for we are young and free - exploring the diversity of contemporary Australian life

Toyota Community Spirit Gallery presents

for we are young and free exploring the diversity of contemporary Australian life

8 August to 26 October 2012

Toyota Australia, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne, Victoria Gallery Hours Mon - Fri, 9am to 5pm or by appointment Inquiries Ken Wong 0419 570 846

Toyota Community Spirit Gallery The Toyota Community Spirit Gallery is an initiative of Toyota Community Spirit, Toyota Australia’s corporate citizenship program.

Toyota Community Spirit develops partnerships that share Toyota’s skills, networks, expertise and other resources with the community.

The Toyota Community Spirit Gallery aims to provide space for artists, especially emerging artists to show their work. The space is provided free of charge to exhibiting artists.

No commission is charged on sales and Toyota provides an exhibition launch and develops a catalogue for each exhibition. The gallery has now shown works by over 800 artists. This project is mounted in consultation with Hobsons Bay City Council and the City of Port Phillip.

Football the Australian Way (detail) by Ryan Mullavey, acrylic on canvas 2012

for we are young and free

exploring the diversity of contemporary Australian life

judge Andy Dinan Director, MARS Gallery

Prizes awarded across all mediums for works which best interpret the theme of contemporary australian life $3000 first prize award $2000 second prize award $1000 third prize award We would like to acknowledge the valuable feedback and support provided by the following arts community and organisations in the development of this project: Sue Roff, Arts Project Australia Fiona Cook, Arts Access Victoria Steph Tout, FIELD Bianca Rayner, City of Port Phillip Lee Agius, Amaroo Arts Program Larissa MacFarlane Kate Geck

IMAGES FRONT COVER Welcome (detail) by Liezel van der Linde, mixed media 2012 THIS SPREAD An Urban Industrial Playground III by Larissa MacFarlane, collagraph & stencil monoprint 2012

thanks to

Tania Blackwell, Hobsons Bay City Council Louisa Scott, City of Port Phillip Toyota Community Spirit Gallery Committee Katarina Persic, Toyota Australia Steve Blakebrough

catalogue editing

Ken Wong (watcharts.com.au)

pre press & graphic design Sandra Kiriacos (watcharts.com.au)

The opinions and points of view expressed by participants through the artworks and artists statements in this exhibition and catalogue are those of the individual person or persons and are not intended to reflect the position of Toyota Australia.

ken wong

curator

This exhibition is the 29th in a continuous program for the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery since its inception in 2004.

The title of this exhibition is not intended as a statement but perhaps more as a question to be posed about who and where we are as a nation, a people and a contemporary society.

Advance Australia Fair was originally written in the late 1800’s by Peter Dodds McCormick and performed by a choir of 10,000 at the Federation of Australia as a nation in 1901, before eventually becoming our official National Anthem in the 1970’s.

The lyric, “Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free” was written in a different time; but how relevant is it to us as Australians of today?

One thing is certain; we are not one people, but many. In fact, in order to truly explore the diversity of perspectives on contemporary Australian life, the call for submissions for this project specifically targeted artists whose voice is perhaps not always heard in mainstream society. Over 50% of the artists participating in this exhibition identify as someone living with physical, psychological or intellectual disability or other social or cultural disadvantage.

To that extent, I am very proud that this exhibition offers an opportunity for those voices to be heard on an equal footing with the balance of other artists, who do not specifically identify as living with disability or other disadvantage.

Moreover, I am much more excited than proud, of the thoughtful, courageous, sincere and robustly optimistic voice that collectively speaks through this exhibition to us all of the nation and the people that we are, and have the potential to become.

We are, even stretching back to the creation stories of our original indigenous inhabitants, a nation of immigrants. And the story of that immigration is and has always been complex and at times extremely difficult. But for all that, here we are; a nation and a people who has learned how to endure hardship and still find a place where the miracle of life can be cherished and celebrated.

Perhaps in this great story of immigration, it is this place, this timeless land in which we all find ourselves, that is truly the main character and guiding light. Perhaps from it, if we are prepared to listen, we can all learn the humility of forbearance in times of difficulty, the joy of celebration and thankfulness in times of plenty, and the common sense to realize that it is only through the honest toil and hard work of coming together with respect; to value, offer and share the great gifts we all have as unique individuals, that we can reasonably expect to survive and prosper towards our true and perhaps unlimited potential as a nation and a people.

Perhaps, in the land of the Dreamtime, there is still a dream in which we all can share.

Welcome to For we are Young and Free.

Ken Wong is the Director of Watch Arts, a Victorian based contemporary arts consultancy. He has worked in the fine arts industry for over 15 years in both commercial and community arts, curating and managing a host of projects including gallery and outdoor sculpture exhibitions.

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Pamela Bain

28

Peter Gresham

09

Gayle Bodsworth

29

Mary Hackett

10

Terry Barclay

30

Jodie Harris

11

Iris Bonello

31

Marice Henare

12

Sheila Callaghan

13

Peter Cave

14

Kevin Chin

15

Matthew Clarke

16

Damien Conte

17

Gabriela Crosara

32

Kandria Hogan

18

Sophie Curzon-Siggers

33

Charles House & Shaun Low

19

Ruth de Vos

34

Ying Huang

20

Christina Di Bona

35

Initially NO

21

Lynda Dingley

36

Sue Jarvis

22

Michelle Downing

37

Liz Johnson

23

Neville Duncan

38

Larissa MacFarlane

24

Mark Farrelly

39

Steven Makse

25

Sai-Wai Foo

40

Leah Mariani

26

Jose Consul Gonsalves Jr.

41

Christina Markin

27

Debbi Gray

42

Belinda Mason

43

Aaron James McGarry

44

Anna McGrath

45

Alexander McGregor

46

Jinari Mountain

47

Greg Muir

48

Ryan Mullavey

49

Kathie Najar

61

David Thomson

50

Clare O’Shannessy

62

SJ Thomson

51

Norian Paicu

63

Mary van den Broek

52

Priscilla Pike

64

Liezel van der Linde

53

Fraser Pollock

65

Gary Walker

54

Frank Powell

72

Patrick Walker

74

Leanne Prussing

66

James Wallace

55

Donna Richards

67

Sally Walshe

56

Ignacio Rojas

68

Oksana Waterfall

57

Daniel Savage

69

David Williams

58

Libby Schreiber

70

Joe Wilson

59

Pamela See

71

Patrick Woolfe

60

The Winged Collective

73

Mr Wright

Aurukun Rugby Boys by Belinda Mason, Digital capture & print 2011

pamela bain victoria

Young & Free, Watercolour, pencil & pastel, 90 x 100cm, 2012, $1700

Australia is known for its ‘wide open roads’ that traverse the landscape and many Australians have experienced our ‘road trip’ culture including myself. Young and Free is a re-interpretation of the road matrix around Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Maps, for me, represent freedom: like tickets to new beginnings, new futures. When I moved to Melbourne from Hobart to pursue my education, maps became an important tool that helped me familiarise myself with my new environment.

Even though there are sometimes obstacles to be overcome, I am thankful that Australia is a place where travel is encouraged, freedom is cherished and a pathway to academic pursuit is available.

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Pamela began her schooling in the late 1960s at the Sight Saving School in Hobart. Diagnosed with hypermetropia and, glaucoma, she has trouble seeing close up and at a distance. She cannot drive a car, and also has trouble reading print.

Overcoming some negative attitudes from others during her childhood, including her specialist, Pamela succeeded in achieving a level of education she was told was out of her reach due to her disability. This includes a BA in Fine Art at the University of Tasmania, two Graduate Diplomas and a Masters from Melbourne and Monash Universities. Apart from her studio practice, she also works as a freelance illustrator and graphic artist.

gayle bodsworth new south wales

Nancy Bird Walton (1915-2009) and Margaret Olley (1923-2011) are Australian icons who epitomize the lyrics “For we are young and free�. Both were born in country towns in NSW and made significant contributions to enriching Australia’s history and culture throughout their lives; so much so, they were recognized as National Living Treasures. I have endeavoured to capture them in similar poses both in their youth and in their later years, to try to express to the viewer that although their outer appearance may have changed over the years, the embers of the spirit of determination that burned within them in their youth, continued to warm our country as they aged.

Country Women, National Treasures Charcoal on paper & digital media, 2012 POA

Living in a small village in northern New South Wales, Gayle has been a member of the local U3A art group for about 2 years. Art has become an increasingly important means of communication for her. She finds producing a piece of artwork that others find interesting a unique and hugely satisfying experience. This digital exhibit is based on her recently completed first ever work in charcoal.

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terry barclay victoria

Whether we choose to acknowledge it or not we are all immigrants, or the offspring of immigrants. We all came to Australia seeking a better life, yet for many years governments of both political colouring have chosen to make immigration and especially the immigration of refugees a political platform by distorting the truth and creating a climate of fear and suspicion. The warmth and humanity that was shown in the past to people and families hoping to create a better life for them and their children has been gradually eroded by the misinformation and the half-truths fed to us by the media and our government. When my wife and I arrived in Australia nearly 40 years ago with 2 suitcases and our chest x-rays, we were greeted by an immigration official who smiled at us when we told him that we had come to live here. When did Australia’s smile start to fade?

