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Issue #38 2023

In Conversation With: Laura Ramirez

Love at first throw: Laura Ramirez describes how a throwing class in ceramics gave way to a deeper journey of bringing together earth from Australia and Spain.

Artist Profile: Linda Riseley

With an instinct for authentic expression, Linda Riseley built an international career by channelling difficult experiences into a poignant art practice. Surprisingly, her great uncle just might have known that this would happen all along. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Artist Profile: Michael Gromm

There is no undo button in paint, says Michael Gromm. Armed with this philopshpy, the artist ventures colours, shapes and all into a realm of scientific possiblity and elastic bliss. Words by Erin Irwin.

Artist Profile: Josh Robbins

Armed with a flair for the unorthodox, Josh Robbins continues to reinvent himself and his art following an early career in advertising, sharing compelling visions of the world along the way. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Artist Profile: Corinne Melanie

A trip to Europe in early 2020 saw Corinne Melanie rediscover her art. Now, as she explores new frontiers in her practice, she’s perfecting the merge of the classical with the modern. Erin Irwin writes.

Living with Art: Paula Mills

In her 1920s Victorian weatherboard workers cottage, artist Paula Mills displays a collection that manifests her belief that art should be a resistance to the demands of daily life. Cardia Speziale writes. Photography by Brian Doherty.

Last Word: Antoinette Poisson

A fashionable French boutique wallpaper creator has released its first scenic wallpaper, to much excitement. Words by Briony Downes.

Project Sheet: Brooklyn Brownstone

A talented decorator brought out the big guns to restyle this Brooklyn Brownstone in just four hours, including the art. Briony Downes writes.

Project Sheet: Speargrass House

From a raised plateau in Queenstown overlooking The Remarkables and Coronet Peak, we take in a home that splendidly echoes the mountain ranges beyond. Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

Best of Digital: Aimee Timpson

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

Best of Digital: Danielle Wright

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

Best of Digital: Karen Klimm

Art Edit presents a selection of works from digital artists that are shaping the medium in extraordinary ways. Erin Irwin writes.

In Conversation With: Damian Bisogni

If Damian Bisogni could pick three artworld players to invite to dinner, one guest would be his great aunt, Margit Pogany, the famous muse of Constantin Brancusi.

Designer’s Brief: Lihong Zhang

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Sarah Haegens

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Heidi Savage

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Designer’s Brief: Roy B Wilkins

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the four artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

In Conversation With: Matthew Gillett

With his studio in a pub overlooking the ocean, Matthew Gillett spends his days grappling with old paint before catching those south-coast waves.

In Conversation With: Marisa Mu

In watching her late mother paint, Marisa Mu came to embody a strength that now resonates powerfully in and beyond her work.

In Series: Eamon Wyss

Having encountered Aboriginal dot paintings in the desert as a child, drone photographer Eamon Wyss uses his love of Country to turn the salt lakes of Victoria into mesmerising abstractions.

In Series: Kachina Davidson

As a third generation Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri artist, Kachina Davidson follows in the footsteps of her mother and grandfather. Her artworks are in high demand, with each piece paying tribute to her heritage.

In Series: Lucinda Leveille

Starting with the view of a single spindly gum tree from her studio window is how Lucinda Leveille paints the thundery drama of the Aussie landscape.

In Series: Sherylle Dovaston

With extensive experience in travel and the humanities, Sherylle Dovaston takes her lifelong observations to offer new readings on the worlds we experience without and within.

Studio Visit: Rose Rudd

Near a small rural town in North Canterbury, 30 minutes from Christchurch City/Ōtautahi, is where you will find Rose Rudd.

Studio Visit: Angela McHugh

Angela McHugh’s portraits and landscapes explore personal connections to flora, fauna, history and place.

Studio Visit: Cat Jean Campbell

Cat Jean Campbell is a self-taught expressionist artist. Working from her studio in South Yarra, Melbourne/Naarm, her work is discovered through painting and drawing intuitive abstractions and musings on raw canvas within a muted colour palette.

Issue #37 2023

Special Feature: Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning, host of The Arts Show on ABC Radio, is an artist, writer, broadcast journalist and a gay Aboriginal man. He spoke to Art Edit while travelling in Europe, where he is researching his second book about the lives of two Aboriginal men who died there, far from their homes, in the 1800s. Words by Louise Martin-Chew.

