New York Exhibition
Kerrie Warren’s work can be seen in New York at the Agora Gallery, Chelsea, June 2 to 23 2009, in the lead up to the Regionalis Exhibition in September. Her first foray into the New York art scene should be a great one.
Artists make firey escape
Two of the Artists to be represented in the Regionalis Exhibition in September are survivors of the tragic Black Saturday fires, you can read about their harrowing experience in a new article by Ursula.
The Artists
Peter Biram
A landscape and portrait Painter. Peter has entered the Archibald Portrait prize five times now and has been in the Melbourne “Salon De Refuses” for selected artists whose works have been “refused entry” to the Archibald Prize. His brightly coloured landscapes turn heads at exhibitions whenever the works are on display, an avid Environmental Expressionist, Peter’s work takes the landscape genre to a new level.
Steve Gray
A Painter and Photographer, Steve brings literal yet abstract images to this exhibition. Working on a theme of Harm in all its forms, Steve’s paintings will take on the environment from a personal level, challenging the basis by which we look at our ecology and explore it visually and with text.
Leonie Ryan
A 3D Artist with a metaphysical approach to her work. Leonies installations can involve manipulated photographs, glass, resin and many other materials, challenging the way we see things and their many possible distortions.
Ursula Theinert
A painter and photographer, Ursula lost many of her works in the Black Saturday bush-fires. While saving their house from the impending flames, she lost much of her artworks as flames engulfed the studio. Ursulas dramatic landscapes have now been imbued with a fresh yet deeply dark foundation from the bush-fires. The works for this show promise to be solidly revealing.
Werner Theinert
An Art Photographer, Werner stood shoulder to shoulder with his Wife Ursula as they fought the fires on that fateful Saturday when so many lives and assets were lost statewide. His photographic works may therefore take a different turn to earlier works because of this. Werner manages to engage viewers with the details and visual intrigue of optical illusions, while blending direct text references to bring the viewer to a sense of bare reality.
Kerrie Warren
A vibrant arts practitioner, painter and artistic coordinator. Kerries work speaks for itself, be it organising a traveling Art show (Wild Dogs Downunder) or producing her highly energetic abstract expressionistic paintings. Kerrie is represented by galleries in Singapore, New York and is fast becoming sought after in Australia. Her personal viewpoint on the environment is compelling in it’s depth and intrigue, just spend a few minutes staring at one of her paintings and you will be transported to a complex world of colour and rhythms.
Media Information
For people in the media, please take this link to find an article outlining the exhibition and the artists involved.
Supporters, we thank you!
To all our supporters of this exhibition, we thank you.
From our promotional partners Black Dog Promotions, regional support agencies, Art Stuff web based Visual Art resources, the Baw Baw Shire who strongly supports it’s local Visual Arts scene and Gippsland Artists a group supporting the fantastic work of artists in the Gippsland region..
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Regionalis, a chance to explore our worlds…
The Regionalis Exhibition during August and Sept 09 will be a chance for six Visual Artists to explore their views on the Environment. From global issues to personal ecology, the exhibition will showcase 2 and 3 D works.
Each artist will provide viewers with visual information to show how they have interpreted the theme and a written statement to accompany the imagery.
Many of the works are a response to the Black Saturday fires which devasted many parts of Victoria.