A Poetry of Ideas in Print by members of Sydney Printmakers @Art Space on The Concourse

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Coming Soon: An exhibition from Sydney Printmakers at Art Space on The Concourse, Chatswood.

Representing the work of forty artists from Sydney Printmakers, this exhibition presents an individualistic mix of prints and objects, some of which are centred on social and political commentary, the imagination of the artist, and the Australian environment.

20th March to & 7th April 2019

Opening Event: Saturday 23rd March, 3pm – 5pm

Hours: Wednesday to Friday, 11am – 5pm

Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 4pm

Image Credits: Thea Weiss, A Fleeting Breeze (Kalamina Gorge), 2015, Caustic Soda Etching on Lino on various supports, 70cmH x 50cmW.

Sandi Rigby, Dinner for Two, 2015, Etching, 59cmH x 57cmW

 

 

 

Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger: This Ain’t No Mirage

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This Ain’t No Mirage

Artist, Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger has created an environmental narrative of four islands from around the globe; Lord Howe Island (NSW) the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), Faroe Islands(the North Sea) and Deception Island (Antarctica). Through their remoteness, the plight of these islands, surrounding waters and wildlife, remains virtually invisible to our world. Having spent the past four years involved in onsite research, the artist works to reveal how human encroachment is affecting these islands.

Curator, Jan Guy presents Kannar-Lichtenberger’s multidisciplinary approach to her subjects. The artist’s considerations of these environments through her research and artistic practice has created an eco-critical vision sitting at the intersection between the sciences and humanities.

This Ain’t No Mirage is an exhibition which addresses the discourse surounding the role of contemporary society, increasing tourism and how remote places are being affected by our consumerist culture.  

 

 

QCA Project Gallery, ground floor (level 2) of the Webb Centre (SO2)

QCA South Bank campus

226 Grey Street

South Bank

Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger will be onsite to talk about her work and research each Fri and Sat at Noon and 2pm

 

On Paper 2019: 5th Annual Printmaking Award.

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ON PAPER contest 2019
5th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING AWARD

1ST PRIZE 1000€

2ND PRIZE 300€ for the print with the most creative printing process

The SHORTLISTED artists will exhibit  at the Sala aLfaRa, Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) in July 2019.

DEADLINE April 1st 2019

FEE 26€ (13€ early bird discount: February 1st 2019)

The contest is open to anyone. Application is online at onpapercontest.com

Rules available in ENGLISH and SPANISH

Garland Magazine Article by Neilton Clarke: Itazu Litho Grafik.

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Sydney Printmakers @ Australian Print Triennial

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Congratulations to the members of Sydney Printmakers who had works selected for the APT Print Award:

Rew Hanks, Roslyn Kean, Michael Kempson, Helen Mueller, Janet Parker Smith and Anne Starling.

And for The APT Emerging Artists Award:

Olivia Wilson.

New Members 2018: Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

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My art explores the connections that surrounds human impact on islands. Since 2014 I have been investigating, with onsite research, small islands, World Heritage listed and isolated environments. Taking me to the Galapagos (Ecuador 2014), Faroe (the North Sea 2016) Lord Howe (NSW 2015) and Deception Islands (Antarctica 2017). Examining through immersive residencies as artist/tourist, traveller, observer, I look beyond the rhetoric to create artworks and installations that examine the impact of the Anthropocene and consumerism, on the Utopian destination. Through my interdisciplinary eco-critical vision creating a discourse via the traditions of printmedia, photography and drawing, to the new media of video, sound and installations.

WEBSITE: http://www.leakannar.com

New Members 2018: Nina Juniper

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Nina Juniper graduated in 2012 from Curtin University in Western Australia with a Bachelor of Humanities (Fine Art), majoring in Printmaking. Hailing from Perth, she has worked at the Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art and as the Printmaking Technician at Curtin University before attaining her current position as the Printmaking Studio Technician at the National Art School, where she continues to expand her knowledge of printmaking. Nina’s art practice stems from an interest in the built environment and public spaces. Working predominately in the medium of screenprinting, her work explores architectural spaces, the public realm and spatial history through a variety of different local sites. Of particular interest in recent works are construction and deconstruction sites and their associated support structures. These structures, although temporal in nature, have now become a dominant visual part of the contemporary cityscape, at times providing a pleasing abstracted composition that characterises a new way of seeing and mapping the environment.

 

 

WEBSITE:  http://www.ninajuniper.com