhibition because of his desire to provide visibility and voice for Thai Contemporary artists who have been working and living in Australia.

    Thu 13th June, 2019 – Sat 27th July, 2019

    Grau Projekt, Melbourne

    READ MORE HERE

    May 22, 2019

    TIM McMONAGLE FEATURED IN ARTIST PROFILE MAGAZINE

    Tim McMonagle

    By Ellinor Pelz

    Tim McMonagle intimately confronts both the fragile and robust nature of life. With an obsession for mark-making and the act of painting, he depicts humanised landscapes with whimsical contradictions of impasto and swathing washes. His paintings require a closer inspection, as dangling branches and wailing trees act like entwined torsos to question humanity’s relationship to the environment. Artist Profile spoke to McMonagle in his Melbourne studio for Issue 46.

    READ MORE HERE

    May 16, 2019

    SALLY NANGALA MULDA FINALIST IN THE SULMAN PRIZE AT THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    Sally Nangala Mulda has been selected as a finalist in the 2019 Sulman Prize, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Sulman Prize is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist.

    Sally says of her working this years prize:

    This is me outside my home at Abbott’s Town Camp in Alice Springs feeding my cats. Little cat, mother cat. One woman, my family, playing cards. Nobody bothering anybody. No papa bothering the cats! We are just sitting quietly. I like quiet. Nobody talking.

    Sally M Nagala Mulda, 2019

    Image: Sally feeding little cat, mother cat, acrylic on linen, 76 x 92 cm

    May 14, 2019

    BELEM LETT AT HAZELHURST ART CENTRE

    RocoColonial

    4 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2019

    RocoColonial is a major artist-initiated project by Gary Carsley and presented by Hazelhurst Arts Centre in partnership with Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.

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    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.

    READ MORE HERE

    May 1, 2019

    SALLY NANGALA MULDA FEATURED IN ART/EDIT

    Louise Martin-Chew writes about Sally Nangala Mulda's life and painting for Art/Edit magazine. She says:

    'WHAT IS MOST DISTINCTIVE about the paintings of Sally M. Nangala Mulda is that they tell us just how it is to live in Abbott’s Town Camp, not far from the mostly dry Todd River bed in Alice Springs (Mparntwe). Many of the paintings produced by Indigenous artists working out of the region use colour and pattern to evoke the romance of their connections to Country. However, Sally’s approach delivers the gritty reality of the place in which she lives, the interactions between police and Aboriginal people, the supermarket as the source of “a feed”, the tension around alcohol consumption and people sleeping rough, all set amongst saltbush, waterholes, homes and shops.'

    READ MORE HERE

    April 25, 2019

    SALLY NANGALA MULDA FEATURED IN RUNNING DOG FOR 'THE NATIONAL' AT THE AGNSW

    On Sally Nangala Mulda's work for 'The National' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Snack Syndicate for Running Dog writes:

    'Sally Mulda’s narrative style mimics the pedantic, forensic language of the state while at the same time showing that such language tends to obfuscate its subjects—people who live and die. Mulda’s frank descriptions of the Town Camp index the countless different ways that black life is both constrained by, and always in excess of, white law.

    Together, the paintings in the exhibition are quietly unsettling, staging a series of encounters that produce both minor affects (annoyance, confusion, amusement, affection) and their major implications. Engaging with the paintings, we feel the enormity of living under occupation, as well as the conviction that such enormity can never be total.'

    READ MORE HERE

    April 17, 2019

    SALLY NANGALA MULDA FEATURED IN 'THE NATIONAL - NEW AUSTRALIAN ART' AT THE ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

    Curator Isobel Parker Philip talks about Sally Mulda's work for 'The National' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales:

    'Sally Nangala Mulda is an artist who lives in Abbott's Town Camp in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

    She paints scenes from her daily life. She paints people having breakfast. She paints going to the football. She paints people going to sleep. She also paints the routine and intrusive presence of the police amongst the indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

    All of these scenes are painted with the same frank and stark honesty. There is a normalisation of the police presence amongst the Indigenous community that is shocking to see at first and is amplified by the regularity with which Sally paints it and that we see it again and again across the installation.