In Series: Mohamed Abarda

Influenced by his North African origins and heritage, Mohamed Abarda gives us a bewitching, contemporary perspective on the landscape genre.

Project sheet: La Palma

Have you ever taken the lines of a painting and extended them onto the walls? Sydney interior designer Yasmine Ghoniem has, and her design exuberance within this Mexican-inspired fiesta doesn’t end there. Penny Craswell writes.

Gallery Panel: Cynthia Howard

The work: Cynthia Howard, This Too Shall Pass, 2022. Oil on panel, 60cm diameter. Cynthia Howard’s This Too Shall Pass is a whimsical exploration of the relationship between our internal psyche and the physical human experience. As the realistically painted figure tumbles in cyclecar continuum, her metaphysical self responds to the tribulations of the world […]

Artist Profile: Steve Rosendale

Old-school motels and feel-good nostalgia: for the love of all things 1960s, Steve Rosendale takes us back to the half-remembered images of that film we once saw... Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

Designer’s Brief: Joey Segundo

We invite a designer to create a room to best display each of the five artworks we’ve selected. This issue, industry-leading interior designer Greg Natale takes up the challenge.

Studio Visit: Shellie Christian

Shellie Christian is a Central Coast sculptor and ceramicist, expressing her life and soul connection with the land through earth-inspired forms.

In Series: Melissa Guest 

From sea to urban tapestries: Melissa Guest combines maritime and architectural references to set viewers adrift in landscapes she loves best.

In Conversation With: Lime & Co Studio

Nicolli Roberts, half of husband-and-wife duo Lime & Co, takes us into the wonderous world of bespoke furniture made from natural plasters and microcement.

Living with Art: Greg Natale

In an irresistibly plush and palatial world of their making, we sit down with Greg Natale and his partner Jason Greenhalgh in their Darlinghurst home bursting with historical riches. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

In Series: Leree Lindsay

Inspired by the lush native bushland that surrounds her studio, Leree Lindsay introduces us to the bounties of her beloved garden.

In Series: Kate Horn

A solitary house set in an unspecified rendered landscape in a limited colour palette: these are the things with which Kate Horn asks us to pause, rest and reflect.

Artist Profile: Chris Abrahams

Each day Chris Abrahams spends time working in drawing, then paint, then etching, then ceramics. In that order. In each medium, every day, he finds remarkable new ways to portray himself. Erin Irwin writes.

Studio Visit: Natasha Pandji

Flowers grow and wither away quietly, all within their own accord. They never seek permission to bloom. And in this process, Natasha Pandji finds comfort and wisdom.

Artist Profile: Anthony Breslin

Anthony Breslin’s accomplished and extensive practice is a high-energy, captivating cacophony of objects, colour, memory and emotion performed across canvas, large-scale murals, theatre and what he aptly calls his paint operas. Words by Rose of Sharon Leake.

Project sheet: Monomeath House

From coral-pink fluted walls to jade-green cabinets, this home has an uncompromising interior and artwork with stories to tell. Words by Penny Craswell.

In Series: Benjamin Cole

For Benjamin Cole, his series Reflection is a raw and emotive visual display of life, events, outcomes, strength and pull post the pandemic. Above: Benjamin Cole, Rest Less, 2023. Photography, 120 x 80cm. Courtesy: the artist.

Issue #36 2023

Studio visit: Java Leonard

At 22 years of age and based in Auckland/ Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand, Java Leonard has only ever known a life of artistic creation. 

In Conversation With: Ross Potter

Choosing graphite to create his large-scale works, Ross Potter takes the everyday and immortalises it in hyper-realistic art that doesn’t miss a detail.

Studio Visit: Anna Ward

After many adventures, study and travel, New Zealand/Aoearoa-born artist, Anna Ward resides now in Robina on the Gold Coast/Yugambeh with her family. It is here she works from her home studio creating large works full of expressive mark making and layers.

Art Mood: Jennifer Tucker

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates Jennifer Tucker's artwork in an enviable 3D rendered setting.

Art Mood: Elise Hogan

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates Elise Hogan’s artwork in an enviable 3D rendered setting.

Artist Profile: Billyara

Going by Billyara, artist Brett Parker creates vibrant objects that celebrate our world’s oldest continuing culture. Emily Best writes.

