Artisans in the Garden, Sydney

It was a highlight of 2024 to be invited to exhibit as part of Artisans in the Garden at The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, October / November. Sincere thanks to Pam, Peta, Tor, Lily and the many organisers and volunteers involved. I exhibited alongside a number of artists I know and have worked with. You will see in the images below a striking orange totem, that has been created by artist Jo Norton and beautiful vessels by Sarah Ormonde.

Some images from the exhibition…

GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY COLLECTION

I am pleased and honoured to have 4 new works acquired by The Gippsland Art Gallery in Victoria. These works were part of The Relinquishing Control exhibition held in April with Skepsi Gallery.

A sincere thank you to the generous philanthropist who supported this acquisition and to Anna Maas of Skepsi Gallery for her ongoing support.

RELINQUISHING CONTROL

KEVIN BOYD, JOHN DALY, COLIN HOPKINS, AMY KENNEDY, KIM MARTIN

Skepsi @ Malvern, 22-29 April 2023, Malvern Artists’ Society Gallery, Victoria.

Wandering within an accumulation of short lines

Amy Kennedy and Ariel Gout

Wandering within an accumulation of short lines

14 December 2021 - 22 January 2022

MEMBERS VITRINE GALLERY, CRAFT VICTORIA, MELBOURNE

In wandering within an accumulation of short lines Ariel Gout and Amy Kennedy will create a dialogue between their respective works - ink on paper and ceramic sculpture - illustrating connections between drawing and sculpture. Their focus will be the line: line as mark making, movement through space, mass, and source of energetic expression. Both artists are inspired by natural phenomena, be it biological or terrestrial; they share a quasi-meditative process, and have developed their work over long periods of time, with deep knowledge of the materials they use.

Ariel and Amy befriended each other during an artist residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan in 2019. At the beginning of the Pandemic, they initiated a remote online artist residency ‘The Wagashi AIR’, a first for both. Connecting at least weekly, across time difference and distance, between Melbourne and Berlin, occasionally France; they shared the progression of their artworks and ongoing projects, inspired by each other. This remote residency continues to this day. ‘Wandering within an accumulation of short lines’ offers an opportunity for the artists to collaborate once again and bring their connection into the physical realm.

CRAFT, Watson Place, Naarm / Melbourne, VIC 3000

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Photo Henry Trumble

On Closer Inspection, Skepsi Gallery

AMY KENNEDY : ON CLOSER INSPECTION

TANIA ROLLOND : IN PLACE

10-24 April 2021

Skepsi @ Malvern Artists’ Society Gallery, Victoria.

Amy Kennedy : This new work pulls on the thread of an idea I have had for a few years. My intention, to set up specific windows of potential for material and form to linger in unexpected ways. It’s a play between lightness and mass, delicacy and intensity.

Tania Rollond : Every morning I walk through the bush as the day begins - it is quiet, fresh and full of potential, a network of tiny details in constant motion. This is the feeling I hope to embed in the work I make.

Equality Chat

Update - this work has sold, with 100% going to The Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

I am very pleased to be involved in this terrific project, EQUALITY CHAT, put together by my friend Tanja Woitasczyk. Equality Chat is a global conversation on social justice and equality to inspire new thoughts and behaviors, so that true equality can be a lived experience for all. It encompasses many art forms, with proceeds from sales going to organisations that work on equality-related issues.

I have submitted this work of mine, with 100% of proceeds going to The Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Surge, 2017, artist blend clay/glaze material, glass additions, H11.5 x W22 x D20cm AUD, $1590.

I will cover shipping / delivery costs within Australia. International buyers will need to cover shipping costs.

Photography by Christopher Sanders.

Side Effect, Onespace Gallery

Side Effect, 6-30th November 2019

Onespace Gallery

13a Gladstone Road, Highgate Hill Queensland

Grace Chaplin (NSW), Delvene Cockatoo-Collins (QLD), Dan Elborne (QLD), Colin Hopkins (VIC), Amy Kennedy (VIC), Meghan Puls (QLD), Mel Robson (NT), Ellarose Savage (TSI), Joanne Searle (ACT), Liz Sofield (QLD) and Jimmy K Thaiday (TSI).