    This reminds us about what life looks like for a huge portion of our Indigenous people. In this work we see the lived effects of the 2007 Northern Territory intervention. It's a brutal reminder about what reality can really look like.

    Sally paints her figurative scenes and then applies text on top of them to tether each work to a particular time and place. These are diaristic documents. They're paintings that do the job of photographs or snapshots. There's a kind of direct relationship between these scenes and the real world. We read them as snapshots. We read them as kind of episodes from life as it is lived.'

    READ MORE HERE

    March 20, 2019

    AMBER WALLIS, BELEM LETT, LUCY O'DOHERTY AND SALLY ANDERSON IN 'The Whiteley at 20: Twenty Years of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship' AT S.H. ERVIN GALLERY

    22 March – 5 May 2019

    An exhibition of artworks by 20 young Australian artists celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, will be on view at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney from 22 March to 5 May 2019.

    The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship was established by Ms Beryl Whiteley (1917-2010) who generously allocated funds for the scholarship in memory of her son, Brett Whiteley, to provide young painters the opportunity to travel to Paris and explore Europe in order to develop their artistic practice. Since its inception in 1999, 20 young painters have followed in the footsteps if Brett Whiteley who won the Italian Government Travelling Scholarship in 1959.

    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 by Brett Whiteley that secured him the Italian Government Travelling Scholarship, displayed together for the first time since 1959.

    The exhibition presents the works by each artist that were entered and/ or won the scholarship, works resulting from their residency at the Cite Internationale des Art, Paris and recent work. The cohort of scholarship awardees features three artists who have gone on to win the Archibald Prize and many have now established themselves on the art scene and exhibit regularly.

    READ MORE HERE

    March 6, 2019

    10 YEARS OF GORMAN | HEIDE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

    In celebration of Gorman’s decade-long collaboration with visual artists, Heide is presenting a two-week pop-up exhibition in the iconic modernist building, Heide II.

    The exhibition will feature garments from a new range by Gorman created in conjunction with ten artists who have worked with the Australian clothing label since 2009: Rachel Castle, Megan Grant, Claire Johnson, Dana Kinter, Studio Elke, Rhys Lee, Ellie Malin, Mirka Mora, Liz Payne and Miranda Skoczek. The garments will be displayed alongside the artworks which inspired them.

    Rad More HERE

    February 28, 2019

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE GLOVER PRIZE 2019

    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.

    READ MORE HERE

    October 4, 2018

    THE KINGS SCHOOL ART PRIZE

    Miranda Skoczek, Julian Meagher and John Aslanidis are finalists in The Kings School Art Prize 2018.

    The King’s Art Prize is a $20,000 acquisitive award presented to the best contemporary artwork created by an artist resident in Australia and represented by a commercial gallery, supporting both the artists and the fine arts industry. Entry is by invitation only and the finalists are selected by an appointed Art Prize panel.

    READ MORE HERE

    October 4, 2018

    FISHER'S GHOST ART AWARD 2018

    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 coincides with 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 is awarded prize-money of $20,000. In the past it has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected Contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Khaled Sabsabi, Justene Williams, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella and Philip Wolfhagen.

    READ MORE HERE

    September 30, 2018

    BELEM LETT IN THE PADDINGTON ART PRIZE

    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.

    August 21, 2018

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG FINALIST IN THE PADDINGTON ART PRIZE

    Now in its 15th year, the annual Paddington Art Prize is a national acquisitive award for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape – a significant contemporary genre with a long tradition in Australian painting and a key contributor to our national ethos.

    The Paddington Art Prize offers $30,000 to the overall winner. Louisa Antico from Sofala Cottage will offer a selected artist a one week retreat at her historic miner’s cottage in Sofala in the beautiful Turon Valley, 40km north of Bathurst on the road to Hill End; and Defiance Gallery Directors, Campbell Robertson-Swann and Lauren Harvey will select two artists to have an exhibition with Defiance Gallery at Mary Place Gallery in Sydney. Winners of the Defiance Gallery Prize will also receive an invitation to the Nock Art Foundation Residency, Queenstown, New Zealand during 2019 including three weeks accommodation at ‘Giverny’ with studio facilities.

