Installation Art
Gawler Laneway Art and Music Festival (GLAMfest), Broken Hill, 2023.
Commissioned by West Darling Arts for GLAMfest as part of the Broken Hill Heritage Festival, Red Gum Caravanserai was inspired by the Broken Hill Mosque Museum and the history of the Cameleers.
The river red gum wallpaper design was created from a watercolour artwork painted while on residency in Broken Hill 2022. The installation consisted of wallpapered walls in the doorway and window with all horizontal surfaces being mirrored. The projection is an enlarged version of the wallpaper design. The dome representing the night sky as well as marking the point of arrival for the cameleers to the Ghantown Mosque after traversing the desert, is made from pedestal fan covers with LED lights.
I acknowledge GLAMfest curator, Jo Crase and technician Michael Petchkovsky, for their contributions in realising this artwork.
Doorway detail
Doorway detail
Awarded Highly Commended, Eden Unearthed 2022
Hand painted tiles, marine ply, acrylic mirror, treated pine, 180 x 180 x 15 cm.
Cleansing Pool consists of hand painted tiles with stylised motives of the diverse local flora and fauna species within a formal architectural structure that is also diverse in its representation of various cultures. Its central mirror section references water as a symbol of cleaning.
Hovering just above ground Cleansing Pool is situated in a garden room adjacent to the Asthma and Allergy Friendly Garden, and inside the columns and archways of the “poplar cathedral”, continuing the formal architecture of this site.
Finalist, Hidden Rookwood, Sydney, 2022
Hand painted tile panel, 240 x 120 x 10 cm
Ode to Joy is a visual tribute to my deceased mother, Joy. Full of symbols and memories, this work is painted in the style of Persian miniatures, every detail tells a story – from the Russian icon border, peacock, dove, sparrow, roses, the harbour, olive tree, bird of paradise, wrought iron balustrade, cook books, broken daisy chain – all contained within a ceramic tile frame.
Finalist, Hidden Rookwood, Sydney, 2022
Under the ever watchful earths gaze, this eye sheds a tear mourning what has been lost and reminding us of the care and generosity that has been provided by this land. It is also representative of the four elements: earth (red earth), air (white earth), fire (red rocks) and water (mirror).
The larger teardrop is composed of hundreds of smaller individual mirror teardrops, each with a message written on the underside. As a gift and reminder of earths’ abundance, visitors are free to take a tear drop from this work.
River of Tears was constructed from the red and white earth of this land of the Wandjiwalgu people in the far western NSW town of White Cliffs. I acknowledge these traditional owners, the Wandjiwalgu people as the custodians of this land. I pay respect to all Aboriginal community Elders, past and present, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the history of the region.
I would like to thank Create NSW through West Darling Arts for the Restart Residency funding and ongoing support for me to execute this artwork.
I also thank the White Cliffs community for their logistical support.
White Cliffs, NSW
Image and video credits: Nic Schoenberg
Spoken word and sound by Joelistics and Millie Jackson
Aluminium, repurposed plastic items, paper clips, mirror, safety pins, wire, solar powered lights, 200 x 200 x 200 cm.
White Rhino Artspace
9 – 26 September 2020
Solar Junk Chandelier’s use of repurposed mass-produced every day items saved from landfill or the recycling process, emotionalise this plastic waste in creating beauty from the beast.
This installation is a monument to pause and reflect on our environmental and emotional imprint.
With my commitment to not purchasing any art making materials in 2020, I reviewed my 15-year plastic collection to materialise Solar Junk Chandelier.
In keeping with Solar Junk Chandelier’s values, its illumination is powered with solar charge batteries.
CONTRIBITORS: Lulfiyya Abbaszade, Lindsey Blondel, Michelle Jamieson, Viktoriya Kravets, Greg McKie, Kathryn Nordstrom, Sydney Pemberton, Robbie Roper, Regula Wettstein.
MAKER MEETING: Wednesday 2 September 10.30am – 12.30pm Come work with Kathie to create components yourself to add to the chandelier - tea and cake provided. Further details
DJ OSCAR JAMO: Saturday 12 September 4.30 – 5.30pm FB Live stream DJ groves inspired by Solar Junk Chandelier
PAPER PAJAKI (chandelier) WORKSHOP: Saturday 19 September 1-3pm Bookings essential
Group exhibition at Coal Loader, Waverton, NSW
10 - 12 March 2021
MATERIALS: Aluminium, repurposed plastic items, paper clips, mirror, safety pins, wire, solar powered lights, scent, sound.
All of the Lights, spoken word and sound by Joelistics
Scent by Cire Trudon
CONTRIBUTORS: Lulfiyya Abbaszade, Lindsey Blondel, Michelle Jamieson, Viktoriya Kravets, Greg McKie, Kathryn Nordstrom, Sydney Pemberton, Robbie Roper, Regula Wettstein.
Hand painted tiles, acrylic mirror, and marine ply
155 x 399 x 1.2 cm
Awarded the Painting Prize, North Sydney Art Prize 2019 at the Coal Loader in Waverton, Sydney.
Like the uncovering of relics in an archaeological dig, Departure Pool reveals itself from the concrete that formed part of what once was a transfer hub for coal. This departure point fuelled transport for trade, signifying a growing economy and cultural exchange.
Departure Pool is a portal, a doorway to other lands. Within its framework of stylised Andalusian architecture hand painted on tiles, it references a time and place where diverse cultures lived harmoniously as neighbours, united under one sky.
Before white settlement the Coal Loader site was a place of physical and spiritual sustenance for the first inhabitants of this land. This sustenance, the local flora and fauna, is depicted inside Departure Pool’s architectural framework. (See list below)
As a coal storage and transfer facility this site perpetuated the burning of coal that polluted our sky. Today its function has been transformed into a Centre for Sustainability. We are reminded of this duality by viewing the sky reflected in Departure Pool’s mirrors.
Departure Pool brings together these layers of history united under one sky.
Hand painted tiles, acrylic mirror, and marine ply
155 x 399 x 1.2 cm
Awarded the Painting Prize, North Sydney Art Prize 2019 at the Coal Loader in Waverton, Sydney.
Sculpture Otherwise
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
Wallpaper, mirror, and hand painted tiles
60 x 220 x 60 cm
Wallpaper, mirror, and hand painted tiles
60 x 220 x 60 cm
2018
This artwork was formed after a months study tour of Morocco and builds on my past decades enquiry into Islamic architecture and gardens. I continue to explore the structure of Islamic Sacred Geometry and its influence on humanity.
Here I have removed recognisable objects with the desire to focus and internalise the mind. This reflective contemplative immersion is calming in its repetition of form. Every material and surface has its place in creating order out of chaos.
Digital print on voile, gum branches, 240 x 150cm approx, 2020
Digital print on voile with gum branches, 280 x 150cm approx, 2020
Hand painted ceramic tiles, marine ply, silicon, metal post.
22 x 22 x 15 cm each letterbox
Finalist, Sculptures in the Vineyards, Hunter Valley, 2011
AWARD: Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Curated Exhibition Award.
Hand painted ceramic tiles, marine ply, silicon, metal post.
22 x 22 x 15 cm each letterbox
Home Grown group exhibition, 2015 at Art Space on The Concourse, Chatswood.
