MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO has taken part in the Wollongong Central expansion. Through the showcase of eco-friendly design principles, the project gives prospect for a sustainable centre that showcases the depth of innovation within the region.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Velvet Water Public Art at Wollongong Central Shopping Centre

Velvet Water by Cardoso introduces the buildings new feature artwork that cuts through the middle of the new look Wollongong Central. Velvet Water highlights the prominent surrounds of Wollongong – a costal region with lakes and fresh water streams within proximity. Through the use of industrial materials and the large-scale site, thousands of nylon rods sprout from the wall, covering its surface and resembling various forms of water. As people move past the wall, the rods simultaneously shift, that seemingly defies gravity and echoes the notions of water and its dynamic behaviour. 

JOHN YOUNG

John Young, LKM (Blue), 2015, oil on linen, 156 x 126 cm

Art Guide Australia features a review on JOHN YOUNG’s exhibition 1866: The Worlds of Lowe Kong Meng and Jong Ah Siug at ARC ONE. Through the display of paintings, tapestries and chalk drawings, the exhibition reflects the stories of the dissimilar lives of two Chinese men, Lowe Kong Meng and Jong Ah Suig, who flocked to Australia in the mid 1800’s to seek their fortunes. Young became interested in these two men’s lives through his research in the unique histories of Chinese diaspora in Australia. Lowe Kong Meng was a wealthy merchant and Jong Ah Siug an illiterate miner who was committed to an asylum for 33 years until his death. The research of this history was carried out over a two-year project from Young’s Australia Council Visual Arts Fellowship received in 2012.

Read the article here

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO will be speaking at a symposium on Saturday 21 March, held by the VCA and University of Melbourne. The Deans and Directors of Creative Arts (DDCA) symposium is over a three-day period and is titled 'The Outstanding Field: Artistic Research Emerging from the Academy’. The symposium highlights practice-led methods used to obtain research throughout PhD projects in Australia and New Zealand.  With Cardoso having undertaken a PhD from Sydney University in Art and Science in 2013, her discussion ‘The Marriage of Art and Science’ held at Sydney College of the Arts, will offer an insight into her artistic processes and methods of practice-led research.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Pollen is Male, 2012-14, nylon, glue, desert sand, 40 x 10 x 10 cm

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO has been selected to participate in this year’s Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize in partnership with the National Art School in Sydney. Cardoso’s new photograph of a tiny jumping spider will be exhibited in the Art Prize, alongside 21 other works by leading Australian contemporary artists. Each leading artist has selected an emerging artist to also participate in the show, allowing for a dynamic exhibition with a Major Prize of $25,000 sponsored by Konica Minolta and an Emerging Artist Prize of $10,000. The two winning artworks will be acquired in the Redlands teaching collection.

The exhibition runs from 26 March – 23 May at the NAS Gallery and opens on Wednesday 25 March at 6pm.

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Male and Female Maratus Splendens – Unrecognised Artists, 2015, inkjet print, 90 x 100 cm.

MURRAY FREDERICKS

Murray Fredericks, Borealis (video still), 2013, Blu-Ray video, 12'16 min,

MURRAY FREDERICKS' work will feature in ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’, an immersive and sensory event held at the Art Gallery of NSW, directed by Shannon Murphy. The event brings together photographs by Fredericks, combined with opera and singing by Silvia Colloca, the work of florist, artist and academic Dr Lisa Cooper and food by chef Matt Moran.

‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ is on various dates in March 2015. More information. 

MURRAY FREDERICKS

Murray Fredericks, Icesheet #4724, 22˚& 46˚ halo, tangent arc, parry arc, cza and parhelic circle, 2013, digital pigment print, edition of 7, 120 x 160cm.

On Sunday 1 March MURRAY FREDERICKS joined Richard Aedy on ABC Radio National, discussing his expeditions to Greenland. Having made six travels within a three-year period Fredericks captured the remote icescapes of Greenland, despite the extreme conditons. The photographs taken during these trips to Greenland were exhibited at ARC ONE Gallery in Frederick's 2013 solo exhibition Topophilia.

Listen to the podcast. 

JUSTINE KHAMARA

Justine Khamara, Rotational Affinity, 2013, hand cut colour photograph, 80 x 114cm.

JUSTINE KHAMARA’s Rotational Affinity and Orbital Spin Trick created in 2013, feature in an online article by Art Radar addressing photosculpture. In the article 'What is….photosculpture', Art Radar references the practice of photographic sculpture in history including contemporary art. Khamara’s practice is addressed in terms of her ability to transform photographic portraits into three-dimensional, deconstructed forms.

Read the article here.

JULIE RRAP

Julie Rrap, Overstepping, 2001, digital print, 100 x 100 cm.

JULIE RRAP's work is part of an MCA touring exhibition titled ‘Remain in Light: Photography from the MCA Collections'. The exhibition features over 70 photographic artworks by Australian and international artists and brings together works collected over 50 years by the University of Sydney and MCA.

The touring exhibition commenced in March 2014 and is currently at Bendigo Art Gallery until 19 April 2015.

Further tours include: Artspace Mackay 22 May – 5 July and concludes in Hawkesbury Regional Gallery 7 August – 4 October 2015.