Group Show November 4th 2010
White Box Project Space
On the Bowery NYC
On the Bowery NYC
NEW STUDIO SPACE!
Just moved my studio to a great new space in Chelsea.
551 W. 21st at 11th Ave
Open studios first Thursday of the month
Come and check it out.
551 W. 21st at 11th Ave
Open studios first Thursday of the month
Come and check it out.
Performance
November 2009
Long Island Sculpture Center
Group Performance for Mike Kelley Installation
Long Island Sculpture Center
Group Performance for Mike Kelley Installation
Collective Hardware Show
October 2009
Collective Hardware Show
168 Bowery, NYC
Collective Hardware Show
168 Bowery, NYC
Press Release 12. 17. 07
ADVANCE: GLOBAL AUSTRALIANS OPENS ROVING EYE 2007/08
New York Exhibition Showcases Seven Australian Artists
Working Beyond Australia’s Borders
Robert Steele Gallery NYC
December 17, 2007 [New York, NY] -- Advance: Global Australians, a global community for Australians living and working overseas, opened its fourth annual Roving Eye exhibition at the Robert Steele Gallery on Thursday, December 13. The exhibition will run until January 12, 2008. The Robert Steele Gallery, located at 511 West 25th Street, New York, is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 11am and 6pm or by appointment.
The seven artists featured in this year’s Roving Eye – Katherine Blackburne, Theresa Byrnes, Annie Hogan, Howard Jones, Kate Murphy, Timothy Paul Myers and Lisa Solomons – have only their Australian nationality and a desire in common.
“Art made in Australia has been predicated on issues of place and identity since its European beginnings, while Australia’s physical distance from Europe is understood to be a crucial shaper of the country’s history and culture,” writes Ingrid Perez, art critic, in the Roving Eye 2007/08 catalogue. “Don’t look for Australian-ness here, but at the same time, don’t be surprised if you think you see it.”
Katherine Blackburne paints intimate, yet slightly off-kilter scenes based on her own ‘discarded’ family photos. Theresa Byrnes produces colourful ink washes on paper that ostensibly investigate abstractions in nature but still manage a curious political bite. Annie Hogan’s still life photographs of prison interiors examine issues of constraint and, in the end, our social and personal prisons. By contrast, Howard Jones’s photographs – printed on large birch panels – present interior life in Ethiopia and shows how life in the West pales in essential ways. Kate Murphy’s video work goes further to examine the self-reflection of our ‘idol’ culture. Timothy Paul Myers constructs installations looking at the dual nature of ritual and repetition, which while integral to learning can lead to darker aspects of hoarding and obsession. And Lisa Solomons creates soft sculptures that lead simultaneously to spirituality, interior secrets and the magic within.
In 2008, Advance will extend Roving Eye exhibition to London, U.K for the very first time, to showcase a group of Australian artists working in the U.K. The London Roving Eye will open at the Rebecca Hossack gallery at 2a Conway Street, Fitzrovia, London on Tuesday March 4, 2008.
For Gallery information contact:
Robert Steele / René Grayre -- 212 243 0165 -- info@robertsteelegallery.com
For information on Advance and the Roving Eye project contact:
Penelope Mapp -- 212 682 2885x13 -- penny@advance.org
New York Exhibition Showcases Seven Australian Artists
Working Beyond Australia’s Borders
Robert Steele Gallery NYC
December 17, 2007 [New York, NY] -- Advance: Global Australians, a global community for Australians living and working overseas, opened its fourth annual Roving Eye exhibition at the Robert Steele Gallery on Thursday, December 13. The exhibition will run until January 12, 2008. The Robert Steele Gallery, located at 511 West 25th Street, New York, is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 11am and 6pm or by appointment.
The seven artists featured in this year’s Roving Eye – Katherine Blackburne, Theresa Byrnes, Annie Hogan, Howard Jones, Kate Murphy, Timothy Paul Myers and Lisa Solomons – have only their Australian nationality and a desire in common.
“Art made in Australia has been predicated on issues of place and identity since its European beginnings, while Australia’s physical distance from Europe is understood to be a crucial shaper of the country’s history and culture,” writes Ingrid Perez, art critic, in the Roving Eye 2007/08 catalogue. “Don’t look for Australian-ness here, but at the same time, don’t be surprised if you think you see it.”
Katherine Blackburne paints intimate, yet slightly off-kilter scenes based on her own ‘discarded’ family photos. Theresa Byrnes produces colourful ink washes on paper that ostensibly investigate abstractions in nature but still manage a curious political bite. Annie Hogan’s still life photographs of prison interiors examine issues of constraint and, in the end, our social and personal prisons. By contrast, Howard Jones’s photographs – printed on large birch panels – present interior life in Ethiopia and shows how life in the West pales in essential ways. Kate Murphy’s video work goes further to examine the self-reflection of our ‘idol’ culture. Timothy Paul Myers constructs installations looking at the dual nature of ritual and repetition, which while integral to learning can lead to darker aspects of hoarding and obsession. And Lisa Solomons creates soft sculptures that lead simultaneously to spirituality, interior secrets and the magic within.
In 2008, Advance will extend Roving Eye exhibition to London, U.K for the very first time, to showcase a group of Australian artists working in the U.K. The London Roving Eye will open at the Rebecca Hossack gallery at 2a Conway Street, Fitzrovia, London on Tuesday March 4, 2008.
For Gallery information contact:
Robert Steele / René Grayre -- 212 243 0165 -- info@robertsteelegallery.com
For information on Advance and the Roving Eye project contact:
Penelope Mapp -- 212 682 2885x13 -- penny@advance.org
Biographical Notes
Private Collections:
The following companies and individuals have each been regularly collecting my work for the past 10 years.
