IDENTITY, 47 Artists, Skepsi @ Montsalvat, 5-19 August 2017
7 Hillcrest Avenue, Eltham Victoria
2017 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition
Opening last Friday was the 2017 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition. Thank you to Villique Boutique, 468 Toorak Rd, Toorak for presenting my sculpture. Featuring work by 99 Artists and on until 11 June 2017.
Journal of Australian Ceramics April 2017
Super excited to have my work feature on the cover of The Journal of Australian Ceramics, April 2017 Edition. I have also contributed an article on my practice, specifically on my materials and how I use them. Thank you to the JAC Team and new Editor Claire Atkins. If you would like to purchase a copy of this magazine, they can be order through Australian Ceramics Association.
Ian Potter Museum of Art - Recent Donation
This work, Untitled 2014, has recently been donated to The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne. This work was first exhibited in Mossgreen Gallery's Important Exhibition of Australian Ceramics, A Tribute to Janet Mansfield OAM (1934-2013), curated by Prue Venables. Very excited that this work has a home within The University of Melbourne Art Collection.
44th Muswellbrook Art Prize 2017
Very pleased to be a finalist in the 44th Muswellbrook Art Prize 2017, on until 7 May.
Location: Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Corner of Bridge and William Streets, Muswellbrook, NSW.
Open: Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm and weekends 10am-1pm.
Installation image (right) courtesy of Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre.
CERAMICS MONTHLY JANUARY 2017 EDITION
Super excited to be featured in the January 2017 edition of the US publication Ceramics Monthly. Writer and Artist Lilianne Milgrom visited my studio earlier this year and has written a beautiful piece on my arts practice and recent residency in Iceland. Thank you Lilianne and the Ceramics Monthly team! Click on the link below to read the full article.
<< Amy Kennedy - A Study in Contrasts by Lilianne Milgrom >>
Gifts from the Stockroom - The Summer Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery
Very happy to have this special work, created early 2016, in Works from the Stockroom - The Summer Show, at Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane. This exhibition is online until 24 December 2016, alongside beautiful works in a variety of mediums.
GIFTED 2016, SKEPSI @ MALVERN
Currently showing new works in Skepsi Gallery's GIFTED 2016 Exhibition at Malvern Artists' Society Gallery. Exhibiting alongside Ted Secombe, Kirk Winter, Craig Hoy, Terunobu Hirata, Owen Rye, John Dermer, Tania Rollond, Steve Sheridan, Kevin Boyd, Arnaud Barraud and Brian Keyte.
EXHIBITION: GIFTED 2016... to give or to keep
EXHIBITION DATES: 19 November - 4 December 2016
LOCATION: Malvern Artists' Society Gallery, 1297 High Street Malvern, Victoria
OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Sunday 11am-5.30pm
MORE FROM BAER ART CENTER, ICELAND
One month spent on Artist Residency at Baer Art Center this year was an amazing experience to say the least. A few more images from my time there, the landscape and explorative work from the studio. The biggest thank you to Director Steinunn Jonsdottir and all at Baer for creating such a wonderful and welcoming space and to fellow artists, Lisa Ochowycz, Lisa Stybor, Katharina Rossboth and Jessica Auer.
ARTIST RESIDENCY ICELAND
It is now Day 12 of my one month residency at Baer Art Center in Hofsos, Iceland. In the June group are 5 artists. Two painters, two photographers and one ceramic artist. It was very exciting and overwhelming (in a great way!) to arrive at Baer with the group. Baer is located on land to the north of the small town Hofsos (population approx. 200) in North Iceland. It is located on the coast of the Skagafjordor (fjord) and is a horse farm. Baer's land is vast and exploration has revealed so much interesting diversity - beaches, (rocky and black sand), the cape and surrounding peninsula, the island Drangey in the distance, wetlands, bird life, lake, wildflowers, horses, mountains. It is incredibly beautiful, vast, majestic and quiet. We are also experiencing the midnight sun. Days are long, there is actually no real darkness, with the sun setting progressively later (almost at 1AM now) and rising an hour later. It is an amazing opportunity to be outside especially at these times, exploring the landscape and observing the changes in light, air and sky.
In the studio I am working on extending the forms in my work and looking at how forms and parts of forms can transition, and the contrast of strong/robust to delicate. I am using objects I find in the landscape here (such as dried kelp, other types of seaweed, bones, rocks, etc) as a springboard and also the landscape (and forces within the landscape) itself. This is a great time for exploring these ideas, writing and drawing. I am excited to see what will come...
Below are a few images of my time at Baer Art Center to date. If this project is of interest to you I am posting regularly on my Instagram account.
