Art Publications
Art is a Monster: The two worlds of Wendy Sharpe
Art is a Monster: The two worlds of Wendy Sharpe By Victoria Hynes
“. . . an exploration into the nature
of creativity.”
TextaQueen – Artist Profile
Reclamation Royalty In their new series, TextaQueen challenges Bollywood cinema by creating fictional posters that showcase alternative South Asian communities unrepresented by this mainstream hetero pop culture phenomenon. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Bollywood...
Gina Kalabishis – Artist Profile
Nostalgic Mementos of the Natural World Channelling a love of nature and deep ecology through her art practice, Melbourne painter Gina Kalabishis’s delicate and immersive paintings present a fragile ecosystem in need of environmental protection. By Arts Writer,...
Louise Zhang – Artist Profile
Necessary Evil Like dazzling portals into a candy-filled Hell, the new works of Louise Zhang fight their own construction as they attempt to unpack the artists Chinese-Australian identity. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Over the past decade, Sydney-based painter,...
Arash Chehelnabi – Artist Profile
Visual Poet of the Absurd Juxtaposing enigmatic, yet strangely familiar forms, Arash Chehelnabi’s paintings provoke the viewer to use their own imagination to find meaning. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Visually and conceptually compelling, Chehelnabi’s deceptively...
Marikit Santiago – Featured Exhibition
For us sinners By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Marikit Santiago is one artist who found a silver lining from the gallery shutdowns and exhibition postponements generated since the pandemic. Her current exhibition, For us sinners, at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art...
Aida Tomescu – Featured Exhibition
Unfolding Presence The title of Aida Tomescu’s latest exhibition – ‘Unfolding Presence’ – showing at Orange Regional Gallery captures the essence of the painter’s artistic practice. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Since the 1980s, Tomescu has become known for her...
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro – Featured Exhibition
Post-haste By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes As regular travellers, artistic duo Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro were all set to undertake a residency in Niigata, Japan, in 2020. Instead, like everyone affected by this modern-day pandemic, the year found them at home...
Pierre Mukeba – ‘Art Almanac’
Black Emotion Pierre Mukeba By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Using the simple and direct techniques of charcoal and pastel on paper, Pierre Mukeba’s new body of work confronts the viewer as raw expressions of emotion and feeling. This Congolese-born artist is known for...
Archie: 100 – ‘Art Almanac’
Changing Face of the Nation By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes This year marks a century since a bequest by J.F. Archibald, founder of the Bulletin magazine, launched the inaugural Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Over the past ten decades hence,...
Maria Fernanda Cardoso – Featured Exhibition
Gumnuts and Sandstone Maria Fernanda Cardoso Eucalyptus trees and sandstone rocks are a quintessential part of the Sydney landscape, so much so that local residents can be inured to their innate beauty. Therefore, it is not surprising that it takes someone supplanted...
Kate Dorrough – Artist Statement
THEATRE of the GROTTO ARTIST STATEMENT: KATE DORROUGH THE INSTALLATION BECOMES A THEATRE WHERE SCULPTURES ARE ACTORS WITHIN A DRAMATIC STAGE SETTING KATE DORROUGH is an Australian artist based in Sydney with a multi-disciplinary practice spanning painting, ceramics,...
Art is a Monster: The two worlds of Wendy Sharpe
Art is a Monster: The two worlds of Wendy Sharpe By Victoria Hynes
“. . . an exploration into the nature
of creativity.”
TextaQueen – Artist Profile
Reclamation Royalty In their new series, TextaQueen challenges Bollywood cinema by creating fictional posters that showcase alternative South Asian communities unrepresented by this mainstream hetero pop culture phenomenon. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Bollywood...
Gina Kalabishis – Artist Profile
Nostalgic Mementos of the Natural World Channelling a love of nature and deep ecology through her art practice, Melbourne painter Gina Kalabishis’s delicate and immersive paintings present a fragile ecosystem in need of environmental protection. By Arts Writer,...
Louise Zhang – Artist Profile
Necessary Evil Like dazzling portals into a candy-filled Hell, the new works of Louise Zhang fight their own construction as they attempt to unpack the artists Chinese-Australian identity. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Over the past decade, Sydney-based painter,...
Arash Chehelnabi – Artist Profile
Visual Poet of the Absurd Juxtaposing enigmatic, yet strangely familiar forms, Arash Chehelnabi’s paintings provoke the viewer to use their own imagination to find meaning. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Visually and conceptually compelling, Chehelnabi’s deceptively...
Marikit Santiago – Featured Exhibition
For us sinners By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Marikit Santiago is one artist who found a silver lining from the gallery shutdowns and exhibition postponements generated since the pandemic. Her current exhibition, For us sinners, at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art...
Aida Tomescu – Featured Exhibition
Unfolding Presence The title of Aida Tomescu’s latest exhibition – ‘Unfolding Presence’ – showing at Orange Regional Gallery captures the essence of the painter’s artistic practice. By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Since the 1980s, Tomescu has become known for her...
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro – Featured Exhibition
Post-haste By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes As regular travellers, artistic duo Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro were all set to undertake a residency in Niigata, Japan, in 2020. Instead, like everyone affected by this modern-day pandemic, the year found them at home...
Pierre Mukeba – ‘Art Almanac’
Black Emotion Pierre Mukeba By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes Using the simple and direct techniques of charcoal and pastel on paper, Pierre Mukeba’s new body of work confronts the viewer as raw expressions of emotion and feeling. This Congolese-born artist is known for...
Archie: 100 – ‘Art Almanac’
Changing Face of the Nation By Arts Writer, Victoria Hynes This year marks a century since a bequest by J.F. Archibald, founder of the Bulletin magazine, launched the inaugural Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Over the past ten decades hence,...
Other Publications
TRAVEL PUBLICATIONS
Travel & Lifestyle Writing;
Engaging Stories & Guides
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Painting With Stone: Story of
the Melocco Brothers
Executive Editor: Victoria Hynes
A richly illustrated book on the Melocco Brothers, Italian artisans whose mosaic and terrazzo work shaped many of Sydney’s most iconic buildings.