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May 2009

ANDREA ECKERSLY

GALLERY 1 SPACE B FOLDED SPACES ANDREA ECKERSLY This work follows representations of the fold, such as those found in origami, and develops a process about working through notions of… Continue reading

RIKI-METISSE MARLOW

GALLERY 1 PROJECT ROOM THIS FILTHY… RIKI-METISSE MARLOW The use of noise to remove meaning opens up possibilities to allow for a space where new meaning is generated. Noise as… Continue reading

AMELIE SCALERCIO

GALLERY 2 FUNNY RUPTURES AMELIE SCALERCIO We vomit, volcanoes erupt, pimples get popped.Ruptures are always emerging in one place or another. Amelie Scalercio’s practice stems from investigations into order, disorder… Continue reading

MICHELINE YOKE YEAN LEE

GALLERY 3 GIVE YOUR GOD FIFTY DOLLARS FOR ME MICHELINE YOKE YEAN LEE CONVENT STUDIO ARTIST PROGRAM Lee re-assesses facets of family history and her Chinese Malaysian heritage and migration… Continue reading

April 2009

KAORI KATO

GALLERY 1 FOYER SPACE SHADES OF WHITE KAORI KATO Japanese artist Kaori Kato’s studio practice explores the formal and conceptual languages of paper. Her work investigates the natural phenomenon and… Continue reading

DI ELLIS

GALLERY 1 SPACE A BODY ARMOUR DI ELLIS Ellis’s work includes beautiful embroidered bulletproof vests and large-scale prints. This exhibition explores the value and wearability of the soft, body armour… Continue reading

WARWICK BAKER

GALLERY 1 SPACE B NEW AND USED WARWICK BAKER The American South West has always been the Great Frontier. The birthplace of an age that has boomed and collapsed in… Continue reading

SANDRA FIONA LONG

GALLERY 1 PROJECT ROOM ADVERTISING FEATURE It all started with an obsession with rubbish. Just on the streets and near the creek where she lives, it’s everywhere, this form of… Continue reading

STORM GOLD

GALLERY 2 LOK STORM GOLD Storm Gold presents a sequence of painted works that place the viewer within a vacillating paradox. The unfamiliar duels with the familiar in an ambivalent… Continue reading


MARITA LILLIE

GALLERY 3 WITH AND WITHOUT CONSENT MARITA LILLIE CONVENT STUDIO ARTIST PROGRAM This body of work was both inspired by and closely connected to surveillance in society. In a culture… Continue reading