    Bundit Puangthong is a 2018 Finalist.

    Image: Bundit Puangthong Green Fields 2018, 150 x 135cm, acrylic & pastel on paper

    READ MORE HERE

    June 29, 2018

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLD AWARD AT ROCKHAMPTON ART GALLERY

    Designed as an invitational award, The Gold Award aims to acquire contemporary Australian painting to Rockhampton Art Gallery’s collection by means of the most outstanding work or works by an artist awarded a cash prize of $50,000 and acquired by Rockhampton Art Gallery. The Award was conceived in 2010 when the then Rockhampton Art Gallery Trust received a substantial bequest from the Estate of Moya Gold for the acquisition of Australian paintings. With industry review and guidance, the Trustees advised to expend the interest accumulated by the Gold Trust to fund a new painting award. Now in its fourth iteration The Gold Award has become a premier biennial event of national significance. Presented by Rockhampton Art Gallery, The Gold Award is a joint initiative of Rockhampton Art Gallery Philanthropy Board and Rockhampton Regional Council.

    The Gold Award 2018 has been judged by Simon Elliott, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

    Bundit Puangthong was selected for the Gold Award in 2018.

    READ MORE HERE

    May 14, 2018

    TIM McMONAGLE, FINALIST IN THE 2018 WYNNE PRIZE

    Tim McMonagle is a finalist in the 2018 Wynne Prize for landscape painting at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He says:

    'In my painting Shadow captain I was interested in capturing an imagined anthropomorphic nature. In the changing low light of dawn or dusk the large eucalyptus seems to twist and contort, fastened to the ground where it is anchored.' Tim McMonagle, 2018

    READ MORE HERE

    April 16, 2018

    SALLY M NANGALA MULDA IN THE STUDIO


    This is us, this is the way it is – that’s what Sally Mulda’s paintings of life seem to say.  Paddy wagons in the river, policemen pouring out grog, an assortment of bottles and cans lying on the ground; four disconsolate people, probably men, walking away.  Dogs, children sleeping and everything in between that makes up life in the Alice Springs Town Camps, are depicted in her paintings, raw and free.

    November 10, 2017

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK IN ART GUIDE MAGAZINE

    Miranda Skoczek's exhibition 'Rag Rugs and Lion Heads' is featured on the Art Guide website. Miranda spoke with Louise Martin-Chew about her latest exhibition 'Rag Rugs and Lion Heads', her inspiration and the shift in her practice to looser, more expressive works:

    Miranda Skoczek’s abstract paintings evoke old walls with layers of forms and shapes that emerge over time. In her studio, she might work simultaneously on nine canvases. Transferring from one to the other, she allows each oil layer to dry before repeatedly painting over it until jewel-like colours resonate and a spatial sensibility has been established within which the viewer may dwell. Skoczek told Art Guide Australia, “I don’t paint about social concerns. I create wholly immersive, beautiful pictures. They are places for escape and restoration: harmonious, calming pictures.”

    Miranda's exhibition is at the gallery from 14 November until 5 December 2017.

    Read the full article here

    October 27, 2017

    BELEM LETT: FINALIST GLENFIDDICH ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 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

    Read more here

    October 13, 2017

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK AT CARLSBERG BYENS GALLERI & KUNSTSALON, DENMARK

    Miranda Skoczek was a featured artist in the international group exhibition, The human experience, we are the ones doing works on canvas/Paintings XXXX at the Carlsberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon in Denmark. The exhibition was curated by Galina Munroe (Great Britain), Simon Ganshorn (Denmark) and Jordan Kerwick (Australia). The show featured 116 artists each working with abstraction through painting in their own distinct manner to promote diversity and highlight the possibility of medium and painting theory.

    Read more on this exhibition here.

    October 13, 2017

    BELEM LETT FINALIST IN THE 2017 SALON DES REFUSÉS

    Congratulations to Belem Lett who has been names as a finalist in the Salon des Refusés 2017.

