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SUZANNE ARCHER EXHIBITED IN ‘FEMME-MAISON: IMAGINED BOUNDARIES – WOMEN ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION AND BEYOND’ AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY UNTIL 29 APRIL

March 26, 2024

Suzanne Archer is exhibited in ‘Femme-Maison: Imagined Boundaries – Women artists from the collection and beyond’ at Macquarie University Art Gallery until 29 April Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Art Movement in Australia in Macquarie University’s 60th anniversary Macquarie University Art Gallery is proud to present this two-venue exhibition program in partnership with Gallery Lane Cove A collection can reveal multiple viewpoints and conceptions, nuanced by its history of continuity and gaps. In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Women’s Art Movement in Australia we have tapped into the collection by reappraising those shifts and generational legacies.…

KEZ HUGHES FINALIST IN 2024 BAYSIDE PAINTING PRIZE

March 20, 2024

Kez Hughes is a finalist in the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize Established in 2015, the Bayside Painting Prize is one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. Image: Kez Hughes ‘𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙤 𝙉𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙖, 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙎𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙮 2016’ 2023 oil on linen 64 x 79 cm

MARTIN GEORGE FINALIST IN 2024 BAYSIDE PAINTING PRIZE

March 20, 2024

Martin George is a finalist in the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize . Established in 2015, the Bayside Painting Prize is one of the most generous non-acquisitive painting prizes in the country. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. . Image: Martin George 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 2024 acrylic on linen 76 x 101.5cm Photo Photographic Record, Melbourne

CELESTE CHANDLER IN ART ALMANAC’S EXHIBITIONS

April 19, 2018
CELESTE CHANDLER IN ART ALMANAC’S EXHIBITIONS

  Celeste Chandler’s solo exhibition ‘be my eyes’ pushes the limits of portraiture and traditional oil painting. Her introspective portraits conflate the boundaries between reality and illusion, the historical and the contemporary. Chandler directly responds to two anonymous historical portraits in the Bayside art collection, creating an intriguing and compelling installation of paintings that highlight the potential of self-representation and the fluidity of identity. ”be my eyes’ is a fascinating rumination on the legacy of figurative painting and the endurance of female creative expression through a contemporary lens.’ – Sophia Cai The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural CentreUntil 6…

GORDON SHEPHERDSON IN ARTIST PROFILE, ARTICLE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW

April 15, 2018
GORDON SHEPHERDSON IN ARTIST PROFILE, ARTICLE BY LOUISE MARTIN-CHEW

HEIDI YARDLEY FINALIST IN THE GLOVER PRIZE, TASMANIA

March 9, 2018

Heidi Yardley’s painting ‘Without your love’, is a finalist in The Glover Prize in Evandale, Tasmania. Celebrating the legacy of John Glover, The Glover Prize has become one of Australia’s most significant awards for landscape painting, open to artists from anywhere in the world.

KYLIE BANYARD EXHIBITION PREVIEWED IN ART ALMANAC

March 3, 2018

Kylie Banyard: The Improbable Outside 28 February 2018 | Art Almanac Kylie Banyard’s paintings for ‘The Improbable Outside’ consider philosopher Elizabeth Grosz’ idea of ‘outsideness’ – searching from an outward perspective for what one might not be able to see from the inside. ‘In the process of making these works I’ve tried to hover somewhere else for a while, in a state of unknowing, to make paintings in a more intuitive way,’ says the artist of the alluring and contemplative imagery on canvas and gouache papers she presents. Nicholas Thompson Gallery Until 18 March, 2018 Melbourne Kylie Banyard, Outer Spaces 1,…

NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY ONE OF FORTY EXHIBITING AT MELBOURNE ART FAIR IN AUGUST 2018

February 26, 2018

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GUY WARREN IN JOHN MCDONALD’S ‘ART’ IN THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: GOOD WEEKEND

February 10, 2018

Art: Guy Warren John McDonald TRAVELLING NORTH (1989) BY GUY WARREN, CHARCOAL & CRAYON 56.5 X 77CM. Photo: Guy Warren AGE 96 LIVES GREENWICH, NSW REPRESENTED BY KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM, SYDNEY; NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY, MELBOURNE His thing Works on paper, landscapes, abstracts, memories. Our take Guy Warren is an institution in Australian art. Loved and respected by his peers, he is a much underrated artist who has never been inclined to push himself forward. Warren served in the AIF during World War II and went on to study at the National Art School. During his long career, his work has been acquired by…

Alun Leach-Jones tribute by Victorian College of the Arts Director Professor Jon Cattapan

February 2, 2018

Vale Alun Leach-Jones, distinguished painter and VCA alumnus VCA Director Professor Jon Cattapan remembers one of Australia’s great abstract artists. By Professor Jon Cattapan, Director, Victorian College of the Arts On 24 December 2017, distinguished alumnus artist Alun Leach-Jones passed away. Alun was born in Maghull, Lancashire in 1937, and moved to Wales at a very young age. He trained initially in manuscript illumination in Liverpool and arrived in Australia in 1960. He studied printmaking at the then South Australian School of Art under Udo Sellbach before relocating to London from 1964–65. He returned to Australia and settled in Melbourne…

Celeste Chandler included in Briony Downes’ article ‘Creative Building Blocks’ for Art Guide Australia

January 31, 2018

Childhood is often characterised as a time of play and exploration. But for many artists these early experiences are a kind of apprenticeship for their careers in art. Briony Downes asked artists Kate Rohde, Tanya Schultz, Patrick Hall, and Celeste Chandlerabout making stuff as children. At some point in our lives, we’ve all been asked what we want to be when we grow up. It is often said that children are born creative, with a joyous and uninhibited ability to spontaneously colour everything in, build fantastical objects and draw up countless plans for big things. Yet at what point does an artist realise that…

RHYS LEE ARTICLE BY ALISON KUBLER IN CURRENT ISSUE OF ART COLLECTOR

January 16, 2018