In Series: Katie Clulow

Tapping into her love for botanicals, Katie Clulow effectively captures the movement of her floral subject in a single photograph.

Artist Profile: Jacqueline Stojanović

Bold in the stories they tell, the tapestries Jacqueline Stojanović weaves are as detailed and intricate as the Serbian culture from which they hail. Sarah Golchin writes.

Artist Profile: Kate Briscoe

Marked by scratches and blisters, Kate Briscoe’s works elevate the harsher beauty of our ancient landscapes. Emily Best writes.

Artist Profile: Greg Mallyon

In a world where most have their feet squarely on the ground, Greg Mallyon chooses to soar with the birds and share the layered world they see from above. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

In Series: Viktoria Karaman

Viktoria Karaman highlights the importance of reusing materials, blending her passion for trees as a concept with natural materials in her sculptural works.

Buyer’s Guide: Brave New Collectors

Confident, cashed up and well-travelled, a new generation of collectors is jumping in at the deep end, but many of the old rules of starting an art collection still apply, according to art consultants. Words by Louise Martin-Chew.

Studio Visit: Anna Fitzpatrick

Anna Fitzpatrick is known for her compositional rhythms, use of bold colours, and intuitive approach to depicting her chosen subject matter — often the ancient and Intractable beauty of the Australian landscape.

Project Sheet: A Modern Masterpiece

The designs of Greg Natale unfold in ways not unlike the meticulous handling of a great many puzzle pieces, each one fitting with the next to create wondrous harmony, and an intricate result. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Project Sheet: Rounded Out

Working with the client’s existing art collection, interior design studio Duet has taken this Sydney home to the next level with an interior filled with rich colours and a mix of old and new. Penny Craswell writes.

Art Mood: Liz Corkhill Knight

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates Liz Corkhill Knight's artwork in an enviable 3D rendered setting.

Artist Profile: Aaron Fell-Fracasso

With an array of materials at his fingertips, Aaron Fell-Fracasso chooses tools often seen in construction to create works so textured, they beg a closer look. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Objecthood: A&A

Celebrating the kaleidoscopic visual effects of straw marquetry, Adam Goodrum (AG) and Arthur Seigneur (AS), together A&A, create collectible pieces where every detail is fully bespoke.

Buyer’s Guide: Living with the Art you Want to Live With

Galleries once brought artworks to a buyer’s home to let them live with it for a few days before committing to a purchase, but are in-person experiences like these still necessary or are there other ways to visualise the art you want to live with in your space? Briony Downes writes.

In Series: Jules Stoneham

Using tea, botanicals, and acrylics, Melbourne-based artist Jules Stoneham depicts twilight moments at the ocean’s edge, and the whirl of salty air filling our lungs.

In Series: Kate Slowey

Sydney-based artist Kate Slowey paints a fluid visual diary, expressing her personal and the universal experience all at once.

Issue #35 2023

Destination art: A special invitation

Stepping inside artist studios is a rare opporunity. Now more than ever, artist-run collectives across the country want you to take a closer look at the magic they weave behind the curtain. Briony Downes writes.

Living with Art: Singing the Tale of Home

With hues of gold, textures of burl wood and an art collection that sings of life’s little moments, the Hampstead apartment of Tatjana von Stein and Gayle Noonan – partners in life and work – hums with the glow of a cherished home. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Art Mood: Ashley Marshman

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates these artworks in enviable 3D rendered settings.

Artist Profile: Zion Levy Stewart

Zion Levy Stewart portrays the world with his colourful, inimitable work, celebrating the people and natural surroundings of his Northern Rivers home. Pilar Mitchell writes.

Art Mood: Schira Withers

Istanbul-based interior architect and designer Rana Güneş celebrates these artworks in enviable 3D rendered settings.

Expert Eye: How to buy authentically

A residential art collection is often best when it is deeply personal, reflecting the lived experience and values of the collector. Margaret Hancock Davis talks to Penny Craswell about her collection.

Artist Profile: Andy Leleisi’uao

The son of Samoan immigrants, Aotearoa-born artist Andy Leleisi’uao weaves expressions of hope into alternate  universes to tell tales of diasporic identity. Lucinda Bennett writes.

