http://blackcatgallery.com.au/artist-in-residency daily 0.75 2017-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde6488dd041b209397089/1506666059874/Tania+Profile+blk+and+white.jpg Residency program Tania Smith Tania Smith is a performance artist based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been performing live and making works for video, solo and collaboratively, for over ten years. Her work is often humorous, sometimes absurd, and always in dialogue with feminist theory and practice. She has trained in performance under composer/dancer Meredith Monk, and received funding for her work from the Australia Council for the Arts, City of Melbourne, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Arts ACT. She has exhibited her work in Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and throughout Australia. She recently completed a Master of Fine Art by research at Monash University under the supervision of Professor Anne Marsh. www.tanialousmith.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde7af29f1873e54afe37f/1506666424502/Screen+Shot+2017-09-16+at+4.35.46+pm.png Residency program Laurie Collins Laurie working full time a sculptor and have been making stuff for years, ever since he did a course at Melbourne State College in Arts and Craft ( B.Ed). he did subjects in painting, drawing, woodcraft, sculpture, printmaking, metal craft, textiles, design, art history , and psychology Recycled metal sculptures, garden sculptures, junk sculptures, unique furniture, fun metal animals www.lauriecollins.com.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde7d829f1873e54afe457/1506666456760/Unknown.jpg Residency program Pimpisa Tinpalit A native of Thailand, sculptor Pimpisa Tinpalit moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2009 and established her first studio not long after. She holds a Master's Degree in Fine Art with an particular focus on sculpture. Pimpisa also has extensive experience in teaching art within multiple Thai Universities. Throughout her 15+ years as a professional artist, she has showcased her work in several solo and group exhibitions in Thailand, Japan, Singapore, USA and Hong Kong. www.pimpisatinpalit.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde3b18dd041b209395f2b/1506665393522/2384c64.jpg Residency program Jaedon Shin Born in South Korea in 1959, Shin Jaedon came to Australia in 2007, after graduating from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts has spent his time between Seoul and Melbourne presenting regular exhibitions in both cities. He is driven by deep compassion for ordinary people who are powerless and never truly free - yet living their lives patiently and stoically as a mere speck at an infinitesimal point in time within the landscape of the long course of history. This is equally true of the subject matter of his paintings as it is of socio-political factors in the Korea nation. www.shinjaedon.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde39cb7411c562af0163f/1506665446004/Kubota+Fumikazu%2B_Photo.jpg Residency program Kubota Fumikaz Kubota Fumikazu is a Melbourne-based artist. His practice involves painting and drawing, and his works feature precise and finely calculated geometric shapes. In his paintings he uses colourful combinations of simple forms to portray a sense of unity. The worlds created in his paintings are an antidote to an increasingly accelerating society, with all its isolation, frustration and emptiness that can occur. His drawings are mostly intricate hand drawn forms depicting aspects of the human psyche. The works are intended to serve as a stimulus for a consideration of the similarities between objects and human beings in their relationship to the world we inhabit. He recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, graduating with First Class Honours in 2013. www.kubotafumikazu.com                     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cde15e4c0dbf4d35ee5e48/1506664800174/Screen+Shot+2017-09-16+at+3.46.57+pm.png Residency program Aaron Martin Born in Bridgetown, WA. Lives and works in Melbourne. Aaron Martin has been consistently exhibiting his imagistic paintings, drawing and sculptural installations since 1998, he has held numerous solo and group exhibitions across Australia. He has twice been a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize and a finalist in the Paul Guest Art Prize (2014) and the Churchie Art Prize (2011). He was awarded art residencies at: St Vincents Hospital (2010), Ballilla House, Brighton (2011), Poh Chang University, Bangkok(2013) and Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand (2013). As an educator, curator and gallerist Aaron has been and is actively involved in the arts, lecturing in painting and drawing at Melbounre School of Art (2001-06) and Swinburne University (2005-12). He worked as writer, interviewer and creative advisor for ArtInfo.com.au. He has held a seat on the board of Trocadero Art Space (2008-2010) and Vice-President (2010-2015). In 2012 he founded Five Walls Projects where he is the current Director. 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people and society. Using pen, paint, newspaper and collage, Eddie depicts intricate, intimate scenes filled with a cacophony of characters who colour the everyday streets. www.eddiebothacreations.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce37429f8dce25e184793e/1506686786986/13427971_10154374755902268_963072794035659134_n.jpg Residency program Nakarin Jaikla Nakarin graduated with second-class honours and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art with major of Thai Art from Chiang Mai University in Thailand. He regularly performs his work in festivals around Melbourne, interstates, and overseas events. Nakarin is currently a director of SILP Productions Inc. and a dance teacher and ballet coach for gymnastics athletes. www.nakarinjaikla.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce37149f8dce25e18477d9/1506686748803/Kubota+Fumikazu%2B_Photo.jpg Residency program Kubota Fumikaz Kubota Fumikazu is a Melbourne-based artist. His practice involves painting and drawing, and his works feature precise and finely calculated geometric shapes. In his paintings he uses colourful combinations of simple forms to portray a sense of unity. The worlds created in his paintings are an antidote to an increasingly accelerating society, with all its isolation, frustration and emptiness that can occur. His drawings are mostly intricate hand drawn forms depicting aspects of the human psyche. The works are intended to serve as a stimulus for a consideration of the similarities between objects and human beings in their relationship to the world we inhabit. He recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, graduating with First Class Honours in 2013. www.kubotafumikazu.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce3732b1ffb65f8a794ab1/1506686774306/Tania+Profile+blk+and+white.jpg Residency program Tania Smith Tania Smith is a performance artist based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been performing live and making works for video, solo and collaboratively, for over ten years. Her work is often humorous, sometimes absurd, and always in dialogue with feminist theory and practice. She has trained in performance under composer/dancer Meredith Monk, and received funding for her work from the Australia Council for the Arts, City of Melbourne, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Arts ACT. She has exhibited her work in Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and throughout Australia. She recently completed a Master of Fine Art by research at Monash University under the supervision of Professor Anne Marsh. www.tanialousmith.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce3dd9be42d632d1fb3814/1506688475741/13015507_10154095237385350_6480402167245037692_n.jpg Residency program Rushdi Anwar Rushdi Anwar is a Melbourne-based artist originally from Kurdistan. His installation, sculpture, painting, photo-painting, and video work often reflect on the socio-political issues of Kurdistan, Iraq and The Middle East. Which exploring these issues through an investigation of form, material vocabulary and processes of making. His works reference the social and political unrest that extend to generate discourse about the status of social equity. His work also have a broader message and talk to us of care, attention and even redemption through art. He was educated in Kurdistan and Australia studying at the Institute of Kirkuk- Kurdistan, Enmore Design Centre / Sydney Institute- Sydney. He holds a Master of Fine Art (MFA) 2010 and a Doctorate of Philosophy Art (PhD) 2016, in the School of Art in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. www.rushdi.com.