The Fading Smile Carved & painted wood, 76 x 43 x 37cm, 2012 $1500

Terry lives near Frankston but was born in the North of England where he studied design at Bradford College of Art. After graduating he worked as a commercial artist before migrating to Australia with his wife.

He has worked as a designer in private and public settings including NGV and The State Library of Victoria.

On retirement in 2007, he returned to study painting and sculpture at Chisholm Institute, completing a Diploma of Visual Arts. In 2011 he was a finalist in the Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award and is currently creating work for a solo show in November 2012.

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iris bonello

victoria

Change in my time Coloured markers & pencils, 24 x 33cm, 2009 $75

Time moved ever so slow in the past. My world felt safe and secure, as it was bound with a chain, each link connected with family and good friends. The present time is fast; my world is no longer safe nor secure. My family are all gone and so are most of my friends. The links in the chain have gone, only empty spaces remain. Time moves even faster today, rushing me to an unknown future, but regardless of this I will continue to keep up because I am free to move on and free to dream. I find no obstacles when I am drawing, I feel young and truly free.

Iris was born in 1933 and has enjoyed drawing since her teen years. She never studied art but has continued to draw and has never stopped ‘doodling’ as she puts it. When a loved one passed away she discovered she had some skill using geometry to create different designs. The concentration on measuring and colouring became a soothing tool allowing her to grieve without dwelling too much on her loss. Despite working with a tremor in her hand she has created many designs and exhibited her work at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in 2010 and 2011.

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sheila callaghan

Drop In Art at Port Melbourne Neighbourhood House victoria Roy de Maistre, considered Australia’s first abstract painter was born of French ancestry migrants fleeing the French Revolution.

His story is perhaps reflective of more contemporary Australian artists. His work was unacceptable to the then current local art circles fraternity, until his return from European exposure, where contemporary art forms were more advanced.

Comparative freedom of new fields was evident in this artistic family.

My contribution is influenced by his superb patterns of flat colour and design.

Old Boat Shed, North Shore, Sydney Acrylic on canvas, 41 x 21cm, 2012 NFS

Sheila is a third generation Australian and a self taught painter. Her earliest painting was in watercolour and she studied pottery for several years while living in Northern NSW. Now working with acrylic paints, she is a member of the Drop in Art Group in Port Melbourne. She spent her early school years in Victoria’s Western district, where she was inspired by the large expanses of flat paddocks offering constant seasonal changes of colour that to this day still excite her and free her spirits.

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peter cave

represented by Arts Project Australia victoria

Mick Harvey Acrylic on canvas, 86.5 x 86.5cm, 2012 $500

Peter’s paintings are frequently concerned with a distinctly Australian landscape, as well as portraiture. Unabashed in their realism, his work depicts a country and people both familiar and iconic. From his base in Melbourne, he has exhibited in cities across Australia and internationally. In 2010 he won the Chapman and Bailey Acquisitive Art Award at Belle Arti, Metro Arts in Brisbane. His work reflects a rich and unique view of everyday Australian life, evidenced in this portrait of legendary Australian musician Mick Harvey.

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kevin chin victoria

Other side of the fence Oil on sized, unprimed linen, 150 x 192cm, 2012, $2700

In a country where gay couples can neither get married nor have children, this painting presents a longing for escape into a pieced-together fantasy.

Playing with painterly conventions of figure/ground, positive/negative, and foreground/background, you have to write your own rules when you don’t fit into societal family norms. Painting delicately onto the exposed linen calls for a gentle touch that reflects the tenderness of the life I am trying to build together with my same-sex partner of eight years.

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Kevin was born in Malaysia in 1980, migrating to Australia with his family when he was 2 years old. Since graduating from VCA in 2006 he has produced four solo exhibitions at West Space, Linden, Kings, and TCB. His work was recently published in the book, Safe Hiding Spot. A finalist in the Metro Art Award (2010, 2009) and RBS Emerging Artist Award (2009). Grants include the City of Melbourne (2010) and National Association of Visual Arts (2010-11).

matthew clarke

victoria

Camping Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122cm, 2012, $1000

Mathew was born in 1986 and lives in Kirkstall, near Warrnambool in Regional Victoria. He lives with mild intellectual disability and mental illness but this has not impaired his pursuit of a passionate career as an artist. He has completed a Diploma of Arts & Craft Design and is currently working on an Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts. He has also produced 7 solo exhibitions and appeared in many group shows in Warrnambool, Geelong and Melbourne. He is a member of Quarry Art Studio in Warrnambool and his bold energetic works have been described as a naĂŻve, action style of painting. His love of the environment and painting comes together in this piece that references the significance of the outdoors and camping in Australian history and contemporary culture.

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damien conte new south wales

Universal Bonds Acrylic & marker pen on canvas, 40 x 40cm, 2012 $350

Damien is a young artist with autism. He has a limited ability to communicate verbally and thus uses painting to share his inner world with others. He has spent the last 5 years working with several local artists in a mentoring capacity and as a result has acquired a natural finesse for acrylic painting techniques and an understanding of composition requirements.

This has emerged into a unique personal style that often evokes powerful responses from viewers. He has won several awards for his work and has exhibited all over Australia. Damien works in his home studio with minimum assistance. When he is not painting he enjoys bike riding, swimming and going to the gym. He has a weekend job feeding farm animals at a local outdoor and environmental education centre.

There are very many different ways that young people are seen by others in Australian society, compared with the way young people view themselves. For young people with disabilities this is perhaps doubly true; they have a very different view of themselves and where they sit in our society, especially about their ability to make a valuable contribution. In the very recent past young people with disabilities in Australia were grouped together in segregated centres. However, now people with disabilities are encouraged to live life their own way the same as their peers. This piece represents a new paradigm where people with disabilities are at the centre of their lives with families and communities all around supporting them.

With this assistance, Damien has been self-managing his government funding for several years. By having more say in how he wants to live his life he has discovered his passion for painting and a new direction.

Text by Cheryl Gardner

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gabriela crosara represented by Carinya Society victoria

Community integration Posca pen & marker on paper, 68 x 99cm, 2012 $300 framed, $150 unframed

For Gabriela, as an artist with intellectual disability, art is a large part of her communication. She contentedly works on each artwork for weeks, painstakingly creating diverse pieces that display a natural affinity for colour.

With time, her self- and artistic confidence has grown which is reflected in bolder, vibrant pieces. Art has provided Gabby a voice; her art speaks of hopefulness and optimism, a theme that shines through this work. In the drawing, a variety of colours and gestures are used, combining flat planes of colour and texture, plus areas of stipple. Her local communities of Broadmeadows and Coburg are diverse in culture, and this artwork is a metaphor for how with respect and communication, variety sits as a balanced whole - every quality has a place.

Text by Samantha Clarke

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sophie curzon-siggers victoria

Hippies use side door Photography – Neopan 1600 film, digital print (Edition 1 of 2) 32.9 x 38cm, 2010, $180

The sign that directs the less desirable patrons to a concealed entry confronted my father (a former hippy) and I (with camera). A mirror framed our responses, continuing a theme I explored in a series of photographs taken at an Equal Love rally in Melbourne in 2010. The right to protest to augment the liberties and civil rights of all our citizens is part of Australian life. Where once people may have been obliged to follow such direction, now we are merely faced with our own comical reactions. The sign, once indicative of concerns about class and social status, heralds how far we have come.

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Sophie is a poet and photographer whose respective practices are separate yet siblings of the same artistic thread. Both seek to frame an image; to use the visual in order to transcend the thing it represents, that something of its’ universal nature – its’ aliases and second families – might be revealed. Sophie lives with disability caused by a chronic neurological and immunological syndrome.

ruth de vos

western australia

In this beautiful country we are privileged that our children are free to discover the awesome world around them with full tummies and without the threat of war. They are free to discover the budding flowers, snail trails, ripening fruit, textured leaves, dripping rain and floating bubbles and to delight in the wonderful world that God has made.

Observing small children experience this for the first time is a wonderful reminder of just how special these ordinary things are.

It is my prayer that we may all share in and learn from the delight, innocence and wideeyed wonder of our children, especially we here in this most beautiful and privileged part of the world.

Taking It All In #1 Textile, 85 x 78cm, 2011 $900

Ruth was born in 1979, lives in Mount Nasura, Western Australia and is the mother of 4 children. Her work stems from the historical and increasingly popular and contemporary practice of quilting. She is one of many modern practitioners of this traditional craft skill creating international recognition for it as a contemporary fine art form. Her work involves stitching hundreds of small pieces of hand-dyed fabric together to create fabric tableaux known as textile paintings. She has exhibited widely and her works are held in collections including the Western Australian Museum and private collections in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States.

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christina di bona new south wales

Christina was raised in Sydney’s South West in an area dubbed as “a low-skilled, lower socio-economic region”. She believes it suffers from a negative stereotype due to limited public resources and a significant amount of migrants living in numerous housing commission developments. A 2006 study showed that 50% of the Western Sydney area had no formal qualifications.

Despite this, in 2005 Christina was identified as within the top percentile of High School Visual Arts Students, and selected for Bodgies, Westies & Homies a curated exhibition at Fairfield Museum and Gallery in Sydney. She was recognised on the NSW 2008 HSC Distinguished Achievers List and in 2009 was selected for exhibition at Port Macquarie Regional Gallery. Since then she has been fulfilling demand for collection of her artworks overseas including the United Kingdom, Spain and the United States.

