Posts by Nicholas Thompson
ELEANOR LOUISE BUTT FINALIST IN 2023 BAYSIDE ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE
Eleanor Louise Butt is a finalist in the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize with her painting ‘All that which sings’ . Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to…
Read MoreHEIDI YARDELY EXHIBITED IN ‘MELBOURNE NOW’ AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA
Heidi Yardley is exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria’s landmark exhibition ‘Melbourne Now’, with an installation of three paintings – including two acquired by the NGV from her 2022 exhibition at the gallery . The inaugural 2013 ‘Melbourne Now’ exhibition was an unprecedented survey of some of the most exciting local contemporary practitioners. Ten…
Read MoreELYSS MCCLEARY FEATURED IN ‘ARTIST PROFILE’ ISSUE 62
My art practice explores the spaces that shift between representation and abstraction, with a focus on painting and drawing. Working predominantly in oil paint, I use colour, gesture, materiality, compositional rhythms, and intuition to create spaces that are both a reflection of the everyday and something that expands from it. My upcoming show, at Nicholas…
Read MoreELYSS MCCLEARY EXHIBITION PREVIEWED IN ‘ART COLLECTOR’ ISSUE 103
For her forthcoming exhibition at Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Elyss McCleary will present a sequential suite of medium to large paintings depicting rainbow spectrum scenes of colour luminosity. The works amalgamate notions of grounding and lightness, as well as interconnected human relationships, abstracted through vivid and hovering compositional colour plays. “McCleary’s initial fresh fast drawing is…
Read MoreKYLIE BANYARD ACQUIRED BY BENDIGO ART GALLERY
Kylie Banyard’s painting ‘Touching Wattle’ has been acquired by Bendigo Art Gallery. . Touching Wattle was exhibited in Kylie Banyard’s 2022 exhibition at Nicholas Thompson Gallery ‘Becoming Sessile’. . The works respond to a daily ritual shared with the artist’s six-year-old son. Affectionally known as ‘touching’ and performed on walks together, the two documented their…
Read MoreAMBER WALLIS ARTIST CONVERSATION WITH ADAM LEE PUBLISHED ONLINE BY ‘ART + AUSTRALIA’
Sibling Show: A Conversation | Amber Wallis & Adam Lee In December 2022 artists Adam Lee and Amber Wallis met to discuss Amber Wallis’s solo exhibition Sibling Show at Nicholas Thompson Gallery. In the ensuing conversation the artists discuss their respective painting practices, the influence they have had on one another, life, children and the material processes…
Read MoreELEANOR LOUISE BUTT FINALIST IN MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2023
Established in 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize is one of the most celebrated prizes for painting in regional Australia. Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century,…
Read MoreSALLY ANDERSON FINALIST IN MUSWELLBROOK ART PRIZE 2023
Established in 1958, the Muswellbrook Art Prize is one of the most celebrated prizes for painting in regional Australia. Astute adjudication of the Prize over the years has yielded an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian paintings, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and into the 21st Century,…
Read MoreJAMES DRINKWATER’S CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORK ‘STORM APPROACHING WANGI’ PREMIERES AT LAKE MAC MULTI ARTS PAVILION, 11 TO 13 NOVEMBER 2023
Storm Approaching Wangi and Other Desires will bring art and dance together against the stunning backdrop of the lake at the Multi-Arts Pavilion, mima. Perhaps one of artist James Drinkwater’s most ambitious collaborative projects to date, this interdisciplinary contemporary ballet work explores Sir William Dobell’s history and relationship to Lake Macquarie through the lens of…
Read MoreKARLA MARCHESI PROFILED IN VAULT MAGAZINE ISSUE 40, ARTICLE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW
. Karla Marchesi is profiled in the current issue of VAULT magazine, feature by Louise Martin-Chew . “Living in Berlin, and approaching the age of 40, Karla Marchesi has found a strong female voice and the gift of time, fuelled by painterly liberation and a gutsy libido. Her new works exploit scale, humour and conceptual…
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