Table. Book Launch.

Table is a new publication (True Belief) featuring contributions from Margaux Williamson, Sarah Weston, Amy Vuleta, Anna Varendorff, Manon Van Kouswijk, Meredith Turnbull, Nat Thomas, Dell Stewart, Tai Snaith, Dylan Martorell, Rachael Hooper, Kelly Fliedner, Nic Dowse and Adam Cruickshank. 

Saturday 26th November 3 - 5 pm

Featuring a performance by Dylan Martorell.

West Space. Level 1, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

This project is supported by the City of Melbourne 2016 arts grants program

Off Grid

Nicole Breedon | John Brooks | Eddy Carroll | Elisa Jane Carmichael | Emma Collard + Cherie Peele | Troy Emery | Melanie Irwin | Dell Stewart

Blindside Level 7 Nicholas Building 37 Swanston St

14 SEP – 1 OCT 2016

Opening Night | Thursday 15 September, 6–8pm

OFF GRID brings together works that push beyond the cloth grid – the warp and weft that defines the form of most textiles. OFF GRID examines the fracturing of this grid conceptually as well as challenging notions of materiality and the making process. In response to the tradition of textiles in art and craft these artists re-contextualise this grid through various multidisciplinary approaches. Some artists embrace the use of traditional and handmade techniques with alternative contemporary materials, whilst others incorporate new technologies to create immersive environments. OFF GRID traverses works that consider textiles within space, using both sculpture and performance to free the cloth grid completely from the two-dimensional. Within OFF GRID the act of making and the act of moving are both present.

Curators | Josephine Briginshaw + Adriane Hayward

Double Happiness

A collaboration between Dell Stewart and Isobel Knowles for an exhibition opening on the 12th of August at Popcraft, 'The Hands of Mei Lanfang' invites the audience to try on the hands of Mei Lanfang by way of customised gloves. Each handmade glove is stitched into a position which holds a certain meaning in the language of the Peking opera. The opera performer, Mei Lanfang was particularly revered for his beautiful hand gestures, often playing female roles and using hand gestures to emphasise femininity. 

Orchid Finger and Holding the fan upside-down. Photographed by Isobel Knowles.

DAREBIN ART PRIZE 2015

$10,000 ACQUISITIVE ART PRIZE
 
With special guest speaker
Associate Professor Robert NELSON / Monash University
 
Opening night (winner announced)
Thursday 10 December / 6-8pm
 
 
Finalists /
Samara ADAMSON-PINCZEWSKI/  Rushdi ANWAR/  Justin BALMAIN/  Damiano BERTOLI/  Kate BEYNON/  Nicole BREEDON/ Jon BUTT/ Nicholas CHILVERS and Hanna CHETWIN  /  Nadine CHRISTENSEN  /  Zoe CROGGON/  Julie DAVIES and Alex RIZKALLA/  Elyse de VALLE/  DAMP/ Ara DOLATIAN/  Leslie EASTMAN/  Phil EDWARDS/  Simon FINN/  Carly FISCHER  /  Patrick FRANCIS/  Wanda GILLESPIE/  Tim GRESHAM/  Michelle HAMER/  Katherine HATTAM/  Linda JUDGE  / Cathy LAUDENBACH/  Jordan MARANI/  Kent MORRIS/  Noriko NAKAMURA  /  Petra NICEL/  SimonPERICICH/  Elvis RICHARDSON with James HAYES/  Louise RIPPERT/  Kiron ROBINSON/  NatalieRYAN/  Bill SAMPSON  /  Rachel SCHENBERG/  Vivian Cooper SMITH  / Tai SNAITH/  Dell STEWART/  Sophia SZILAGYI/  Georgia SZMERLING/  David WADELTON/  Daisy WATKINS-HARVEY  /  Alice WORMALD
 
Judges
Charlotte DAY / Director, Monash University Museum of Art
Nick SELENITSCH / Artist
Claire WATSON / Curator, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
 
Darebin Art Prize / 2015
11 December / 2015 — 21 February / 2016
 
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Bundoorahomestead.com
Cnr Snake Gully Drive and Prospect Hill Drive / Bundoora
Wed-Fri / 11am-4pm | Sat-Sun / 12noon-5pm
 
Free Admission
 
 

West Space Annual Fundraiser 2015

West Space! Opening: Thursday 14 May 2015, 6–9pm.. Exhibition 15 to 17 May 2015, 12–6pm.

Fruit Salad

I was invited to write an article for Overcoat Magazine. The magazine is available in the online store here and you can also read the article it here. 

Fertile Ground 2014

An exhibition of work by Artists in Residence at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in 2014. I loved being an artist in residence at the workshop and highly recommend visiting.

Lyndall Watson, Michelle Hamer, Storm Gold, Caroline Phillips, Vicki Mason, Natasha Dusenjko, Troy Emery, Gillian Lavery, Dell Stewart, Emily Ferretti and Nikos Pantazopoulos.

Opening Tuesday 24 March 6- 8pm. Exhibition runs from Wednesday 25 March to Friday 1 May