Author Archives: Artist Profile
Michael Buzacott
Artist Profile explores something which taps into a deep Buzacott vein: the mystery that is art making.
ROLE REVERSAL PART II: When artists adopt the title of curator
In the beginning things were simple. Over millennia, aesthetic expression was part of daily life with no self-conscious concern for art…
Angus Nivison – Things have changed
Angus Nivison returns to Utopia with a new solo exhibition that looks to the sky.
Nasim Nasr
Since moving to Australian in 2009, Iranian-born artist Nasim Nasr has continued to explore her cultural identity within the changing forces of an increasingly global world.
Issue 38
It is astonishing today how the narrative of an artist’s work can alter with new conditions. In this issue of Artist Profile it appears differences in narrative are inevitable. Exposure to new places, cultures and histories can often release the unexpected in the artist’s chosen medium. In Issue 38 of Artist Profile the cover story […]
Tom Arthur
Tom Arthur is an artist completely at play. From making “things” as a small boy he has successfully turned it into a lifelong passion.
Wendy Loefler | Elsewhere
Escape into the vast desert space in Wendy Loefler’s upcoming exhibition Elsewhere.
Ramsay Art Prize 2017
Finalists announced for inaugural $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize
HERE&NOW17: New Photography
Six WA artists explore how instant connectivity has altered the margins of photography.
2017 Gallipoli Art Prize
Congratulations to Amanda Penrose Hart who has won the 2017 Gallipoli Art Prize
David Horton
David Horton’s processes are sometimes rapid and sometimes contemplative, depending on his emotional urge at the time.
David Frank
David Frank is a storyteller. His life in the outback, as a policer officer, and as a traditional healer – a Ngangkari – has fuelled a creative melting pot of ideas and inspiration.
Applications Open for 2018 Bundanon AIR
Applications are currently open for the 2018 Bundanon AIR (Artist-in-Residence) program.
Chase Archer
It is a wildly decadent and egotistical thing to do, expecting people to connect with these things that you’ve created. It’s a very personal process.
Drawn to a cabinet of curiosities
An air of mystery and excitement follows Jennifer Keeler-Milne’s latest exhibition of drawn curiosities.
Like an antelope through a python…
Is art education in Australia focusing on producing an epidemic of mediocre PhD theses that nobody reads, at the expense of vibrant artists well prepared for a lifetime of creative work?
Grealy Takes the Win
Congratulations Gary Grealy – named Winner of National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
Nicole Ellis
What makes a painting a painting is not always paint. The technical is not the actual.
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize 2017
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize!
Luke Sciberras | Out There
Reflecting back on some road trips and dreaming them up in the subsequent months can be like reliving a favourite film or book…
Happy When It Rains
Light and dark, food and wine, art and death – this exhibition represents all things insatiably decadent.
I Am, You Are, We Are, They Are
Four Sydney artists bring to light the multicultural image of Australia – exposing the issues and questions that surround its identity.
Uneasy Idyll
Playing with form and figure, Uneasy Idyll presents four artists who explore the ambiguous and sometimes uncanny relationship between aspects of the land and the figure.
The bluethumb Art Prize
Shifting landscapes in the art market as the success of the online bluethumb Art Prize opens up new avenues of opportunity for emerging artists.

