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Elisa Jane Carmichael, Present Surroundings
26 March - 24 April 2021

We are excited to announce Elisa Jane Carmichael's

We are excited to announce Elisa Jane Carmichael's selection as a finalist in this year’s Telstra ‘National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards' (NATSIAA) 2021 exhibition. Elisa will be presenting a new work titled, ‘Fabric of place’ – keep your eyes peeled for a sneak peek of this work closer to the exhibition dates.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Capturing the attention of the nation, NATSIAA is inspiring in its variety of art forms and media, collectively demonstrating the richness and diversity of current contemporary Australian Indige-nous artistic practice. Elisa's inclusion in this year’s awards clearly demonstrates her upward trajec-tory and ability to create exceptional works with a regenerative approach.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We are thrilled to be able to support Elisa in yet another impressive achievement and cannot wait to see her work alongside the talented line-up of artists. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We would like to thank the Telstra NATSIAA team, the MAAGNT team and congratulate all selected artists. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photo: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace Gallery.

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ARTIST TALK: Elisa Jane Carmichael, Saturday 24, 1

ARTIST TALK: Elisa Jane Carmichael, Saturday 24, 10:30am. RSVP via bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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On the last day of her solo show, Present Surroundings, Elisa Jane Carmichael will give an artist talk delving into details and material processes behind her most recent works. Onespace Gallery invites you to learn about themes considered in the show; nurturing country, climate change, the impacts of mining and recontextualising anthropological documentation.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We are delighted to invite you to explore the exhibition and join the conversation. Spaces will be limited, so RSVPs are required and will be taken until capacity is reached. RSVP Link in bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Exploring an exciting new range of materials such as cyanotypes and photograms, as well as a new range of woven forms, Elisa offers exceptional works with a regenerative approach. Katina Davidson (Curator for Indigenous Australian Art, QAGOMA) states; ‘“Present Surroundings ventures into the past with the help of Elisa’s matrilineal ancestors. While it acknowledges the long journey of restoring cultural heritage and knowledge, it also carves its own path through innovative techniques and materials, and sets its sights on the future of her beloved island home.”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Artwork: Elisa Jane Carmichael, 'Woven landscapes #2', 2019-20, Lomandra, ungaire, ghost net, raffia and fish scales, 38 x 6cm. Image: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace Gallery.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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During May of 2020, Fintan Magee released a series

During May of 2020, Fintan Magee released a series of artworks created during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. Focusing on two pot plants, each day Fintan painted the plants as a representation of resilience, growth and nurture. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Fintan states: ‘These works have been created in my studio during the Covid lockdowns. My inability to work with models or organise photoshoots during this period forced me to experiment with different subject matter. I came up with the concept of painting the same two potplants everyday for the entirety of the lockdowns. With each piece representing a day in isolation. My work is about story telling and my plan is create a narrative around me keeping these plants alive during isolation. Each work has also become like a meditation, the repetition of image and subject matter has allowed me to step away from building a concept for each piece and focus purely on the act of painting. This process means that each work becomes a 5-7 hour meditation. Helping my mental health during isolation while allowing me to tell a story of the human condition during the mundane reality of quarantine.’⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You are able to view a selection of these works via the Onespace Gallery website via onespacegallery.com.au⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Images: Courtesy of the artist.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Artwork: Potplant 13, 2020, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 55 x 50cm.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Onespace Gallery is proud to announce that represe

Onespace Gallery is proud to announce that represented Cairns-based artist Teho Ropeyarn has been invited to participate in the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, titled rīvus. Open to the public from 12 March – 13 June 2022, the exhibition will bring together existing and commissioned projects worldwide around the theme of rivers and waterways.

The Curatorium for the 23rd Biennale of Sydney states: ‘Indigenous knowledge has long understood non-human entities as living ancestral beings with a right to life that must be protected. But only recently have some plants, mountains and bodies of water been granted legal personhood. If we can recognise that a river has a voice, what might they say?’

