Domenico de Clario - Portraits of the individual on a life journey, Louise Martin-Chew The Australian September 29 2011 www.theaustralian.com.au

CONGRATULATIONS to DOMENICO DE CLARIO for winning the The University of Queensland's Biennial National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize 2011 with his work 2047 (the immortal) 2011. www.uq.edu.au

Domenico de Clario's work 2047 (The immortal) is a deeply considered and complex meditation on memory and mortality. Taking poignant moments from each decade of his own life since 1947 and projecting possible moments into... an imaginary future, de Clario coalesces 100 years of a life lived. Each decade is marked with a painting and a chair from which it could be viewed. These elements are presented in a vividly painted room that itself recalls the artist's overpowering first encounter – via his own father's hand at aged ten – with 'modern art'. 2047 (The immortal) explores, in the artist's own words, 'how paradoxical ideas about risk and failure and expectation can be negotiated in one's life'. The self constantly evolves in a never-ending circular quest, and 'momentariness' hones our experiences, memories and sense of self. As always in de Clario's work, European literature infiltrates and informs his questions, this new and vast constellation of thoughts and painted forms registers an unveiling and a revealing of human sensitivity.

Rhana Devenport, Judge for The University of Queensland National Artists' Self-Portrait Prize

Jennifer Goodman - Finalist for the Fleurieu Art Prize 2011 South Australia www.artprize.com.au

Mark Kimber - Featured Art Collector, article by Ashley Crawford. Art Collector Issue 57 July-September 2011 www.artcollector.net.au

John Firth-Smith - FEATURE ARTICLE Collector's Dossier John Firth-Smith's Voyage by Ashley Crawford. Also Featuring text on John Firth-Smith from Tony Bond Assistant Director Cultural Services, Art Gallery of New South Wales and John Buckley, complied by Courtney Kidd. Art Collector Issue 57 July-September 2011 www.artcollector.net.au

Excerpt: Boats are metaphors for many things but first and foremost they are vehicles, a way to get places, painter John Firth-Smith talks to Ashley Crawford...

Mark Kimber - 2012 recipient of the South Australian Living Artist Festival  monograph, In conjunction with the festival the the state government Arts body  ARTSA and Wakefield press will publish a major book on Mark's work. www.salafestival.com

Tully Moore - Finalist for the Substation Contemporary Art Prize 2 - 25 September 2011 www.thesubstation.org.au

Steven Rendall - Finalist for the Substation Contemporary Art Prize 2 - 25 September 2011 www.thesubstation.org.au

Katherine Hattam - Finalist for the Substation Contemporary Art Prize 2 - 25 September 2011 www.thesubstation.org.au

Jennifer Goodman - Finalist for the Substation Contemporary Art Prize 2 - 25 September 2011 www.thesubstation.org.au

Glenn Walls - Finalist for the 2011 Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Gallery of Art www.mga.org.au

Wade Marynowsky - finalist for the John Fries Memorial Prize 2011 www.viscopy.org.au

Emma van Leest - collaboration with jewellery designers Polli www.polli.com.au

Tully Moore - Acquisition of Phosphates Minerals and Citrus 2011 by Artbank www.artbank.gov.au

Emma van Leest - Finalist for Art on Paper Hazelhurst Art Award 8 July - 14 August Hazelhurst Regional Gallery www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au

Carl Scrase - Interview: Empathy Virus by Din Heagney Art21 Blog www.blog.art21.org

Wade Marynowsky - Featured in Textile, The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Vol 30, Issue 2, No 102, pg 32 Wade Marynowsky’s dancing Hosts by Inga Walton www.tafta.org.au

Carl Scrase - The Empathy Virus. Carl Scrase launches S.E.R.I – The Social Engineering Research Initiative. People kept telling me art can't change the world; so I stopped calling what I do art. Carl Scrase 2011

Emma van Leest - featured in the A4 Paper Convention Collective 31 May - 5 June Sydney blog.paperconvention.com