    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 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.

    Read more here

    May 31, 2017

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG AT SHEPPARTON ART MUSEUM

    The Drawing Wall is an ongoing series of site-specific, commissioned, temporary wall-based drawings or installations enlivening the foyer-space of the Eastbank Centre, directly outside Shepparton Art Museum. This year Bundit Puangthong has been commissioned to complete a drawing across the 4 x 12 metre space as well as conducting a stencil workshop in July.

    More details here.

    May 23, 2017

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG, FINALIST IN THE ARTHUR GUY PAINTING PRIZE

    Designed to attract some of Australia’s finest contemporary artists, the inaugural Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize and exhibition was first held in 2003 at Bendigo Art Gallery. Every two years the Gallery invites artists to submit entries for the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize. The most outstanding work as judged by the selection panel is awarded an acquisitive cash prize of $50,000. 

    Works from the shortlisted artists will be on display at Bendigo Art Gallery in the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize exhibition from 17 June – 20 August 2017.  The 2017 winner will be announced at the exhibition’s opening on Friday 16 June 2017.

    This prize provides Bendigo Art Gallery with the opportunity to survey contemporary painting by attracting many high calibre and emerging artists from around Australia. 

    May 8, 2017

    TIM McMONAGLE FINALIST IN THE SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE 2017

    The Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a national contemporary acquisitive award presented by Sunshine Coast Council. The Award is open to any artist who is an Australian resident, working in a 2D medium.

    Forty finalists have been selected for an exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery and the winning work will be added to the Sunshine Coast Art Collection.

    Angela Goddard is the judge for the Sunshine Coast Prize 2017. Angela is the Director of Griffith Artworks, responsible for the Griffith University Art Collection and the Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane. Angela was previously the Curator of Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Winners announced 31 August.

    Image: Tim McMonagle | In The Middle | 2016 | oil on linen | 122 x 122 cm

    Read more Here.

    May 8, 2017

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG FINALIST IN THE SUNSHINE COAST ART PRIZE

    The Sunshine Coast Art Prize is a national contemporary acquisitive award presented by Sunshine Coast Council. The Award is open to any artist who is an Australian resident, working in a 2D medium.

    Forty finalists have been selected for an exhibition at the Caloundra Regional Gallery and the winning work will be added to the Sunshine Coast Art Collection.

    Angela Goddard is the judge for the Sunshine Coast Prize 2017. Angela is the Director of Griffith Artworks, responsible for the Griffith University Art Collection and the Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane. Angela was previously the Curator of Australian Art at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA). Winners announced 31 August.

    Image: Bundit Puangthong Where Is the Buddha? 2017 acrylic on linen 122 x 122 cm

    READ MORE HERE

    March 21, 2017

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK 'DESHILADO'

    Miranda Skoczek presents her first collection of jewelled works at Pieces of Eight Gallery in Melbourne as part of the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2017.

    In DESHILADO, Miranda pays homage to the samplers created by stitchers in the early 16th Century. The collection is a three dimensional gathering of a myriad of interests and influences remixing materials and techniques, blurring the boundaries between objects, jewellery and art.

    With a desire to connect ancient traditions with fashion, while acknowledging the archaeological importance of jewellery as artefact, Skoczek takes the opportunity to bring permanency to ornaments that have up to this point existed as abstract fragments in her paintings.

    The exhibition is current until 25 March 2017.  View more here

    February 6, 2017

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK ON THE DESIGN FILES

    Miranda Skoczek is featured on The Design Files blog with a look at her move from an inner city two bedroom apartment, to a bucolic retreat set amongst the verdant landscape of the Dandenong Ranges.  Miranda and her seven year old son Harper speak about the influence of nature on their lives and the impact a move to the country will have on her painting practice.

    Read the article here.

    December 21, 2016

    TIM McMONAGLE ON CULTURAL FLANERIE BLOG

    Carrie McCarthy has written a thoughtful piece about Tim McMonagle's recent exhibition at Edwina Corlette Gallery for her brilliant blog Cultural Flanerie. The article coincided with Tim's first exhibition at the Gallery which continued his exploration of our majestic native gum trees.

