30 May 2019
Tjungkara Ken is a finalist in the Wynne Prize 2019 with her work Seven Sisters. Showing her work alongside fellow Tjala Arts painter, Sylvia Ken, Tjungkara’s work depicts the Seven Sisters story involving the sisters being chased across country by Wati Nyiru (a bad man). Tjungkara Ken’s work will also…
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30 May 2019
Heidi Yardley has been featured in the latest edition of Artist Profile. Deputy Editor Elli Walsh’s wonderful interview with Yardley gives an insight into the artist’s most recent thematic investigations. These include her ongoing use (and subversion) of the female form and her distinct method of ‘assembling’ an image.
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30 May 2019
Gerwyn Davies has been announced as a finalist in the 2019 Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture with his work ‘Hedge’. Dedicated to the memory of photographer Olive Cotton, the biennial award boasts an acquisitive $20,000 prize. Renowned Australian artist Marian Drew will judge this year’s prize. Winners will be…
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22 May 2019
Gerwyn Davies will present his work in an upcoming solo exhibition, Heatwave, at the Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. The exhibition program will also include an artist talk at the gallery on Saturday 29 June. For more information about the exhibition, please click here. Heat Wave 28 June –…
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22 May 2019
Michael Muir has been featured in the ‘U on Sunday’ section in The Sunday Mail magazine. Writer Fiona Purdon interviewed Muir about his recent travels through Italy and how this inspired the paintings in his upcoming exhibition, Proximity. Please click here to read the article. Proximity 28 May…
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18 May 2019
Celia Gullett is now represented by Jan Murphy Gallery. Gullett’s practice is guided by her interest in colour field painting, abstraction and minimalism. With influences including music, Rajasthan (India) and poetry – Gullett’s work also considers the philosophical ideas associated with the process of creating the artwork as an experience…
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16 May 2019
Sylvia Ken has been selected as a finalist in the 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize with her work ‘Seven Sisters’. Sylvia Ken was also awarded the 2019 Wynne Prize to much acclaim. The winner of the 2019 Hadley’s Art Prize, will be announced on Friday 19 July at the exhibition opening at Hadley’s…
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15 May 2019
Congratulations to Protégé artists, Mark Tweedie and Gerwyn Davies, who have been announced as finalists in this year’s Sunshine Coast Art Prize. Tweedie entered a painting, ‘A dream like this is hard to wake from #2′ and Davies is a finalist with his photographic work ‘Sir Joh Heslop’. This year’s…
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11 May 2019
Congratulations to Sylvia Ken, who has been awarded the Wynne Prize 2019 for her work, ‘Seven Sisters’. Ken paints at Tjala Arts, located in Amata Community in far north-west South Australia. She is a member of the Ken Sisters Collaborative, who previously won the Wynne Prize in 2016. Her work…
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11 May 2019
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek, who has been Highly Commended in the Wynne Prize 2019 for her work, Reflection. Bieniek won the Wynne Prize in 2015 and is also a finalist in this year’s Archibald Prize. Natasha Bieniek will have an exhibition with Victoria Reichelt at Jan Murphy Gallery in November…
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4 May 2019
Protégé artist, Drew Connor Holland, is currently featured in the May – July issue of Vault magazine. Writer Neha Kale’s interview with Holland discusses the motivations and creative process of the emerging artist. With a focus on the re-use of existing materials and ephemera, Holland’s works comprise of digital prints…
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2 May 2019
Congratulations to Natasha Bieniek, Robert Malherbe, Tjungkara Ken, Sylvia Ken and Leslie Rice who are finalists in this year’s prizes. Bieniek, Malherbe and Rice are seasoned entrants to the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. Bieniek, who won the Wynne Prize in 2015, has entered her work ‘Reflection’ and has her work…
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1 May 2019
Jan Murphy Gallery is participating in the Brisbane Art and Design Festival 2019. In conjunction with the festival program, Martin Smith will create a large-scale text installation work on the exterior wall of the gallery. Exemplifying the artist’s continued use of photography and text, ‘You workin?’ 2019 will be visible to…
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27 April 2019
Guy Maestri’s work ‘After Oat Harvest, 1926′ is included in the upcoming group exhibition, Paintings from Hamilton, at Horsham Regional Art Gallery. Established in 1961, the Hamilton Gallery Collection is well recognised for its holdings of Australian and International decorative arts, sculpture and painting. The Paintings from Hamilton exhibition explores…
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27 April 2019
Natasha Bieniek is a finalist in the 2019 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize with her work, ‘Pocket Landscape #1′. The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting and aims to capture the varied and diverse approaches to the medium. This year’s judging panel comprises of Jane Devery,…
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