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

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

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