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RCA Photography: Works in Progress Show 2008
10th -17th January 2008
Royal College of Art Gallery,
Kensington Gore, London
Dark Silence in China
8th -22nd December 2007
Dark Silence has been selected for exhibition in the 2007 Lianzhou International Photography Festival, China. The title for this years festival is 'Alchemy of Shadows' and the curators are Gao Shiming and Duan Yuting.
The ancient Chinese character for 'shadow' contains the ideogram for 'day' and within its graphic transformation of the light of day into dark shadows one can see a miniature illustration of the birth of and interconnectedness between the ancient Chinese philosophical concepts of substance and vacuity, being and nothingness. In Western languages, the term 'shadow' often refers to the unreal, the supernatural, gloom and other negative things. The term alchemy, the medieval school of philosophical and experimental inquiry into the nature of things and forerunner of modern chemistry, is commonly used today in reference to a process through which thing are turned beyond the ordinary. The Alchemy of Shadows will take us back to the 1830s, to the birth of photography when photographers first used
chemicals to develop and preserve images for the renewed amazement of the viewer. In an image-saturated era such as ours, the sense of pure bewilderment before an image, an entire world produced out of the flash convergence of space and time, has been lost.
16 - 24 November 2007
RCA Secret is an annual contemporary art exhibition consisting of around 2,500 original postcard-sized artworks, made and donated by professional artists, designers and illustrators, plus up-and-coming graduates from the Royal College of Art. The cards are all sold to the public in a huge sale, with every postcard costing just £40, regardless of whether it has been made by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono or a current art student. The lead up to the show saw dedicated buyers camping outside the college three days in advance.
http://dams.rca.ac.uk/res/sites/RCA_Secret/
Turbulence opens at Metro 5 Gallery
Melbourne on the 29th of August.
Click here to see the series.
Moving to London!
I have been accepted into the prestigious Royal College of Art in London. RCA is the worlds only wholly postgraduate university whose graduates include some the worlds most important and influential artists including Tracey Emin, Dinos Chapman and Hannah Starkey. The Masters course begins October 2007. The Australian Business Arts Foundation is supporting my fundraising project by offering the possibility of a tax deduction to people and businesses who would like to donate to my project. Click here for a donations form or contact me for more information
25 July 2007
Zaim Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
This will be my first exhibition in Japan. Uncertain Tales will be presented alongside a preview exhibition by International Digital Art projects (iDAP).
18th May 2007
K Gallery, Milan, Italy
'Velvet and Shadows', curated by Ivan Quaroni
This is my first international solo exhibition and an exciting opportunity to showcase my work to an international audiences. 'Velvet and Shadows' features selected works from 2003-2006. Click here to download the catalogue (english and italian).
4th May 2007
K Gallery has selected my work to present ALLARMI 3, Nuovo Contingente, an annual exhibition held in Como, Italy, focusing on contemporary dynamic emerging artists. As in previous years, the setting for the exhibition is the XVIII century palace Caserma De Cristoforis, now functioning as an army barrack.
15 December 2006
Beijing Film Academy Gallery, China
Uncertain Tales is a cross cultural photomedia exhibition featuring my works alongside Stephen Danzig (Australia) , Cui XiuWen (Beijing, China) and Maleonn (Shanghai, China). The exhibition explores current social and political climates and attitudes in different cultures. Click here to download the essay 'Dark Stories' by Susan Van Wyk on the Australian works.
K Gallery, Legnano, Milan, Italy
28 September 2006
Selected works have been chosen by K Gallery to feature in the inaugural exhibition 'K to your Heart' where my photographs will be shown alongside work from contemporary Italian artists.
September 2006
Spanning six continents, Unfinished Journey documents the travels of 13 artists to a destination of their choice and the works inspired by their visit. During 2004 I was fortunate to be able to spend almost 3 months overseas for the Unfinished Journey project. I have always had a strong interest in history and this project enabled me to travel and experience some of these histories and stories that intrigue me. I am particularly fascinated by periods of excess and decadence, such as the Baroque, and how people have related to the environments they inhabit. The opportunity to travel to experience these histories lead me to Argentina and Spain. The historical link between the two countries provided an fascinating view of Latin cultures with passion, life and death being prevailing characteristics of the both cultures. Please contact Metro 5 Gallery for more information about the publication.
DELL Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane - August 2006
Works from my series 'The Lonely Empire' have been included in this survey exhibition comprising 48 artists whose work is representative of the breadth of artistic practice emerging from Queensland over the past 40 years. My works will be shown alongside other prominent artists such as Tracey Moffatt, Gordon Bennett and Jenny Watson.
