Transmission
– I’m coordinating and exhibiting in a group exhibition featuring a diverse collection by 11 IAVA artists, ‘Transmission’. A part of Viva la Gong arts festival, the exhibition will have artist talks and tours on the afternoon of Saturday November 8. Opening night will be Friday November 7 from 6:30 and will be opened by David … Continue reading
Miami Street Art
On a recent trip with my family to the USA, we had a brief stay in Miami, Florida. One of the highlights of this city was checking out Wynwood, an area north of Downtown Miami. Led by the recent success of ‘Art Basel’, Miami’s annual art festival, and the ‘Wynwood Walls’ project an influx of art galleries have opened … Continue reading
Wynwood Walls
Art Basel, an art festival held in Miami every December since 2002 has immeasurably contributed to the fabric of modern art in this Florida city. Thanks to a project of this festival, the area of Wynwood has begun a renaissance from a crack ridden, semi-industrial zone to a place where amazing art is splashed across every wall of every building for … Continue reading
Published Books
In 2013 I was happy to have my paintings published in 3 different books. The first was Book One published by Semi-Permanent which was featured in a previous post. Later in the year came 2 more local, limited edition publications showcasing artists from the Illawarra region. Wollongong Creatives In Print ’13 is a book curated and edited by Kate … Continue reading
Wonderwalls
– Wonderwalls is a 3 day festival celebrating street art in Wollongong. This is the second year of Wonderwalls, organised by local Simon Grant, held from 8 – 10 November 2013. The festival invites international and Australian artists to paint large scale murals on walls across Wollongong that not only inject a welcome boost of colour throughout the … Continue reading
Papergirl Wollongong
Papergirl Wollongong. My second foray into the international movement of Papergirl. The Illawarra branch of Papergirl have just launched their pop-up galleries of donated artworks all over the Wollongong area. The artworks are spread over many venues to give as many people as possible the chance to preview the Papergirl works before they are to be distributed … Continue reading
Drawing Progress
This set of three drawings are the last pieces I have completed for my upcoming solo exhibition Formative. They are drawn on card taken from folders that were used to keep patient’s hospital records and they are titled Medical Records. I like the idea of creating a piece of art on something that used to house the entire history of … Continue reading
New Work
Here’s a preview of a few more drawings that will be in Formative, my solo show for November/December. This series of works has been discussed in two previous blogs here and…. here. These pieces are a few different sizes, some being quite pocket sized (at 15 x 10cms) which meant I needed to squeeze a fair amount … Continue reading
Drawing Process
In my latest solo exhibition, Formative (as a part of Viva la Gong arts festival), a number of the works will feature my bunny character falling through mid air. The idea of the plummeting figure came from my desire to reconnect the bunny back to his roots in New York City somehow. I am, at some stage … Continue reading
Formative
Here’s the flyer for my new solo show ‘Formative’. The exhibition will be held at Lee and Me in Wollongong for the months of November and December and is in conjunction with Viva la Gong arts festival. I’ll be featuring some of the new works that will be in this show in upcoming posts and discussing … Continue reading
Papergirl Wollongong
– Papergirl Wollongong is the latest chapter of this international free art project. Papergirl started in Berlin, 2006, when a law was passed making it a criminal offence to put up posters in public places within the city. The law targeted street artists producing paste-ups and they were charged with graffiti and vandalism offences. As a way of … Continue reading
Type Tasting Newspaper
The exhibition of the Type Tasting project is fast approaching. As a part of The London Design Festival, the show is being held at London’s V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum) and has been discussed in a previous post. The creative mind behind Type Tasting, Sarah Hyndman, has released an event newspaper which briefly details the processes involved in the making of … Continue reading
Type Tasting
The London Design Festival 2013 has a great line-up of events and exhibitions. Among them is Type Tasting, a program of workshops developed and curated by Londoner and typography lover Sarah Hyndman, Creative Director of With Relish Graphic Design & Art Direction. All year Sarah has been busy running workshops all over London to encourage people to … Continue reading
Semi-Permanent
Semi-Permanent has recently finished in its home town of Sydney. After touring from Los Angeles, Portland and Auckland, the conference is still to travel to Stockholm, Melbourne, Brisbane and Wellington in 2013. Each year the Semi-Permanent team compile a beautiful book full of artwork, and this year I was fortunate enough to have one of my paintings included; ‘Pismo … Continue reading
‘Local: Current’ Opening Night
The official opening night for the ‘Local: Current 2012’ exhibition was held on Friday November 8th 2012 at Wollongong City Gallery, and will continue until February 24th 2013. The exhibition features ten Illawarra atists chosen by the gallery curating and directorial staff to represent the “energy and vibrancy of artistic practice in the region.”(1) The featuted artists … Continue reading
Limited Edition Prints Available
There is now a new area in the Shop section of my website where you can purchase limited edition giclée prints of my latest works. The fine art prints are on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival Arches fine art paper, with white border for framing. All prints are hand signed … Continue reading
Exhibition Preview
Just got all the work for Bunny Goes To Bitburg back from the framers… just in time to hang tomorrow. They look great in deep white box frames. If you’d like to have a look at most of the pieces in the show, you can have an exhibition preview here. The first 18 pieces on this … Continue reading
Local: Current 2012
You are invited to attend the opening of Local: Current 2012 at Wollongong City Gallery. This exhibition features 10 artists from the Illawarra area, chosen by the curatorial and directorial staff at the Gallery, and is shown in conjunction with the Viva la Gong arts festival. Corner of Kembla & Burelli Streets, Wollongong.
Viva la Gong
The Viva La Gong arts festival programme has just been released for 2012. I am in 2 exhibitions featured in the programme – My solo exhibition ‘Bunny Goes To Bitburg’, being held at Lee and Me is part of the ‘Satellite Events’ schedule, and a group exhibition ‘Local: Current 2012’, being held at Wollongong City Gallery … Continue reading
Bunny Goes To Bitburg
I have a solo exhibition of oil paintings, watercolour and pencil drawings showing during November and December at Lee and Me, this is the perfect time for shopping for all those Christmas presents. As well as the original artworks being available to purchase, there will be limited edition archival art prints of many of the pieces available … Continue reading
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