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce4e5ca9db0907bd9e9883/1506692701653/Bio-AnnetteChang.jpg Residency program Annette Chang Born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1955, moved to Melbourne in 1991 Work and live in Melbourne Chang uses recycled materials, household items and found objects to make painting, collage, installation and sculpture works. Her aim is reflecting upon consuming culture and contemporary life style in a sarcastic way through her art. www.annettechangartist.com         https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb441b8a79b53354a299e/1489744962369/16298539_10155114442638586_6770576157561482301_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb4349de4bb4a04a21744/1489744949794/16299229_10155114444493586_2186358654108849461_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb43403596ef21ebab96d/1489744949392/16473948_10155114444953586_5367547866363000657_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb43346c3c42a67df76c7/1489744948221/16298696_10155114444963586_699082228733789164_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb432b8a79b53354a28a8/1489744948102/16406786_10155114445023586_209575224322556892_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb4301b10e3d33073bef6/1489744946744/16426146_10155114626853586_8094095836691617158_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42f1b631be47472b324/1489744945692/16387877_10155114627098586_417084776371304082_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42c197aea75e27694ea/1489744944297/16649503_10155134622823586_4273087301893866688_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42cbebafb5a905122a2/1489744940493/16299392_10155134623613586_8851042287286652297_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42be58c62fbedaf1079/1489744940939/16508330_10155134623998586_7668091160648520862_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42b8419c2109343a2fc/1489744979675/16640690_10155137477853586_4123901381327635557_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb42a440243037fbed1ab/1489744939353/16508108_10155137478058586_8085983106889733912_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb4292994ca236f18dd69/1489744938953/16640997_10155137478423586_1618036250899232244_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb428e3df28ce5710e561/1489744938892/15095639_10155134623328586_1124961229346273660_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb426d2b85792719c409a/1489744937178/16473671_10155114444843586_4986649599821334141_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb426725e25dd6e72715e/1489744936021/16508533_10155137478173586_7627617501454144979_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58cbb2811b631be47472a827/58cbb3e91e5b6c11cc8704bb/1489744922782/16473717_10155114442703586_8503475818498641667_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce4dc890badeb929a5f4ce/1506692560077/16508567_10155137477733586_7288958133516069160_n.jpg Residency program Ashley Bird Ashley Bird is a Tasmanian based interdisciplinary visual artist. The focus of his work and research explores ideas of memory and nostalgia that emotionally connect people to objects, that within them hold past moments and carefree interactions with family and place. The collection and archive of these objects therefore standing in for the past memory, motivating an obsessive desire to inshrine and valorise past relics (especially toys) to keep memories from being lost. www.ashleydbird.com             https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf03684c0dbf75794bcabd/1506739083002/Unknown.jpg Residency program Pimpisa Tinpalit Project Coordinator / Curator www.pimpisatinpalit.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce497880bd5e4dbef1f7c2/1506691449196/934908_604093832942118_1746482212_n.jpg Residency program Adrian Doyle With a Masters & Bachelor of Fine Arts Adrian Doyle is the instigator and curator of the Blender studios. Doyle begun the world famous Melbourne Street Art Tours, is part of the Blender Creatives and the Dark Horse Experiment and is possibly most famous for his Empty Nursery Blue painting of Rutledge lane which along with Hosier Lane is the first stopping point for street art tourists to Melbourne. Doyle has exhibited extensively around Australia, has painted many collaborative murals around Melbourne and runs many art related projects from his home base the ‘Blender Studios’ off Franklin Street in Melbourne, and set up the Napier Crew a Street art production house focused on youth.Doyle also has work in many major collections including the National Gallery of Australia and has curated exhibitions at some of Australia’s largest art institutions. www.doylesart.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce4f93197aea26f7bad6b8/1506693015544/Screen+Shot+2017-09-29+at+11.48.12+pm.png Residency program Sarah Randall Sarah has a comprehensive visual arts background: Bachelor of Creative Arts, Wollongong in 2013, MFA, RMIT in 2015 and Grad Cert of Arts (Art History), Univ of Melbourne in 2016. She has exhibited in NSW and Melbourne since 2008, in 2013 she received $1000 William Fletcher Foundation Grant and in 2015, the RMIT Community Award. Sarah undertook recent art residencies in Launceston and Thailand, where she completed two International residencies and workshops. Currently Sarah is the Gallery Manager of the Yarra Sculptor Gallery, Abbotsford and Curator at WestEnd Art Space, Melbourne. www.sarahrandallartist.weebly.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf039dd55b41b151acd48b/1506739120478/CB-Photo-Interview-225x300.jpg Residency program Cori Beardsley Cori hales from Eastern Shore of Maryland. After receiving her MFA in sculpture from the New York Academy of Art in 2011, she went to China on an AIR with Central Academy of fine Art in Bejing and Shanghai University. www.corinnebeardsley.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce4bf59f745642af561222/1506692086007/2384c64.jpg Residency program Jeadon Shin Born in South Korea in 1959, Shin Jaedon came to Australia in 2007, after graduating from RMIT University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts has spent his time between Seoul and Melbourne presenting regular exhibitions in both cities. He is driven by deep compassion for ordinary people who are powerless and never truly free - yet living their lives patiently and stoically as a mere speck at an infinitesimal point in time within the landscape of the long course of history. This is equally true of the subject matter of his paintings as it is of socio-political factors in the Korea nation. www.shinjaedon.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bcc6b5a8b2b0951524988a/1505543863514/Screen+Shot+2017-09-16+at+4.35.46+pm.png Residency program Laurie Collins Laurie working full time a sculptor and have been making stuff for years, ever since he did a course at Melbourne State College in Arts and Craft ( B.Ed). he did subjects in painting, drawing, woodcraft, sculpture, printmaking, metal craft, textiles, design, art history , and psychology Recycled metal sculptures, garden sculptures, junk sculptures, unique furniture, fun metal animals www.lauriecollins.com.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bcc6a0914e6b6f1003c34c/1505543878994/ Residency program Aaron Martin Born in Bridgetown, WA. Lives and works in Melbourne. Aaron Martin has been consistently exhibiting his imagistic paintings, drawing and sculptural installations since 1998, he has held numerous solo and group exhibitions across Australia. He has twice been a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize and a finalist in the Paul Guest Art Prize (2014) and the Churchie Art Prize (2011). He was awarded art residencies at: St Vincents Hospital (2010), Ballilla House, Brighton (2011), Poh Chang University, Bangkok(2013) and Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand (2013). As an educator, curator and gallerist Aaron has been and is actively involved in the arts, lecturing in painting and drawing at Melbounre School of Art (2001-06) and Swinburne University (2005-12). He worked as writer, interviewer and creative advisor for ArtInfo.com.au. He has held a seat on the board of Trocadero Art Space (2008-2010) and Vice-President (2010-2015). In 2012 he founded Five Walls Projects where he is the current Director. He is currently undertaking a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts (by research) at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. www.aaronmartin.com.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bcc6b332601e4c24db0797/1505543860958/Screen+Shot+2017-09-16+at+4.32.13+pm.png Residency program David Jensz David Jensz is an innovative contemporary sculptor whose practice spans studio-based works and public art commissions. David's works are conceptually exploratory and finely crafted. His practice is informed by physics and contemporary theories of space and time to investigate the nature of being. David is a freelance artist who works from his purpose built studio at Murrumbateman, near Canberra, Australia. www.davidjensz.com   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bccbf42994ca3cbe53deaa/1505545205116/Unknown.jpg Residency program Pimpisa Tinpalit / Project Coordinator A native of Thailand, sculptor Pimpisa Tinpalit moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2009 and established her first studio not long after. She holds a Master's Degree in Fine Art with an particular focus on sculpture. Pimpisa also has extensive experience in teaching art within multiple Thai Universities. Throughout her 15+ years as a professional artist, she has showcased her work in several solo and group exhibitions in Thailand, Japan, Singapore, USA and Hong Kong. www.pimpisatinpalit.