Ground Work 1 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 1
Ground Work 1 2024
Ground Work 1Bridie GillmanGround Work 1
Ground Work 12024
oil on linen
122 x 102 cm
$6,000  ENQUIRE
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room. Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room. 2023
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.Bridie GillmanOverflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.2023
oil on canvas
168 x 244 cm
$14,400  ENQUIRE
A valentine sky Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A valentine sky
A valentine sky 2022
A valentine skyBridie GillmanA valentine sky
A valentine sky2022
oil on linen
183 x 137 cm
$9,000  ENQUIRE
The language of the bells Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - The language of the bells
The language of the bells 2023
The language of the bellsBridie GillmanThe language of the bells
The language of the bells2023
oil on canvas
183 x 153 cm
$9,500  ENQUIRE
Her mother's room (through the doors) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Her mother's room (through the doors)
Her mother's room (through the doors) 2023
Her mother's room (through the doors)Bridie GillmanHer mother's room (through the doors)
Her mother's room (through the doors)2023
oil on canvas
137 x 203 cm
$9,500  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 24 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 24
Ground Work 24 2024
Ground Work 24Bridie GillmanGround Work 24
Ground Work 242024
glazed ceramic
31 x 28 cm
$1,200  Framed  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 25 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 25
Ground Work 25 2024
Ground Work 25Bridie GillmanGround Work 25
Ground Work 252024
glazed ceramic
31 x 28 cm
$1,200  Framed  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 19 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 19
Ground Work 19 2024
Ground Work 19Bridie GillmanGround Work 19
Ground Work 192024
tufted wool
26 x 24 cm
$900  ENQUIRE
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede) 2020
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)Bridie GillmanEvery morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)2020
oil on linen
183 x 137 cm
$9,000  ENQUIRE
And a broken chandelier over the bed Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - And a broken chandelier over the bed
And a broken chandelier over the bed 2023
And a broken chandelier over the bedBridie GillmanAnd a broken chandelier over the bed
And a broken chandelier over the bed2023
oil on linen
61 x 51 cm
$3,600  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 20 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 20
Ground Work 20 2024
Ground Work 20Bridie GillmanGround Work 20
Ground Work 202024
Oil on linen with glazed ceramic frame
26 x 23 cm
$1,200  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 21 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 21
Ground Work 21 2024
Ground Work 21Bridie GillmanGround Work 21
Ground Work 212024
glazed ceramic
28 x 28 cm
$900  ENQUIRE
Tangled (wool) (back) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Tangled (wool) (back)
Tangled (wool) (back) 2023
Tangled (wool) (back)Bridie GillmanTangled (wool) (back)
Tangled (wool) (back)2023
glazed ceramic
22 x 40 x 36 cm
$1,600  ENQUIRE
A pile of (wool) (front) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A pile of (wool) (front)
A pile of (wool) (front) 2023
A pile of (wool) (front)Bridie GillmanA pile of (wool) (front)
A pile of (wool) (front)2023
glazed ceramic
34 x 40 x 38 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Unruly (wool) (front) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Unruly (wool) (front)
Unruly (wool) (front) 2023
Unruly (wool) (front)Bridie GillmanUnruly (wool) (front)
Unruly (wool) (front)2023
glazed ceramic
28 x 28 x 23 cm
$1,600  ENQUIRE
A ball of (wool) (back) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A ball of (wool) (back)
A ball of (wool) (back) 2023
A ball of (wool) (back)Bridie GillmanA ball of (wool) (back)
A ball of (wool) (back)2023
glazed ceramic
16 x 16 x 18 cm