    Read the full article here.

    November 30, 2016

    MIRANDA SKOCZEK FOR COUNTRY ROAD

    Miranda Skoczek is renowned for her engaging, energetic works and her spectacular use of colour. A fixture on the Australian art scene, her work is instantly recognisable for its layers of intuitive colour, pattern and motifs. Iconic Australian label Country Road thought her work was perfect for a collaboration with charity RedKite. Miranda has designed two tote bags and a t-shirt, with all proceeds from each sale going towards providing essential support to children and their families who are facing cancer. 

    Read the interview with Miranda here.

    November 28, 2016

    BELEM LETT, FINALIST IN THE BERMINGHAM PRIZE

    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.

    October 28, 2016

    TIM McMONAGLE IN 'PAINTING, MORE PAINTING' AT AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

    Tim McMonagle's work 'Ken Pearler' recently featured in the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art's exhibition 'Painting. More Painting'.  

    Presented in two chapters across ACCA’s four exhibition galleries, Painting. More Painting was a big-picture focus on contemporary Australian painting, featuring the work of over 70 living Australian artists.

    Conceived by ACCA Curator Annika Kristensen and Associate Curator Hannah Mathews, and developed in collaboration with ACCA’s new Artistic Director/CEO Max Delany, Painting. More Painting brought together a range of painting practices that reflected the medium’s enduring importance and its recent return to the centre of much public debate.

    Read more here.

    September 21, 2016

    BUNDIT PUANGTHONG FEATURED IN ART ALMANAC

    Melissa Pesa thoughtfully writes about Bundit Puangthong's latest exhibition in the current edition of Art Almanac. She writes:

    Puangthong’s paintings explore, in depth, the cultural differences experienced since his arrival in Australia in 2000. Utilising a range of techniques from stencils to detailed, academic brushwork and an evocative colour palette, Puangthong creates texturally layered paintings that highlight his interest in American pop and Australian street art. Captivated by Melbourne’s creative ambience, its feast of colour, ideas and energy generated from public spaces, cross-cultural similarities became apparent. Puangthong reminisces, “When I came to Melbourne and saw all the street art everywhere it reminded me of the stencil work in the temples in Thailand.” Incorporating this approach with a modern medium, Puangthong brings a fresh art style onto the canvas.

    View the complete article HERE.

    May 28, 2016

    Belem Lett: Finalist, Sunshine Coast Prize & Chippendale New World Prize

    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.

    February 9, 2016

    Bundit in Conversation

    This March at the Festival of Live Art in Melbourne, Bundit Puangthong will take part in Asian Artists in Conversation. Participating artists will provide a critical overview of the Asian art landscape, and discuss the shifting boundaries and concepts of contemporary Asian art.

    When: Sunday 6 March, 1pm – 5pm

    Venue: FCAC Roslyn Smorgon Gallery

    Cost: Free, bookings required

    The Festival of Live Art is hosted by Arts House, Theatre Works and Footscray Community Arts Centre, and is current 1 – 13 March 2016. For more information, click here.

    Bundit's forthcoming exhibition is from 4 - 22 October 2016.

    October 17, 2015

    Belem Lett - Fisher's Ghost Art Award Finalist 2015

    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.

    To see more of Belem's work, click here.

    April 8, 2015

    Belem Lett shows at Chasm Gallery NY

    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 LettBang (2015) oil on aluminum composite panel, pigment, resin 62 x 45 x 6 cm.

    April 8, 2015

    Miranda Skoczek and Gorman

    Miranda Skoczek has collaborated with Gorman Clothing for their 2015 winter collection. In sync with the label’s aesthetic, Miranda’s artwork blends seamlessly into signature Gorman textures and styles. Her work is featured across all 53 pieces in the collection, with every print originating from five of her artworks.

    Read more about the collaboration here.