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf08fa2994ca305e626534/1506740476305/269283_10151408220448586_853868544_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf08f9cf81e0a1cd8605ae/1506740477113/521628_10151408216903586_184411027_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf08f7a8b2b058e9657b31/1506740473794/74096_10151373510313586_559283476_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf08f7b7411c95f3f536ea/1506740473839/554340_10151408220608586_821645988_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28dc92fe13194614737b0/1506740000461/602989_10151414036088586_1204799666_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28dc72fe13194614737aa/1506739987699/74189_10151408215178586_2087795833_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28d52e32140a8adcb0d76/1506739939528/65195_10151373509708586_2118314510_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28d03d210b85521c20b39/1506739924173/379354_10151373512753586_96318321_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28cb8d210b85521c20915/1506739857826/ Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28273e32140a8adcab5c1/1506739968413/544057_10151373516023586_1850665373_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28157e32140a8adcaac06/1506739779887/184665_10151373508323586_1011481628_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf0641469ba010b8527fc9/1455587689026/184665_10151373508323586_1011481628_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/56c28111f699bb8080b7032a/1506739837858/ Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/56c14646c2ea5162658e5534/59cf067b14fd83b2fc3fff2d/1455587652677/ Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cdea9ff5e231e7a1594372/1506667168325/10172571_10153065446457342_4362737502459120766_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce3bd0197aea26f7ba17cf/1506687957953/12438976_10153964428253586_5409652493296135375_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59ce51d232601eb2dc088507/1506693593853/16473717_10155114442703586_8503475818498641667_n.jpg Residency program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf0d61a8b2b058e9659abc/1506741602345/1455587652677.jpg Residency program http://blackcatgallery.com.au/artist daily 0.75 2018-02-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597abbb8f9a61ea5933bf1db/1501216167835/1467450120680.jpg Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597abb4ac534a5eb4a5591df/1501216767817/1467450138832.jpg Artist Dream no1 , 2008, Oil on linen, 298x238 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597abb47a5790a3396731655/1501216726420/1467450136513.jpg Artist Dream no2 , 2009, Oil on linen, 288x238 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597abb04a5790a33967313f7/1501216515789/%2522Exotica%2C2016%2522size100x120cm2+8%2C500us+.jpg Artist Exotica,2016, Oil on linen, 100x120 cm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597abaa115d5db25917217d3/1501216088851/Screen+Shot+2017-07-28+at+2.11.53+pm.png Artist Lady in Red no.2, 2016, Oil on linen, 70 x130 cm. SOLD https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba5b414fb5bf09060f0b/1501216306952/Screen+Shot+2017-07-28+at+2.12.05+pm.png Artist Lady in Red no.1, 2016, Oil on linen, 70 x130 cm. SOLD https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba537131a595ecabbd23/1501216609026/1467450112813.jpg Artist Red hat , 2015, Oil on linen, 230 x 320 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba314c0dbfd2a9185767/1501216373638/%25222faces%2522+size120x140cm++10%2C000us.JPG Artist Two faces 2016, oil on linen, 120x140cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba2ebf629a07f4e0608d/1501216684842/1467450127420.jpg Artist Blue Lady, 2014, Oil on linen, 150 x150 cm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba2cff7c509fce49dd52/1501216546832/She2+%2C+250x117+cm.+copy.JPG Artist She2 , Oil on linen, 250x117 cm. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597aba2a414fb5bf09060d44/1501216501673/She1+250x177+cm.+copy.JPG Artist She1, Oil on linen, 250x177 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab9bd37c581de3f275bf5/1501216029248/In+Screens%2C2016+size80x80cm.JPG Artist In Screens,2016, Oil on linen, 80x80cm SOLD https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab9a9f14aa19f19afaf26/1501216507890/Uncensored+size130x190cm14%2C000us.JPG Artist Uncensored 2016, Oil on linen, 130x190 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab93186e6c04f9b795f41/1501216139053/So+fancy%2C2016+size100x115cm8%2C000us.jpg Artist So fancy,2016, Water color, 100x115cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab929f9a61ea5933bda74/1501215935010/In+the+fog%2C2016+size90x140cm+8%2C700.jpg Artist In the fog,2016, Oil on linen, 90x140cm SOLD https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab9286a49635d6dc756f3/1501216657260/1467450134576.jpg Artist Twin , 2009, Oil on linen ,315x248 cm https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab916d7bdce9762a88c48/1501215796589/She+no.6+%2C+120x150+cm.2016+%2419%2C500+.jpg Artist She no.6 , old on linen, 120x150 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab914cf81e057708500c3/1501215622286/She+no.4%2C+150+x150+cm+2016+%2422%2C900.jpg Artist She no.4, oil on linen, 150 x150 cm 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab9116f4ca39b732ba6dd/1501215594904/She+no.+5+%2C+120x120+cm.2016%2415%2C900.jpg Artist She no. 5 , Oil on linen, 120x120 cm.2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/597ab8cff7e0ab041b9182f0/597ab910d7bdce9762a88c1d/1501215556329/She+no+3%2C+120x150+cm.++2016+%2419%2C500.jpg Artist She no 3, Oil on linen 120x150 cm. 2016 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5a03e5f724a694f7219c2567/1510204965913/22089278_1886405451386556_1334144087922292297_n.jpg Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/57c78a8debbd1a73645e586e/1472694607930/ Artist "Kim Jong-ll's Funeral" 2014, oil on canvas, Size 160x247 cm. AUD $4,200 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5a76b4098165f51a34240da6/1517728745425/ Artist Won’t Ever Be #24, Acrylic on Canvas,100 cm x 100 cm x 5 cm. $2500 AUD https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/57186a80859fd0a511edb0ac/1461217933947/Composition+of+Life+14.JPG Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597ac616e45a7c1cf8f976b2/1501218301391/ Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/56fb94bf60b5e91eb05028be/1455594438781/ Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597ac05e2e69cffcde89e4a6/1501216873976/Screen+Shot+2017-07-28+at+2.11.53+pm.png Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/57d6315f2e69cf71b767f9ed/1472612717108/ Artist "Virtual people#1"2015, Size 120x150 cm. oil on canvas, AUD $6,500 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/57c78ade29687f29e691fa43/1467950017061/ Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/57c658afe6f2e1b49deed034/1472616632908/Screen+Shot+2016-08-31+at+12.45.04+PM.png Artist https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597ace5b03596e118cab0f87/1501220376228/ Artist Burning Love no.3, Oil on linen, 90x120 cm. 2017 AUD $5200 http://blackcatgallery.com.au/past-exhibition daily 0.75 2017-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797962d7bdce97629a6764/1505536450689/preview.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797ad78419c206391bf818/1505536904046/preview+1.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597979679de4bb0311ad72f3/1505536645147/April+20-May6.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797aaa4c0dbfd2a90a2eca/1505536805935/preview1.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797ae91b631b892b7d94c3/1505536957370/preview.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597978b7cd0f68aa80714fd0/1505536357979/Let%27s+cross+the+sea.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597c0559ff7c503b746e0aab/1505536764309/ Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bcaf7c2994ca3cbe534065/1505537967099/21150196_1414238281979307_7889689228663351656_n.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bca87a0abd0403fe2ad856/1505536181714/Screen+Shot+2017-09-16+at+2.28.22+pm.png Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797ac815d5db2591640827/1505536846590/preview+copy.