$800  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 1 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 1
Ground Work 1 2024
Ground Work 1Bridie GillmanGround Work 1
Ground Work 12024
oil on linen
122 x 102 cm
$6,000  ENQUIRE
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room. Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room. 2023
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.Bridie GillmanOverflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.
Overflowing and overwhelming, the hidden room.2023
oil on canvas
168 x 244 cm
$14,400  ENQUIRE
A valentine sky Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A valentine sky
A valentine sky 2022
A valentine skyBridie GillmanA valentine sky
A valentine sky2022
oil on linen
183 x 137 cm
$9,000  ENQUIRE
The language of the bells Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - The language of the bells
The language of the bells 2023
The language of the bellsBridie GillmanThe language of the bells
The language of the bells2023
oil on canvas
183 x 153 cm
$9,500  ENQUIRE
Her mother's room (through the doors) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Her mother's room (through the doors)
Her mother's room (through the doors) 2023
Her mother's room (through the doors)Bridie GillmanHer mother's room (through the doors)
Her mother's room (through the doors)2023
oil on canvas
137 x 203 cm
$9,500  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 24 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 24
Ground Work 24 2024
Ground Work 24Bridie GillmanGround Work 24
Ground Work 242024
glazed ceramic
31 x 28 cm
$1,200  Framed  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 25 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 25
Ground Work 25 2024
Ground Work 25Bridie GillmanGround Work 25
Ground Work 252024
glazed ceramic
31 x 28 cm
$1,200  Framed  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 19 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 19
Ground Work 19 2024
Ground Work 19Bridie GillmanGround Work 19
Ground Work 192024
tufted wool
26 x 24 cm
$900  ENQUIRE
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede) 2020
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)Bridie GillmanEvery morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)
Every morning (Sun bath/Mandi matahari/Dede)2020
oil on linen
183 x 137 cm
$9,000  ENQUIRE
And a broken chandelier over the bed Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - And a broken chandelier over the bed
And a broken chandelier over the bed 2023
And a broken chandelier over the bedBridie GillmanAnd a broken chandelier over the bed
And a broken chandelier over the bed2023
oil on linen
61 x 51 cm
$3,600  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 20 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 20
Ground Work 20 2024
Ground Work 20Bridie GillmanGround Work 20
Ground Work 202024
Oil on linen with glazed ceramic frame
26 x 23 cm
$1,200  ENQUIRE
Ground Work 21 Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Ground Work 21
Ground Work 21 2024
Ground Work 21Bridie GillmanGround Work 21
Ground Work 212024
glazed ceramic
28 x 28 cm
$900  ENQUIRE
Tangled (wool) (back) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Tangled (wool) (back)
Tangled (wool) (back) 2023
Tangled (wool) (back)Bridie GillmanTangled (wool) (back)
Tangled (wool) (back)2023
glazed ceramic
22 x 40 x 36 cm
$1,600  ENQUIRE
A pile of (wool) (front) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A pile of (wool) (front)
A pile of (wool) (front) 2023
A pile of (wool) (front)Bridie GillmanA pile of (wool) (front)
A pile of (wool) (front)2023
glazed ceramic
34 x 40 x 38 cm
$2,200  ENQUIRE
Unruly (wool) (front) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - Unruly (wool) (front)
Unruly (wool) (front) 2023
Unruly (wool) (front)Bridie GillmanUnruly (wool) (front)
Unruly (wool) (front)2023
glazed ceramic
28 x 28 x 23 cm
$1,600  ENQUIRE
A ball of (wool) (back) Bridie Gillman Bridie Gillman - A ball of (wool) (back)
A ball of (wool) (back) 2023
A ball of (wool) (back)Bridie GillmanA ball of (wool) (back)
A ball of (wool) (back)2023
glazed ceramic
16 x 16 x 18 cm
$800  ENQUIRE
Bridie Gillman

