Happy Medium

Happy Medium is an exhibition of new ceramic objects. The title refers to my feelings about working with clay, as well as an approach to craft making that seeks to strike a balance between traditional and digital processes. The pieces in this exhibition are the result of my early experiments with wheel throwing, hand building, slip casting, computer-aided design and 3D printing. They reflect my growing interest in how craft is being redefined and practiced in the post-digital age. 

The exhibition is being held at Queensland College of Art's Project Gallery from 22 November until 2 December. Opening hours are 11am - 4pm Tuesday - Saturday. 

artisan: Dust. Ashes.

Dust. Ashes. is a selection of new porcelain works and is on show at artisan until 10 July. These works are the result of my recent residency at Sunday Morning@EKWC in Holland, and mark a new direction in my practice. The title of the exhibition refers to the craft of ceramics. ‘Dust’ alludes to the material of clay, refined in riverbeds over thousands of years and combined with bone, and ‘Ashes’ refers to the firing process. These pieces continue my exploration of reflected light and shadow, illusion and perception, surface and depth.

This project was made possible by the generous support of Sunday Morning@ekwc, Arts Queensland and the Copyright Agency.

Artist residency: Sunday Morning@EKWC

The World Theatre Gallery

A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist (1), 2012.

I have two bodies of work touring to Charters Towers in northern Queensland. A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist and Resonance will be on show at The World Theatre Gallery in Mosman Street and can be viewed throughout the month of February. A catalogue featuring an essay by Jill Barker will be available at the gallery. Do drop in, if you're in the area!

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Artist residency: Fremantle Arts Centre

I'm settling into life on the west coast thanks to the generous support of the kind people at Fremantle Arts Centre. It's so good to be here!

END13 - SmallWorks Gallery

I'm looking forward to showing work in END13, the annual end-of-year exhibition at SmallWorks Gallery. Also showing are: Scott Eady, Ben Pearce, Matthew Couper, JK Russ, Robert McLeod, Peter Ireland, Chantal Fraser, Warwick McLeod and Damien O'Mara. An opening for the exhibition will be held on Friday 13 December between 6pm and 8pm. All welcome!
 

Looking beyond: An artisan exhibition at BCM Crucible gallery

Spectrum selection, 2013.

I'm thrilled to be exhibiting my work alongside Kenji Uranishi's exquisite ceramics in 'Looking beyond', a lovely show put together by artisan's emerging curator Miriam Carter. The exhibition is being held at BCM's Crucible gallery at 47 Warner Street, Fortitude Valley until 23 December 2013. Miriam has written an essay to accompany the show, which is available for download.

Kenji Uranishi.

A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist - Sawtooth ARI

I'm very excited to be heading down to Launceston for the November exhibitions at Sawtooth ARI. I'll be showing my series 'A cloud can never die: Ice, water mist' alongside 'currents and so on' by Christl Berg, 'Self Portrait' by Nancy Mauro-Flude and work by the many finalists selected for the RACT Insurance Tasmanian Portraiture Prize. The exhibitions open on Friday 1 November at 6pm and continue until Saturday 23 November.

Moreton Bay Region Art Awards

Rise and fall, again (9), 2011.

I'm thrilled to have received the news that two of my artworks have been selected for the Moreton Bay Region Art Awards. Rise and fall, again (9) has been selected in the 3D category, and A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist (1), has been selected in the 2D category.

An exhibition of the finalists' work opens on Friday 11 October until Sunday 27 October. Brett Adlington, director of the Lismore Regional Gallery, will be judging the entries.
 

Explorations of light and sound - Ryan Renshaw Gallery

My exhibition Explorations of Light and Sound opens tonight at Ryan Renshaw Gallery and runs until August 18. I'm very excited to be exhibiting alongside Der Tiefenglanz by Gavin Hipkins and Karl Fritsch, as well as Current Project's Jenny Mai Hall.  I'll be showing new work from three series: Resonance, Spectrum Selection and A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist. A catalogue featuring the essay Finding Stillness by Jill Barker will be available at the gallery.
 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.

Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist (1), 2012.

I've just heard the exciting news that my photograph A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist (1) has been selected for the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award. Photographer and Professor of Fine Arts (Photography) at Massey University Anne Noble has selected the work of 65 finalists to be exhibited at the Gold Coast City Gallery from 6 April to 19 May.

Exhibiting artists include: Hoda Afshar, Svetlana Bailey, Liam Benson, Jessie Boylan, Chris Budgeon, Anna Carey, Amy Carkeek, Gary Cockburn, Tony Coleing, Michael Cook, Meg Cowell, Patrick Cremin, Rebecca Dagnall, Joanne Day, Tamara Dean, Damian Dillon, Ella Dreyfus, Cherine Fahd, Merilyn Fairskye, Jacqueline Felstead, Anne Ferran, Kaye Forster, Philip George, John Gollings, Kelly Hussey-Smith and Alan Hill, Alexander James, Natalie Jeffcott, Ingvar Kenne, Katrin Koenning, Mine Konakci, Annika Koops, Ashlee Laing, Hailey Lane, Marcia Leonard, Anne MacDonald, Rachel Marsden, Michael Miller, Courtney Miller, Peter Milne, Laura Moore, Kimberly Morgan-Smith, David Nielsen, Geoff Parr, Brett Ramsay, Nathalie Reinholdsten, Carlie Roach, Callum Ross, Julie Rrap, Sam Scoufos, Laki Sideris, Matthew Sleeth, Kurt Sorensen, Katie Sorrenson, David Stephenson, Neale Stratford, Julie Sundberg, Christian Thompson, Tegan Truman, Warren Vance, Justine Varga, J.J. Voss, Dianna Wells, Pete Whyte, Vikky Wilkes.

Art for Eva: Ryan Renshaw Gallery

A cloud can never die: Ice, water, mist (1), 2012.

I’m very pleased to be part of Art for Eva again, a biennial Christmas charity exhibition organised by Ryan Renshaw Gallery to be held this year on Friday 14 December from 6pm.

Eva D’Souza is a five-year-old girl, who was born with the rare disorder Rett Syndrome, and who will be starting school next year. Funds raised from this year’s exhibition will go towards the purchase of a Tobii CEye eye-tracking computer  to help Eva communicate by reading the direction of her gaze and translating it into words.

Artworks by 60 emerging and established artists will be sold on the night for $250 each.

Art for Eva features works by: Peter Alwast, Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Tony Albert, James and Eleanor Avery, Sean Barrett, Krista Berga, Michael Candy, Anna Carey, James Cousins, Emma Darrouzet, Archer Davis, Kim Demuth, Emily Devers, James Dodd, Marian Drew, Roger D'Souza, Emily Ferretti, Nicholas Folland, James R Ford, Stacie Gibson, Irene Hanenbergh, Veronica Kent, Nat Koyama, Dana Lawrie, Emma Lindsay, Amy Longworth, Alasdair Macintyre, Peter Madden, Jennifer Marchant, Tara Mariolowski, Phoebe McDonald, Kath McLean, Laith McGregor, Scott Miles, David Nixon, Liam O'Brien, Jesse Olsen, Romello Pereira, Andre Piguet, Tom Polo, Zoe Porter, Emma Reilly, Eric Rossi, Sophie Richards, Pia Robinson, Sarah Ryan, Carly Scoufos, Camille Serisier, Kate Shaw, Hannah Smith, Martin Smith, Bryan Spier, Mary Stuart, Daniel Templeman, Daniel Tobin, Matthew Tobin, Yvonne Todd, Jared Worthington and Michael Zavros.

Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place

Mauve shadows (Salt Lake series), 2009.

I'm thrilled to have received the news that my photograph Mauve Shadows (Salt Lake Series) has been selected as a finalist in the 2012 Heysen Prize for Interpretation of Place. An exhibition of the finalists' work will be held at Hahndorf Academy from Saturday October 6 until Sunday December 2.