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/596eefa2b3db2b660ca1d3bc/1501128057897/Screen+Shot+2017-07-19+at+3.35.06+pm.png Past Exhibition Solo Exhibition "Sense of place through colour & texture" By Mohaned Abumeis 5-24 May Through my paintings I evoke the land qualities and to pictorial codes to articulate the subjectivity, multiplicity, history, that intimately connected to locality. The adoption of colours and textural quality in my pallet, which I would call it my “Australian pallet” serve the concept of paintings as lyrical metaphor of identity - migrant - boundaries – diversity – hybridity - multiculturalism – dynamism - sense of places …etc. “The body of my work tells some kind of story, which I think it does, the story of my journey into Australian culture, and colour and texture is the language of the story”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59702a72b8a79b1e06802191/1501128136255/15094961_1131248893611582_8768163174628153581_n.jpg Past Exhibition Group show "All I wish" 1- 25 Dec "All I wish" is a group of Melbourne-based artists, each with different artistic styles. Artists inclouded - Andrea Hughes - David Freney-Mills - En-En See - Linda Oy HO - Olga Tsara - Polly Hollyoak https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5970172cf9a61e9a9096b549/1501128099059/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-16%2Bat%2B2.53.44%2BPM.png Past Exhibition Ashley D Bird 28 July - 16 Aug Each of us can remember back to moments in our past when time had a perceived slowness and imagination was the most essential skill to create worlds within worlds. Where play was something that required no end point or conclusion, just the immersion into the fantastical stories and scenarios individual to the relationship between a child and their toys. This work is informed by the fantasy of nostalgia and its power to activate a compulsion towards specific objects from childhood, and how these objects create an obsessive discourse between the fantasy of the past and the reality of the present. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5970295c579fb359ca37ba59/1501128129911/14963369_1126302727439532_6911591561168191574_n.jpg Past Exhibition Myung Hee Kim 10-29 Nov Myunghee Kim’s work touches the heart, causing it to issue a sigh, a silent tear for those imprisoned in the soul-destroying regime of North Korea. The fine strokes of the charcoal drawings exude sensitivity and poignancy. In contrast, the strong brush strokes and solid colours of the paintings evoke the brutality that stifles individuality and dismisses human value. Loss of identity is portrayed in the replication of a single figure in multiple images, including the sexual objectification of the female soldier. The individual is dispensable just a cog in the machine. The question posed is: “Can you hear me?” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/596eed6d914e6b0b24c89875/1501128044582/preview.jpg Past Exhibition Group show "Let's cross the sea" of Australian artists back from The 11th International Art Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand 11th Feb to 1st March 2016 Artists Tania Smith www.tanialousmith.com Kubota Fumikazu www.kubotafumikazu.com Eddie Botha www.eddiebothacreations.com Pimpisa Tinpalit www.pimpisatinpalit.com Nakarin Jaikla www.nakarinjaikla.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/596ef143e3df289cfa58bc1b/1501128074985/Screen+Shot+2017-07-19+at+3.41.26+pm.png Past Exhibition Group Exhibition " Spirit of Thai" By Thai Artists June 24 - July5 Group Exhibition of Artists and Lecturers from Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT), and King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, (KMITL) Thailand, Artists ,Komkrit Sawatdirom ,Thosaporn Suthum Narakorn Sittites, Sorayut Duangjai, Attasit Pokpong Nattiwut Phuangphi and Uttaporn Nimmalaikeaw https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59701688914e6b91172cf73c/1501128106743/Screen%2BShot%2B2016-08-03%2Bat%2B11.38.59%2BAM.png Past Exhibition Polly Hollyoak 7-26 July Straddling the boundaries between abstraction and representational forms, my work explores abstraction, colour, pattern and form through the medium of painting. Vibrant works borrow freely from the image bank of everyday life, with objects being transformed, and the distinction between the ‘real’ and the ‘representational’ dissolving away. Largely derived from advertising sources and glossy representations of the ‘real’, my work explores notions of consumption and desire by highlighting the volume and cacophony of imagery to which we are incessantly exposed. Recent exploration into wallpapering processes and patterns has resulted in the introduction of a new element into my practice; flocking. This exhibition explores the extent to which the textural sensation of flocking can enhance the essence of consumerism that is central to my work. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/596eeeeabebafb43df9076eb/1501128052882/Screen+Shot+2017-07-19+at+3.31.40+pm.png Past Exhibition Solo show "To the table" By Sarah Randall 31 March to 19 April 2016 An exploration into Still Life painting: examining relationships between people through the notion of communion “Everything that cannot be invested in human relationships is invested in objects... this projection of sentimentality... is also what turns them into the decor of a tenacious mythology” “Such objects together make up the system through which the subjects strives to construct the world, a private totality” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59702701c534a5793b99224b/1501128116255/14199429_1069353119801160_7868448457671016762_n.jpg Past Exhibition 29 Sep - 18 Oct A group of Melbourne based female artists, each have different artistic styles but have found similarity in their sensitivity to the figurative form and the expression of emotion. By Nina Rupena, Suzana jacmenovic, Andrea Williamson and Florence Tupuola https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5970254137c58150516d9127/1501128064520/13227363_990945947641878_5268608437654365534_o.jpg Past Exhibition Jennifer Miller 26 May to June 14 This body of work for me has been a way to process my memories and attempt to recapture the "feeling" of a recent holiday to Bora Bora. It seeks to be a personal homage to a nostalgic landscape, inviting the viewer to reminisce over their own personal vacation memories. There is a level of personal expectation when travelling somewhere unknown and decisions are essentially based upon other people's opinions and sometimes hidden, commercial agendas. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597028d52e69cf75bb68f9b5/1501128123233/14333016_1078070568929415_4965177596978734288_n.jpg Past Exhibition Eddie Botha 20 Oct -8 Nov Drawing the line, either to connect, classify or to divide. The Psychology of interaction is all based on our human perception. Life is about interaction, about people, and how we perceive things to be. This co-incides with our cultural diversity and the ever changing composition and character of the Australian culture. Analyzing these everyday interactions that shape our society, seasoned with some humour with the adition of Electronic components. They symbolize both the actual existence of this intergral components in our lives, but also an abstract form of interaction. A form of ‘life’ that we are now so used to. Personified, these electronic sounds and components have indeed become very human and acceptable to us. Yet, it will always be very foreign and strange, separate. Let’s deal with the oddities in a feast of merriness and celebrate life and electricity. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59702290914e6b91172d7daf/1501128088087/Market%2BPlace%2C%2Bacrylic%2Bon%2Bcanvas%2C%2B144.5x110cm%2C%2B2016.jpg Past Exhibition Jaedon Shin 18 Aug - 6 Sep In this series of paintings, Jaedon Shin has captured the essence of life in and around Burke Road.Within the bustle and colour of the external life encompassing cafés, auctions and shopping, he has depicted the internal life of individuals, expressing the suspense and concentration of those attending an auction, the engagement of those in a café, and the blandness and non-engagement of those on the street.The strong, solid, vivid colours contrast with the monotony of their everyday lives. http://www.shinjaedon.com/ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797b8f20099e0bff5a7b3a/1501133712721/20046691_1369498069786662_7064589109965373786_n.jpg Past Exhibition https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59716912d482e928ab14bf16/1500604698130/12698394_934944906575316_3545686035558995321_o.jpg Past Exhibition http://blackcatgallery.com.au/sumit daily 0.75 2018-02-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58536985d2b8575aabc21af8/5a4defeaec212d1b66a402d2/1515057141202/Update+2018floor+plan.jpg Apply https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58536985d2b8575aabc21af8/59e7fe44f09ca46b39d3239e/1508376134626/17021884_1235620913174379_952116223678047800_n.jpg Apply https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/58536985d2b8575aabc21af8/58536989ebbd1abde9c588c4/1481861516036/outside.jpg Apply http://blackcatgallery.com.au/contact daily 0.75 2018-02-01 http://blackcatgallery.com.au/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2017-07-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59796dbfebbd1a40ad7997cf/1501130178545/17021714_1235620026507801_6777889295158461063_n.jpg March 2 -21 Rushdi Anwar