    1 – 21 May 2024
    Belem Lett ‘Fountain’

    10 – 30 April 2024
    SALLY M NANGALA MULDA 'Pay Day'

    10 – 30 April 2024
    ‘Yarrenyty Arltere Artists’ featuring Rhonda Sharpe, Marlene Rubuntja, Roxanne Petrick, Louise Robertson, Beth Ebatarinja, Trudy Raggett

    19 December 2023 – 30 January 2024
    THE SUMMER SHOW

    7 – 21 December 2023
    SMALL WORKS - Click and Collection

    16 November 2023 – 2 December 2023
    Miranda Skoczek ‘Flowers Look Back at Me’

    25 October 2023 – 15 December 2023
    Candy Nelson Nakamarra ‘Kalipinypa’

    9 August 2023 – 5 September 2023
    Tim McMonagle ‘Silver and Gold’

    29 November 2022 – 28 February 2023
    THE SUMMER SHOW

    8 – 11 September 2022
    SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY

    7 – 25 June 2022
    Belem Lett ‘Limbo’

    3 January 2022 – 1 February 2022
    THE SUMMER SALON

    30 November 2021 – 18 December 2021
    Bundit Puangthong ‘Endless Yarn’

    23 November 2021 – 15 December 2021
    THE ART OF CHRISTMAS | ONLINE ONLY

    13 – 31 July 2021
    Tim McMonagle ‘Under Time’

    17 September 2020 – 7 October 2020
    Sally M Nangala Mulda ‘Remembering Now’

    17 September 2020 – 7 October 2020
    YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS 'Art of Women'

    19 June 2020 – 15 July 2020
    Bundit Puangthong ‘What Water Will Bring’

    16 April 2020 – 2 May 2020
    Belem Lett ‘Smoke Screen’

    26 November 2019 – 14 December 2019
    MIRANDA SKOCZEK 'Better Get It In Your Soul'

    27 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
    YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

    26 June 2019 – 17 July 2019
    THE NEW GALLERY SHOW — A Group Exhibition

    17 May 2019 – 5 June 2019
    TIM McMONAGLE 'Wonderful Things'

    12 – 16 September 2018
    SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR - DAN KYLE, MIRANDA SKOCZEK, MARK WHALEN, YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

    29 August 2018 – 15 September 2018
    THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION

    10 – 28 April 2018
    YARRENYTY ARLTERE ARTISTS

    10 – 28 April 2018
    SALLY M NANGALA MULDA

    14 November 2017 – 5 December 2017
    MIRANDA SKOCZEK 'Rag Rugs and Lion Heads'

    24 October 2017 – 14 November 2017
    Tim McMonagle ‘New Paintings’

    18 October 2016 – 5 November 2016
    Miranda Skoczek ‘Crazy Patchwork’

    20 September 2016 – 15 October 2016
    Bundit Puangthong ‘Reliving’

    1 – 24 March 2016
    Belem Lett ‘Paradise Lost’

    9 – 13 September 2015
    Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

    2 – 19 December 2014
    Belem Lett ‘There Be Monsters’

    14 – 17 August 2014
    Melbourne Art Fair

    20 – 22 September 2013
    Sydney Contemporary Art Fair

    10 September 2013 – 12 October 2013
    5th Anniversary Exhibition

    6 – 24 November 2012
    Bundit Puangthong ‘Buffalo After the Rain’

    16 October 2012 – 3 November 2012
    Miranda Skoczek ‘Spirit Garden’

    6 – 24 March 2012
    Collectors Show

    26 November 2011 – 17 December 2011
    Summer Show

    26 September 2011 – 15 October 2011
    Miranda Skoczek ‘Animal Fantastical’ (Gallery 1)

    2 January 2011 – 19 February 2011
    Summer Show

    27 September 2010 – 16 October 2010
    Spring Exhibition

    1 – 30 January 2010
    The Summer Show

    30 October 2009 – 21 November 2009
    Miranda Skoczek ‘Patterns of Knowledge’

    3 – 19 December 2008
    The Christmas Show

    2 September 2008 – 4 October 2008
    Bundit Puangthong ‘Recent Work’