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OTOMYS • 19th September 2022

Emma Itzstein 'I carry your landscape with mine' — exhibition essay

'I carry your landscapes with mine' investigates theories that explore a collective and singular experience through painting, a shared perception through art history. The artworks narrate a point in life that is still and solitary; however, this point is the beginning of a new venture.

Ash Holmes Art • 19th September 2022

ASH HOLMES 'Shadow Silhouette' — exhibition esay

"In her first solo exhibition in Naarm / Melbourne, 'Shadow Silhouette' Ash Holmes' latest body of work will be showcased in the natural light drenched walls of At The Above gallery. The concept that beauty lies within the shadows both figuratively and literally."

HOUSE OF ART • 21st July 2022

LUCINDA JONES — HOUSE OF ART

Lucinda Jones’ solo exhibition ‘Out of body’ brings together a collective moment through self-reflection.

20th July 2022

Cedar Jeffs artist bio for Otomys

Northern Rivers-based artist Cedar Jeffs explores the layers beyond the female image, probing into human behaviour through her surrealist paintings.

.M Contemporary • 24th June 2022

Maria Jose Benvenuto | Dialogues of Movement

Maria Jose Benvenuto’s 2022 solo show ‘Dialogues of Movement’ brings together her gestural, spontaneous artworks inspired by the concepts of movement in life. The wind blows; everything in the universe moving in sync with one another. Dancing across the surface, the brushstrokes are alive. Tension builds throughout the engagement of each ‘moment’.

29th May 2022

Ash Holmes — Vision Emerge exhibition essay

"In her latest body of work, Ash Holmes hones in on concepts of renewal– from the climate, her practice, and the strength of the people around her. Titled Vision Emerge, the exhibition opens on 28th May 2022 at the Northern Beaches' newest gallery, HAKE House of Art."

Anna Tork Studio • 3rd May 2022

About — Anna Tork Studio

New York artist Anna Tork lives by the water in Williamsburg, which she turns to for daily inspiration in her abstract art practice. Originally from Russia, the artist moved to New York as a five-year-old and has lived here ever since.

HAKE • 27th March 2022

HAKE House of Art - Company We Keep

"The debut exhibition from Sydney’s Northern Beaches newest art gallery, HAKE House of Art, brings together sixteen artists from across the country. Company We Keep reflects on times like these, of separations, and how art can unite viewers and artists alike."

HOUSE OF ART • 14th March 2022

About — HOUSE OF ART

"Welcome to HAKE, the House Of Art. HAKE House of Art is a new gallery space located in Dee Why in Sydney's Northern Beaches on Guringai Land. A multidisciplinary creative space, Hake is a place where art comes to life and is breathed into our community. Founded in 2022 by Ash Holmes and Jake Elliott, the gallery becomes a site to foster creativity, comprising of regular art exhibitions from both emerged and emerging artists and the invitation of independent projects."

Michael Reid Gallery • 6th December 2021

Michael Reid Gallery

OTOMYS • 20th October 2021

'smalls' exhibition essay for Otomys

"Otomys’ annual group exhibition, smalls explores a narrative beyond scale, instead, welcoming consideration from their artists that connects the viewer with a closer thought and look outside of the obvious. Showcasing work by 15 Australian and International Otomys artists, smalls presents a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylics, timber, pigment print and watercolour monotypes."

Saint Cloche • 29th September 2021

CARISSA KARAMARKO — artist bio

"Carissa Karamarko is an emerging artist based in Melbourne who uses the genre of still life to explore colour, navigating different worlds and experiences through objecthood. Carissa’s artworks investigate our relationship to objects and their meaning, both inherent, associated or inherited. However, using expressive colour, she expands on this traditional art genre, affirming its place within today’s contemporary art world."

OTOMYS • 22nd September 2021

Greg Wood 'Nature of Change' Otomys — catalogue essay

"In his new exhibition, Nature of Change, Australian artist Greg Wood, reflects on the impact of the last 18 months with an innovative approach. Instead of exploring the materiality of the surface, Wood turns to an ephemeral reality - an illusion of the material in the creation of a world that can be glimpsed beyond the two dimensional."

Libby Haines Art • 19th September 2021

Libby Haines — artist statement

Originally from Sale, Gippsland, artist Libby Haines swapped the country for Melbourne, where she works from her home studio. As a mother and an artist, her work cherishes the joy of everyday moments and the nostalgia of objects in colourful still life paintings.

28th August 2021

Fiona Chandler — Catalogue essay, 'I Know that Rock'

Fiona Chandler’s latest collection of works, 'I know that rock', muses on another lockdown. However, within this comes the sense of peace and reflection — especially when isolated on the picturesque Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

11th August 2021

Exhibition essay for Ash Holmes 'Eternal Dawn' collection

"Drawing on her whimsical abstraction oeuvre, Eternal Dusk is the latest collection of artworks from Sydney-based artist Ash Holmes — the result of months of planning and painting through two lockdowns."

Ash Holmes Art • 10th August 2021

BIOGRAPHY — Ash Holmes Art

Ash Holmes is a Sydney-based artist who draws on colour psychology and her environment on Sydney's Northern Beaches for an ever-evolving source of inspiration in her abstract paintings.

.M Contemporary • 15th July 2021

Maria Jose Benvenuto | The Stroke — exhibition essay

"Illuminating a fluidity of movement, Maria Jose Benvenuto’s latest collection of paintings expose the action of the process. This series focuses on the exploration of the brushstrokes as a singular entity, but also, the range of possibilities that comes from provocation – the brush becoming an extension of the body."

9th May 2021

Leah Fraser 'Let her go into the darkness' — exhibition essay

'Let her go into the darkness' raises questions of our disconnection to the environment; destruction for more houses, food, beauty products, clothes. All elements that contemporary women muse over — the artworks ask if there is more to modern life?