Glenn Walls - Exhibiting, Darkness on the Edge of Town curated by Marcus Keating 3 June - 12 June The Project Room, Oxford UK www.theprojectroomoxford.com

Wade Marynowsky - Experimenta has announced that it has commissioned Wade Marynowsky to create new work for the 5^th International Biennial of Media Art that will launch in Melbourne September 2012 www.experimenta.org

Domenico de Clario - Live performance - Audiovisual effects generated from brainwaves using purpose designed EEG video software and Emotiv EPOC neuro-headsets. Global Mind Project: Spectacle of the Mind 2010 Federation Square www.globalmindproject.com

Carl Scrase - Featured in 7:30 Report QLD story on New Psychedelia at UQ Art Museum QLD www.abc.net.au/news/video

Carl Scrase - Exhibition. FOUND curated by Diane Soumilas Glen Eira Council Gallery 2 - 26 June www.gleneira.vic.gov.au

Emma van Leest - Interview by Paper Runway paperrunway.wordpress.com

Gareth Sansom - Interview by James Gleeson from 1978 now available online as part of the James Gleeson Oral History Collection from the National Gallery of Australia nga.gov.au

Bruce Armstrong - Owl artwork alights in Belconnen ABC News www.abc.net.au

Bruce Armstrong - Commissioned by the ACT Government located Cnr. Belconnen Way and Benjamin Way. New sculptures take bird’s-eye view, Diana Streak The Canberra Times www.canberratimes.com.au

Jennifer Goodman - Finalist Muswellbrook Open Prize 28 May - 10 July 2011 www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au

Carl Scrase - New Psychedelia 7 May - 3 July 2011 UQ Art Museum, Queensland www.artmuseum.uq.edu.au

In recent years psychedelic ideas and aesthetics have made a notable return to contemporary art.

Curator: Sebastian Moody

Gareth Sansom - Exhibiting- Artwork to Tapestry 2 April - 19 June 2011 TarraWarra Museum of Art www.twma.com.au

Image: Family Trust, 1990 cotton and wool 275 x 366cm. Weavers Peter Churcher, Andrea May, Hannah Rother and Jennifer Sharpe. Collection: Australian Tapestry Workshop

Wade Marynowsky - Featured in Runway Magazine, Bec Dean The Ghost Show Hazelhurst Regional Gallery www.runway.org.au

Emma van Leest - Interviewed by The Design Files www.thedesignfiles.net

Carl Scrase - Experiment 01 of S.E.R.I featured in Runway Magazine "WARNING: If you turn this page our empathy will become contagious" www.runway.org.au

Jennifer Goodman - Featured in Habitus - Living and Design, "Inner City Calm" issue 11 April 2011. www.habitusliving.com

Peter D. Cole - Featured in Habitus - Living and Design, "Inner City Calm" issue 11 April 2011 Peter D. Cole's work Maple Leaves 2009 www.habitusliving.com

Janenne Eaton and Christian Lock - Finalists for the Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 4 December 2010 - 6 February 2011 The Arts Center Gold Coast

John Beard and Steven Rendall - Finalists for the Redlands Westpac Art Prize at Mosman Art Gallery

Gareth Sansom - A major painting by Gareth Sansom has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia. Bill and Ted's excellent adventure 2009 oil and enamel on linen 183 x 245cm www.nga.gov.au

Wade Marynowsky - The Age- Galleries by Dan Rule www.theage.com.au

"Something is afoot in the darkened, cave-like rear space of John Buckley Gallery. From the foyer, cackles, grunts and squeaks can be heard, underscored by the eerie buzz of a deep drone. On entering the space, things turn a little awry, in the best possible way. Two words: Dancing Robots. Seriously. And Wade Marynowsky's gaggle of four corseted, skirt-twirling robots- showing in Melbourne for the first time after their recent inclusion in the 2nd International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Poland - aren't the kind of automatons to dance quietly. Each of these imposing, bell-shaped beasties has its own personality. It's a joy. Marynowsky has struck a bizarre balance between science fiction and spaghetti western in an exhibition that will astound and delight those all ages." - Dan Rule