Reminiscent of the early 20th century action painters, Bridie Gillman’s mark-making is an intuitive response to the memories and emotions evoked from her cross-cultural experiences. Initially inspired by her childhood in Indonesia, the now Brisbane-based artist’s practice has evolved to consider more broadly concepts of place, reactions to the environments through which she has travelled, her connection to land as a non-indigenous Australian and the intangibility of memory.

Spontaneous and physical, Gillman’s compositions capture the tension between reminiscence and experience, wanderlust and belonging, combining instinctive use of colour and gesture with literal, poetic titles that hint at sentiments beyond.

Bridie Gillman is an alumna of Queensland College of Art, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours) in 2013. In 2019 she was a finalist of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, winner of the Moreton Bay Art Award and finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Award at Campbelltown Art Centre. She is a past finalist of the Redland Art Award, the MAMA National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, and PRIZENOPRIZE, Gold Coast (all 2016), as well as the 2013 GAS Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and internationally including the Museum of Brisbane, Metro Arts, Brisbane, The Walls, Gold Coast, Blindside, Melbourne and Run Amok, George Town, Malaysia and she has undertaken residencies at Rimbun Dahan, George Town, Malaysia, in 2015 and Ketjil Bergerak, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2014.

Carrie McCarthy

Lives and works in Queensland

EDUCATION

2013

  • Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours (Class 1), Queensland College of Art, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • 'The Bend', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
  • 'Ground Work', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2023

  • 'Watching Walls', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2022

  • 'Wash over me', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane
  • 'Quiet of day', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

2021

  • 'Unreliable Memories', Artereal Gallery, Sydney
  • 'Amongst', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2020

  • 'A Space Between Walls', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
  • 'With the Sun in My Eyes', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2019

  • 'Before the leaves turn', SCAPE at Studio 125 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 'Wide Eyed', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2017

  • 'After', Innerspace Contemporary Art, Brisbane
  • 'Overnight', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2016

  • 'From here', Spiro | Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
  • 'You and I, we've got the same blood running through us', Cut Thumb, Brisbane

2015

  • 'Round Island Tour', Run Amok Gallery, George Town, Malaysia
  • 'Makeshift Monuments', A-CH Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'Moonbird', Gallery Ten, Hobart

2014

  • 'Translations', The Hold Artspace, Brisbane

2013

  • 'Baggage Claim', Witchmeat ARI, Brisbane

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • 'How to Swim', curated by Sally Anderson, EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2023

  • 'Mengingat 25 Tahun Reformasi', collaboration with Woven Kolektif, Cemeti Institute, Yogyakarta
  • 'Responsive Forms', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

2022

  • 'After Fairweather', Caboolture Regional Gallery, Caboolture

2021

  • 'CASCADE', Outer Space, Brisbane
  • 'Sculpture and Art in Residence', SCAPE, Ōtautahi Christchurch
  • 'Liminal States', The Old Lock Up, Maroochydore

2020

  • 'New Collectors', Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide

2019

  • Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  • '15 Artists', Redcliffe Art Gallery
  • 'Breathing Room', Collaborative show with Woven Kolektif, Cement Fondu, Sydney
  • Brisbane Art Design, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane
  • 'Looking Here Looking North', Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney

2018

  • 'SCAPE', Studio 125 Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 'The Platform 10', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
  • '10th Anniversary Exhibition', EDWINA CORLETTE, Brisbane

2017

  • 'Woven', Verge Gallery, Sydney

2016

  • 'AusAsia', Metro Arts, Brisbane

2015

  • 'Anywhere Elsewhere', Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
  • 'The height of a mountain, the width of a valley', Metro Arts, Brisbane
  • 'The moment something is understood it begins to be forgotten', Blindside, Melbourne
  • 'Blue Monaro', The Walls Artspace, Gold Coast

2014

  • 'Day-Day! [dédé]', Galeri Lorong, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • 'Air', 107 Projects, Sydney

2013

  • 'LiMEN: Graduate Exhibition', Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
  • 'Middle Ground', The Hold Artspace, Brisbane
  • 'Arus Balik', Sanggar Bangun Budaya, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2011

  • 'To That Which Is: Graduate Exhibition', Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2024

  • Finalist, The John Leslie Art Prize, Victoria

2023

  • Finalist, Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize, Brisbane
  • Finalist, Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay

2022

  • Finalist, Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane

2020

  • Finalist, The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize, Brisbane

2019

  • Winner, Moreton Bay Art Award, Brisbane
  • Finalist, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Finalist, 15 Artists, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Brisbane

2018

  • Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Award, Campbelltownn Art Centre

2016

  • Finalist, PRIZENOPRIZE, The Walls Artspace, Gold Coast
  • Finalist, Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane
  • Finalist, MAMA National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury

RESIDENCIES

2023

  • Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal

2019

  • Kedewatan Residency, Ubud, Indonesia

2018

  • Summer Studio Residency, Outer Space, Brisbane

2017

  • Carbon, George Town, Malaysia

2015

  • Residency with Rimbun Dahan at Hotel Penaga, George Town, Malaysia

2014

  • Residency with Ketjil Bergerak, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

PUBLICATIONS

2018

  • 'The Memory Remains', Denizen magazine, pp. 212 - 213.

