Group Show
01 - 25 Feb 2006
GROUP SHOW
Rectangular Ghost: Robin Fox, Michelle Hanlin, Christopher Hanrahan, Newell Harry, Pep Prodromou, Jemima Wyman (curated by Amanda Rowell)
Geometry, the mathematical discipline of ‘earth measurement’ and description of things in space, becomes uncertain when language, time, colour, sound, mutation and/or personification throw a spanner in the works.
Robin Fox is a Melbourne-based sound and audio-visual artist who has performed extensively internationally and is a regular performer at music festivals in such as What is Music and Electrofringe. In 2005, his work was screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the . He is currently completing a PhD in composition at Monash University. Fox will perform live at the opening of Rectangular Ghost and has composed a new cathode-ray oscilloscope sound/image work for the exhibition.
Michelle Hanlin is a Sydney-based artist working in painting and sculpture. She completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Sydney College of the Arts in 2004. In 2005 she was selected for an international group exhibition, Where the Wild Things Are, at UTS Gallery, Sydney, and in 2004 she was Highly Commended for her inclusion in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition at Artspace, Sydney. Hanlin has exhibited extensively at artist-run galleries in and is exhibiting a new series of emblem paintings for Rectangular Ghost.
Christopher Hanrahan is a Sydney-based artist working in sculpture, video, collage and text. In 2003, he completed his Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) at Sydney College of the Arts. Hanrahan has exhibited extensively in artist-run galleries in and was a former co-director of Gallery Wren, Sydney. In 2005 he had a solo exhibition, The road is long, (I wasn’t worried anyway)., at Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney. Reviews of his exhibitions have appeared in Art & Australia, Art/Text, Eyeline and The Art Life. Hanrahan is producing a new series of plywood text panels for Rectangular Ghost.
Newell Harry is a Sydney-based artist working in sculpture, drawing and photography. He completed his Master of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 2004. Harry has been the recipient of a number of academic awards for his art practice and received a High Commendation for his inclusion in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition at Artspace, Sydney, in 2002. He has exhibited in artist-run and university galleries in Sydney. Harry will be exhibiting a large new floor sculpture as well as a new series of photographs and drawings for Rectangular Ghost.
Pep Prodromou is a Sydney-based installation artist. She graduated with Honours from Sydney College of the Arts in 2004. Her installation, The Séance, in Rectangular Ghost is her SCA graduation show work. Until recently, Prodromou was a co-director of the artist-run gallery, Phatspace, Sydney. She has exhibited in artist-run and university galleries in Sydney and Melbourne and in 2005 she exhibited at Mori Gallery, Sydney.
Jemima Wyman is a Brisbane-based artist working in performance, video, sculpture and painting and is currently undertaking her Master of Fine Arts at CalArts, in Los Angeles as part of a Samstag Scholarship. In 2005 Wyman was selected for Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and in 2004 she was awarded the Australia Council studio in Los Angeles. She is represented by Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Wyman is producing a new poured landscape painting for Rectangular Ghost.
curated by Amanda Rowell
© Roslyn Oxley9
Installation view, 2006
Rectangular Ghost: Robin Fox, Michelle Hanlin, Christopher Hanrahan, Newell Harry, Pep Prodromou, Jemima Wyman (curated by Amanda Rowell)
Geometry, the mathematical discipline of ‘earth measurement’ and description of things in space, becomes uncertain when language, time, colour, sound, mutation and/or personification throw a spanner in the works.
Robin Fox is a Melbourne-based sound and audio-visual artist who has performed extensively internationally and is a regular performer at music festivals in such as What is Music and Electrofringe. In 2005, his work was screened at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the . He is currently completing a PhD in composition at Monash University. Fox will perform live at the opening of Rectangular Ghost and has composed a new cathode-ray oscilloscope sound/image work for the exhibition.
Michelle Hanlin is a Sydney-based artist working in painting and sculpture. She completed her Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Sydney College of the Arts in 2004. In 2005 she was selected for an international group exhibition, Where the Wild Things Are, at UTS Gallery, Sydney, and in 2004 she was Highly Commended for her inclusion in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition at Artspace, Sydney. Hanlin has exhibited extensively at artist-run galleries in and is exhibiting a new series of emblem paintings for Rectangular Ghost.
Christopher Hanrahan is a Sydney-based artist working in sculpture, video, collage and text. In 2003, he completed his Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) at Sydney College of the Arts. Hanrahan has exhibited extensively in artist-run galleries in and was a former co-director of Gallery Wren, Sydney. In 2005 he had a solo exhibition, The road is long, (I wasn’t worried anyway)., at Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney. Reviews of his exhibitions have appeared in Art & Australia, Art/Text, Eyeline and The Art Life. Hanrahan is producing a new series of plywood text panels for Rectangular Ghost.
Newell Harry is a Sydney-based artist working in sculpture, drawing and photography. He completed his Master of Fine Arts at the College of Fine Arts, Sydney in 2004. Harry has been the recipient of a number of academic awards for his art practice and received a High Commendation for his inclusion in the Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition at Artspace, Sydney, in 2002. He has exhibited in artist-run and university galleries in Sydney. Harry will be exhibiting a large new floor sculpture as well as a new series of photographs and drawings for Rectangular Ghost.
Pep Prodromou is a Sydney-based installation artist. She graduated with Honours from Sydney College of the Arts in 2004. Her installation, The Séance, in Rectangular Ghost is her SCA graduation show work. Until recently, Prodromou was a co-director of the artist-run gallery, Phatspace, Sydney. She has exhibited in artist-run and university galleries in Sydney and Melbourne and in 2005 she exhibited at Mori Gallery, Sydney.
Jemima Wyman is a Brisbane-based artist working in performance, video, sculpture and painting and is currently undertaking her Master of Fine Arts at CalArts, in Los Angeles as part of a Samstag Scholarship. In 2005 Wyman was selected for Primavera at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and in 2004 she was awarded the Australia Council studio in Los Angeles. She is represented by Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Wyman is producing a new poured landscape painting for Rectangular Ghost.
curated by Amanda Rowell
© Roslyn Oxley9
Installation view, 2006