Author Archives: Artist Profile
John Fries Award 2016
A cracker of an evening for the winner of the John Fries Award.
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John Peter Russell: Rising From Obscurity
Australian painter John Peter Russell was a close friend of Vincent Van Gogh, so why do so few Australians know of Russell?
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Keith Armstrong | Over Many Horizons
A catalyst for conversation, Over Many Horizons is an immersive exhibition that pushes towards sustainable futures.
David Fairbairn | Overview
‘Overview’ at Stella Downer Fine Art presents a rich psychological foray into the Archibald Finalist’s broad practice of prints, etchings and mixed media works.
Sydney Sculpture
From Newtown to Potts Point, Sydney Sculpture takes shape in a celebration of the lineage of Australian steel sculpture.
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George Gittoes | Night Vision
An artist that has dedicated his life and art to documenting and working in some of the most troubling places of conflict, George Gittoes is inseparable from his work.
Jason Sims | More or Less
Be drawn into the luminescent world of Jason Sims, as he flicks the switch with his anamorphic light works in ‘More or Less’.
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Kicking goals at the Basil Sellers Art Prize
For winner Richard Lewer, the show of sport and it’s drama was a runaway goal.
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2016 John Leslie Art Prize Finalists
These lucky landscape artists have landed a spot in the finals…
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Julia Robinson + Greg Geraghty
Subverting taboo topics – from the sexual to the violence of silenced stories, the exhibitions of Julia Robinson and Greg Geraghty pack a punch.
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Alex Gawronski
Alex Gawronski is an artist, writer, gallery director and educator, best known for his installations. Here, Artist Profile talks to him about some recently exhibited, smaller works.
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Jessica Rankin | Field of Mars
Australian born, and New York based, artist Jennifer Rankin returns with lyrical codes and constellations…
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Ian Mackay | Sydney Sculpture
With Ian McKay leading the charge, in a two-part exhibition Defiance Gallery is celebrating the lineage of steel sculpture in Australia.
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The Gorge
The past and the present collide as local ties bring the Wedderburn Artists back together again.
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Finalists Pack in to the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman
The Archibald begins with the announcement of the Packing Room Prize Winner and the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman finalists…
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Geoff Levitus | A Foreigner’s Glimpse
Geoff Levitus is a traveller and an activist, and his works are a true testament to that.
John Honeywill
Artist Profile met with Honeywill in his Brisbane studio to discuss what captures his attention and why he is enticed by the simple things…
Col Jordan | ‘From Venice’
If there is something to set your sights towards in these cold winter months – Col Jordan’s bright and vivacious paintings are here for you.
Raymond Arnold
From his self-created outpost amid the stark, denuded landscape around Queenstown in Tasmania, Raymond Arnold is an aesthete and activist, a practical polemicist whose printmaking creates a vision of the landscape that at times borders on portraiture.
Jacky Redgate | Light Throw (Mirrors) Fold / Unfold
Abstracting light and reflection, Jacky Redgate plays with hand-printed analogue film to morph geometric abstraction with the genre of still life.
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THIS IS MY HERITAGE
12 portraits tell tales of identity and resilience, the stolen generation, labour exploitation and ecological destruction stories from various ages and genders.
Clifton Pugh: beyond the tonal method
When Clifton Pugh first saw Nolan’s Ned Kelly series while still an art student, it provided him with a clear sense of where he wanted his own art to go.
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Stephen Haley | World Standard
Stephen Haley examines the shake ups of our time – global urbanisation and the rise of the digital era.
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Modern Love: the Lives of John & Sunday Reed
Modern Love has nothing of the “lifestyle” genre about it.
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