2015

  • 'Anywhere, Elsewhere', Artist Profile magazine
  • 'Monuments: Bridie Gillman', Common Ground Journal, pp. 50 - 57

3 – 18 December 2024
‘SMALL WORKS’ featuring Ari Athans, John Bokor, James Drinkwater, Bridie Gillman, Dan Kyle, Rhys Lee, Belem Lett, Tara Marynowsky, Tim McMonagle, Peta Minnici, Sally M Nangala Mulda, Natalie O'Loughlin, Bundit Puangthong, Paul Ryan, Vipoo Srivilasa

25 September 2024 – 15 October 2024
Bridie Gillman ‘Ground Work’

3 – 24 September 2024
THE SPRING SHOW

19 December 2023 – 30 January 2024
THE SUMMER SHOW

7 – 21 December 2023
SMALL WORKS - Click and Collection

29 November 2022 – 28 February 2023
THE SUMMER SHOW

27 September 2022 – 15 October 2022
Bridie Gillman ‘Wash Over Me’

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

11 – 29 May 2021
Bridie Gillman ‘Amongst’

29 January 2020 – 19 February 2020
Bridie Gillman ‘With the Sun in My Eyes’

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

19 February 2019 – 9 March 2019
BRIDIE GILLMAN 'Wide Eyed'

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

3 – 23 February 2017
Bridie Gillman ‘Overnight’

3 – 12 November 2016
BRIDIE GILLMAN Online Only

November 12, 2024

BRIDIE GILLMAN IS A FINALIST IN THE 2024 REDLAND ART AWARD

Congratulations to Bridie Gillman who is a finalist in the 2024 Redland Art Awards with her work 'See from sky'.

The Redland Art Awards is a biennial contemporary painting competition open to all Australian artists, presented by Redland Art Gallery.

The finalists exhibition will be held at the Redland Art Gallery, opening Friday 6 December 2024.

IMAGE:

Bridie Gillman
See from sky 2024
oil on canvas
153 x 137 cm

READ MORE HERE

August 27, 2024

BRIDIE GILLMAN IS A 2024 FINALIST IN THE JOHN LESLIE ART PRIZE

We are thrilled to congratulate Bridie Gillman on being selected as a finalist in the 2024 John Leslie Art Prize with her painting ‘Hanging, holding.’

The $20,000 Acquisitive Prize is named after John Leslie OBE (1919—2016), Patron of the Gippsland Art Gallery and celebrates landscape painting by Australian artists.

Bridie’s work will be on exhibition amongst the other finalists from 7 September to 24 November at the Gippsland Art Gallery, in Sale, Victoria.

Image courtesy Louis Lim

IMAGE

‘Hanging, holding.’ 2024
oil on canvas
137 x 198cm

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November 30, 2023

BRIDIE GILLMAN IS A FINALIST FOR THE 2023 BERMINGHAM PRIZE

Congratulations to Bridie Gillman who is a finalist for the The Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize for her work 'Night Lines'.

Celebrating excellence and innovation in the watercolour medium, this non-acquisitive prize offers a winning of $20,000 generously donated by Elaine Bermingham.

Selected finalists will be exhibited at QCA Galleries, located within Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art and Design at South Bank, Brisbane from 30 November 2023 - 11 January 2024.


READ MORE HERE

IMAGE

Night Lines 2023

watercolour and ink on linen

102 x 115cm

September 16, 2023

BRIDIE GILLMAN FINALIST IN THE 2023 GIRRA: FRASER COAST NATIONAL ART PRIZE

Bridie Gillman is a finalist in the 2023 Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize for her work 'Quiet, after the storm' (2023).

The inaugural Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize is a major acquisitive prize of $25,000, that seeks to explore our reciprocal and inextricable relationship with the environment through contemporary art.

Selected artworks provide unique perspectives on industrialised landscapes, the forces of extreme weather events, our relationship to domestic gardens, ecological concerns and speculative solutions, ruminations on the beauty and power of nature, and much more.

Image details;

'Quiet, after the storm' 2022
Oil on linen, glazed ceramics and soundscape
various dimensions

The finalists’ exhibition, is held at the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery 23 September to 12 November 2023

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August 15, 2023

BRIDIE GILLMAN RESIDENCY IN ARRIAOLOS, PORTUGAL

Bridie Gillman completed a residency at Córtex Frontal, for a 6 week placement in an 18th century building located in Arraiolos, Alentejo, Southern Portugal, in April 2023.

Córtex Frontal is a multidisciplinary cultural project created in 2016 by the Cultural Association Córtexcult, in Arraiolos, Évora, Alentejo. The artists in residence program aims to provide the time and space to develop a project, fostering the sharing of experiences between artists and the community.