Wade Marynowsky - Artbank has acquired Marynowsky's video piece Meditation for G8 2008 for their collection. www.artbank.gov.au

David Stephenson - Light Cities an interview from New York by Alan Rapp for Domus www.domusweb.it

"There is a latent sense of terror in the sublime. In the context of my work you may wonder about the sustainability of our way of life. Somehow the light factor in these photographs conveys both the aspirations of humans, but also suggest total environmental collapse by the way we drain energy from some sites and pump them to other sites." - David Stephenson; excerpt from interview with Alan Rapp

Wade Marynowsky - Featured; Making it internationally in media arts- Julianne Pierce: Australian media artists overseas. www.realtimearts.net
"Emerging Australian artists are also starting to find their feet in the international arena. Sydney based Wade Marynowsky was recently included in the 2010 Mediations Biennale in Poznan, Poland and also in 2010 showed his installation Bricolage Disco at ST PAUL St Gallery in Auckland. He has commented that these opportunities have arisen from meeting international curators who have visited Australia, with introductions through the likes of Fiona Winning and Mike Leggett. Inclusion in international exhibitions opens new doors and exposes younger artists to the work of important international figures. Marynowksy says about Poznan, “it was important to show the work overseas to access new audiences and for professional development; it was also my first experience of exhibiting in an international biennale. This was exciting for me as I was shown amongst some media art big names such as Ken Feingold, Luc Courchesne and Eduardo Kac.” - Julianne Pierce

Domenico de Clario - Revisitations: The exhibition, which is supported by the City of Greater Bendigo Community & Cultural Development, will run until 20th March 2011 at the La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre. A video documenting the exhibition on www.abc.net.au

Gareth Sansom - As part of the 150th celebration of the National Gallery of Victoria, two recently acquired works by Sansom, 'Evening rendezvous' 1977 and 'Conversation piece' 1977 have been included in the rehang of the Australian Collection at Federation Square. www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Emma van Leest - featured in Paper Craft: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Craft, compiled by Laura Heyenga www.chroniclebooks.com

Dale Hickey - Conceptual Ascetic by Christopher Allen The Australian www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/

"Rooney collected the works of other artists working in the same way, and many of these pieces are included in the exhibition. One of the best known of the period is Dale Hickey's 90 white walls (1970), which also uses a file box, in which black-and-white photographs are pasted on to file cards. The pictures are of white walls, as the title makes clear, and the index specifies the buildings and rooms where they were taken and the compass orientation. The pictures themselves are all in shades of grey, reflecting the light conditions in the rooms rather than the inherent colour of the wall." - Christopher Allen

Simon Strong - New world born of ancient myths; The Green Wood reviewed by Robert Nelson in The Age www.theage.com.au

"Simon Strong has developed a weird and spooky body of work that draws upon mythological traditions. Called The Green Wood, the prints at John Buckley Gallery belong to a kind of digital Gothic, representing a fantasy land of hybrid beings, bedevilled hollows, erotic dryads, stumps and carcasses of trees that grow into figures who burn and rape, seductive gardens, blasted architecture and calming rain. In all, it makes a lurid convulsive photographic landscape of swoon and nightmare" - Robert Nelson

Carl Scrase - Perth Cultural Centre The Generative Power of Opposites 29 January - 6 February 2011 www.perthculturalcentre.com.au

Hilarie Mais - NETWORKS (cells & silos) MUMA curated by Geraldine Barlow 1 February - 16 April 2011 www.monash.edu.au/muma

Mark Kimber, David Stephenson and Simon Strong - Featured in LOOK. Contemporary Australian Photography Since 1980 written by Dr Anne Walsh

Hilarie Mais - RMIT Gallery has acquired Mist 2010 for their collection www.rmit.edu.au/rmitgallery

Steven Rendall - The City of Melbourne has acquired Fountain (Rosemary's Baby) 2010 for their collection www.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Carl Scrase and Glenn Walls - featured in STRAIGHT UP: new works made from raw materials @ No No Gallery 3 - 18 December 2010 nonogallery.org