The Same But Different: Self Portrait of My Friends and I Mixed media, 76.5 x 57cm, 2012 $295

Growing up in Western Sydney, I was surrounded by a melting pot of cultures and people. My friendship group consists of people who descend from numerous nationalities and cultures, yet we are all still proud to call ourselves Australian. Regardless of what country of origin our families come from, the food we eat or religion we believe, we are all human with the same goals for our future. Inspired by this notion of “the same, but different”, and Andy Warhol’s repetitive screen prints, I featured my friends and my own nationality of origin in something that is used frequently in our daily life, and is quintessentially Aussie; The Thong. This work is a celebration of not only our diverse cultural backgrounds but our patriotism towards Australia and the creation of a harmonious multicultural society. I think it is indicative of the community spirit all over Australia.

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lynda dingley

represented by Art Unlimited victoria

Sisters Merging Together Acrylic on canvas, 77 x 102cm, 2011 $475

During Dreamtime, our land was undamaged and pristine. Now, many of the immense forests that once existed are gone and many animals have become endangered species or extinct. My work focuses on the Australian landscape combined with Aboriginal art and my goal is to raise awareness so the next generation is educated about the need to protect the natural environment.

As a mature person Lynda has discovered her true life’s journey as an artist after being confined to a wheelchair in 2007. As an indigenous person she finds the basis of her work comes from her heritage.

Her love of this country is paramount to the genesis of her paintings and her development is fed by interaction with established artists. Images are distilled in her sketchbooks from pictures, memories and imagination and then translated into paintings.

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michelle downing victoria

Children do not belong behind bars and razor wire in detention camps. There are currently around 1000 children in Australia living like this and studies have shown a correlation between extended periods in detention and serious mental health issues in the young children detained. The photos I have used are refugees in Australia in Australian detention facilities.

The young girl in a posture similar to the statue of liberty and her message is to remember the words of our anthem and ensure freedom for these young children, many of whom have suffered great trauma in their journey to Australia.

Kids Don’t Belong in Detention Mixed media on paper, 120 x 90cm, 2012 $400

Michelle is a resident of Williamstown who was born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1966 and completed a BA at Adelaide University in 1986. She started painting as a child but began working seriously as an artist three years ago. Last year she gave up a career in IT management to become a full time artist. Her leap of faith was rewarded this year when she won the Amnesty International Freedom Art Prize. She has worked predominantly in oil paint but her latest body of work is a combination of charcoal and acrylic. She specialises in portraits, particularly of children and seeks to capture the carefree nature of childhood. Her naĂŻve style emulates the drawings of children and uses a limited colour palette.

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neville duncan represented by Carinya Society victoria

Neville is an incredibly friendly and community minded person.

He generally creates buoyant scenes with numerous characters that feel alive and connected. He is very aware of his environment and he takes initiative to assist others if help is required or if he senses they are struggling, or simply to share the load. Shared living provides a challenge for most but if we were all like Neville, joining together as a disabled person or not, our community would be strong; a quality required in a young community as multi-cultural as Melbourne. This drawing perhaps reflects the possible colourful existence that is a product of working together instead of in competition with each other.

Text by Samantha Clarke

World community Pen & pastel on paper, 62 x 41cm, 2012 $175

Neville is an optimistic individual with a passion for creating art. Due to living with Downs Syndrome, Neville has attended the Carinya Society day centre for over 15 years where he has learnt independent life skills and spent many hours in the art room. He has exhibited in numerous community exhibitions and the centre often receives phone calls with requests for his artwork.

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mark farrelly victoria

There is nothing more Australian than two young boys on summer holidays at the beach, gathering sea creatures at the local rock pools. I think this image typifies what it is to be young and free in Australia.

At the rock pools C-type pigment print (Edition 1 of 10), 70 x 50cm, 2012, $600

Since graduating with a BA in photography from RMIT in 1994, Mark has worked as a commercial photographer while continuing to develop his artwork. In 2009 and 2012 he was selected as a semi-finalist in the prestigious national Moran Photographic Prize and is also a past prizewinner in the Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize. He exhibits regularly and he has been represented by Jackman Gallery since 2006.

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sai-wai foo

victoria

Girt by sea Mixed Media, 42.5 x 20cm diam (base) 2012, $580

Girt by sea explores Australia’s nautical past, whether it be from the Torres Straits, first fleet, post war European migrants or asylum seekers.

I’m from everywhere Mixed Media, 42.5 x 20cm diam (base) 2012, $580

I’m from everywhere plays on the lyrics of the 1959 Geoff Mack song, which listed Australian country towns.

Here our diverse cultural past is represented in the use of cartography & atlas papers; our diverse backgrounds are reminders of our rich heritage but the common thread that binds us is the Australian psyche.

Dreams of the Grey Nomad Mixed Media, 30 x 20cm diam (base) 2012, $560

Dreams of the Grey Nomad – Part curiosity and part tourist kitsch,this piece embraces the idea of the freedom to travel and explore of the great Australian road trip and also themes of retirement, life goals & great journeys whether they are physical, emotional or psychological.

Sai-Wai an emerging artist who has made the move from fashion design to establishing an art practice. She trained in fashion design disciplines and has worked as a commercial designer, stylist and illustrator over a number of years. Her fashion background influences and informs the finish, construction, materials and approach to her current practice.

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jose consul gonsalves jr. victoria

Freedom?

Digital Photo (Second Edition: Free Sudan) 86 x 124cm, 2007 $3000

As a member of a cultural and linguistic community other than English, I am aware of the notion of linguistic capital in which language is seen as a form of capital that can be exchanged for other forms of capital – political, social, economic or cultural. Linguistic competence – or incompetence - reveals itself through daily interactions.

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Born in Mozambique in 1970, Jose is a documentary photographer and video artist currently studying his Masters of International Relations at the University of Melbourne and Masters of Community Cultural Development at VCA. He has a strong commitment to social justice and active citizenship. In a career spanning more than 10 years, he has produced a body of work that portrays Mozambique’s vibrant culture covering a wide range of social, economic and political themes. Currently he is the Creative Director of Grass Tree Productions in Melbourne, a non-profit production company specializing in multi-media projects for young people. He believes that Australian’s successful transition to a prosperous, tolerant, truly inclusive and mature democracy depends on the active participation of its young people.

debbi gray

victoria

Camping with Maternal Love Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2012, $250

I was a very frustrated and dismayed unemployed person with a disability who returned to my country hometown to raise my daughter after working 20 years in Melbourne. I have travelled around and driven a rally car across Australia on two occasions and solo travelled through many other countries. As an admired high profile person in my hometown, I thought I would gain employment once my daughter started school. I was wrong! So after spending many years as a hobby artist with pencil, I was convinced by a professional artist friend to study art in order to gain further skills, in the hope that I might be able to work within the community when a community art project arose. It was not to be. Fighting depression over several years I have come out the other side and am now beginning to produce art again. With a new found confidence I want to now display one of my many skills, in the hope that society will not see me as just somebody to look after. Therefore, I have decided to display my artwork. I currently sit in a very supportive studio two days a week and look forward to producing a lot more works. I was inspired to create this work specifically for this exhibition because I am an Aussie gal with a great love for my daughter, and the Aussie bush due to the peaceful feeling and freedom it offers.

Debbi was born in Lakes Entrance, Victoria in 1957 with no arms and malformed legs. In 2004 she completed a Diploma of Visual Arts at East Gippsland TAFE in Bairnsdale. In addition to pursing her art practice, Debbi is also a single mum to her 20 year-old daughter Emma. for we are young and free 27

peter gresham victoria

Peter was born in Melbourne in 1957. He works in a variety of mediums including painting in oils, watercolours and acrylics, both on canvas and paper. He is also busy working on different bodies of work in photography, printing on archival American cotton and archival canvas. He considers his work contemporary surrealism and abstraction. In recent years he has shown extensively in solo and group shows and his works are held in private and corporate collections.

More of his work can be viewed at www.surrealistpop.com.

Portrait of Professor Graeme Clarke Acrylic on canvas, 153 x 122cm, 2012 $1750

I do not generally identify as someone with disability, and although it was not a prerequisite, while considering a response to this exhibition I realized that with my 90% deafness, I was indeed disabled. Consequently I thought I should champion the cause for the man that is changing lives for ten’s of thousands of people across the world. Professor Graeme Clarke is the inventor of the cochlear implant and is the reason today that I don’t feel disabled. He is a great Australian innovator who has contributed enormously to society and who still today shows great Aussie creative invention in his new projects.

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mary hackett

victoria

Birth Mild steel and scale (the residue from forging), approx. 90 x 130 x 130cm, 2012 $5600

Anything sitting in, on or around Australia is described as a ‘resource’ instead of being seen as unique topography and therefore something to treasure. This work questions our exploitation of Australia as a continent by suggesting both birth and death of an object/ creature. It does not declare that using what is available is wrong, but asks that it be regarded with reverence.

Mary completed a Master of Fine Art with distinction at RMIT University in 2011, receiving a Graduate Award and a place on the Vice-Chancellor’s List for Academic Excellence. Her particular interest is in metalsmithing. She is a coordinator and a founding member of Blacksmith Doris (a women’s blacksmithing group), a partner in NMH Metalworks with her husband and also teaches silversmithing at TAFE level.