In Series: Typan Jolly

Digital Dance By marrying contemporary and traditional Aboriginal dance, Worimi descendent Typan Jolly seeks to connect Indigenous people to their ancient customs and ancestors.

Studio visit: Sara Prince

After taking a hiatus to raise her family, Sara Prince has returned to her practice of weaving. In her work, Prince hopes to alter the perception of hand weaving to something contemporary. Drawing inspiration from gum tree bark and patterns created by the scribbly gum moth, she combines natural materials such as linen, Japanese paper yarn, horsehair and leather with manmade materials.

Artist Profile: Mike Hewson

In a world where little is left to the imagination, Mike Hewson invites us to be active participants in his curious infrastructures. Nick Selenitsch writes. Photography by Nick De Lorenzo.

Project sheet: Come full circle

With a design inspired by a tale of accidental art theft, this pre-war New York City apartment is dramatic in all the right ways. Words by Pilar Mitchell.

Studio visits: Michelle Kirk

Based in Sydney’s North, Guringai/Darug Country, Michelle Kirk explores the fleeting beauty of the natural world. Her use of abstraction and layering allows for multple meanings to come together upon vessels that appear ever-evolving. Each is imprinted with the spirit of the natural world, as she strives to visualise something just beyond the visible.

Project sheet: The intrigue of tension

The art and objects in this space deliberately don’t match. Rather they stage a dinner party of sorts in which the participants are in lively conversation. Penny Craswell writes.

In conversation with: Regan Balzer

Thinking about art as vessels for culture and knowledge is what informs New Zealand artist Regan Balzer’s practice and the tales she captures.

Objecthood: Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

Deriving inspiration from nature, French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance creates objects that marry heritage, material, and craftsmanship to create pieces that last.

Last Word: The art of gaming

A bridge between genres, video games are an amalgamated artform that open up new possibilities for the appreciation of art in a new dimension. Nabila Chemaissem writes.

Project sheet: A story unfolds

In the home of artist Angela Tiatia, art and architecture are part and parcel of an evolving vision. Adriana Borsey writes.

Issue #34 2023

Artist Profile: Nellie Ngampa Coulthard

After the rain, just before the summer starts is when the wattle takes hold of Yankunytjatjara Country. This is when Nellie Ngampa Coulthard paints her Country. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

Art Mood: Kate Cox

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

Objecthood: Fanny Ollas

Working in ceramics and textiles, Swedish artist Fanny Ollas anthropomorphises everyday objects to accord them deeper meaning.

Studio Visit: Studio A

Studio A is Sydney-based social enterprise supporting artists with intellectual disability. Ensuring Australia’s cultural landscape includes diverse voices, Studio A provides professional development for artists, including a working studio space equipped with specialist materials and support staff. It also manages an annual exhibition program and facilitates weekly workshops provided by invited contemporary artists.

Artist Profile: Sarah Rayner

For artist Sarah Rayner, nature’s purpose provides endless possibilities for exploration. Erin Irwin writes.

In Series: The Space Cowboy

The Space Cowboy uses vibrant colours and lines drawn with force to create a world where everything is possible. Wild cats, humans and griffins from classical mythology all intermingle.

Designers Brief: Vanessa Maver

Julia Green, founder and director of Geelong-based Greenhouse Interiors creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

Project Sheet: Up the Garden Path

Link House might boast refined architecture, stylish interiors, and a rotating collection of spectacular local art – but spatial and compositional elements are the true hero in this garden paradise. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Art Mood: Bridie O’Brien

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

Project Sheet: For the love of pink

A careful selection of artworks, some ingenious custom furniture and a client with a love of pink have come together in this major redesign. Penny Craswell writes.

Art Mood: Meli Axford

Meet Istanbul-based interior architect, furniture and object designer and architectural visualizer Rana Güneş – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer and renderer.

Designers Brief: Janno Mclaughlin

Julia Green, founder and director of Geelong-based Greenhouse Interiors creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

In Series: Pamela Jones

Tasmanian artist Pamela Jones captures the dynamic interactions between the ocean and land, which she skilfully translates to a two dimensional surface for her latest series.

issue #33 2022

Designers Brief: Cherie Harte

Auckland-based interior designer Natalie Parke of Dessien Parke interior design studio creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

Artist Profile: JESWRI

From poking fun at the Prime Minister to referencing pressing social and racial issues, JESWRI’s multifaceted works are armed with lasting potency. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Destination Art: The Other Art Fair

The Other Art Fair’s dynamic program of art and live experiences will return to Sydney in the lead-up to Christmas, offering something for art lovers of all persuasions. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Art Mood: Tracey Clark

Meet Melbourne-based interior designer, stylist and trend forecaster Bree Leech – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer.

