Click here to read an interview between myself and Will Sturrock, which appears in the latest issue of Das SUPERPAPER.

 

I am a finalist in the Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship at Sydney College of the Arts. The finalist exhibition opens at SCA on Wednesday 9th September.

 

I have also donated a work to the Save Firstdraft fundraiser, taking place at Firstdraft on Thursday 3rd September, the same night Ben Terakes' solo exhibition opens at Locksmith.

 

 

This coming Saturday, June 6, I will be doing an artist talk at firstdraft from 4:30pm. All are welcome to attend.

 

You are invited to my solo exhibition, o.n.o, at firstdraft gallery. It opens Wednesday May 20th, 6pm - 8pm, and continues Wednesday - Saturday, 12pm - 6pm until Saturday June 6th. The gallery is located at 116-118 Chalmers St, Surry Hills.

 

 

Image: amulet, 2009, cast stainless steel and two pack paint

 

 

Well it has been a long time between drinks, hasn't it boys and girls? Lots to report back on. Some new images of work in the 'artwork' section. Locksmith has been taking up a lot of time lately. Exciting things happening there, let me tell you. Next year is going to be big. Check out the newly revamped Locksmith website here.

In between running Locksmith and working day jobs, I've even had time to make some new work. I've got a little piece in a show at At the Vanishing Point at the moment. The show runs until November 2nd, more info here. I'll put some pictures up on this site soon.

 

In August I also managed to get over to NYC to visit Rachel. I had an awesome time over there. Took lots of slides on my Nikon FM2, so it might be a while until I get a chance to scan some pics and put them up on here. Rachel was doing an internship at a very interesting artist studio complex called The Gowanus Studio Space. It's worth having a look at their website here. Went to a Mets game, saw a lot of art, walked around a lot. The first two weeks I was there we stayed in an awesome apartment in SoHo, the last week we stayed in a suburb on the border of Brooklyn and Queens called Ridgewood. It reminded me of Auburn.

 

Also managed to get up to Brissie recently for a show that Rachel was in at MSSR. This is an artist-run project space located in a Queenslander house in New Farm. Also visited another great artist-run space called Boxcopy. The ARI community in Brisbane looks very healthy at the moment.

 

Friday 20/06/08

 

Keys Cut, opens on June 26, 6pm-8pm at Locksmith and features new work by myself and Samuel Villalobos. The show continues Thursday - Saturday, 1pm-6pm until July 12.

 

 

 

Friday 16/05/08

 

 

  

 

It has been a couple of months since I've written in here, and I've been bloody flat out. There are some very exciting things to announce, however. Firstly, Locksmith now has its own web site, located at www.locksmithprojectspace.com

The next exhibition there is an installation work by Adam Costenoble, and it opens this coming Thursday, April 17, from 6pm-8pm. More details are on the Locksmith site.

 

I am currently preparing for two exhibitions I have coming up. The first opens on May 22nd at Chalk Horse, 56 Cooper St Surry Hills. Then, in June, I will be showing at Locksmith. I will update this site with more info in the lead up to both shows.

 

 

One day left until The Start of a Very Nice Day! opens. Listen out to Fbi Radio 94.5FM this afternoon at 4:30 to hear myself, Samuel Villalobos and Nigel Milsom interviewed by Alison Piotrowski.

 

 

Announcing the very first exhibition to be held at Locksmith (not including the fundraiser), The Start of a Very Nice Day! Curated by Nigel Milsom, and including work by Aimee Crouch, Liron Gilmore and Mary MacDougall. See you all on February 21st!

 

 

 

 

 

Space Habit at Locksmith last Sunday was a great success. It was the first event in the space since the fundraiser, and also since we put up the new walls. There was an incredibly positive atmosphere running throughout the whole night, and the performers put on a great show. Here are a few mp3 files of the bands performing on the night.

 

Pagan Dawn - The Chant

Lamp Puffer - Entire Set 

 

Thanks to James and Kenzie for the following photos.

 

Karen Star

 

I interact with these objects, forming conceptual and physical connections between objects and ideas. I often use a process of repetition or reduction, the one occasionally leading to the other, and I present what happens to the objects when their intended function is subverted, inverted, or taken to its extreme. In the case of the latter, sometimes all that remains to be revealed is a remnant of the object’s function, or a feature of its function that is normally overlooked. The resulting artworks signal a reconfiguration in the way these objects are perceived. By focussing on an aspect of their functionality that is normally unnoticed, either because of its apparent ordinariness, or, as a result of its ephemeral quality, these banal objects are transformed.

Their original purpose and form are still recognisable, but their transmutation suggests a leap into the inconceivable and imperceptible. The objects are re-presented in a way that challenges our original understanding of them, and they are imbued with a sense of wonder. It is through this transformation that the objects also form an identity that is unique, in contrast to the mass-produced cohort from which they originated.