Rushdi Anwar is a Melbourne-based artist originally from Kurdistan. His installation, sculptures, painting, photo-painting, and video works often reflect on the socio-political issues of Kurdistan, Iraq and The Middle East. Exploring these issues through an investigation of form conditions, material vocabularies and processes, his works reference the social and political unrest in his home country and his Kurdish heritage, but they also have a broader message and talk to us of care, attention and even redemption through art. He was educated in Kurdistan and Australia studying at the Institute of Kirkuk, Enmore Design Centre / Sydney Institute- Sydney. He holds a Master of Fine Art (MFA) 2010 and a Doctorate of Philosophy Art (PhD) 2016, in the School of Art in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. www.rushdi.com.au https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59796dc4b3db2bd78146ec91/1501130181519/17022397_1235621589840978_7808949990670657130_n.jpg March 2 -21 Sarah Randall Randall's studio practice explores the genre of still life painting, through the medium of oil paint on wood. The objects she chooses to render are objects that sit quietly in the world, overlooked in the business of our daily life. The way we relate to these objects is in one way how we relate to each other. In the moments of their use, these objects give us space for reflection and communication, drawing people together to the table. As such, her body of work examines the relationship between people (the family) and their objects (tableware). These painted objects act as a metaphor for the individual and speak collectively to the notion of communion. Randall completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts in Wollongong in 2013, a Master of Fine Arts at RMIT in 2015 and a Grad Certificate of Arts in Art History at the University of Melbourne in 2016. She has exhibited in NSW and Melbourne since 2008, in 2013 she was awarded the $1000 William Fletcher Foundation Grant and awarded the RMIT Community Award in 2015 coinciding with her Masters. www.sarahrandallartist.weebly.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59796dc96a49635d6db8cde8/1501130186876/16997855_1235620073174463_2431917592734726721_n.jpg March 2 -21 Pimpisa Tinpalit A native of Thailand, sculptor Pimpisa Tinpalit moved to Melbourne, Australia in 2009 and established her first studio not long after. She holds a Master's Degree in Fine Art with an particular focus on sculpture. Pimpisa also has extensive experience in teaching art within multiple Thai Universities. Throughout her 15+ years as a professional artist, she has show cased her work in several solo and group exhibitions in Thailand, Japan, Singapore, USA and Hong Kong. www.pimpisatinpalit.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59796d8c29687f566e4bf0ea/1501130162322/16996471_1235620109841126_4326699837726039156_n.jpg March 2 -21 Annette Chang Born in Taipei, Taiwan 1955, moved to Melbourne in 1991 ork and live in Melbourne Chang uses ordinary and recycled materials to reflect upon consumption, consumerism and the everyday life www.annettechangartist.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597addef3a0411960d5abe2e/1501224482584/ March 2 -21 Ashley D Bird Ashley Bird is a Tasmanian based interdisciplinary visual artist. The focus of his work and research explores ideas of memory and nostalgia that emotionally connect people to objects, that within them hold past moments and carefree interactions with family and place. The collection and archive of these objects therefore standing in for the past memory, motivating an obsessive desire to inshrine and valorise past relics (especially toys) to keep memories from being lost. www.ashleydbird.com https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59796dc8a803bb7c43cc211c/1501130184928/16998726_1236137896456014_3160568511391353058_n.jpg March 2 -21 Andrian Doyle With a Masters & Bachelor of Fine Arts Adrian Doyle is the instigator and curator of the Blender studios. Doyle begun the world famous Melbourne Street Art Tours, is part of the Blender Creatives and the Dark Horse Experiment and is possibly most famous for his Empty Nursery Blue painting of Rutledge lane which along with Hosier Lane is the first stopping point for street art tourists to Melbourne. www.doylesart.com http://blackcatgallery.com.au/march-23-april-8 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797cd58419c206391c0939/1501134043662/G1-2+%E2%80%9CThe+art+of+rejection%E2%80%9D+.jpg March 23 - April 8 Gallery 1-2 The Art of Rejection by Georgie Maddox, Alessandai Fiorina and Jenni McLaughlin The Art of Rejection is a collaborative exhibition documenting and exploring the journey of three artists Alessandra Fiorina, Jenni McLaughlin and Georgie Maddox, as they entered international and national art competitions, prizes and awards over a 12 month period. This visual art exhibition informs the viewer regarding one of the processes contemporary artists endure to sustain or further their professional artistic pursuits, namely the entering of juried art competitions. Rejection is part of being a modern artist, whether emerging or established and whilst the artists have been selected as finalists in reputable art competitions, all artists can expect more rejection than acceptance. Leonard Mlodinow wrote in The Drunkard’s Walk: The cord that tethers ability to success is both loose and elastic. It is easy to see fine qualities in successful books or to see unpublished manuscripts, inexpensive vodkas, or people struggling in any field as somehow lacking. It is easy to believe that ideas that worked were good ideas, that plans that succeeded were well designed, and that ideas and plans that did not were ill conceived. And it is easy to make heroes out of the most successful and to glance with distain at the least. But ability does not guarantee achievement, nor is achievement proportional to ability. And so it is important to always keep in mind the other term in the equation – the role of chance. This quote encompasses both current and historical notions of success as an artist and represents some of the discussion seeking to be provoked through this exhibition. Whilst the idea of what defines success is subjective, as with all art, the exhibition is in no way intended to criticise or question the judging process. Many great artworks have and will remain hidden to society due to the unattainable financial costs incurred by artists. It can be argued that it is in the viewing that the created work becomes art. Engaging the general public with this important role in mind is key to The Art of Rejection. In reality, being a practicing artist often comes at a financial and emotional cost. Artists for the most part of their career, practice to their financial detriment. The average earnings of an Australian artist is around $7000 with less than 20% being able to work full time at their art practise. The Art of Rejection by sharing knowledge of the process of entering juried art competitions increases the awareness and understanding of the plight of an artist, as well as providing a collection of works reminiscent of the Salon des Refuses.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797cd64c0dbfd2a90a3f6d/1501134046999/G3%E2%80%9CWave+length%E2%80%9D+by+Nanou+Dupuis+.png March 23 - April 8 Gallery 3 Wavelength by Nanou Dupuis Nanou is a Belgian artist based in Melbourne. Wavelength explores a person’s ideas and way of thinking, especially as it affects their ability to communicate with others. The artist uses total abstraction through a combination of calligraphic mark-making with contemporary graffiti methods. The resulting artworks expose: challenges, intuition, speed and permanence of the mark in a non-verbal, non-discriminative linguistic. www.nanoudupuis.com     http://blackcatgallery.com.au/april-20-may-6 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797f79d7bdce97629a939e/1501134726246/%E2%80%9CContinuum+of+variation%E2%80%9D+.jpg April 20 - May 6 Gallery 2 : Continuum of variation by David Freney-Mills David Freney-Mills explores the visual appearance of language through fragmenting and rearranging text in overlapping layers. Through his work David attempts to convey the realisations that occur when we read or hear words that resonate within, and the expansive effect that language can have when used in poetry or the reciting of mantras. David’s primary medium is ink on Mulberry paper. His process is inspired by traditional ink painting from the East Asian region, as well as the techniques of contemporary and traditional Japanese painting and dye art. David studied at Victorian College of the Arts and Fine Arts at RMIT. David continues to exhibit locally in solo and group exhibitions.