Kate Beynon & Louise Hearman - Archibald Finalists 2016
Both Kate Beynon and Louise Hearman have been selected as finalists in the 2016 'Archibald Prize', one of Australia's most prestigious art awards. The works will be on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney from 16 July - 9 October 2016. Read more.
ROSS MANNING: CARRIAGEWORKS, SYDNEY
Ross Manning presents a major new solo presentation at Carriageworks, Sydney from 20 October to 6 November 2016. Commissioned by Carriageworks and Performance Space, the exhibition will continue Manning's material explorations into outmoded and everyday technologies. Read more.
JON CATTAPAN & KATE BEYNON: THE GOLD AWARD 2016, ROCKHAMPTON ART GALLERY
Jon Cattapan and Kate Beynon have been shortlisted as part of The Gold Award 2016 - Rockhampton Art Gallery's contemporary painting award. The award aims to profile contemporary painters working at the forefront of the medium and the shortlisted works will be exhibited from 23 July to 3 September 2016. Read more.
RAQUEL ORMELLA: ARTISTS AS CARTOONISTS, OR EXTENDED BLACK & WHITE
Raquel Ormella presents a body of new work as part of a solo exhibition at Cross Art Projects, Sydney entitled 'Artists as Cartoonists, or Extended Black and White'. The work engages with a series of entries by art historian Joan Kerr in the national database, the Design and Art Australian Online, and in the exhibition catalogue, 'Artists and Cartoonists in Black and White: The Most Public Art' (1999). The exhibitions runs until 23 July.
EUGENE CARCHESIO: FIELDWORK, SCA GALLERIES, SYDNEY
Eugene Carchesio's work features in an upcoming group exhibition entitled 'Fieldwork: Artist Encounters' at the SCA Galleries, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney. Opening 9 July, the exhibition is curated by Gary Warner and focuses on spatial, conceptual and material conversations between recent works of a collection of artists who share concerns for the future of our lived environment and whose practices involve, in various ways, work in [and/or of] 'the field'.
TOM NICHOLSON: ANTIPODES, MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY & ARCHAEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
The work of Tom Nicholson features as part of a group exhibition entitled 'Antipodes', collaboratively organised between University of Cambridge Museums and the Australian Print Workshop, and hosted at the Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Exploring the interplay of natural history, empire, art and anthropology, Nicholson worked in the print studio at APW in collaboration with APW Printers to produce a new body of work in the print medium.
JUDY WATSON: NGARUNGA NANGAMA, CALM WATER DREAM, 200 GEORGE ST SYDNEY
Judy Watson's latest public art commission, 'ngarunga nangama, calm water dream' will be unveiled next week at 200 George Street, Sydney. Drawing on Watson's etching and painting practice, the imagery of water and artefacts have been rendered in close to 265m2 of sandstone.
KHALED SABSABI: YINCHUAN BIENNALE, YINCHUAN CITY, CHINA
Khaled Sabsabi has been selected to exhibit in the 1st Yinchuan Biennale, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, co-founder and previous curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Opening September 9, the exhibition will occupy the main spaces of the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan (MOCA Yinchuan) and is titled 'For an Image, Faster than Light'.
DALE HARDING: 11th GWANGJU BIENNALE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Dale Harding has been invited to participate in the 11th Gwangju Biennale, Republic of Korea, opening 2 September 2016. Led by Artistic Director Maria Lind, the 11th Biennale's title 'The Eighth Climate (What Does Art Do?)' considers the agency of art today, its projective and imaginative qualities. Read more.
Khaled Sabsabi - It's Our Thing | Launch Blacktown Arts Centre
It's Our Thing | Blacktown Arts Centre Thursday,
2 June 2016 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (AEST), Blacktown, NSW
It's Our Thing is an exhibition inspired by chance encounters between some of Australia’s founding hip-hop crews and visual artists in Blacktown in the early 1990s.
READ MORE: http://www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au/Discover_Blacktown/Venues_and_Facilities/Arts_Centre/Whats_On/Exhibitions/Its_Our_Thing