2020
KATRINA HOLDEN (Hons)
BOUNDARIES: PAINTING MY WAY HOME 11 - 27 November 2020 The history of place and more specifically one’s personal history of place, changes the perception of it. The memories that are embedded there serve as mnemonic references that are connected both to time and to space. These references provide us with the parameters for a re-constructed personal history and in turn a sense of belonging and identification. Memories are subjectively expanded, attaching themselves to objects like visual prompts reimagining this landscape through visceral responses. VIEW the installation images VIEW the installation in-situ DOWNLOAD the exhibition invitation image: Katrina Holden, Identified (detail) 2020. Ink, gouache, graphite on rag paper, 70 x 50 cm |
GENEVIEVE GRAHAM (PhD)
LOVES LAST TOKEN: TRACE OBJECTS 30 September - 30 October 2020 Loves Last Token: Trace Objects is an exhibition that explores trace objects, the mementos people leave at graves. These objects come to represent a person who has died or express the grief and love mourners have for the deceased. The works are an enquiry into a topic that is often avoided or ignored even though it is ever present in our lives. Through the mediums of dark room photography, embroidery and photographic installation, traditional and contemporary practices of Trace Objects are explored revealing their sublime nature. This exhibition is a conversation in the process of demystifying death. VIEW the installation images WATCH the exhibition walk through DOWNLOAD the exhibition invitation LISTEN about the exhibition on ABC breakfast radio image: Genevieve Graham, Forget me not (detail) 2020. Image courtesy of the artist |
KIRA JOVANOVSKI (PhD)
SENSORY ECHOES 10 August - 25 September 2020 Sensory Echoes is an exhibition by Kira Jovanovski that comprises a collection of works and experiments developed in situ over the course of the exhibition. The work has been developed as part of Kira’s PhD research, which is situated in the space between architecture and art and explores ideas of embodied perception, the body’s afterimage and memory, kinesthetic learning and latent aspects of space. The exhibition consists of site specific installations, interactive works, spatial mapping drawings, sound works, video, digital prints and other works on paper to create a space, which becomes a laboratory for the investigation of the body’s responses to the specifics of place and environment. The exhibition includes a collaborative series which reflects on spatial readings developed with Peter Hill, Leonie Matthews and Fergus Egan from SpatialCo, and an extension of work undertaken in collaboration with architect Claire Lavis which considers ideas of the surface and skin. VIEW the installation images images: top: Kira Jovanovski, Grunt: iteration 02 in the boughs. Installation detail view. Fluro pink rope and pear and eucalyptus trees. August 2020. |
JESS KELLAR (Hons)
THINKING IN PICTURES 29 March - 30 July March 2020 Thinking in Pictures aims to visualise the female phenotype of autism spectrum disorder through creative practice. The exhibition seeks to defy myths and stereotypes and bring awareness to the often complex and camouflaged female presentation of ASD. In translating the invisible to visible - whilst promoting the creativity not often associated with being on the spectrum - the exhibition showcases vivid and expressive works that highlight the rich inner world and workings of a different mind. WATCH a gallery walk through with the artist image: Jess Kellar, Heart it Races 2020, mixed media on canvas, 101.6 x 101.6 cm (detail) |
BETH GEORGE | MICHAEL CHAPMAN
COMMONPLACE 09 January - 21 March 2020 Commonplace is an exhibition of collaborative drawing projects by Beth George, Michael Chapman and others. The drawings explore the relationships between empathy, embodiment, memory and architectural space and will be undertaken in the gallery over the course of the exhibition. Currently lecturing at UON’s School of Architecture and Built Environment, Professor Michael Chapman and Senior Lecturer Beth George have worked together on a series of explorative drawing projects as a mode of interdisciplinary research.The gallery will become an interactive atelier space with workshops, discussions and an opportunity to observe research in real time and space over the summer months. We will conclude the exhibition with a closing event at the University Gallery. VIEW the installation images DOWNLOAD the invitation DOWNLOAD the catalogue image: courtesy of Beth George and Michael Chapman |