Artists Out Front: Artist Talks with Art World Women
Art World Women and Founder, Claire Bridge, present an invigorating program with artists
Penny Byrne, Rosalind Lemoh and Emmy Mavroidis.
In association with Here We See: Gallery There and the exhibition OUT FRONT
Artists Out Front
Gather for a lively discussion to explore each artist’s practice. In addition, some of the topics we aim to cover:
– Breaking through and establishing a career on the International Stage
– Exhibiting at the Venice Biennale
– Collaboration and large scale projects
– Being a represented artist vs forging ahead independently
– Getting work out there: how these artist are responding to art market shifts and changes
– Art World Women and Gender Equality in the Arts
There will be opportunity for audience Q and A and a chance to mingle afterwards with a glass of wine or beverage while you check out the exciting exhibition OUT FRONT.
DATE: Saturday 10th March
TIME: 12 noon – 1:30 pm
VENUE
ADDRESS: Gallery There:SmithST (Pop Up Gallery)
424 Smith Street, Collingwood, VIC, 3066
Penny Byrne
Australian artist Penny Byrne’s sculptural works are politically charged, highly engaging and often disarmingly humorous. Using materials such as bronze, glass, vintage porcelain figurines and found objects, Byrne’s work presents an ongoing inquiry into popular culture and international politics. Her background in ceramics conservation and the law informs her practice.
Byrne’s ability to work across varying mediums, and scales exemplifies how she challenges the boundaries and assumptions around her art.
In 2015 Byrne exhibited in Glasstress Gotika, a collateral event of the 56th Venice Biennale. She has exhibited in numerous International Art Fairs including exhibitions in Hong Kong, London, New York and Berlin.
Rosalind Lemoh
Rosalind Lemoh creates sculptural objects, assemblage, light and text-based works that range from miniature to full-body scaled. Replicating parts of the body, fruits, vegetables and found objects using highly detailed silicone rubber moulds, Lemoh skilfully casts new forms in concrete, bronze and aluminium. Life-like casts such as concrete marrow bones and dead magpies conjure sombre meditations, that are drawn from a preoccupation with the still-life genre. In tandem with text-based works, they illuminate a stream-of-consciousness-style narrative.
Rosalind is the recipient of numerous grants, she was shortlisted for the Woollhara Small Sculpture and Blake Prizes’ and was selected to exhibit at ArtRooms London and the Tokyo International Art Fair in 2016 which showcases international talent from around the world.
Emmy Mavroidis
Emmy Mavroidis has been exhibiting since her graduation from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1986. She has been a finalist in many significant art prizes including the 2017 Montalto Sculpture prize, the 2016 Yering Station Sculpture Prize and the 2015 Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize. • “I sculpt by manipulating wax which is then cast in bronze. The chewy stretchy character,of this wax, suggests the ephemerality of movement. I chase the movement, not in a literal sense but as evidence of the memory of what has happened.
There is an evolution in the way marks are made too.The movement becomes a shape. The movement becomes a form. The space around and in between is just as important, as it emphasises the relationship, tension and connection to each other. It is about recognising that, as we move through time, the things we do are a reflection of our beliefs and who we are: who we love, what we desire, what we fear, who we admire, what we share, what we don’t expose. As we move through time and as we move through the space we occupy we respond to each other and what is happening around us… It is just ‘What We Do’.”
Claire Bridge
The works of artist Claire Bridge are often provocative and contemplative simultaneously.
Claire Bridge is a visual artist who employs a multidisciplinary approach to her practice, bringing these paradoxical elements into her painting, photography, immersive sensory video and sound installations and more recently into sculpture and ceramics.
Her interests lay in the intersections between art, science, ecology, metaphysics and feminism, comingled with her desire to imagine alternative futures to current trajectories. Bridge’s practice investigates this relationship between ourselves and our planet at the edge of change. She explores both a harmony and dissonance in this relationship, with an underlying awareness of the preeminent issues of environmental change and paradigms of power.
Claire Bridge has been a finalist on multiple occasions in the world’s richest portrait prize, the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and included in the prestigious Sulman Prize at the AGNSW, a winner of the Living Art Award and inaugural Linden Award.
Acknowledging the gender gap and to raise the profile of women artists, Claire Bridge created artworldwomen.com and is Founder and Editor of Art World Women
Art World Women
Art World Women was created in 2011 as the first online magazine style website to focus exclusively on contemporary art by women in Australia and Internationally and the women who shape the art world. AWW is expanding to provide greater opportunities for the advancement of women and non-binary artists, bridging the gaps and creatively intervening to bring about gender equality in the arts.
With thanks to Here We See: Gallery There
Here We See – Gallery There is a new roaming gallery initiative presenting visual art exhibitions, projects and associated programs within transient ‘galleries’. It is a small business partnership committed to exceptional creative curatorship, fostering economic opportunities for artists with the aim to fund self-sustainable ongoing alternative models for exhibiting and representing contemporary artists in Australia. Here We See :Gallery There are the host of OUT FRONT.
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Sponsors
Special thanks to our Prime Sponsors,
Wedgetail Estate &
The Art Room
for helping to make this event possible.
Image credits:
Rosalind Lemoh, courtesy the artist
Penny Byrne, image credit: Penny Stephens, Insta: @bypennystephens
Emmy Mavroidis, courtesy the artist
Claire Bridge, courtesy the artist
Ticket Information: EVENTBRITE BOOKINGS
General Admission (includes a complimentary glass of wine or beverage): $11.00
General admission. Thank you! Your ticket supports women artists. Print and show your ticket at the bar to receive a complimentary glass of wine or mineral water.
Economic Hardship: FREE admission
We want to give everyone the chance to participate. You probably know that women and non-binary artists are amongst the most economically disadvantaged, earning a 25% less than male counterparts, with recent Australia Council reports indicating the situation is worsening, not improving. If you are experiencing economic hardship or disadvantage and simply can’t afford the ticket price, then please select this FREE ticket option. We look forward to you joining us!
Donations:
Can you assist? A donation of $15 per person is welcomed. Art World Women is not yet funded and all efforts are by volunteers. $25 per person will assist Art World Women to pay our artists a speakers fee, hire of event equipment such as glassware, AV equipment and provision for beverages for your enjoyment. Your donation directly supports the advancement of women in the art world. What ever you decide to offer, from $5 to $50, it all counts and goes a long way! Thank you!
DATE: Saturday 10th March
TIME: 12 noon – 1:30 pm
VENUE
ADDRESS: Gallery There:SmithST (Pop Up Gallery)
424 Smith Street, Collingwood, VIC, 3066
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS: There are two steps at the ground floor entry. Can be accessed with assistance. Mezzanine level, staircase.
email artworldwomen [at] gmail.com with enquiries
Arrive early to commence at 12:10 sharp
*children under 15 years must be accompanied by an adult.
Content warning: explicit material and potential triggers