Eleven years ago Mary was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and while she is generally able to manage her condition, she does have times of mild relapse resulting in limited lower limb movement and extreme fatigue. In 2011 she was selected for the international exhibition, Love Lace at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Her works are in private collections in Australia, China, USA and Britain.

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jodie harris new south wales

Disposable Days # 2 Photograph (Edition 2 of 2), 42 x 58.5cm unframed, $1200 unframed

My work explores the relationship between our rate of consumption and imminent disposal of 98% of what we buy. Through this increasing disconnect, our humble trash has become an iconic representation of western society in the eastern world. The mood present in the work serves to capture the viewer and provoke thought surrounding the continuing advances of mass media and the role it is playing in justifying our “upgradeable� existence. A role that serves to perpetuate the resulting lack of accountability of our culture of trash.

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Jodie was born in 1982 and graduated with a BA in Photography from Queensland College of Art in 2011. Over the past four years she has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally. She specialises in the field of Social Documentary and describes her work as a mixture of political comment and personal interpretation of the world as presented to her. Her current series explores her Indigenous heritage.

By placing herself and her work within the context of historical ethnographic imagery, Jodie redefines what being black means and how it is represented in western iconography.

marice henare

victoria

My mother was a painter and I always loved it.

As a child I used to draw in the dirt with a stick and on concrete with charcoal remains of burnt firewood; it was what I excelled at. I found painting relaxing, it took my mind off my fear of being in public. This work was painted from a photo in the Herald Sun newspaper to mark a momentous day in the history of our country, when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the stolen generations. This event had a very deep personal significance for my mother and family.

Sorry Oil & oil pastel on paper 60 x 51cm, 2008 $300

Marice was born 72 yeas ago in Chelsea, Victoria. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ten years ago but has been mostly restricted to a wheel chair since 1989. Her mother is of Aboriginal descent from the Yorta Yorta tribe and her father a white Australian. As a child her mother always reinforced her Aboriginal heritage, even though speaking about it brought shame to her family and so was discouraged.

Her serious pursuit of art began in her mid 40’s when she attended an art group for mature age Aboriginal students at Dandenong TAFE and graduated with a Certificate of Art and Design. Through this course she received a scholarship to travel to Europe to expand her knowledge of art by visiting galleries, museums and exhibitions. She was so inspired by the work of other indigenous people, that her interest in her own heritage was rekindled. Since then she has continued her education with courses in silk painting, pottery, lead lighting and many other artistic pursuits. Her works have been exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria and are held in collections including State Trustees and The Brotherhood of St Laurence, where she has worked as a volunteer with homeless people and street kids for 20 years. for we are young and free 31

kandria hogan western australia

Malu Weipu Sandalwood, 43 x 7 x 5cm, 2012, $240

Punu Shape Desert oak, 57 x 14 x 8cm, 2012, $250

I am a young Spinifex lady. I enjoy making punu because it is fun and I like carving shapes in the wood. I have also enjoyed making art and paintings. I like pattern making with the punu using the different colours and shapes in the wood and have watched the older people make punu in the bush since I was young. They would say to us ‘when you grow up you will be learn these things from old people’. I have also enjoyed learning new techniques with a sculptor.

In my punu work I enjoy using old people’s way and my new way of punu. My artwork is about things I have seen in the land and they tell stories. The Malu Weipu is a kangaroo tail.

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Kandria was born in 1994 and lives in Tjuntjuntjara, a remote Aboriginal community in the Victoria Desert, WA. The nearest town is Kalgoorlie, 700kms away. She has learned traditional wood carving (punu) from her elders and combined this with new techniques learned from a Victorian sculptor who is conducting an ongoing residency in her community. This has led to Kandria’s first group exhibition, the 2012 Tjuntjuntjara Sculpture Exhibition at Kalgoorlie, WA.

charles house & shaun low supported by DHS victoria

For this exhibition, we have experimented with Shaun painting the backgrounds and Charlie drawing on top of them, in order to create some collaborative works, to interesting effect. This work is a curious divergence for both men, in which Shaun rather unusually chose to create a dark background, that Charlie then populated with curious ghostly creatures, smiling faces and floating bodies. Inexplicably he then filled it with hundreds of dots.

The end result is somewhat similar to the ‘dot’ paintings of Indigenous Australians, though neither Charlie nor Shaun come from Indigenous Australian backgrounds.

Text by Simon Bragg

Ghosts of the Free Acrylic & paint pens on canvas, 45.5 x 60.5cm, 2012 $250

Shaun has Autism and does not speak. He paints every week from his home.

He chooses the colours he wants to work with each session, usually bright orange, pink and red shades. He works quickly, yet with diligent focus, mixing his colours and working until the entire canvas has been sufficiently covered.

When he is satisfied, he usually hands the piece back to his support worker and doesn’t want to see it again. Painting is an activity that Shaun has enjoyed for many years. It seems to keep him calm and happy and provide him with a means of expressing himself that he can’t do vocally.

Charlie has an Acquired Brain Injury. He spends much of his evenings working on his drawings and in the warmer months sits in his back yard drawing until the sun goes down. He draws with thick permanent markers or paint pens, creating fantastical creatures of his own imagination such as ghosts, vampire birds or mummy-creatures. The people in his drawings are always happy and smiling and bright, often surrounded by love-hearts or smiling suns. He has recently displayed and sold his artworks at local galleries, cafes and school art shows. He loves to talk at length to people about his creations whenever he has the chance.

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ying huang victoria

Ying left China in her early twenties and spent several years travelling through Asia before settling in Thailand.

She immigrated to Australia in 2001.

She has worked as a scuba diving instructor in Queensland, Thailand and Egypt, but is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT majoring in Printmaking. In 2011 she was the winner of the Flanagan Art Prize and this year has been selected as a finalist for the Rick Amor Drawing Prize at Ballarat Art Gallery.

Kelly Charcoal & pastel on paper 91 x 72cm, 2012 $1800

My current art practice explores themes of identity, loss and justice. I am influenced by my experience of growing up in Communist China and the impact of this on my immediate family for the last three generations. This portrait is based on the death mask of Ned Kelly, an Australian icon who was executed at the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880. Although the death penalty has now been abolished, my work reminds us that this was a relatively recent period in the history of our justice system. It serves as an example of the powerful relationship between the arbitrary nature of conventional morality and the law. It invites the viewer to be vigilant and to constantly question that morality; particularly when it is reflected in legislation that facilitates the State’s power to destroy a life.

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Initially NO

represented by The Stables Studio victoria

Initially NO was born in 1972. Over the past 10 years her art practice has been intensive producing 10 solo exhibitions, which she credits to having access to studio space at The Stables.

Her work takes a variety of forms, from found objects, through abstraction, to more recently painting landscapes from life. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia 13 years ago and has had a number of psychotic episodes triggered by trauma, like the death of someone close to her. Her last episode was a year and a half ago. She is hoping psychosis does not happen again.

Mountain Ash Oil on canvas, 51 x 61cm, 2012 $200

In the past I spent years continuously sketching without knowing what would appear on the page. I called this, The automatic hand. After large doses of neuroleptics in hospitalizations, this amazing skill I had disappeared. I have, however, since my last episode been able to write a children’s story and illustrate it. I have to think about what I’m going to paint or draw though. I didn’t used to do that, I’d trust myself and something amazing from my dreams would appear.

In 2004 I created a series of abstracts about the culmination of my travels around Australia. Something new was developing in my mind, about the individual that is Australia. I travelled far west and up north, but even though there were differences it somehow was still Australia. Recently I have been seeking to capture the look and feel of our landscape in oil paints. This one is near Cambarville where a beautiful tall mountain ash was lucky enough to escape the black Saturday fires. for we are young and free 35

sue jarvis victoria

Ode to Youth, Oil on canvas, 78 x 93cm, 2008, $1700

Australian youth are not constrained by pressures to conform. They do not succumb to pressures of time or of place. They interact in their own way. Their common bond is the use of social media and mobile phones.

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Sue was born and raised in the industrial and now multicultural city of Dandenong in Melbourne’s southeast. She was a major prizewinner at the Dandenong Festival of Music and Art for Youth, and went on to become an art teacher and artist. Her practice also includes photography and much of her current work expresses an interest in the everyday, the changing nature of the city and socio-political issues of contemporary life. Sue has been a finalist of the ANL Maritime Art Award many times and was a finalist in the Blake Prize in Sydney, 2006. Her works are in collections throughout Australia and overseas, including the State Library of Victoria. More of her works can be viewed at www.suejarvisartist.com.au

liz johnson

victoria

Gene Pool Watercolour, pen & ink 87 x 110cm, 2012 $450

Bathers are not only an acceptable form of casual summer clothing in Australia, they are almost a right of passage; symbolizing freedom of movement and self - expression.

The individual bathers represent all the different shapes and sizes of people that make up contemporary urban Australia.

Liz is a visual artist who works in the genres of landscapes and still life, using a range of media including pastels, watercolour, pen and ink. She has been exhibiting her work in solo and group exhibitions since 2006.

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larissa macfarlane victoria

An Urban Industrial Playground III, Collagraph & stencil monoprint, 55 x 68cm, 2012, $450

My work investigates what it means to live at the intersection of the industrial, suburban and natural worlds, exploring ways we coexist with technologies and structures that at the same time we can be so disconnected from. The ever increasing consumer lifestyle that dominates contemporary Australian life has seen an explosion in car and truck traffic as we transport ourselves and the containers of consumer goods around the country. These art works explore how we negotiate,interpret, mark and change these places to make them our own or find a place to play. I hope to find ways to look anew at our contemporary urban landscapes, and thus possibly (re)examine how our current choices define contemporary Australian life.

