IMPACT12, Bristol, UK:
Solo Exhibition - Merging and Metamorphosis
The paper proposed to IMPACT for peer review:
During 2021 lockdowns in Victoria, Australia, an invitation to participate in a project that involved cross-pollination with artists/historians/poets/writers and other professionals was presented to me by the Greek Cultural Australian League. GCAL, a national and international body for Greek arts, proposed an exhibition titled ‘Metamorphosis’ that would commemorate the Liberation of the Hellenes from Ottoman rule in 1821.
2021 marked the bicentenary of a significant historic moment for Greece and the Greek diaspora, when Greece revolted against the Ottoman Empire and became an independent nation and formed modern Greece. The ‘war of independence’ struggle is now known as ‘Agonas’.
The GCAL exhibition selected Greek artists to create new works in various media. These works were digitised, printed to a large scale and exhibited as print/paste-ups across Melbourne’s iconic CBD laneways. Each artwork had its own QR identification code for the passing public to engage with and read online.
The opening of a new dialogue with GCAL members, experts in their respective art fields, challenged me to think deeply about my own artistic themes. During this time, productive discussions also took place with university colleagues about my current printmaking practice and how best to innovate, collaborate and embrace new approaches to materials and technologies.
My odyssey will continue in the small exhibition proposed for IMPACT12. The theme of ‘Metamorphosis’ evolves in new works that will be created in collaboration with 3D artists, merging traditional and contemporary materials and techniques including print and ceramics. Developed works would consist of 5 monotypes with a narrative that continues in 5 circular screen-printed ceramic ‘plates’.
Works here are part of a series of 'Merging Metamorphosis' they are Monotypes and size 29.7 x 42Cm
Solo Exhibition - Merging and Metamorphosis
The paper proposed to IMPACT for peer review:
During 2021 lockdowns in Victoria, Australia, an invitation to participate in a project that involved cross-pollination with artists/historians/poets/writers and other professionals was presented to me by the Greek Cultural Australian League. GCAL, a national and international body for Greek arts, proposed an exhibition titled ‘Metamorphosis’ that would commemorate the Liberation of the Hellenes from Ottoman rule in 1821.
2021 marked the bicentenary of a significant historic moment for Greece and the Greek diaspora, when Greece revolted against the Ottoman Empire and became an independent nation and formed modern Greece. The ‘war of independence’ struggle is now known as ‘Agonas’.
The GCAL exhibition selected Greek artists to create new works in various media. These works were digitised, printed to a large scale and exhibited as print/paste-ups across Melbourne’s iconic CBD laneways. Each artwork had its own QR identification code for the passing public to engage with and read online.
The opening of a new dialogue with GCAL members, experts in their respective art fields, challenged me to think deeply about my own artistic themes. During this time, productive discussions also took place with university colleagues about my current printmaking practice and how best to innovate, collaborate and embrace new approaches to materials and technologies.
My odyssey will continue in the small exhibition proposed for IMPACT12. The theme of ‘Metamorphosis’ evolves in new works that will be created in collaboration with 3D artists, merging traditional and contemporary materials and techniques including print and ceramics. Developed works would consist of 5 monotypes with a narrative that continues in 5 circular screen-printed ceramic ‘plates’.
Works here are part of a series of 'Merging Metamorphosis' they are Monotypes and size 29.7 x 42Cm
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