Author Archives: Artist Profile
Shapes of Knowledge
‘Shapes of Knowledge’ brings together eight projects from artists, collectives and organisations from across the globe.
Jason Benjamin
Jason Benjamin is a master of the mixed message.
Justine Varga
Justine Varga’s photography has liberated film from the confines of the camera to create ‘slow photography’.
Sarah CrowEST
In ‘SOFT EYES DUB WISE’ – the new body of work by Melbourne-based artist Sarah crowEST – a pendulum swings between firmness and transience, loudness and silence.
George Byrne
LA-based Australian artist George Byrne chats to AP about his photographic abstractions of urban geometry.
Salvatore Zofrea
Salvatore Zofrea’s monumental ‘Day Cycle’ is a 122-metre long series depicting the energy of the day in four parts.
Dan Miller
Artist Profile caught up with Australian artist Dan Miller in Kim’s Corner Food in Chicago, a convenience store that also contains an art gallery.
Peter Hudson
In Issue 43, Peter Hudson wrote about his artistic journey from childhood to the present.
Caroline Garcia
The work of Caroline Garcia explores the shifting territory between intersectional feminism, diasporic politics and pop culture through a cinematic lens.
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Richard Dunlop
A new series of paintings by Tasmanian-based artist Richard Dunlop explores ideas of connection – to place, to history and to oneself.
APT9
Michael Young previews the ninth edition of QAGOMA’s flagship exhibition series, ‘The Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) ahead of its opening.
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Love and Desire
‘Love & Desire: Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate’ features some of the most visited paintings from the Tate Britain collection.
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Tagged Love and Desire, National Gallery of Australia, nga, Pre-Raphaelite, Tate Britain
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Sally Gabori and her Kaiadilt People
Sally Gabori was of the Kaiadilt people who came from Bentinck and Sweers Islands in the South Wellesley Islands, in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
William Kentridge
The oeuvre of South African artist William Kentridge is a crucible of art, ideology, history and memory.
Martin Thompson
Reclusive New Zealand artist Martin Thompson proved to be a hard person to track down.
Richard Bell
In Issue 44, Richard Bell takes us into his studio and talks about his provocative 2019 Venice Biennale proposal
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Tagged Aboriginal art, Milani Gallery, Rochard Bell
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The Koorie Art Show
The annual Koorie Art Show showcases the diverse talent of Victoria’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
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Tagged Aboriginal art, indigenous art, Janet Bromley, Koorie Art Show
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Jenny Crompton
Indigenous Australian artist Jenny Crompton creates effervescent sculptures that ignite environmental awareness.
Matthew Bromhead
Artist Profile chats to Sydney artist Matthew Bromhead about his various methods of making.
Toby Ziegler
The paintings, sculptures and films by British artist Toby Ziegler excavate the various fissures that exist between formal and conceptual thresholds.
Caroline Zilinsky
Caroline Zilinsky’s new series visualises the real-life stories of local and political identities tinged with absurdity.
Issue 44
The response to Artist Profile over time has shown that getting behind artists and their art matters to you as it does to us. To ensure we’re evolving with you and the ever changing artistic landscape of Australasia, the magazine has embarked on some exciting changes. After ten years with nextmedia, Artist Profile has […]
Hannah Quinlivan
In Issue 42, 2018, Canberra-based artist Hannah Quinlivan spoke about her complex methods of making in the expanded field of drawing.
The Tarnished Prizes
No nation on earth can match Australia’s enduring love of art prizes. It reflects our obsession with sport, allied with the perennial Cultural Cringe.