Dick Marks Australian Film Company
One of Australia’s foremost commercial Directors
Aria Property Group International
An International Property Development Group with offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Colorado, Orlando, Jacksonville and Nashville
http://www.ariaproperty.com.au
Forrester Kurts Properties Limited - The publicly-listed Forrester Kurts Properties is one of Australia's most active property groups with operations in all eastern states of Australia and South Australia.
Sunshine Coast Private Hospital Australia
Alila Hotels and Resorts, Indonesia
Empire Hotel and Nightclub Group, Brisbane Australia
Individuals:
Barry Humphries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries
Dick Marks (as above)
Christian Marks
Roderick Forrester, Tim Forrester, Kirsty Forrester (property developers)
Natasha Stevenson & Christopher Voss
Raphael Bickle (Prominent Hotelier, Australia)
Bill & Lorena Freeman (Property Developers)
Adam Freeman (film maker, radio personality)
Brian Jackson (Architect)
Sally Grainger (Interior Designer)
Michael Fox (Gallery Director)
James Bell (Resort Owner Operator, Indonesia)
Manuela Olavaria Cripps & Joe Black (Gallery/ Restaurant Owners, Sweden)
Notable Recent Exhibitions and Highlights:
In 2004 the Honorable Matthew Foley MP, the then Minister for the Arts in the State of Queensland, Australia officially opened and made a speech at my Solo Show ‘The Manufacture of Tears’.
In 2004 my work was selected from thousands of submissions to exhibit in the group show ‘TRANS’ exhibition of Australian Artists living in New York City. The show was curated by the Arts Network Committee at Advance.org Just ten Australian Artists were chosen amoung them: Justine Cooper http://justinecooper.com, Edwina White at Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, Basquali http://www.basquali.com
The Australian Consular General in New York City Ken Allen officially opened and spoke for the show in Dumbo, Brooklyn. With more than 250 people and press in attendance.
Included in Australian Creative Diaspora Project – Nathalie Latham
I was profiled and included in collection of photographic portraits and interviews of Australian Artists living abroad. This work is part of a long-standing and extensive project by accomplished Australian photographer Nathalie Latham based in Paris. This exhibition has so far been exhibited in numerous venues around the world, including Centre Pompidou France, Australian Consulate New York City, Alliance Francaise Sydney, University of Canberra Australia, to name but a few. The collection has been published in hardcover and has been gaining very favorable press.
Photographs currently on view at the Australian National Portrait Gallery
http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/australias-creative-diaspora/2007/05/03/1177788304453.html
http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/latham/
My work was featured at ART MELBOURNE 2006 (State of Victoria’s Premier Art Fair) Australia
Upcoming Prospects:
Invited to have Solo Show at AG925 (Allmänna galleriet) Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.ag925.se
Invited to have Solo Show at Alila Gallery Bali, Indonesia
The following companies and individuals have each been regularly collecting my work for the past 10 years.
Dick Marks Australian Film Company
One of Australia’s foremost commercial Directors
Aria Property Group International
An International Property Development Group with offices in Brisbane, Melbourne, Colorado, Orlando, Jacksonville and Nashville
http://www.ariaproperty.com.au
Forrester Kurts Properties Limited - The publicly-listed Forrester Kurts Properties is one of Australia's most active property groups with operations in all eastern states of Australia and South Australia.
Sunshine Coast Private Hospital Australia
Alila Hotels and Resorts, Indonesia
Empire Hotel and Nightclub Group, Brisbane Australia
Individuals:
Barry Humphries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries
Dick Marks (as above)
Christian Marks
Roderick Forrester, Tim Forrester, Kirsty Forrester (property developers)
Natasha Stevenson & Christopher Voss
Raphael Bickle (Prominent Hotelier, Australia)
Bill & Lorena Freeman (Property Developers)
Adam Freeman (film maker, radio personality)
Brian Jackson (Architect)
Sally Grainger (Interior Designer)
Michael Fox (Gallery Director)
James Bell (Resort Owner Operator, Indonesia)
Manuela Olavaria Cripps & Joe Black (Gallery/ Restaurant Owners, Sweden)
Notable Recent Exhibitions and Highlights:
In 2004 the Honorable Matthew Foley MP, the then Minister for the Arts in the State of Queensland, Australia officially opened and made a speech at my Solo Show ‘The Manufacture of Tears’.
In 2004 my work was selected from thousands of submissions to exhibit in the group show ‘TRANS’ exhibition of Australian Artists living in New York City. The show was curated by the Arts Network Committee at Advance.org Just ten Australian Artists were chosen amoung them: Justine Cooper http://justinecooper.com, Edwina White at Kinz, Tillou + Feigen, Basquali http://www.basquali.com
The Australian Consular General in New York City Ken Allen officially opened and spoke for the show in Dumbo, Brooklyn. With more than 250 people and press in attendance.
Included in Australian Creative Diaspora Project – Nathalie Latham
I was profiled and included in collection of photographic portraits and interviews of Australian Artists living abroad. This work is part of a long-standing and extensive project by accomplished Australian photographer Nathalie Latham based in Paris. This exhibition has so far been exhibited in numerous venues around the world, including Centre Pompidou France, Australian Consulate New York City, Alliance Francaise Sydney, University of Canberra Australia, to name but a few. The collection has been published in hardcover and has been gaining very favorable press.
Photographs currently on view at the Australian National Portrait Gallery
http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/australias-creative-diaspora/2007/05/03/1177788304453.html
http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/latham/
My work was featured at ART MELBOURNE 2006 (State of Victoria’s Premier Art Fair) Australia
Upcoming Prospects:
Invited to have Solo Show at AG925 (Allmänna galleriet) Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.ag925.se
Invited to have Solo Show at Alila Gallery Bali, Indonesia