Larissa was born in London, England in 1969. She began her studies in the visual arts after a brain injury and car accident redirected her life in her late 20’s. She completed a Diploma in Visual Arts (CAE) in 2010 and is currently undertaking undergraduate studies in printmaking at RMIT. She is inspired by the landscapes of Melbourne’s West where she has lived and ridden her bicycle for the past 10 years.

She also draws inspiration from her experience of illness and disability to investigate ideas of belonging and place, healing and change, and ways that we can celebrate what we have here and now. Her many exhibitions include 5 solo shows and she has a strong interest in community art, leading many projects that use principles of peer support and self-advocacy to be inclusive of people of all abilities. Awards include Mini Print International Asia Pacific, 2012, Arts Access Australia 2011 and Finalist 2012 Silk Cut Awards.

Collections include Maribyrnong City Council, MIND, TAC and the Mental Health Foundation.

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steven makse

western australia

Australia Day Oil on board, 65 x 80cm, 2012 $1200 Part proceeds of sale go directly to Layla and her sister (pictured in the portrait)

The meaning of Australia as a nation is both contentious and subjective.

Like those of any country, accounts of our history have been written to suit particular points of view. So is January 26 ‘Australia Day’ or ‘Invasion Day’?

Depending on who you ask, it could go either way.

To these particular refugees, two Batwa sisters from the Republic of Burundi – Australia is place of relative freedom – a safe haven from the troubles and persecution in their homeland.

Steven was born in 1973 and has a Masters of Visual Art from Edith Cowan University in Perth. He works mainly in paint and some digital media, often with a subtle tension between the absurd, the optimistic and the apocalyptic. He was the recipient of the Kondinin Centenary Art Prize in 2010 and more of his works can be viewed at www.stevenmakse.com

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leah mariani victoria

I have recently been exploring the theme of childhood and innocence. The subject here is a young girl with her arms outstretched to the sky, her dress and hair flowing in the wind.

She is shown to be young, happy and carefree and one imagines that she wants to fly high in the sky. The image is symbolic, representing her future hopes and dreams and her potential to take on the world.

I can fly Dry point print on paper (A/P), 32 x 23cm, 2012 $150

Leah is an emerging artist, currently completing a Diploma of Visual Arts at the Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne. She works in painting, collage and printing making. Her work is held privately and has been exhibited in cafes and group exhibitions. Recently she has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award, 2011 Metro Art Award, 2011 Agendo Award and the Box Hill Community Arts Centre Biennial Art Competition 2011.

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christina markin

victoria

Undefined Boundries Acrylic on marine treated board 60 x 60cm, 2012 $1500

I do not aim to reproduce what I’ve seen, but rather to relive the experience of a space. Through my work I aim to question the relationship between memory and the present; and how our perceptions of our environment impacts our collective history. I feel compelled by the sense of emptiness, history and desolation that is evoked from industrial and some urban spaces. I seek to capture what is as well as what isn’t, and in doing so, allow for the possibilities that arise from uncertainty. My experience not only as a Canadian Indigenous person, but also an immigrant allows for a unique emotional landscape, as I find myself integrating into Australian culture.

Christina was born in 1975 and lives at Whittlesea. Her heritage is half Cree Indian of the First Nations people of Canada. She completed an honours degree in visual arts in Canada over a decade ago before spending several years travelling through Europe and completing additional study at university, most recently a Post-Grad Diploma in Fine Arts at VCA. In 2011 she commenced an Artist in Residence Program at New Delhi, India and was a Finalist in the Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Queensland.

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belinda mason new south wales

Aurukun Rugby Boys, Digital capture & print (Edition 7 of 10) 75 x 120cm, 2011, $795

This image of Aboriginal people from the remote community of Aurukun, a small indigenous community on the North West tip of Cape York Peninsula, is inspired by the spirit of reconciliation between the oldest living culture in the world and the youngest living culture in the world. Together we forge a new future together, remembering and learning from the past, so that all our children will always remain, young and free. I took these images whilst working on a project with the community to visual record their stories for a project that is yet to be finished due to lack of funding. The exhibition will been shown at The State Library of NSW in conjunction with NADOC week and the World Press Awards www.yolnguonbalanda.com.

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Belinda is a Sydney-based freelance photographer who previously worked as a News Ltd Press photographer. Since 1998 her work has focused on taboo social issues that explore the very personal and sometimes difficult subjects of grief, body image, identity and family. With the assistance of Accessible Arts and Visions of Australia, her work about sexuality and disability, Intimate Encounters, toured Australia extensively for seven years. This exhibition continues to tour internationally and has been shown in London, Barcelona, Seville, New York, Toronto and Auckland.

In 2008 Belinda was the recipient of The Moran Prize for photography and also the Human Rights Award for Photography.

aaron james mcgarry

victoria

Calyptorhynchus banksii (the Red Tailed Black Cockatoo) is a native Australian bird and one of our larger bird fauna. It is no surprise it is currently under threat due to de-forestation of its natural habitat.

The aim of this work is to show the indisputable beauty of a single feather, one of many making up this creature. Every creature that makes our country so great and diverse deserves to be preserved and recognised for the striking and stunning creation it is; for what are we without what makes our country so unique and special?

Aaron is a 28 year-old artist from Melbourne who lives with Bi-Polar disorder. He attended the National Art School in Sydney and has since exhibited widely and received multiple awards. In 2011 he was selected for the Australian Stencil Art Prize and this year was a semifinalist in the coveted Moran Prize for Photography.

Aaron works in a wide range of mediums, reflecting the world around him and sees all things (whether ugly, powerful or pretty) as inspirational; the sights, sounds and emotions he experiences precipitate works that range from the beautiful to the macabre.

Calyptorhynchus banksii Stencil/print (Edition 1 of 1) 130 x 49cm, 2012 $600

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anna mcgrath

© Photograph Stefan Duscio

victoria

Mandarin Peel, Capture Format – Super 16 mm film & Red. Exhibition Format – DVD, 5 minute duration, 2009, NFS

Mandarin Peel looks at childhood, a time of being “young and free”, through the lens of memory and dreams. The film does not follow a traditional narrative structure but through an evocative montage it turns a surrealist eye upon the experiences of two girls in the dry environment of a Melbourne summer. The film evokes tactile experiences and revels in the visceral. The girls silently interact with each other and the landscape, making their mark, they hoard objects, sharing, bonding and touching the natural and unnatural in their midst. The film explores the innocence of childhood, kinship of the young, instinctual reactions, sensations, shifting boundaries, violence and forgiveness. The girls are part of the landscape, they are not just placed “in” it, and indeed l feel the landscape is the third character in the film. The strong tradition of “women in the landscape” constantly referenced in Australian art speaks much of our cultural preoccupation with themes of isolation and the imagined horror of the wide-open spaces of our country. Finally, the children of Mandarin Peel serve as metaphors for Australia itself, its exploration of identity, forging relationships, inventing history and future.

Anna is a Melbourne based film writer and director with a passion for telling Australian stories. She has a Masters of Film and Television from VCA and her films have screened in over 60 film festivals around the world.

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alexander mcgregor new south wales

Easter Party Drawing, 35x 45cm, 2010, $660

I like to draw because it is fun for me, also I spent a long time to do them from the time when I was a baby. I like to draw people I know, buildings and transport from my own way, as I enjoy them. I draw them with the different stories that I write.

Alexander is an 18 year-old artist from Bondi Beach in Sydney who lives with Autism. His joyous pictures are reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphs that reflect an immediately infectious zest for life. His works have been exhibited this year at Sydney College Art Exhibition, the Botany Bay Art Prize and he was Highly Commended at the Waverley Youth Art Award. for we are young and free 45

jinari mountain victoria

Enter the Wallaby Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91cm, 2012 $2000

Jinari was born in Australia in 1975; a time of local political upheaval, rock music, post-war bitterness, hippy-love, the dawn of the technological revolution and the globalisation of market economies and culture. This milieu left an indelible imprint that continues to influence her. Jinari follows a strong line of self-taught women artists in her family. While she has no formal tertiary training in art, she studied photography in Secondary College and won several state prizes. She then attained a BA, and a BSc at Monash University, and a Diploma in Holistic Counselling at Phoenix Institute. Jinari has sold and exhibited her works internationally and has worked with public and private clients in art therapy and community arts. Her symbolic and figurative works explore how myth, story and cultural practice influences how human beings relate to each other and the surrounding environment.

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I am aware of the importance of modern Australians coming to terms with the ancient Aboriginal cultural heritage and stories of this country. This is not to say we take these stories as our own, but rather that they may help us better understand our landscape; and through this we may begin to birth a substantial reconciliation between multiple cultures and the landscape. Reconciliation is a relatively young concept; perhaps as a theory and a practice it is even still in uetero, with many of its’ characteristics yet unknown. In our favour is our freedom as a young, multicultural, and democratic country, able to draw upon a great variety of knowledge and resources in order to create the path together.

We are freer than the countries many of us have come from, whom are more constrained by old traditions and hierarchies.

