PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT

PHAPTAWAN SUWANNAKUDT will be presenting her work, Three Worlds 1 to the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra on the 28th May to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the bilateral relationship between Australia and Thailand.

TRACY SARROFF

TRACY SARROFF has been selected to exhibit a sculptural piece as part of the Melbourne Sculpture Prize 2012. The Melbourne Sculpture Prize is a $20,000 Non Acquisitive Award and will form the highlight exhibition of Art Melbourne Art Fair at the heritage listed Royal Exhibition Hall in Carlton Gardens between May 24 – 27.

The winner of the $20,000 Prize will be announced at Art Melbourne on the VIP Opening Night Thursday May 24th 2012.

From this location, the Melbourne Sculpture Prize will continue its exhibition at the 530 Collins Street building from May 28 until July 6.

JASON WING

JASON WING has been invited as an Emerging Artist to participate in the Redlands Westpac Art Prize.  

The Redlands Westpac art prize provides a unique opportunity to view an artist-selected exhibition of established and emerging contemporary artists from Australia and New Zealand. The structure for the selection of artists for the exhibition, of the chosen established artists individually selecting an emerging artist, contributes to the development, training and mentoring of the next generation. 

The exhibition is on at the National Art School, Darlinghurst, 3 May - 2 August, 2012.

JASON WING

JASON WING's work is at the Kluge-Ruhe Collection, which opens a new exhibition on May 18 of contemporary Aboriginal art titled People of Substance.  This exhibition includes a variety of site-specific installations by the Jason, including Blacktown Dreaming, a bed composed of hypodermic syringes.

Jason’s visit May 13 – 19 includes the installation of People of Substance, the presentation of an Artist Talk on May 17 at 7:00 pm, and an Opening Reception on May 18 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm.

The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the exhibition and study of Australian Aboriginal art.

After leaving Charlottesville, Wing will participate in a seminar presented at New York University by the International Network for Diasporic Asian Art Research (INDAAR) on the future of Asian art.

ADAM HILL

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ADAM HILL's work is featured in the May Issue of Art Monthly in an article, Aboriginality, Masculinity and Vanity, by Eve Sullivan.

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO

MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO'S work will be included in a curated exhibition entitled, Conference of the Birds on view at Mana Contemporary located at 888 Newark Avenue in Jersey City, NJ (Manafinearts.com), opening on May 6th. The exhibition, which features artworks by thirty artists from around the world, explores our collective relationship to birdlife and the ramifications on their habitat and ours. 

For more information on the exhibition, click here.

If you missed MARIA FERNANDA CARDOSO on the ABC talking about her wonderful sculptures of copulatory organs of many small creatures, please click here.

ROBBIE ROWLANDS

ROBBIE ROWLANDS has created an extraordinary site responsive sculpture The Utilitarian as part of the City of Greater Dandenong's place making program.  

The Utilitarian alters a teal green street lamp decommissioned from service in Lonsdale Street in 2010.

Commissioned in 2011, the work rests in a compact park between the press of buildings that connects Lonsdale Street and Palm Plaza in Dandenong, Victoria.

JAMES MCALLISTER (GUEST ARTIST)

JAMES MCALLISTER'S work will be included in UNEXPECTED PLEASURES: the art and design of contemporary jewellery at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne from 21 April until 26 August, 2012.   Bringing together important works from around the world, this exhibition will begin with the radical experiments of the contemporary jewellery movement, challenging the conventional understanding of personal adornment.

For more information, please click here.