August 9, 2019
MARISA PURCELL AWARDED KEDEWATAN RESIDENCY IN UBUD
Marisa Purcell has been awarded a Kedewatan Residency in Ubud which she will take up later in 2019.
The Kedewatan Residency Program was established by artists as a space for professional contemporary artists, writers, curators, dancers to make work, while providing the opportunity to immerse themselves in the vibrant community of Ubud. The studio residency offers a private residence for both the research and creation of new work.
July 13, 2019
JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE NATIONAL STILL LIFE AWARD AT COFFS HARBOUR REGIONAL GALLERY
John Bokor's work 'Spring' has been selected as a finalist in the National Still Life Award at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery.
Still is a biennial, acquisitive award for artworks in the genre of still life, in all mediums. The award is open to artists at all stages of their careers. Still: National Still Life Award seeks to highlight the diversity and vitality of still life in Australian contemporary art practice, broadening the interpretation and meaning of this enduring genre. The judge is Rebecca Coates, Director of the Shepparton Art Museum.
The Still exhibition official opening is on Saturday 21st September and is open until Saturday 16th November 2019.
IMAGE:
John Bokor
Spring 2019
oil on board
120 x 120 cm
July 11, 2019
JANE GUTHLEBEN FINALIST IN THE PORTIA GEACH PRIZE
Jane Guthleben is a finalist in 2019 with her work The scratching post (self, artist).
The Award was established by the will of the late Florence Kate Geach in memory of her sister, Portia Geach. The non-acquisitive prize is awarded by the Trustee for the entry which is of the highest artistic merit, ‘…for the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, or the Sciences by any female artist resident in Australia during the twelve months preceding the close date for entries.’
The 2019 exhibition will run from August 2 to September 15, 2019 at Sydney's S.H. Ervin Gallery.
July 4, 2019
THAI ARTISTS REVIEWED IN THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Un/Thaid, curated by Vipoo Srivilasa and featuring Bundit Puangthong has been 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."
- Kerrie O'Brien, Sydney Morning Herald
Un/Thaid runs until July 27 at Grau Projekt.
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.
The exhibition is open 13 June – 27 July, 2019
Grau Projekt, Melbourne
June 17, 2019
STEFAN DUNLOP FEATURED IN ARTIST PROFILE MAGAZINE
Sarah Cox previews Stefan Dunlop's painting practice in the latest issue of Artist Profile magazine.
Dunlop contextualises his work in today’s world of ‘fake news’ and post-internet art by addressing the Western art tradition with irony. He adheres to a critical approach based on an aesthetic discourse that employs abstract art as a response to digital technology. His response to the chaos confronting us today is to go back to the old-school order of paint on canvas, using collage and fragmentation to evoke the digital milieu’s oversaturation of images.
Dunlop’s oeuvre has evolved from creating observational-based work and still lifes to figures in landscape. Early on, his work comprised monumental heroic figures painted in warm colours and bold gestural strokes. His recent work, in contrast, uses less structured, looser forms.
- Sarah Cox, Artist Profile, 2019
June 17, 2019
JOHN BOKOR FINALIST IN THE MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2019
The Muswellbrook Art Prize began in 1958 as the Festival of the Valley Art Prize and has grown to acquire an excellent collection of Australian artworks. These include modern and contemporary painting, works on paper, and ceramics from the Post War period and now the first two decades of the 21st Century. The Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection was created as a direct result of this ongoing acquisitive art competition.
John Bokor is a finalist in the 2019 prize.
IMAGE:
John Bokor
The Red Velvet Lounge 2018
oil on linen
68 x 91cm
June 15, 2019
CHRIS ZANKO, WYNNE PRIZE FINALIST, ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Christopher Zanko is a finalist in the 2019 Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales with his work 'Bulli: bricks and black diamonds' 2019.
The Wynne Prize is awarded annually for 'the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists’.
This open competition is judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW. Finalists are displayed in an exhibition at the Gallery (although in the early years all entrants were hung). Many winning paintings have become icons in Australian landscape art, entering the collections of public galleries, including our own.
The prize was established following a bequest by Richard Wynne, who died in 1895, and first awarded in 1897, in honour of the official opening of the Gallery at its present site.
June 1, 2019
ABBEY MCCULLOCH 'SKIN' LIFE DRAWING CLASS AT GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY
WHEN: Wednesday 5 June 2019, 6pm - 8.30pm
WHERE: Griffith University Art Museum
COST: $20.00 including refreshments
Join us for a lively life drawing workshop facilitated by contemporary artist and Queensland College of Art alumna Abbey McCulloch!
Suitable for all ages and abilities, the class will foster different ways of seeing, drawing and thinking, using observational and intuitive methods to learn and investigate ways to express their own mark making.
Drawing materials will be supplied, however participants are also encouraged to bring their own journals and media.
May 30, 2019
BRIDIE GILLMAN AT MUSEUM OF BRISBANE
Brisbane Art Design festival is a 17-day festival of exhibitions, performances, talks, art tours, workshops and open studios of artists and designers in Brisbane. BAD showcases more than 150 Brisbane artists across all career stages.
Bridie Gillman collaborated with Brisbane designer Alexander Loterztain to make the work Breath as part of the festival held at Museum of Brisbane.
IMAGE:
Jono Searle courtesy Museum of Brisbane.