Al Munro - Systems of the Infinite

AL MUNRO Systems of the Infinite 7 October to 1 November 2014

Al Munro System of the Infinite 7 October to 1 November 2014

Systems of the Infinite continues my interest in pattern systems and their relationship to the natural world. I draw on both traditional Japanese patterning and scientific visualisations to explore the mapping and cataloguing of nature. The pattern structures and colour codes make reference to scientific technologies, but also to the understandings of patterns from visual practices such as textiles, ceramics and architecture.

(Please note: the colours depicted vary from the actual artworks due to the use of metallic and fluorescent paints)

Al Munro, ‘Ambiguous Infinite I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 26 x 26cm

Al Munro, ‘Ambiguous Infinite II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 41 x 41cm

Al Munro, ‘Ambiguous Infinite III’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 20 x 20cm

Al Munro, ‘Crystalline Infinite II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm

Left: Al Munro, ‘Infinite Object II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm Right: Al Munro, ‘Infinite Object I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 51 x 51cm

Al Munro, ‘Crystalline Infinite I’ 2013, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 61 x 61cm

Al Munro, ‘Gold Infinite I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 41 x 41cm

Al Munro, ‘Massive Gold Infinite’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 101 x 101cm

Al Munro, ‘Gold Infinite II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 41 x 41cm

Al Munro, ‘Infinite System II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 51 x 51cm

Al Munro, ‘Sketching the Infinite I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 20 x 20cm

Al Munro, ‘Infinite Chaos’ 2014 acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 20 x 20cm Al Munro, ‘Sketching the Infinite II’ 2014 acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5cm

Al Munro, ‘Infinite System I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 25 x 25cm

Al Munro, ‘Striated Infinite I’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 20.5 x 20.5cm

Al Munro, ‘Striated Infinite II’ 2014, acrylic and pigment marker on canvas, 41 x 41cm

AL MUNRO SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Systems of the Infinite, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2013 Homage to the Everyday (Morandi), Loop, London, UK.

Patterns from an invisible world, Brenda May Gallery.

Graduate Season 3, ANU School of Art. 2011 Crystallography, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2010 Crystallography, Craft and Design Centre, Canberra.

2009 Bird Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2007 Future Farm, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2005 Blue Print for a Green World, Canberra Contemporary Art

Space, Canberra.

Blue Print for a Green World, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2003 Work-in-progress, Australia Council Studio, London.

Calm Day, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melb.

2002 Mountain Views, Australian Centre for Photography

Project Wall, Sydney.

Nature Strip, Wilson Street Gallery, Charles Sturt University,

Albury, NSW. 2001 little bits of nature (twig data), ANCA Gallery, Dickson

ACT, and Wilson Street Gallery, Charles Sturt University, Albury.

Small Mountains, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka.

1999 Encoding Nature I, Photospace Gallery, Canberra.

Genus Polystyrenus, ANU School of Art, Foyer Gallery.

1998 Flora, The Cube, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.

1997 Bloom, Photospace Gallery, Canberra SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Kitchenalia, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery.

Colour and Light, Penrith Regional Art Gallery & Lewers Bequest.

In Tandem, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Ordinary Extraordinary, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW.

Sculpture 2014, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2013 Christmas Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Wangaratta

Regional Gallery.

Art + Science, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Paper Works II, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Inhabit, Craft ACT: Craft and Design Centre.

2012 Needlework/Needleplay: Embroidery Now, Brunswick

Street Gallery, Melbourne.

Petite Public Art: You are Here Festival, Canberra Museum

and Gallery.

B R E N D A M AY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont’d) 2012 Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life, Brenda May Gallery, Syd.

M16 Drawing Prize, m16 Gallery, Canberra.

2011 Imitation of Life, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra.

Natural Digression, UTS Gallery, Sydney

Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation, Centre for

Science, Innovation and Culture, Oxford University, UK 2010 Green, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney

Saddle Club 2010, University of Victoria, Melbourne.

2009 In Residence, Megalo Print Studio.

2008 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melb.

Bird!, ANU School of Art, Canberra.

Still Life, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2007 Push Your Buttons, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery

and The Hive, Canberra.

Birthday Show, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

2006 Super Natural, (two person exhibition with Erica Seccombe)

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Small, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

65 Roses, ANU School of Art Foyer Gallery.

2005 Works on Paper, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney.

Graph, Foyer Gallery, Canberra.

RESIDENCIES 2013 CAPO residency to Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

2008 Megalo Print Studio.

2003 Australia Council London Studio Residency (Royal Botanic

Gardens Kew).

2002 Megalo Print Studio.

1999 Studio One National Print Workshop.

AWARDS / PRIZES 2013 Australia Council residency to Tokyo, Japan 2010 ANU PhD Scholarship 2002 Lyle Cullen Memorial Prize, ANU School of Art. 2000 Masters Scholarship, ANU School of Art.

Graduate Materials Award, ANU School of Art. 1999 Masters Scholarship, ANU School of Art. 1997 Sir Geoffrey Yeend Honours Scholarship, ANU School of Art. 1997 Studio One, Emerging Artists award.

1996 ACT Tertiary Art Award, University of Canberra.

COLLECTIONS Artbank, National Gallery of Australia (folio), National Library of Australia (folio), Megalo Print Workshop, Private collections.

G A L L E R Y

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