This raises the possibility of us being able to bear responsibilities to the environment and each other in a way that could be an example to the world.

greg muir

victoria

I first became interested in art while I was living at Mary Macauley House, a Scope (formerly Spastic Society) house in Hampton. I went to a place in Ferntree Gully run by Leisure Action Scope and they said they would look into having an art tutor and would call when they found someone willing to teach me how to paint. So they rang around and found someone who lived just around the corner. So Noel came around and said to the staff ‘is Greg here?’ and I said ‘here I am’, so he said ‘I believe you want to learn how to paint!’

So every Monday night I would go around to his place in my wheelchair, get out of my chair with a bit of help (that was when I was walking), and we set up in his kitchen and began to paint.

I remember my first painting, it was of Mary Macauley House and it is still there hanging on the wall, and ever since I am still painting after 30 years or more (I can’t remember but I think Noel would know because he was my first tutor and he taught me well; thanks to him!). Since then my passion for painting has grown and my skills have developed.

I’ve been lucky enough to have private tutorials and quite a few art courses. I currently attend art classes twice a week. I can’t imagine my life without painting because when I paint I feel free like a bird.

Friendship Mixed media, 30 x 24cm, 2012 $50

Greg was born in 1953 and is a Melbourne based artist of Koorie heritage living with cerebral palsy. He has studied art at Moorabin TAFE, Huntingdale Tech and the College of Adult Education and sold works through group shows and commissions and the Koorie Night Market. His work is currently featured in a traveling exhibition around Regional Victoria.

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ryan mullavey

represented by Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre victoria

Football the Australian Way Acrylic on canvas board, 30.5 x 40.6cm, 2012 $150

I chose the theme of football because I like to follow the football season. I recognise football as being part of Australian culture and contemporary Australian life.

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Ryan has been painting for around 5 years and during that time has been a student in two different art classes. He currently attends weekly classes at Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre. His works have been featured in the MHW Annual Exhibition 2007-2011.

kathie najar new south wales

Kathie completed a degree of Fine Arts in Sydney in the early1980’s and since then has worked as a commissioned artist painting tiles, murals, glass and fabrics. She has won awards and commissions nationally for her collage and hand painted tile works and recently completed a Master’s Degree at College of Fine Arts, UNSW.

Teenage games 2011 (detail shown) 15 Blues Point Road (suicide) 17 Fighting Gully Road (aggression) 19 High Street (drug abuse) Hand painted ceramic tiles, marine ply, silicon, metal post, astro turf Total area 120 x 220 x 70cm each letterbox 22 x 22 x 15cm Set of 3 with posts, bases and astro turf $3800 Individual letter box $1200 10% of sale will be donated to Beyond Blue – the national depression initiative

This body of work is an exploration of contemporary Australian life from my own particular perspective. It is informed by the tradition of 18th century hand painted Dutch delft tile series of ‘children’s games’. The endearing memory of the original miniature hand painted images of old fashioned children’s games is a vehicle of attraction, which here on closer inspection has been transformed to aversion with images of teenage misbehavior, as children walk the razor’s edge to adulthood. These bitter images in the sweet format of what may appear to be the happy home, repeat, generation after generation. For growth of a healthier humanity, there is a need for a more open dialogue around the human insecurity and mental disorders that are reflected in our harmful behaviors. The letterbox is an entry point to the expectation of a happy home and family, and also a vehicle for communication; where messages are received, or not. The work poses the question, is anyone home to tend to and care for our young adults?

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clare o’shannessy represented by Artful Dodgers victoria

Clare has been a member of Artful Dodgers Studios for over 4 years. She has learnt many skills but her current focus is sculpture, exhibiting with Artful Dodgers and in independent competitions. In 2011 her work was shown at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery as part of the Cahoots exhibition. This was one of the outcomes of the Rudder Mentoring Program, for which she had a 9 month mentorship with professional sculptor Annee Miron.

Rose Coloured Glasses Mixed media, 15 x 27 x 33cm, 2012 $580

On the surface, the expression on her face is one of sheer contentment.

However her eyes see through rose coloured glasses - which is the first indicator that all is not as it seems. When you look inside her head there a scene that does not reflect the exterior; it depicts inner turmoil. The rough unfinished look signifies that she is unfinished: she needs more work and the opportunity to grow; she is still young but can only try to be free. This concept as a whole is my insight into how one can seem optimistic and comfortable on the outside because that is what is expected. If one does not appear to be managing well mentally they are rejected - there is still stigma attached to mental health, in Australia and all around the world. This piece is all about battling to feel free and included, something that often only feels possible by putting up a front to appear young and free.

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norian paicu

victoria

Since arriving in Melbourne in 1999, what impressed me the most is the potential of regeneration, rebirth, reinvention, which has unique and powerful dimensions in Australia. The work symbolises this Australian specific characteristic, which is ubiquitous: the new beginning of the migrants arriving to Australia, the capacity of the Australian people to absorb the specifics of the different nations and combine them so positively into the original Australian culture.

The Australian way of life appears to be a natural projection of the resilient Australian nature, which regenerates after every natural disaster.

Hope Bronze, 40 x 33 x 25cm, 2012 $6000

Norian was born in 1969 in Craiova, Communist Romania. He studied at the National Art Academy Bucharest specializing in ceramics, glass and metal. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, receiving numerous awards. He immigrated to Australia and in 2010 completed a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Monash University. He works in installation, sculpture and graphics from his studio in Mount Waverley and was a Finalist 2011 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.

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priscilla pike represented by Colour Gang victoria

Saints and Pies Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60cm, 2010 $88

Priscilla was born in 1982 and lives in Bairnsdale in regional Victoria. This work celebrates her love of Aussie Rules Football and the cultural connections and confrontations it incorporates, and also offers an insight into her wry sense of humour.

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fraser pollock new south wales

Uluru in the City Ink on paper, 29 x 42cm, 2012, $275

Fraser is a 16 year-old school student who attends Cranbrook school in Bellevue Hill, Sydney. He spends every spare moment with a pen in hand and likes to draw using a range of mediums, including ink and pen on paper. He has been exhibiting for some time and over the years his work has moved through different phases, from shapes and tribal figures, to patterns that have most recently begun to incorporate the use of colour. In 2009 he was the inaugural recipient of the Matthew Jones Art Award and was a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing in 2012 and 2010. Earlier this year he was selected for the exhibition Drawn to the Line, at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales.

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frank powell represented by Colour Gang victoria

The Man’s Gone Fishing Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 100cm, 2011 $330

Frank is a 57 year-old artist whose works in acrylic on canvas explore aspects of his everyday life and contemporary customs and culture. His well developed tonal acuity is revealed in this work that explores the great Australian tradition of taking a day off.

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donna richards

represented by Amaroo Arts - Mind Australlia victoria

Donna was born in 1967 but prior to 2009 had never picked up a paintbrush or taken an art class.

At that time she was experiencing chronic physical illness and mental instability having been institutionalized as a child and made a ward of the state and was part of the now recognised, Forgotten Generation. She was desperate to achieve something, anything that would provide her with a sense of life again and prove to herself and her loved ones that she had not given up (like before). She was willing to try anything. On an impulse she bought some art supplies, put on a feel good movie and without focus, an image or direction, picked up a paintbrush and began to paint her feelings. With each stroke of the brush, she had an overwhelming feeling of freedom from oppression, judgement, illness, and all that had worked to tear her down.

She began exhibiting her work last year and is currently attending her first painting class at a Williamstown Community and Education Centre.

The Root of Life Tree root & wire, 23 x 47 x 41cm, 2012 $200

For me, my art creations are not about the outcome, but intrinsically and passionately about the process and all that I am fortunate to gain from the experience.

When I create I am free to be me. Through art I have developed a new found passion for nature and am happiest knee deep in mud, digging and planting, growing, saving and regenerating the natural beauty that is beneath my feet and all around me. I feel privileged to be surrounded by our Australian natural resources and see and feel the art in a tree root, the delicate shape of a leaf, or the way a singular flower artistically poses. If you are stuck in a self-destructive, baron existence, I say, be bold, be brave, and take a chance. Reinvent your way of thinking. Be adventurous and imaginative like small children playing and laughing; for art, like life, really does surround you. for we are young and free 55

ignacio rojas victoria

Strength in the Heart or Con fuerza en el corazon began as a reflection on how I see myself as migrant and it portrays part of my story of becoming and being Australian. It is an autobiographical and personal painting that acknowledges and celebrates my story and perhaps the shared memories of those migrants that find themselves invisible, misinterpreted and politically used in Australia. Strength in the Heart is about the silent glory behind those that have faced and fought adversity in Australia; it celebrates the rise from poverty and adversity and the will to fight that migrants carry … I’m not a hero and I’m not pretending to paint heroic stories of migration nor portraying my alter ego for everyone to see and admire… I take this painting as the beginning of my academic and artistic journey of pushing forward the only concept I care enough about to develop as a PhD. The concept of Australia as a true migrant nation which unifies the ancestral, colonial and multicultural Australians in today’s young and free nation.

Con fuerza en el Corazon (Strength in the heart) Oil on canvas, 122 x 71cm, 2012 $2500

Ignacio was born in Chile in 1978 and moved to Australia in 2001. He has a double background in fine arts and sociology and is currently undertaking a multidisciplinary PhD in Australian studies (history and painting) at The University of Melbourne. He has exhibited in numerous exhibitions and has been finalist in several art competitions. He has worked as an art teacher and is currently working as research assistant for a group of academics at Victoria University that use art as a tool for social change.

