PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT

This coming month PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT will be included in two prominent group exhibitions in Sydney. 

In the still of an ordinary day is showing at Janet Clayton Gallery, this exhibition will run from 27 January - 20 February 2016. 

Twenty Twenty opens 6 February to 20 February at the Old Rum Store, Chippendale. Curated by Chippendale Creative Precinct and Claudia Chan Shaw the exhibition features twenty world-renowned Asian artists displaying works that embody moments of clarity inspired by the precision of 20:20 vision. 

 

Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Bhava 4, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 95cm.

Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Bhava 4, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 95cm.

IMANTS TILLERS

Here is an interview with IMANTS TILLERS and the Australian Tapestry Workshop.

The artist discusses his artistic practice and how it informed the design for his project with the Australian Tapestry Workshop. His work, titled Avenue of Remembrance, is a commemorative response to the First World War centenary and is available for public viewing at the Australian War Memorial. 

Imants Tillers, Avenue of Remembrance, commemorative tapestry commission work in progress. Photo by Jeremy Wehrauch.

Imants Tillers, Avenue of Remembrance, commemorative tapestry commission work in progress. Photo by Jeremy Wehrauch.

MURRAY FREDERICKS

Installation view of Inside the Dome (DYE 2) by Murray Fredericks and Tom Schutzinger, at Geelong Art Gallery. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Installation view of Inside the Dome (DYE 2) by Murray Fredericks and Tom Schutzinger, at Geelong Art Gallery. Photo: Andrew Curtis.

Robert Nelson has reviewed MURRAY FREDERICKS and Tom Schutzinger's exhibition Inside the Dome (DYE 2) in The Age. To read the full review, click here.

The show continues 7 February 2016 at Geelong Art Gallery.  

JANET LAURENCE

The exhibition catalogue for JANET LAURENCE's show, entitled Deep Breathing, is available to view online here. 

This show was exhibited as part of the 2015 Artists 4 Paris Climate Conference and FIAC 2015. Laurence created a 'reef hospital' displaying the threatened coral and other marine species of the Great Barrier Reef.  The installation was exhibited at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.  

 

TRACY SARROFF

TRACY SARROFF is among an array of established and emerging artists selected to exhibit at the Barn Gallery, Monstsalvat to be opened on Saturday 28th January and continuing to 14th March.

Laughing Waters Road: Art, Landscape and Memory in Eltham is an exhibition of works created by artists who have taken part in the Laughing Waters Artist Residency program over the past 15 years. This exhibition displays works produced by artists inspired by their Laughing Waters artist residency. Works on display demonstrate a connection and spirit of ‘place’ as well as a dialogue between past ideas and contemporary art practice. 

Tracy Sarroff, Window II (opens and closes), 2013, Perspex wood hinges screws, 95 x 130cm.

Tracy Sarroff, Window II (opens and closes), 2013, Perspex wood hinges screws, 95 x 130cm.

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO will be part of the exhibition Persona - Strangely Human, curated by Emmanuel Grimaud and Anne-Christine Taylor-Descola, at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, France. The show, which explores the unusual and intimate relationships between humans and objects, will feature The Cardoso Flea Circus.

Persona - Strangely Human will be on view as of 26 January and will run until 13 November 2016.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Cardoso Flea Circus, 1996. Acrylic and oil on cotton canvas, pigment on nylon taf feta, various fabrics, steel, brass, video, various props, and fleas, 294 x 243cm.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Cardoso Flea Circus, 1996. Acrylic and oil on cotton canvas, pigment on nylon taf feta, various fabrics, steel, brass, video, various props, and fleas, 294 x 243cm.

MURRAY FREDERICKS

MURRAY FREDERICKS' current exhibition, Inside the Dome (DYE 2), has been reviewed by Penny Webb from The Age.

To read the review, click here.

Murray Fredericks & Tom Schutzinger, DYE 2, 2014, video still. 

Murray Fredericks & Tom Schutzinger, DYE 2, 2014, video still. 

NIKE SAVVAS

Colours are the Country by Nike Savvas, Macquarie Group Sydney, 2015, UAP.

Colours are the Country by Nike Savvas, Macquarie Group Sydney, 2015, UAP.

The making of NIKE SAVVAS's site-specific project, Colours are the Country, at 50 Martin Place for Macquarie Group has been featured in Episode 1 of the new SBS program, Big Art.

Big Art is a six part series on SBS, which follows Urban Art Projects (UAP) across six challenging public art commissions and edition art projects.

The episode may be streamed, via SBS On Demand, until 7 February 2016.

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO is featured in Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America, a major group exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The exhibition continues until 28 February 2016 and features a selection of major works by 21 established artists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela. The exhibition highlights contemporary artists who use seductive and engaging materials to convey their social, political, and environmental concerns.

María Fernanda Cardoso, 'Woven Water: Submarine Landscape', 1994, dried starfish with metal wire.

María Fernanda Cardoso, 'Woven Water: Submarine Landscape', 1994, dried starfish with metal wire.

DANI MARTI

Photo by Tanja Bruckner, 2016

NAVA interviewed DANI MARTI about the the simultaneous isolation, challenges, and joy that is found in the life of a full-time artist. You can watch the video here.

MARTI’s first solo show in Western Australia, 'Black Sun' is set to take over Fremantle Arts Centre's galleries from 7 February - 28 March, as part of the 2016 Perth International Arts Festival.