Lisa Frankland: Space and Play

Lisa Frankland

ARTIST STATEMENT

My experiments into 2/3D architectonic space respond to areas of imagined space; actual lived in space, and emotional/psychological space. Often I will use elements of the home environment as the focus of my experiments. The particular forms and structures we exist around and in, chairs, tables, bricks and mortar become imbued with a meaning much more than pure function. Through my art practice I instill these objects and materials with their own identities, activating a sense of play and curiosity into these otherwise mundane objects.

See more of her work online:
http://lisafrankland.blogspot.com/

Paul Ruiz: through Mind, Heart and Hand

Paul Ruiz Completed his visual arts education at Melbourne University in 1996.


For over ten years Paul consulted on technology-driven projects across several industries whilst deepening his continued fascination with the visual analysis, drawing and painting of the human figure.

After launching his first solo exhibition in 2005, Ruiz' work found eager collectors in Australia and abroad whilst represented by Melbourne-based galleries.

The artist's work is now represented alongside emerging and mid-career artists at Lindberg Contemporary Art and he is working towards his next solo show of paintings to be held in Melbourne in 2010
 
See more of his work online:
http://www.paulwruiz.com/
http://artcatalyst.wordpress.com/

Donna Malone: Intimacy and Instinct

Donna Malone grew up in Sydney, raised her 4 children in the Byron Shire, and is a now, a full time practising and exhibiting artist, based in Brisbane.

"I have always responded to life by Drawing. Drawing daily is a necessity for me and keeps me connected to myself. I am an instinctual artist who uses a diverse range of materials and techniques in a compelled and impulsive way. I am interested in spontaneity, paradox, the liminal (spaces between), indigenous culture, anamorphism and the human form.

I respond to ‘aliveness’!. Inspiration comes from surprising places. At the moment, I am ripping up retro National Geographics. For what end? I am unsure. It’s sometimes scary, but I like not knowing much about what I am doing. I believe an artist’s instinct is their style. I can feel my instincts growing stronger all the time."

Seen more of her work online:
www.donnamalone.com.au
http://www.redbubble.com/people/donnamalone

Nicholas Johnston: Stolen Glimpses in Oil

Nicholas Johnston was born and raised in Dublin, and have lived in London almost 20 years.  Johnston says, "I take my inspiration from the psychological onslaught of living in a diverse and crowded city. Fleeting encounters, glimpsed truths, familiar faces, private moments – all these phenomena inspire and contribute to the images I seek to capture in paint. I’m especially motivated by a deep fascination with the human face, by its revelations and deceptions…or as a friend recently put it: the ground zero of daily existence".

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http://www.redbubble.com/people/nickj

Darby Hudson: I <3 Spit Bubbles

Darby Hudson Illustrator/Cartoonist/Writer and Dreaming Flaneur's work has found little homes in various places, some temporarily, some permanently including: The Age, Child magazine, The Herald Sun, The Chaser Newspaper, Inkgroup Greeting Cards and Myer Melbourne.

If you wish to order 'Picture Songs' his latest graphic book or enquire as to what coloured socks he might be wearing on any given day start your email pestering campaign by contacting: darbyhudson@gmail.com

See more of his work online at:
http://www.darbyhudson.com/

John Douglas: a Deliciously Disruptive and Disturbing Influence

John Douglas is an Australian multimedia artist whose exhibitions have received acclaim and caused controversy both in his home country and internationally. He began painting at the age of 8, and studied at the Queensland College of Art until his expulsion in 1984 for being a “disruptive and disturbing influence”, after which his career really took off. Solo shows include the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003 & 2005; an exhibit for the Sydney 2002 Gay Games Cultural Festival; and one-man exhibitions Globally. He is also an internationally published writer of fiction and non-fiction.

In 1999, Douglas worked as the Visual Arts Director for the Queer As Fuck Arts Festival. Douglas has worked as an advocate for the rights of people with HIV as well as disadvantaged children. He successfully campaigned in 1996 to improve training of NSW Police in matters related to HIV-positive people. In 1997, he worked to raise money in support of the creation of permaculture vegetable gardens to benefit Ugandan orphans. He has been a Teaching Consultant in Art Therapy at Glenside Psychiatric Hospital, Adelaide, Australia and now conducts specialty self-expression art workshops around the world. His website designs include the ‘Why I Hate John Howard’ site (2000), a memorial site for Seattle conceptual artist Chad Witt (2001) and a website for two-time winner of The Australian Book Of The Year award, author Victor Barker (2002).

In 2004 he was invited as Artist in Residence to conduct a painting workshop at Lockhart River Aboriginal Community, Cape York, Australia.

His film “Project One” had its debut screening at the Brisbane Queer Film Festival in April 2006. “A Home Exorcism” was short-listed in the 2007 Tropfest Film Festival.
“Entr’Acte” screened at the 2009 Squatfest Film Festival. "Thank You For Not Singing" is currently screening in the Digital Film Festival in Melbourne.

His work featured in the Sketchbook Project exhibition, which toured several Museums of Contemporary Art in the USA. John Douglas is currently working on a film and book about the life of Jane Avril.

See More of his Work:
www.JohnDouglasArt.com
www.redbubble.com/people/johndouglas

Rebecca Delange: Spaces & Things

Rebecca Delange lives and works in Melbourne. Her art practice explores ideas relating to mutation, repetition, destruction, construction, life and death in her. Central to the work is a search for finding materials, actions and process that physically articulate hidden and immaterial things such as fears, desires, thoughts and secrets. She is interested in exploring what sort of forms would these things take on and how would they behave if they existed tangibly in our reality. Her arts practice engages in a dialogue between controlled making and uncontrolled action. Currently the work takes the form of spatially responsive assemblages and installations made from materials such as plasticine, paint, clay, dirt, and lollies. She considers her installation work to be a continuous project that exists in a state of flux never finding a permanently still place of rest or definitive answer and resolution.

See more of her work at:
http://www.rebeccadelange.com/

Matthew Dunn: Dramatic, Hypnotic, Disturbing & Colourful much like a Barrel of Monkeys

Matthew Dunn is a Comic Creator/Illustrator/Designer working out of Melbourne, Australia. His work is punchy, intimate and Graphic featuring primates in desolate bleeding and bleak landscapes

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www.redbubble.com/people/matthewdunnart

Elle Jaye Rose: Heed the Living Dead Rock Tees

It takes a whole Army of the Dead to be this Diverse and Productive:

'elle jaye rose' glorifies her rock idols by keeping them....aaauuuggghhhrrrr alive.... forever

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www.redbubble.com/people/ellejayerose