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daniel savage

australian capital territory

Home, sweet home Mixed media, 185 x 4.5 x 3.5cm, 2012, NFS

I grew up with my two brothers in the classic suburban Australian house and it was the marks, holes and dents left on the walls over time that reinforced that connection to home. In 2009 at age 21, I suffered a severe spinal injury and we had to sell the house, as it wasn’t suitable for a wheelchair.

It was bought by a developer who intendeds to knock it down and put up townhouses. This work is a comment on the trend to knock down and rebuild that seems simultaneously to be the creation and destruction of the ‘Australian Dream’. It is also a comment on how something as simple as a mark on a wall can carry so much weight and significance.

Daniel is an emerging artist, working across numerous mediums with a passion for photography, installation and performance art who believes that form should always follow concept. His art centers around his own engagement with the world and he uses his own experience, notably his disability, as a point of difference to engage the viewer in the work. He was born in Arizona in the United States in 1988, but moved to Australia at a young age and is currently studying at the Australian National University School of Art, Canberra. He has contributed to group shows both in Australia and overseas, most notably in the Czech Republic, and is working on a two major series dealing with the image in a contemporary digital age and society’s relationship with technology.

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libby schreiber victoria

Something to crow about (Suburban Cock) Black & white linocut (Edition of 20) 82 x 65cm, 2012 $525

Libby completed a Degree In Fine Arts in 1989. In 2003 she became interested in working with linocut prints. Since then it has become an obsession that has re-invigorated her practice. She has exhibited widely in recent years at exhibitions including The Nillumbik Prize and the Rick Amor Print Prize.

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Our family moved to Templestowe, a new suburb, full of orchards and rolling green hills, when I was just a toddler. We quickly made friends with our neighbours, a migrant Italian family. The Marchi’s seemed somewhat exotic as new aromas and sounds drifted across our fence including freshly ground coffee, garlic, over ripened fruit trees and the melodic sound of their native tongue. Most fascinating to me though was the menagerie of creatures in their backyard including a talking cocky and the proud but somewhat infuriating wakeup call of their prized Rooster.

Whilst this particular work is specifically about that early morning call and the anxiety it caused, the larger than life image of the strutting rooster symbolises a great deal more.

Proud, confident and visually dazzling this magnificent bird has been used throughout Australia’s history as a symbol of strength, pride, confidence and humour on everything from cereal packets to football teams, beer logos, farming machinery and newspapers (the Herald Sun). As the old saying goes; “Wake up Australia…the world needs you!”

pamela see

represented by Andrew Baker Art Dealer queensland This work is part of a series inspired by the testimonies of friends and family who have, or have expressed interest in, migrating here from Asian countries.

The non-figurative ‘splotches’ from which the tableau is emerging were created from drops of black oil mixed with water. These are, on one level, intended to symbolise incongruity.

On another level, they reflect how our contemporary lifestyles are completely dependent upon the consumption of oil. At the same time, oil threatens it by way of risk of contamination (oil spill).

As a Buddhist, I am interested in the suffering which may have been incurred through the acquisition of the oil. I have often heard comments questioning why people from the Middle East try to come to Australia. It is no coincidence that the countries from which these people are fleeing conflict, are the same places we have inadvertently pillaged.

Subsequently, I can understand their wanting to partake in the prosperity that the sacrifice of their homelands has helped generate.

In Australia, you can let your children out to play Handcut paper, 40 x 20cm, 2011 $990

Pamela was born 1979 and is a Brisbane-based artist who practices contemporary papercutting. She graduated from Queensland College of Art in 1999 and has exhibited broadly in Australia and China. She specialised in folk art after moving to Central Queensland in 2003 and became engaged with a small Chinese community in Mackay that congregated at the local Chinese Takeaway shop. Subsequently, migratory and invasive species became a key focus of her artwork and this led to a rapid development in her career. In 2004, one of her papercut installations was selected for an emerging artist program run by the Queensland Art Gallery. In 2005, she received a grant from the Australia China Council for a mentorship to study papercutting across regional China. In 2006, she undertook a residency at the Pickled Art Centre in Beijing courtesy of a Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist Fellowship. Since then her papercuts have been translated into a variety of industrial materials including stainless steel, granite and glass. Collections include The National Gallery of Australia, The Art Gallery of South Australia, the University of Queensland Art Museum, Chinachem Group and Swires Properties International. for we are young and free 59

the winged collective victoria

Harvest Cotton paper, glass, Perspex, turmeric, charcoal, talc, paprika, fluorescent lights, 40 x 80 x 44cm, 2012, $2200

In a future where butterflies become an endangered species due to the lack of vegetation for them to feed on, the wing dust of the Monarch Butterfly will be harvested as a reminder of their existence. The butterflies are not killed during his process, the dust is extracted from each wing leaving an albino butterfly that can feed off artificial light. The dust is kept in the hope that the vegetation will grow back and the dust can be restored on the wings of the Monarch.

This piece makes reference to the pillaging of the earth’s resources, where something as common as the Monarch butterfly becomes endangered due to our lack of respect to our environment. The common butterfly is seen in many areas of Australia and rather than using an already extinct Australian animal our intention is to highlight the possible future extinction of a creature we currently take for granted.

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The Winged Collective are Dana Falcini and Carla Gottgens.

As multidisciplinary artists they combine their respective art backgrounds to produce work inspired by nature with an urban twist. They have exhibited across Melbourne, in South Australia’s Brighton Jetty Sculpture exhibition and more recently in NSW where they won first prize at Sculpture on the Greens for their artwork titled Fetch.

david thomson

victoria

David was born in 1978 and is completing a Diploma Visual Art at Victoria University. Key to his practice is making collages of faces using facial features from images gleaned from magazines and the internet in an attempt to create physical and psychological states.

His subjects combine these different fragments to build a portrait that will capture various mental predicaments. The resulting works show how integral the face is to communicating, revealing pathos when at times verbal communication fails.

Untitled (Changes # 2) Acrylic & oil on canvas panel, 22 x 22cm, 2012 NFS

Over the past year I was looking heavily into Picasso’s cubist portraits and his approach of facial fragmentation to describe identity crisis. In an age overwhelmed by advances in technology and social media it is now easier for people (particularly youth) to develop and control representations of their own identity via these platforms. These self-constructed identities are not always necessarily who we really are. Our interior (personality, emotions, feelings, thoughts) is superseded and neglected in favour of exterior (appearance, attire, demographic, branding) until we become subservient to these customized personas. Yes we are young but, how free?

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sj thomson victoria

Plateia 1 Ink & watercolour pencil on paper, 21 x 28cm, 2007, NFS

This work is set in Legion Thornleigh, a desert land with a wide ocean at one end and a flat plain that drops off into space at the other. There are separate islands within the ocean that are deserted but cities do exist on land. These cities or ‘architecture’ are inhabited with various species. They have the ability to transport themselves to other locations in case of geographical disasters, or inclement weather. These species are able to ‘jump’ time; that is to retrace their steps so as to rewrite history.

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SJ was born in 1969 and has been diagnosed with a series of mental health issues, including borderline personality disorder, dissociative disorder and general anxiety and depression. This, along with a history of abuse and trauma, has severely impacted his life since his teenage years. This has seriously impeded the pursuit of his career/passion/interest as an artist and access to relevant education due to his circumstances. Regardless of all that, SJ has managed to make art and music and his work is held in The Drawing Center Museum in New York.

He has composed music for dance (various works in New York 1990s-2000s) and performance art (Spanky 2012 Midsummer Festival) and released cd’s/soundscapes independently . He has also shown in exhibitions both solo and group in USA, Germany and Australia.

mary van den broek

victoria

Hands and their many uses are a recurring theme in my recent work as a metaphor for our shared humanity. This work depicts the evolution of Australia in the last two to three hundred years. The bottom layers of maps show the spread of indigenous languages throughout Australia prior to colonisation by European hands. Meshed together above are maps of the countries that people have immigrated from to influence modern Australia. The hands point in different directions, symbolising the different directions we come from. Even if language is a barrier, hands can always be used for communication. No matter where we are descended from, it is my hope and firm belief that our future together can only be secured by reaching out to each other with open hands.

Mary grew up on a dairy farm in Western Victoria and worked as an Occupational Therapist for over 20 years. Over the past 10 years she has pursued an interest in sculpture, making work and showing in exhibitions including the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. In 2009 she completed Honours in Visual Art (Sculpture) at the University of Ballarat.

Public art commissions include St John of God Hospital in Ballarat. Her works can be viewed at www. marysculptor.com.au.

Hands of Australia Fiberglass & paper maps 65 x 25 x 20cm, 2012 $650

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liezel van der linde victoria

Welcome Mixed Media, 54 x 42 x 14cm, 2012 $1000

Being an immigrant myself my heart lies closely linked to the path that immigrants follow to adapt to a new country.

This work portrays the idea that the road to freedom is often paved with hardship.

Children are often seen as more adaptable than adults and in the case of immigrant children, it is also a widespread belief. Through interacting with immigrant children and in particular the model, I have come to realise that the loneliness these children often face is a hardship frequently overlooked. Lots of children have been displaced, packed up so to say, to a new environment and even though Australia, as a country, is a place of welcome freedom, these children can experience their first integration into society as a lone walk.