In Series: Kylie Daniel

Showcasing the raw grit of the Australian landscape through heavily textured brown and black surfaces, Kylie Daniel dedicates her latest series to the beauty of the Australian outback.

Project Sheet: Paying Homage

This romantic Parisian home has been given new life through contemporary art and design choices, yet designer Émilie Bonaventure honours its thespian history. Erin Irwin writes.

Buyers Guide: Talk the Talk

So, you want to have a conversation with an artist but are unsure of what to say? Just ask questions. Briony Downes takes us through it.

Art Mood: Bree Leech

Meet Melbourne-based interior designer, stylist and trend forecaster Bree Leech – this issue’s guest Art Mood designer.

Artist Profile: Thea Anamara Perkins

The threads of history that define artist Thea Anamara Perkins and her work shimmer with power and potency. Tristen Harwood writes. Photography by Nick De Lorenzo.

In Series: Jonathan Hayward

With a sense of humour and an interest in Pop art, Jonathan Hayward takes classical icons and transplants them into the 21st century, complete with social media and pop culture references.

In Series: Scott Elk

Contrasting light and dark, hard and soft, focused and blurry, Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist Scott Elk takes his cues from physical human interaction, with form fragmenting reality.

Studio Visit: Nathan Feldman

Geelong/Djilang-based artist Nathan Feldman has been a practicing artist for the past 30 years. He has a Bachelor of Fine Art from Monash University and studied at The Geelong Fine Art School. Feldman paints snapshots of his memory. urban and natural landscapes merge together with a sense of nostalgia and melancholy. Themes of love, loss, grief, suffering and joy are explored where the natural world serves as metaphor.

Artist Profile: Alan Todd

For five decades, Alan Todd has expressed through many mediums what words cannot. Erin Irwin writes.

Project Sheet: Sliding Doors

Past and present, east and west collide in this heritage Toorak home, skilfully updated by Lucy Clemenger Architects to unlock space and maximise functionality. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Project Sheet: Market to Market

Transforming a worker’s boarding house into a home filled with art and poetry was no easy feat for Melbourne designer Brahman Perera. Penny Craswell write

Studio Visit: Liselle Powell

Perth/Boorloo-based painter Liselle Powell paints landscapes in acrylic, oil sticks and pastel to hold onto memories of place. Powell has studied a Bachelors in Visual Arts and Design; a Bachelors in Linguistics; Makeup; and Graphic design. In 2022 she won the national ArttoArt Unearthed Art prize in Melbourne.

Designers Brief: Fiona Gavino

Auckland-based interior designer Natalie Parke of Dessien Parke interior design studio creates bespoke looks for these five works of art. Scan the QR codes to see these looks come to life.

Special Feature: Banding Together

Not all art hangs on your walls. In this special feature, Dee Jefferson interviews musician Alex the Astronaut and artist Giulia Giannini McGauran about their shared creative vision and the resurgence of vinyl cover art as a collectible.

issue #32 2022

Project Sheet: Sleeping Giant

A study in texture and light, the Casper’s House project by New Zealand design studio Dessein Parke gives new meaning to a house with a view. Maddy Matheson writes. 

Living with Art: A Fairy-tale Twist

In the Munich home of Kristina (Mia) Maria Martin, art, design and history combine with a fairy-tale ending. And the best part? It’s round. Rose of Sharon Leake writes.

Art Mood: Brooke Campbell

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Expert Eye: Art and Wallpaper

Maximalism is making a serious come back. But how do you ensure patterned walls don’t overpower your art? New Zealand-based interior designer Evie Kemp talks us through the process.

ART MOOD: NEW HEIGHTS

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Special Feature: Ethics and Sustainability in Furniture Design

There are many ways to ethically furnish your home, including buying second hand, investing in repair, seeking out quality pieces by local designers, supporting First Nations makers and purchasing items made from recycled waste. Design expert Penny Craswell talks us through our options.