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797f785016e1aaa1ca54e3/1501134756391/%2522Grid+Meditation+%26+Square+Works%2522.jpg April 20 - May 6 Gallery 1: Grid Meditation & Square Works by Wladyslaw Ratuszyinski and Leigh Hewitt In Wladyslaw Ratuszyinski's large charcoal works on paper shrouded chairs become monumental mountain ranges and everyday train station scenes become sites of transformation. The treatment of the images sublimates the subject matter, illuminating the scenes with a divine light. The inspiration for this series was the re-emergence of childhood dreams and the youthful imagination exercise of finding fanciful objects and scenes in the formations of clouds. The title of the series "Grid Meditation" refers to the artist's process, visible in the works, of using the age-old grid drawing method in conjunction with a meditative approach. The three tools used, the willow charcoal, the eraser, and the smudging tool, are given equal importance in this process. The works shown are selected from the larger series of "Grid Meditation" works. Shown alongside Wladyslaw's monochrome works are the often brightly coloured oil paintings of Leigh Hewitt. These largely figurative works hint at narrative and metaphor but avoid blunt conclusions. When viewed together this collection of sometimes puzzling images may be seen in terms of duality - the heroic mingles with the mundane, the real with the concocted, and the busy with the calm. Painting in oil on board, Leigh attempts to render with each work a unique snippet of the cartoonish world we inhabit and create, where folk singers peer at us through dying foliage, men in grey handle kaleidoscopic bunches of balloons, and man beats computer in a game of logic for the final time.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59797f7acd39c375003c89d3/1501134729365/COLLISION_SHOW_IMAGE.jpg April 20 - May 6 Gallery 3 : Collision by Ryan F Kennedy A multi-disciplinary artist RFK’s work traverses sculpture / 3d and performance / installation. Using the clumsiness of words to convey personal/political messages grown into both object and experiential forms. RFK is returning to the Lorne Sculpture Biennale in 2018 after his successful participation in both performance and sculpture categories in 2016. Previous exhibitions of his work include White Night 2015, Fehily Contemporary, Stockroom Gallery. RFK works and lives in Hepburn Shire, Victoria where he continues to develop his practice. “The moment of impact is neither exact nor abstract, yet in fact a moment of contact in both act and artefact”   http://blackcatgallery.com.au/new-page-2 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5979830303596e118c9c893a/1501135706292/Corinne_Beardsley_Poster_Image.jpg May 11 -27 Gallery 3 : Shadow dancer by Cori Beardsley Shadow Dancers express the intuitive gestures of movement and emotion. Entering the space, the audience discovers the “drawings” on the wall with torches, in the same way one explores a cave space. The 3-d wire sculptures project line drawings on the wall that respond to the audience’s explorative illumination of the sculptures. The dancing figures are a projection of the inner self instead of a physical form. They represent the transformation one can experience through dance- where you become your desires, fantasies and history; a projection of your imagination. I enjoy dancing alone the most, unselfconscious, intuitive and spontaneous. It's not about the aesthetic of dance, but the rhythms that take over the body, the playfulness in the characters, and sensations that flow through me. The goal is that the audience will activate the figures with the movement of light, bringing their own rhythms and playful imagination to the installation.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597983bfc534a5eb4a47a36f/1501135868172/Joy.jpg May 11 -27 Gallery 1 : ANILXC by Dmitry Trashkov Dmitry Trashkov is a multi-disciplinary creative, he presents experimental, abstract and literal concepts through graphic art, printed material, and illustration. Working within an aesthetic that lives in monochrome, the common threads being abstraction and symbolism. He seeks draw attention to the deep, primal levels of consciousness. ANILX is an exhibition that draws on concepts such as evolution, mortality, sex and violence. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597983ff17bffc7e459866c2/1501135876174/relational+traces+2.jpg May 11 -27 Gallery 2 : Relational Traces by Raksit Panya Raksit Panya explores the human interactions in the intimate scale. As his work revolve around the concept of ‘touch’ and how to express the feeling of touch in the various way. As his main medium, ceramic is used to be the main material in the form of cups. They act as functional vessels and blank canvases for the human interaction-print which contain the evidences of how he interact with the clay. The interactions he made with his cups are the same thing we do with our loved one such as kissing, holding, and caressing. Also, the works come with drawings which present the human body texture, where touch occurs. The surface texture of handprint, skin, lip are blown up for us to investigate our own bodies’ detail. http://blackcatgallery.com.au/june-120 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5979868bcf81e057707753d0/1501136529757/unnamed.jpg June 1-20 Gallery 2-3 : Group Show Black&White by Selected artists "I believe very strongly that when it comes to desire, when it comes to attraction, that things are never black and white, things are very much shades of grey" . by Brian Molko Artists : Andrea Hughes, Michaelk Hawkins, Philadephia hanson-Viney, Laura Herman, Anta Bozic, Matthew Fitch Nayanaa Kanodia, Olga Tsara, Jessica Rule, Stiff lves, Caragh Brooks, Dean Sunderland, Fanny Devert, Charlootte Evans, Sarah Randall, Hugo Mathias, Caterina Leone credit image : Andrea Hughes   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5979866303596e118c9ca246/1501136490744/Philosopher%27s+falls+tapestry1.2x1.5mBen+Laycock+2013.jpg June 1-20 Gallery 1 : Gravity by Ben laycock The river rushes headlong down the mountain. It hits the plain and starts to wander. By the time it nears the coast it is meandering in all directions, searching blindly for an outlet to the sea. The pounding surf has built a bulwark of sand that blocks the way. The river turns in on its self, gathering in eddies and pools and billabongs, swamps, marshes, wetlands, bog. The river is calm, still, tranquil. Slowly it rises, breaches the wall and rushes out, clashing violently with the waves trying to get in. The river and the sea fighting and dancing around each other. Fighting and dancing. http://blackcatgallery.com.au/june-22-july-11 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5979888c440243827c4250fb/1501137038235/unnamed+rusdi.jpg June 22 - July 11 Gallery 2 : The Patterns of displacement in context of “HOME” byRushdi Anwar The Patterns of Displacement in Context of "Home" The Patterns of Displacement in Context of "Home" explores issues of displacement due to socio-political persecution that aims to reveal the difficulties and suffering of individuals who have faced displacement and dislocation - manifesting a universal understanding for change, fragility, resilience and redemption. The Patterns of Displacement in Context of "Home" address the catastrophe and the difficult reality of those individuals forced into displacement. In addition Reframe “Home” with Patterns of displacement indicate and invokes the idea of the “Home” fragments that parts are absent and lost or left behind somewhere, signifies both loss of home and the triumph of memory. However not only highlight the desperation and fragility of displaced individuals, it will also highlight their courage and compassion. Additionally, the project highlight the human condition, which when under difficult situations requires and seeks hope, renewal and light. ACKNOWLEGDGMENT: 1-This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. 2-This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. 3- Merri Outreach Support Service (MOSS). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597988adcd0f68aa8071c8d0/1501137078103/fitch1234.jpg June 22 - July 11 Gallery 3 : Fitch 11by Matthew Fitch Having over 20 years’ experience in the arts industry and gained a masters in art curatorship from the University of Melbourne I have always been engaged in exhibiting and presenting contemporary artworks. This body of work embraces our neighbors in Asia and China to where I have recently visited and I have also been learning Mandarin for the past three years. South East Asia and China have been knocking on Australia’s door for a long time now and also on the contemporary art world’s door to now be in the forefront and it cannot be or won’t be ignored and I believe we should be embracing Asia in this brave new contemporary world we now live in. This current body of work is a reference to “The Chinese 1989 Avant-Garde Movement” as it is known in Asia, in this edgy new body of work and exhibition titled ‘Fitch 11’. The artwork tilted ‘The 21 Century Ode to Sid’ translates as a question written in Chinese Characters as, ‘You Don’t know or You know?’ Depicting with a reference to Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series; a black helmet amour that the bushranger Ned Kelly used. The 21 Century influence as the text from China into Australia with a Confucius philosophical riddle, is stuck in the eyes of the helmet that Ned Kelly would have been wearing. Our own mythologized figure from Australia whom was executed here in Melbourne, now to be immortalised into the 21 Century world. It is fitting that when the artist Xiao Lu shot her own work and this closed the opening of the Chinese avant-garde movement only after two hours of opening, that Xiao Lu ‘s work is now known as the gun shots before the Tiananmen Square riots: As The Kelly gang took arms onto the authorities in the 1800’s with guns and armour and has ever since been mythologized. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/597988883a0411960d4be86d/1501137033571/unnamedu.jpg June 22 - July 11 Gallery 1 : Group Show Self by Jason Hazle, Calum Lamb, Quirky Bones, Carl Ross, Nanou Dupuis Brady Clarke and Taras Semenenko , Curated by Briana Catherine Wall SELF is a mixed media group exhibition featuring emerging, unrepresented artists. Exploring and analysing concepts of identity, mortality, the representation of self, sexuality, physical autonomy & the history of mankind. Expressed in a chaotic fashion to emulate the clash of personalities & diversity in life, SELF is an exploration of just that. Credit image : Jason Hazle http://blackcatgallery.com.au/july-13-aug-1 daily 0.75 2017-07-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59798af2e3df28e4239d51d9/1501137653253/unnamed+u.jpg July 13 - Aug 1 Gallery 2: Something Fishy by Charles-Andre' Lemire This installation explores the paradoxal thematics of suspension and weight through two different mediums. On one side, a moving image of a man falling from the sky but stuck in a limbo of repetition. Suspended in time and space, his continuous fall (or ascent?) goes from a chaotic and disturbed event to a stabilized position, then back again. On the other side and facing the video, a bench with a photo under a rock. As the movement floats in the air, the still image is prisoner. This eerie sight is hidden, blocked, under this punishment left on a bench, grounded. My work is about forms, shapes and their narratives. It's about material, about what we see and how we see it. It takes shape in loops, that can create a new narrative through repetition. Our lives are made of these little repetitions that can be comforting, boring, disturbing. I like to take a snap of this life, like an old biology sketch, where you can dissect with your eyes a moment of time.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59798af159cc6806786c06dd/1501137661221/unnamed+camel+.jpg July 13 - Aug 1 Gallery 1: Soul Thoughts by Carmel Sayer Carmel Sayer uses her artwork to explore the relationship between post modern global society and the diminishment of human spirituality. Through her work, Sayer explores the adverse effects on humanity and the soul, rising from the misuse of technology and a loss of connectivity with nature and one’s self within high density urban environments. Carmel's latest works are focusing on ‘mapping’ the soul and how the fragmentation of thoughts leads to the decompartmentalization of the soul, due to her belief that spirituality is being institutionalized. Spirituality is being institutionalized, fragmented, ruled and watered down by urban environment, religion and technology. By cutting ourselves off from nature, disconnecting through connecting, the spiritual force within us is broken down, weakened, and in turn our mental health suffers. This has far reaching effects on society as the chain of events repeats over and over, with each round diluting, separating and splintering the spirit. In Carmel’s work, these forces come together, fragments loosely form, connect and unite in a colourful strength to combat and confront the very nature of ourselves. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59798be1db29d6d5dc2e38c4/1501137905132/unnamed.png July 13 - Aug 1 Gallery 3: Everyday life by Selected Artists To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. - Harriet Beecher Stowe Artists Aneta Bozic, Baden Johnson, Liz Millsom, Justine Millsom Lis Johnson, Ying Huang, Supansa Thongsuk, Fiona Martin Megan Tan, Kaitlyn francis and Tim Coleman Credit image : Aneta Bozic   http://blackcatgallery.com.au/new-page-5 daily 0.75 2017-08-19 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5997bfb346c3c4fced12fc9f/1503117242836/Caroline.jpg Aug 3-22 Gallery 2: Where's Loo Loo by Caroline McGrath Caroline’s art practice speaks of the emotional and psychological repercussions of childhood experiences and the resulting behaviors and feelings that may be carried into adulthood. Her work investigates how past events can subconsciously manifest in daily living and in our interactions with others. Caroline works mainly in performance and video art which may include: painting, photography, drawing and installation. Through her practice, she aims to create an emotional conflict within the viewer of wanting to turn away, yet feeling compelled to persist in watching. Her work details the process of transforming feelings of powerlessness into feelings of empowerment through increasing autonomy and self-determination. Where’s Loo Loo? is a video artwork documenting the artist in childlike clothing and make up, looking directly into the camera and incessantly expressing her strong desire for Loo Loo, which is not met, resulting in dire consequences. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5997bfb1a803bb5fa62398ba/1503117273702/FullSizeRender.jpg Aug 3-22 Gallery 1 : Bound by Milos Pelikan The representation of tribalism, the essence of belonging and therefore being bound to a society; and the use of metaphor and transformative representations of mundane objects in an ongoing conversation are key influences driving Milos’ mixed media and sculptural practice. The works are directed at a consideration of the culture of “me” and its corrosive effects on social bindings, enterprise and psychology. This focus has its origin in many years of living in the Melanesian culture of Papua New Guinea where symbolism in life and art is a driving social factor. Immersion in such diversity and disparity in cultural terrains has provided the foundation to a conversation about the constructed nature of cultural norms and perceptions. This early influence is seen in Milos’ use of masks and profiles – two powerful totemic symbols. Milos draws on this concept as a theoretical foundation in the transformation of everyday materials into totemic symbols of relationship, identity and bonding. Milos’ interest in the symbols of story telling is reinforced through a strong association with the geospatial information and map making. Maps, much like sculptures, are landscapes, story-telling terrains created by the use of symbols – these symbols allow us to tell stories about spaces we inhabit and journeys we undertake. 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Eunsook's Regular Meal presents seasoning food of Namdo and family meal including rice, soup, vegetable, and kimchi. Kim, the artist, has filmed three meals a day that she makes herself since 1st January 2016 (She keeps filming until now). This work is not only a faithful doc- umentation of traditional dishes and table which might be faded in the near future, but also a series of an archive that resonates Kim’s life. Haenam in Jeollanam-do, Kim's Hometown, is called a granary area facing west and south sea of Korea. Haenam is well-known for rice production as it has wide fertile land along with sea, sunshine, and rain. Hanam's sea facing at the southernmost part of Korea has numerous islands around 2,200. The winding mudflat located in inland deeply is a paradise of migratory birds. The distinctive agriculture has been developed in Namdo with deep forest, broad green field, sea and mudflat. Especially, various dishes have been flourished as known for 'Namdo dining table' or 'Namdo dish'. These terms are also the representative brand of Korean food. Kim was born in Namdo where she still dwells in. The three meals a day that she prepares for her family as a housewife represent the most ordinary family meal of Namdo region. Eunsook's Regular Meal thus is an ideal meal for Korea in 2017. It is a masterpiece reflecting her whole life that anyone could not attempt again. http://blackcatgallery.com.au/aug-24-sep-12 daily 0.75 2017-09-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bca443f5e231900a9f54e4/1505535079959/21123149_10155775495263586_722691319_o.jpg Aug 24 - Sep 12 Gallery 1 : Double Moon by Jaedon Shin The notion of “double moon” conjures up not just an image of ‘two moons’ but rather alludes to the duplicate interpretation of a single entity the obverse and reverse of the same phenomenon: When we struggle in the darkness who are we struggling against? Is it an opponent or a partner? A friend or a fiend? And should we thus divide and distinguish our allegiances setting artificial distinctions of partisanship … who is on ‘our side’? This is a construct of the biased mindseeing things in terms of“them and us”. And so, in this series those things are seen by the light of the silvery moon, and are also seen by the light of its twin, slightly blood-red moon. The theme of Shin Jaedon’s work “Double Moon” is an exploration of the psychological state of individuals who form part of the background in situations of conflict he observes the confrontation and turmoil without commenting on the politics of the events themselves. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bca46df09ca4805a6d8aef/1505535087768/C-G.jpg Aug 24 - Sep 12 Gallery 2 : Fragile by Avan Anwar To create a relationship and a balance between the past and present, memory and reality. I have learnt how flowers can create positive images and represent hope and rebirth in the bright and dark sides of my memory at the time of war and destruction. The colours of flowers represent for me optimism in life and the attempts to overcome difficulties. In my works I have a wish to express this optimism and show that life will continue. As nature reproduces again and again in the cycle of seasons. All materials are symbolic in meaning and the process of representing the flux of time and memory. The aim of this art project is to reflect on the destructive outcome of war on society and me personally. I will try to show how war is causing damage and freeze many things in plaster to show that life is curtailed by war and is without progress. Plaster is used in the place of soil, because it is artificial and not natural. Showing how the content is changing after been affected by the socio-political context, how the content will change from one context to another, while the form may remain the same. I intend to show how script is important for the human and cultural identity. I have used plaster because it is also related to my childhood memory. Plaster was used in my physical environment and for my representing my previous culture. It also represents a gradual decaying of materials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59bca470e45a7caf6bea339e/1505535136248/home+sweet+home.jpg Aug 24 - Sep 12 Gallery 3 : A Home Among the Gum Treesby Joshua Hook 'In this new body of work, Joshua Hook explores the theme of identity, that of the prevailing Australian experience as well as his own identity and its relationship to this 'Australian' character. Through the representation of settings, scenes and moments in his life as snapshots or stills in a larger story, Josh examines the forces that have shaped him as a white middle class male growing up in the suburbs and what impact they may have had upon him and his identity. The tension created in this series of drawings will also question the legitimacy that these symbols and cultural signifiers are to the Australian identity and how representative that identity is to the wider society of our country and people. http://blackcatgallery.com.au/sep-14oct-3 daily 0.75 2017-09-30 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf285abce176b4eb1ecc10/1506748523222/IMG_2561.JPG.jpeg Sep 14-Oct 3 Gallery 3: A time and place by Andrea Hughes The focus of this exhibition is drawn from the exploration of people places and time. The aesthetic generated by the use of Perspex provides an effective means to explore the past and present. Essentially functioning as a screen, both sides of the Perspex are utilised and worked with layers of paint whereby each layer contributes to the creation of depth to each work. Through the use of colour, layering and chosen images Andrea attempts to tap into familiar ground for the viewer to relate or imagine. These works play on light, and colour and invite the viewer to engage closely and explore the delicate paint patterns where the works detail is revealed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf2853b1ffb6704729cecb/1506748516392/20862162_1574514695944244_1962775603_o.jpg Sep 14-Oct 3 Gallery 2: VOID by Nakarin Jaikla “VOID” is the latest visual art series that incorporates his passion in dancing to a contemporary video art. He used an improvisation and Butoh dance technique to create abstract body forms. After carefully selection the location and material, he then decided on the composition of video frames. His works are quite unique due to his dance training background and his performing experience. These will present the audience with a dimension of culture between Thai and Australian. Nakarin uses different materials, which is giving a variety of visual, energy and effect through his body movement. The contrast between the surface, colour and texture is what audiences would recognise in this series. “These are the symbol of mystery – representing the idea that our people have a secret energy in our soul and if we know that strength well enough, there will be a equilibrium in our body.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/59cf284d12abd9c6193addbf/1506748545427/%23Ubiquity+work+image+for+BlackCat+Gallery+2017.jpg Sep 14-Oct 3 Gallery 1: #ubiquity by Wolfe Girardin Jodoin Wolfe Girardin Jodoin is a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal, Canada. His drawing series #ubiquity, depicting Snapchat and Instagram-story screenshots, is the culmination of a recent 10-week-long artist residency at BigCi in the Blue Mountains, NSW. The project addresses both the potential and shortcomings of social media in maintaining meaningful relationships in an increasingly mobile world. http://blackcatgallery.com.au/home-1 daily 1.0 2018-02-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8faf8f24a6946e9ec5024f/5a8fb01671c10bed715a4904/1519366257226/Screen+Shot+2018-01-14+at+2.45.10+pm.png Home - Gallery 1 : Stella Nguyen https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8faf8f24a6946e9ec5024f/5a8faf9953450afb29a00343/1519366311166/IMG_3412.jpg Home - Gallery 3 : Owen Bpmford https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8faf8f24a6946e9ec5024f/5a8faf9241920287020a5421/1519366291003/6.Untitled%2C2017.+Oil+Paint%2C+Oil+Stick%2C+Pastel%2C+Spray+Paint%2C+Acrylic%2C+Canvas.png Home - Gallery 2 : Eloisa Alexander https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8facb5c8302568a6a61322/1519365335995/22851800_1460433760693092_6034382988827328799_n.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8facb524a6946e9ec4983e/1519365335977/22310479_1446285065441295_7130258443052121156_n.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8fac8b0d92973d0c514992/1519365262992/17021884_1235620913174379_952116223678047800_n.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8fac7f24a6946e9ec490d0/1519365335962/23722763_1485622414840893_9022017698859673229_n.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8fac78419202870209e1d3/1519365347210/Screen+Shot+2018-01-05+at+3.40.17+pm.png Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/5a8fac6f419202870209e07a/5a8fac7771c10bed7159c21d/1519365241077/23476240_10155994126028586_1479786979_n.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5a8faa3c08522995fefc3c07/1519364866258/Tonto%2C+I%E2%80%99ve+a+feeling+we%E2%80%99re+not+in+Kansasarrawarra+anymore.jpg Home Gallery 3 : Clouds and car window frame × 95 = WOW Edward Burger Witness the fantastic via 95 manipulations of the one image in a celebration of clouds, colour, beauty, diversity and digital special effects. This series of vastly differing, exceptionally colourful, digital photographs will WOW you to the core. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5a8fa9f0c8302568a6a5ae5c/1519364667454/JUNIPERTREE1_300_FLYER_PIC_JORDAN.jpg Home Gallery 1 : Grimm Discoveries Tamara Jordan Dr Tamara Jordan is a Melbourne-based German visual artist, lecturer and researcher. Tamara’s artworks attempt to reveal the hidden and symbolical language inherent in traditional narratives such as folk and fairytales. The ink and pen drawings are dedicated to the surreal, the poetry of the dark and the depiction of juxtapositions such as: sweet versus grotesque, funny versus melancholic and beautiful versus uncanny.This exhibition primarily focuses on folktales collected by the Brothers Grimm.(J. & W. Grimm, Kinder and Hausmärchen first published in 1812). Tamara’s work is motivated by the exploration of the inner wisdom and meaning of the traditional sources, which point to social conflicts through imaginative symbols. The deeper underlying meaning of the tales emerges when they are understood as metaphors for human actions that work in relation to certain psychological principles. Although we are far away from those actions, we can still feel and relate to these metaphors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/562d7198e4b0be327600b1d6/t/5a8fa9f424a6946e9ec43385/1519364639435/flyerpictureblackcat.jpg Home Gallery 2 : Moleboy Andrew Pilkington Andrew Pilkington’s exhibition Moleboy displays cartoons, which aim to reveal the subtleties of human behaviour. Andrew’s cartoons are completed in the traditional pen and ink style, and digitally coloured. The cartoon’s presented in Moleboy are reflections of eye witness accounts at the supermarket , the terrifyingly primal search for love, the role ignorance has to play in superficiality and the inevitable horror of replacement.