Bridie's new body of work directly inspired by her time spent at Córtex Frontal will be exhibited in her upcoming show, Watching Walls at Edwina Corlette Gallery 4 October - 24 October 2023.

Córtex Frontal is part of the Portuguese Contemporary Art Networks RPAC.

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September 27, 2019

BRIDIE GILLMAN: FINALIST IN THE BRETT WHITELEY TRAVELLING ART SCHOLARSHIP

Bridie Gillman has been been selected as one of six finalists in the prestigious Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

The annual Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is now in its 21st year and is open to Australian painters aged between 20 and 30 years. It was created from an endowment by Mrs Beryl Whiteley in 1999. The inspiration was the profound effect international travel and study had on her son, the artist Brett Whiteley, as a result of winning the Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship in 1959 at the age of 20.

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.

May 18, 2019

BRIDIE GILLMAN WINS MORETON BAY ART AWARD

The Moreton Bay Regional Art Award is an annual acquisitive exhibition proudly sponsored by the Moreton Bay Council. This year the Art Award offered an acquisitive prize of $8000, four category prizes of $2000 each, and two supplementary $1000 prizes for a Local Artist and a People's Choice Award.

Judged by Megan Williams, Manager of the University of the Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Bridie Gillman was awarded the overall winner with her work 'Some sort of growth' 2018.

Megan Williams commented: 'The artist's sense of the materiality of paint, the play of colour, darkness and light make it a very strong and visually arresting painting. The colours reference the natural environment and you get a sense of the artists awe and love of nature, however, its abstract quality resists clear and direct communication. It is a work to become immersed in, to sit with, and to contemplate.'

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February 5, 2019

BRIDIE GILLMAN FEATURES IN ART ASIA PACIFIC MAGAZINE

Bridie Gillman's work as featured in Woven Kolektif's looking here, looking north exhibition at Casula Powerhouse has been reviewed in Art Asia Pacific Magazine.


"At the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney, a video portrays the interior of a restaurant, its walls decorated with Australian-flag bunting, and kitsch Australiana tea towels and posters, positioning us inside an ostensibly Australian establishment. It is revealed in subsequent shots of the staff, clientele, and the beach outside, however, that this is in fact a tourist spot in Bali. Bridie Gillman’s video work Bali State of Mind (2017–18) ruminates on the unequal power dynamic between Australia and Indonesia, the latter being economically reliant on tourism and subject to the objectifying tourist gaze that comes with over one million Australians visiting annually.

"Gillman is one of seven artists included in the exhibition 'looking here looking north' by members of Woven, a collective with “continuing personal connections to Indonesia.” While Gillman’s work is subtly political, the exhibition holistically was striking in its ability to reach beyond essentialist identity politics, reconfiguring what it means to be part of the Indonesian diaspora by speaking to universal themes of memory, place and belonging."

- Soo-Min Shim, Art Asia Pacific Magazine


looking here looking north is on view at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 12 January - March 17, 2019

Image: Bridie Gillman, Bali state of mind (still), 2017–18, two-channel video installation: 17 min 40 sec.

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January 16, 2019

BRIDIE GILLMAN AT CASULA POWERHOUSE

looking here looking north is an exhibition by Woven, a collective of artists who each have continuing personal connections to Indonesia. Themes of identity, memory and cross-cultural experience are explored through performance, painting, installation, photography, video and sculpture.

Featuring work by: Kartika Suharto-Martin, Ida Lawrence, Mashara Wachjudy, Bridie Gillman, Sofiyah Ruqayah, Alfira O’Sullivan and Leyla Stevens.

looking here looking north is presented alongside an exhibition by artist Frances Larder and an exhibition of video works by Jumaadi as part of a suite of exhibitions showcasing perspectives on Indonesia.

The exhibition is on view at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, 12 January - March 17, 2019

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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 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.

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March 7, 2018

BRIDIE GILLMAN / THE DESIGN FILES

Jo Hoban from the Design Files recently caught up with Bridie Gillman in her Brisbane studio:

"Brisbane-based artist Bridie Gillman is inspired by cross-cultural experiences – from a childhood growing up in Indonesia, to residencies abroad and trips across Australia. Her bold, striking compositions convey moody landscapes, exploring both emotional and physical terrain."

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BRIDIE GILLMAN'S STUDIO LOCKDOWN 2020
A STUDIO GLIMPSE WITH BRIDIE GILLMAN 2020

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