Lydia Wegner, Aqua Slide, 2015, Archival Inkjet Print, 84 x 60 cm
LYDIA WEGNER is now part of the exhibition Is/Is not at West Space, Melbourne. The exhibition, curated by Kiron Robinson, explores how contemporary photography challenges its condition of fidelity and can no longer be accepted as "truth".
Is/Is not is open from 12 February to 12 March.
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Congratulations to LYDIA WEGNER for being selected as a finalist in The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize.
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Lydia Wegner, Wobble (2015), archival inkjet print, 80 x 60cm.
LYDIA WEGNER's work Wobble (2015) has been selected in the The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award for acquisition by the Gold Coast City Gallery.
The award is considered one of the most important Australian contemporary photography surveys. Established photographers are showcased alongside emerging, resulting in a stunning reflection of contemporary practice that examines diverse themes and approaches.
Lydia Wegner, Full Pink, 2013, archival inkjet print, 50x60cm.
Congratulations to Lydia Wegner, awarded the Hill End Residency for November 2013. She will spend 4 weeks developing new works at the Haefligers Cottage and Studio in New South Wales.
The program is managed by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery in partnership with the Department of Environment & Heritage, NSW Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Lydia Wegner, Tab Red, 60x50cm, archival inkjet print, 2013.
LYDIA WEGNER has been selected to participate in the National Gallery of Victoria's exhibition MELBOURNE NOW with the inclusion of her photographic works Tab Red, Yellow Sparkle and Full Pink. MELBOURNE NOW will be open from 22 November 2013 to 23 March 2014.
These works have also been acquired into the collection of the NGV.
Lyndell Brown & Charles Green, The Fire Within, 2013.
Melbourne NOW, showing at the National Gallery of Victoria from 22 November – 23 March 2014 features the works of ARC ONE artists LYNDELL BROWN & CHARLES GREEN, ROBERT OWEN and LYDIA WEGNER.
LYDIA WEGNER is a finalist in the 2013 The Keith & Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship (for Art).
The Fellowship is provided to enable graduates from VCA, School of Art from the Faculty of VCA and MCM to travel abroad and enjoy a measure of financial support during the early years of their professional careers. It is offered biennially in odd years (2011, 2013, etc.), and culminates in the biennial Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Fellowship Exhibition, held in the Margaret Lawrence Gallery.
This exhibition will be held 3-12 October 2013.
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LYDIA WEGNER opened her new show entitled Folded Colour at Melbourne Centre for Contemporary Photography, CCP on 4 April. In the striking new series Lydia has used unconventinal scraps and objets to create abstract colour field images, turning material into shape, grain and colour.
The show is open till 19 May 2013. For more information, click here.
LYDIA WEGNER has been selected to participate in FutureGen 2012. Opening from 17 March until 11 May at the John Curtin gallery at Curtin University (Western Australia) as part of Fotofreo 2012.
FutureGen will profile the best emerging photo-media talent from around Australia - the best of the ‘future generation’ of Australian photographers.
LYDIA WEGNER has been shortlisted for the 2011 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery.
Exhibition Opening and Announcement of 2011 Fellowship Recipient: Thursday 14 July 6-8pm.
Exhibition Dates: 15-23 July 2011
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