statement
A drawing is fragile, simple, poignant. It is to the point. It carries neither the grandiose weight of an oil painting nor the solidity of a sculpture but rather brings its own brand of intensity. Made up of scratchy, hurried marks, languid lines, effusive smears, erratic erasures and redrawn lines - a drawing lets slip its own history. A drawing is quietly honest.
This is unsurprising given drawing is our first form of written language – before spelling and grammar are introduced to punctuate thoughts and bookend ideas. Before the tiny lines that make up letters tidy away our freedom. Thus, drawing for me is more of an instinctive move than a deliberate choice of primary practice.
My work is underpinned by the concept of fragility, whether related to the process of memory, language or the self. My practice combines portraiture and elements of nature, inferring an inherent connection between the two, and denoting life cycles.
Typically my figures float on a white ground, with a focus on the head and face. The body is reduced to a select ensemble of simply drawn lines, whereby underlining the precariousness of life, evoking a sense of otherworldliness and highlighting the concept of a person as a soul.
bio
born: 1978, Palmerston North, New Zealand
education
University of Canterbury, BFA, 2000
selected awards/honors
Regional Arts Development Fund Recipient, Gold Coast City Council, 2014
Highly Commended, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, Australia, 2013
Mainzeal Scholarship for Academic Excellence in Art History, Victoria University, 2010
selected solo or two-person exhibits
The Hold Artspace, With You, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2015
Art Museum Hotel, Bon Voyage, Wellington, New Zealand, 2010
Taylor Jensen Gallery, Drift, Wander, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 2009
selected group shows
Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra, Queensland, 2014
Jugglers Artspace, Marie Ellis Drawing Award, Brisbane, Queensland, 2014
Clayton Utz, Clayton Utz Art Award, Brisbane, Queensland, 2013
Jugglers Artspace, Marie Ellis Drawing Award, Brisbane, Queensland, 2013
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