Katherine Hattam - Review, Good Vibrations... (against interpretation: the jangle and pop of Katherine Hattam's art) by W.H Chong on the Culture Mulcher

Wade Marynowsky - Exhibition: Bricolage Disco St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand 26 November - 23 December 2010 www.stpaulst.aut.ac.nz
View an installation video here

Katherine Hattam - Exhibition review 'Colours of the hectic city' by Gabriella Coslovich in The Age www.theage.com.au

Gareth Sansom - The National Gallery of Victoria has awarded Gareth Sansom honorary life membership. www.ngv.com.au

Gareth Sansom - TarraWarra Museum of Art has recently acquired Sansom's work Beowulf www.twma.com.au

Gareth Sansom - The Ian Potter Museum, University of Melbourne has acquired Gareth Sansom's work Damn my Darling Doosra www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au

Emma van Leest - Art Nation ABC TV

Wade Marynowsky - The Ghost Show 4 Dec 2010 - 29 Jan 2011 Hazelhurst Art Gallery

John Beard and Steven Rendall - Finalists for the Redlands Westpac Art Prize at Mosman Art Gallery

Janenne Eaton and Christian Lock - Finalists for the Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize 4 December 2010 - 6 February 2011 The Arts Center Gold Coast

Tully Moore - Finalist, Fishers Ghost Prize at Campbelltown Art Centre

Domenico de Clario (keyboard) Tony Yap (body) David Palliser (saxophone) Janette Hoe (body) - Journey to the Surface of the Earth - performance/cd launch: Wednesday 13th October 2010 7pm @ John Buckley Gallery.

Emma van Leest - Consumed: live animation installation 124 Nicholson St East Brunswick 3 - 10 October 2010

David Stephenson exhibiting MCA In the Balance: Art for a changing world 21 August - 31 October 2010 www.mca.com.au

Tully Moore - Firstdraft, Sydney 20 October - 7 November 2010 www.firstdraft.com

Wade Marynowsky - Mediations Biennale Poznan, Poland 11 September - 30 October 2010 www.mediations.pl

Emma van Leest - Form @ Hawkesbury Regional Gallery 3 September - 17 October 2010 www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/services/hawkesbury-regional-gallery

Glenn Walls - Featured in Monument magazine www.monumentmagazine.com.au

Carl Scrase - Shortlisted for the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards 2010 www.soya.com.au

Domenico de Clario and Gareth Sansom - Contemporary Encounters NGV 24 July - 17 October 2010 www.ngv.vic.gov.au

Gareth Sansom - Basil Sellers Art Prize 2010 @ The Ian Potter Museum of Art - In conversation with the artists. Sansom talks about his work Damn my darling doosra. Wednesday 20 Ocotber at 11am www.sellersartprize.com.au

Gareth Sansom - Finalist Basil Sellers Art Prize 6 August – 7 November 2010

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Wade Marynowsky - Premier of Queensland's National New Media Art Award 2010, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane 28 August - 7 November 2010

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Mark Kimber - In[two]art Maitland Region Art Gallery NSW 20 August - 10 October 2010

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Simon Strong profiled and featured on the cover of Australian Art Collector Magazine July - September Issue 2010.

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Carl Scrase wins the 2010 $5000 Acquisitive Archangel Prize @ St Michael's Grammer School for his work Fractal Alchemy (1 of 12) 2009.

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Steve Cox & Katherine Hattam - Shortlisted for Fletcher jones Prize @ Geelong Gallery 24 July - 12 September 2010

www.geelonggallery.org.au

Katherine Hattam - Stick It! Collage in Australian Art @ Ian Potter Centre NGV Australia 19 March - 25 August 2010

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Geoffrey Bartlett - Lumen 11 July -19 September 2010 @ McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park

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Gareth Sansom has been selected for the 2010 TarraWarra Bienale (now called the TarraWarra Modern) 6 August - 24 October 2010

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