In Series: Tracey Clark

In her latest series, Wairarapa-based artist Tracey Clark aims to bring together the beauty of nature, the elegance of dance and the sweet sound of music.

In Series: Val Enger

Inspired by her encounters with the tumultuous nature of the New Zealand landscape, Val Enger creates compositions of rhythm, colour and emotion.

Destination Art: The Buzz

Each year in August, Darwin comes to life with the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. After a two-year hiatus, the 2022 edition promises to be big. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

In Series: Jan Oram

New Zealand-based, self taught artist Jan Oram brings the personalities of animals to life, combining fashion and culture with whimsy and cheek.

Studio Visit: Trish Crampton

Sydney/eora-based Trish Crampton completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts in Printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts and a Diploma in Visual Arts Education. Her still lifes hero colour, shape and tone, with an intention to bring calmness to their audience.

Showcase:CHALOM

Erin Irwin takes a closer look at these outstanding works.

Art Mood: George Tjungurrayi

Gemma Chapman, a New Zealand-based interior designer, and Lanre Alao, a Nigeria-based 3D artist talk about how they created awe-inspiring interior spaces.

Project Sheet: Big Picture Thinking

For this residence of epic proportions to be filled with art, careful consideration, industry know-how, and a healthy dose of imagination were required. Megan Dicks and Hannah Abbott, art consultants and co-directors of OTOMYS Gallery, Melbourne, rose to the challenge. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Objecthood: Snelling Studio

Snelling Studio beautifully blends art and industrial design. Maddy Matheson interviews its founder Bec Snelling.

issue #31 2022

Gallery Panel: Byne

Art Edit’s curatorial experts take a closer look at these five artists’ work.

In Series: Beth Kennedy

In her aptly titled latest series, Brisbane-based Beth Kennedy seeks out the enigmatic beauty of life in an attempt to remedy the heaviness of modern life.

In Series: Tom Phillips

In a series speaking to urban alienation, vulnerability and fragility, Tom Phillips focuses on disadvantaged individuals who are often powerless within our communities.

Last Word: Curated Spaces

At the helm of the massively popular online marketplace Curated Spaces, Pip Newell is no stranger to scoring vintage finds. She speaks to Maddy Matheson about the growth of the second-hand community, the importance of locally made, and the artists and designers on her radar.

Objecthood: Clumsy

Born from boredom yet reared with passion, Clumsy by Monique Chiari is the cuddle-oriented, minimal waste brand we never knew we needed.

In Series: Elizabeth Wallace

Constructed from limited edition embroidered textile badges, Elizabeth Wallace’s series examines the potential of repetition in the creation of a visual dialogue between surface, pattern and form.

Art Mood: Meg Gallagher

Alexandra Carter from Perth-based design studio Harlow + Willow heroes the art in these achievable settings.

Artist Profile: Sophie Gralton

Preserving the innocence of youth has captivated Sophie Gralton for twenty seven years, and she’s only just getting started. Charli Rose Gerry writes.

Art Mood: Davide Uliana

Alexandra Carter from Perth-based design studio Harlow + Willow heroes the art in these achievable settings.

Artist Profile: Andy Harwood

Brilliantly disorientating, the works of Brisbane-based artist Andy Harwood are contemporary descendants of the Op art movement. Erin Irwin writes.

Artist Profile: Noŋgirrŋa Marawili

Senior Yolŋu artist and elder Noŋgirrŋa Marawili paints to the beat of her own drum, communicating culture and Country with poetic force in shades of pink worth pining over. Louise Martin-Chew writes.

Project Sheet: La Dolce Vita

Balmoral’s Villa Carlo is a nod to Italian modernism, suffused with the distinctly contemporary flair of Daniel Boddam Studio and home to an impressive collection of Australian art. Charlotte Middleton writes.

Project Sheet: No Regrets

In this home, Sydney design studio Arent&Pyke brings the past and present together with a sense of equilibrium, all the while heroing an impressive art collection. Erin Irwin writes.

Studio Visit: Voight Ratara

Voight Ratara is a Western Aranda artist based in Ntaria who joined the Hermannsburg Potters in 2021. In his first year of working with clay and underglazes Ratara has quickly become an exciting emerging artist and one to watch. Ratara paints with bold colours and contrasting line work, telling stories of his Country and culture.
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