Australia Council for the Arts: New Work Grant

I am delighted to have been awarded a New Work (Early Career) Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts. These funds will be used to research fabrication methods and create a series of large-scale, low-relief, wall-based sculptures.

Other grant recipients in the same category included: Santina Amato, Iakovos Amperidis, Lachlan Anthony, Vilma Bader, Svetlana Bailey, Sarah Berners, Torika Bolatagici, Kiera Brew Kurec, Kristel Britcher, David Capra, Sarah Contos, Kelly Doley, Tanya Dyhin, Wanda Gillespie, Antonia Goodfellow, Tevita Havea, Francesca Heinz, Alice Lang, Katherine Lee, Chrisoula Lionis, Taree Mackenzie, Jai Mckenzie, Mariella McKinley, Alasdair McLuckie, Julian Meagher, Baden Pailthorpe, Valentina Palonen, Jack Pam, Joshua Petherick, Carly Scoufos, Arun Sharma, Mark Siebert, Julian Smith, Rebecca Smith, Samuel Songailo, Kurt Sorensen, Hanna Tai, Hiromi Tango, Bridget Walker, Melinda Willis, Jason Wing, Vivian Ziherl, Simon Zoric.

The Wilson Visual Arts Award

I'm excited to hear that my work Rise and fall, again (7) has been selected as a finalist for the inaugural Wilson Visual Art Award. An exhibition of the finalists' work opens at Trinity Catholic College, Lismore at 6:30pm, Friday 24 August. Mr Peter McKay, Curator of Contemporary Australian Art at GoMA, is judging the competition and will announce the winner of the $10,000 prize at the opening.  
 

Rise and fall, again: Metro Arts Galleries

My solo exhibition 'Rise and fall, again' opens at Metro Arts Galleries, Gallery 2, on Wednesday 4 July, 6-8pm and continues until Saturday 14 July. A catalogue featuring an essay by Kellee Uhr will be available at the exhibition.

A collaborative exhibition by Daniel Mafe and Andrew Brown will be showing in Gallery 1 during the same period.

'Rise and fall, again' is exhibiting as part of the Metro Arts Allies Program 2012 at Metro Arts Galleries, Level 2, 109 Edward St.

Photo-spectral: Queensland Festival of Photography

My work will be included alongside David Symons' work and selected works from the Celebrating Diversity Collection in Photo-spectral at Pine Rivers Art Gallery as part of the Fourth Queensland Festival of Photography. The exhibition runs from April 4 - May 12 with an opening event on Friday April 13 at 6pm. There will also be a 'meet the artists' event on Saturday April 21 at 1.15pm.

The Queensland Festival of Photography continues to expand each year, with 58 venues throughout Queensland participating in 2012.
 

Salt Lake: Springsure Bicentennial Art Gallery

Salt Lake will be showing at Springsure Bicentennial Art Gallery from 27 February until March 23, 2012. The gallery is located at 27 Eclipse Stree, Springsure, and is open on Monday and Friday betwee 9am and 5pm, Tuesday to Thursday between 9am and 6pm and Saturday between 9am and 12pm.

MOP Projects fundraiser - Cracker

My sculpture will be included in MOP Projects' fundraising exhibition, Cracker. Come along to 2/39 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale from 6-8pm on 18 December 2011. Don't miss out, this exhibition is on for one night only!

Rise and fall, again: Firstdraft Gallery

I'm thrilled to be having my first solo exhibition in Sydney. Rise and fall, again will be showing at Firstdraft Gallery from Wednesday 23 November until Sunday 11 December alongside Thought noise / wave form preludes (if played simultaneously) by Cath Robinson, Interlacing by Peter Thorn, and Grand Chasm by Kenzie Larsen, William Mansfield and Eddie Sharp.

A catalogue featuring an essay by Kellee Uhr will be available at the exhibition.

The opening event for these shows will be held from 6-8pm on Wednesday 23 November. Artist talks will be held at 4pm on Sunday 11 December.