Liezel grew up the daughter of a South African artist, teacher and potter. She studied at the University of Pretoria in South Africa completing her Bachelor of Art in Information Design. She worked in the South African advertising industry for 9 years, developing a career as an Art Director. Still feeling the pull towards Fine Arts, she gave up design and started painting full time in 2009. She exhibited twice in South Africa in 2010 before immigrating to Australia where she continues to pursue her artistic career.

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gary walker

victoria

Gary a 25 year-old emerging artist. He completed a Bachelor of Design in 2007 and a Master of Architecture at RMIT University in 2010. He has been painting consistently for many years while studying and working in these related fields, which has allowed him to avoid destitution while he develops his practice. His work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Melbourne and been selected as a finalist in national awards including the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Lethbridge 10000, BSG Works on Paper Award, Agendo Art Award and shortlisted for this year’s Metro Art Award.

More of his work can be viewed at www.garywalkerart.com.

Patriot Oil & acrylic on canvas, 61 x 46cm, 2011 NFS

My process is to isolate found mass culture images from their original context.

I aim to achieve a sense of neutrality and detachment by sourcing very still, deadpan images and by avoiding overtly dramatic or emotional content. My work is not explicitly personal but instead portrays dispassionate observations of contemporary culture. Overt displays of Australian patriotism have had both positive and negative connotations in the media. My aim with this work is to remain neutral on any politically charged context and instead pose a question to the viewer.

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james wallace victoria

Sport-fishing series #1 Archival digital print (Edition of 20), 42 x 59.5cm (framed 63 x 78.5cm) 2012, $250 framed, $95 unframed

James likes to document his world in detail. He carries a camera with him most places he goes.

Many of his photographs portray local activities in his hometown in southwest Victoria. His Sportfishing series captures the tuna season when hundreds of recreational fishermen descend on the town. The fishing precinct becomes a hive of activity as the daily catch is unloaded and tuna are cleaned and filleted at the water’s edge.

Concern for the environment is central to James’ practice. He likes to look closely at the beauty in nature and worries that we are not doing enough to protect it.

Text Carmel Wallace

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James was born in 1978 and lives at Portland in regional Victoria. He has been taking photographs for as long as he can remember. He has been involved in a number of group shows in his local community and produced two solo exhibitions: Digital Works at Portland Bay Press in 2003, and James in Spain at the Portland Library in 2011.

sally walshe

victoria

Breath Linocut (Edition 4 of 10), 70 x 100cm, 2010 $400

This work features a mother and her young child roaming the land. The wind is strong, the terrain is rough and the journey is arduous. As a single mother sometimes it can be overwhelming. “Can I do this?� is a common feeling among single parents at times.

Some women can find themselves raising their children unsupported and alone, simply because they had the courage to leave destructive and damaging relationships in order to be free. This image is a beautiful and empowering representation to what it is to live a free life, despite the social, economic, emotional and financial hardship that can come with this freedom.

Sally lives in Melbourne but was born in 1979 in Vancouver, Canada. She finished a Diploma of Visual Art at CAE in 2011 and has been a finalist for a number of group shows including the She exhibitions at Walker Street Gallery (2009-12) and Works on Paper at the City Library (2008-09). She has produced two solo exhibitions at Artspace in MacKay, Queensland in 2007 and The Gallery at St Kilda Town Hall earlier this year.

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oksana waterfall new south wales

Cassia Court, Graphite on rag paper, 71 x 91cm, 2011, $1100

Have you ever thought about all the people you come across in your life? This drawing is of the people of my court. I focused on the individuals one by one to build the composite.

They are the people I come home to every day. There are the children who play in my small street, the parents, the older residents, the neighbours and their pets. It is a small universe, but rich in detail and emotion. The way our lives criss-cross and intersect is what holds me. I am intrigued how such a group of people, thrown together by an accident of geography, can become my community.

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Oksana is a visual artist based on the North Coast of NSW. She has worked professionally as a graphic designer and ceramicist and recently completed her postgraduate Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts. Her recent work has been an artistic inventory of the many people to come into her life: family, friends, friends of friends, neighbours. She is exploring the idea that we focus on one person in the cluster, then another - but we don’t have time to take in all the details. Her drawings give Oksana the chance to freeze time and study the individuals, the group, parts of the group and all the relationships in between. By keeping her images small, she hopes to draw the viewer in to see the details they might otherwise miss.

david williams

victoria

Beach Beauty Sandstone, 60 x 60 x 30cm, 2010, $3300

This is one of a series of sandstone sculptures that reflect upon Australia’s much used and loved coastline and its accessibility to all ages and cultures. These shell sculptures are created with the medium that is the fabric of the land we all share.

David currently works carving stone sculptures.

This has been a natural progression from 23 years as a stonemason in the U.K and Australia. He began working with stone in 1988 on restoration projects in London. Eventually this led to work on Exeter Cathedral where he was taught how to carve ornate gothic stonework. Since being in Melbourne he has worked as a heritage restoration stonemason and been commissioned for several projects.

His sculptural work intentionally uses the traditional medium of stone, incorporating skills that have been passed down for centuries.

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joe wilson new south wales

As Mountain As Man Acrylic on linen, 68.5 x 58cm, 2012, $800

As Mountain As Man is a metaphoric representation of a conceptual duality, whereby the high and low of the mountain is each an extreme. The journey is the traversing of extremes; repression leading to freedom leading to repression...

Joe was born in Sydney in 1980 and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, Sydney in 2009. He has been exhibiting through artist run initiatives for three years and selected for various prizes in commercial galleries.

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patrick woolfe represented by Cooindahill victoria

Patrick is an artist living with autism from Taralgon in Gippsland, Victoria.

Dancing People Watercolour 35 x 26cm, 2011 $120

I have been been pursuing art for many years working in different mediums including acrylic, pastel, watercolour and ink. At this stage of my life I enjoy watercolours and ink. I have exhibited and sold works in many galleries and exhibitions, including the Linden Centre for Contemporary Art in St Kilda.

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patrick walker represented by Friday Leisurely Art Group victoria

I Love A Sunburnt Country Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20cm, 2012 $50

I recently collaborated with English artist, Robert Needham who was making art for Park Towers and also working with the residents. The work involved gold leafing everyday objects which was an interesting diversion from my main practice of painting Australian landscapes in acrylic on canvas.

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Patrick began life in Australia as a five-year old migrant, arriving on the SS Orient in 1960. He is a self taught artist who has shown works in group shows at Prahran Mission and recently became a member of FLAG art class at the Sol Green Community Centre in South Melbourne.

mr wright

victoria

Piff Oil on canvas, 60 x 60cm, 2012 $888

This is a painting by an artist feeling increasingly appreciative and connected to WWII soldiers who with their efforts helped form what our country is today. Conversely, I feel increasingly detached from modern day Australia and the ignorance and obsession with self of many of my peers.

Matt is an Australian artist born in 1986 who is currently based in Melbourne.

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leanne prussing new south wales

Liam Haven 30 x 38cm, Reproduction of original acrylic on canvas, 100 x 70cm, 2011, NFS

Leanne is a Port Macquarie based artist and finalist in the 2011 Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. Her figurative works explore a multitude of facets of contemporary Australian life and culture. This work is from a series on returned servicemen who have suffered catastrophic injuries while serving our country. She hopes to promote a greater awareness and appreciation of their courage and sacrifice and the need for our continued support and appreciation. More of her work can be viewed at leanneprussingart.blogspot.com.au.

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Originally from West Australia, Liam Haven is a 24 year old returned serviceman and combat medic who was engaged in peacekeeping service in East Timor as well as active service in Iraq.

While in Iraq, he was injured in a roadside bomb accident, resulting in the loss of his sight. He suffered from severe depression and various PTSD symptoms and underwent a long and painful rehabilitation process; having to relearn all the basic things people take for granted. He is now, however, quite confident with the use of his mobility cane and guide dog Omen. Liam says, “even with my small disability, I try not to let it hinder me.”

In the 4 years since the accident, he taught himself guitar and is working on an album of original songs. He acknowledges this as a crucial aspect to his recovery process.

Liam has also travelled overseas, bungy jumped, sky dived, and has driven cars, boats and jet skis – proving that his impairment “does not need to get in the way of having a good old fashioned fun time.” As part of his rehabilitation and return to work plan, he is undertaking university level education in Community Services. He has been on placement with Mind Australia’s Amaroo Arts in Williamstown, proving himself an indispensable part of the music program (giving lessons to anyone willing to learn).

His goal is to become a psychologist, working with people who have been through similar traumatic experiences.

Liam was awarded the Pride of Australia Medal and is now a key spokesperson for Soldier On – a charity addressing the needs of younger veterans.

The opening night of this exhibition provides Liam with one of his first professional engagements as a performing musician.

sales enquiries Sales enquiries for any of the works in the catalogue can be made by contacting the curator Ken Wong on 0419 570 846 If you are interested in becoming involved in the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery program or wish to be added to our mailing list to be kept informed of upcoming events, email info@watcharts.com.au or visit www.watcharts.com.au/toyota.html or phone 03 58214548

Mandarin Peel by Anne McGrath Capture Format – Super 16 mm film & Red. Exhibition Format – DVD, 2009 © Photograph Stefan Duscio