Ropeyarn’s inclusion recognises the vital need for First Nations artists to bring to light significant historical events and issues. Ropeyarn states: “My artwork reflects the continuation of cultural knowledge passed down from generations long ago, onto our Elders, who are now passing on all aspects of culture; language, tribal stories, significant landmarks and rituals, dancing and beliefs to the next generation…We are in a day and age where culture and grass root knowledge is slowly deteriorating due to Elders passing, our ever-changing lifestyle and social disadvantages in our communities. Practicing art, is one way of maintaining and developing culture, and has always been a part of Aboriginal culture. Through this tradition, it will preserve my culture in one way for years to come.”

The Biennale of Sydney has created meaningful dialogues surrounding Australia since its inception in 1973 and we are excited to see what Teho Ropeyarn will bring to the conversation.

Congratulations to all selected artists together with Artistic Director José Roca and his curatorium; Paschal Daantos Berry, Anna Davis, Hannah Donnelly, and Talia Linz, as well as the whole team behind the 23rd Biennale of Sydney.

For more information on the Biennale visit biennaleofsydney.art and for more information on Teho Ropeyarn’s practice visit onespacegallery.com.au

Images (left to right): Courtesy of the Biennale of Sydney. Teho Ropeyarn, 2021. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace Gallery.

Despite our current circumstances preventing inter

Despite our current circumstances preventing international travel, Zoe Porter’s artworks are traversing borders and are currently residing in Japan. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Zoe's work has been included in the exhibition Ama Divers & Artists. Then & Now. Dive into Ijikacho & Jimbocho! from July 2020, an exhibition put on by the Ijika Ryokan Association, Toba Sea-Folk Museum, and the City of Toba. The artworks included in the exhibition are inspired by the traditional culture of ama divers of Ijikacho (Toba, Mie Pref), and historical depictions of ama in the ukiyo-e prints of Jimbocho (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Zoe's work in Japan is a continuation of her research trip and residency to Toba, Japan in 2019, which focused heavily on the local Ama (female free-divers). The ama have been recorded as early as 5,000 years ago and currently their numbers are dwindling yet this ancient tradition is still continued today. Zoe's works reference photographs taken by the artist, historical documentation of the Ama as well as illustrations of the traditional sea-folk and their practices in the Ukiyo-e.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To coincide with the aforementioned exhibition, a large-scale banner of Zoe's artwork Kaisō & Ama is on display in the town of Ijikacho, Japan. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Image: Works on Kohzo paper depicting various sea oddities at ARToba Art Space 2019. Photographer: SAKAMOTO Hakubun.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Ruth Cho’s first online exhibition with Onespace

Ruth Cho’s first online exhibition with Onespace Gallery, 'Australian Knockoffs' showing online from 2 May - 2 June, challenges the dominant Eurocentric representations in Australian art history, despite our longstanding cultural diversity.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Cho's prints included in the exhibition appropriate very familiar compositions from iconic Australian art images - including Down on His Luck by Frederick McCubbin; Spring Frost by Elioth Gruner; Shearing the Rams by Tom Roberts and Charles Meere’s Australian Beach Pattern - to question the exclusivity of predominantly white Australian identity through this art museum trajectory.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To be placed on the catalogue of works pre-release or to gain more information on the artist, please email info@onespacegallery.com.au⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Image: Ruth Cho, Shearing the Tigers, 2020, Multi-coloured linocut print on paper, 21cm x 30cm Image: Courtesy of the artist.

Care to swing by Onespace Gallery located along th

Care to swing by Onespace Gallery located along the lovely West End's Montague Road? Our exhibition hours are Tuesday to Friday: 10am – 6pm & Saturday: 11am – 5pm. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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For our interstate and international audience's you are able to explore our exhibition program (past, present and upcoming) as well as our stockroom digitally via onespacegallery.com.au ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Image: Funky Munky. Courtesy of Onespace Gallery.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We would like to congratulate represented artist J

We would like to congratulate represented artist Jackie Ryan on receiving the Bronze Ledger Award for Excellence in Australian Comics, for her issue 'Burger Force Volume 4: Punishment'. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Jackie Ryan is a prize-winning Australian artist with an abiding interest in culture that connects her work across forms and genres. She authored We’ll Show the World: Expo 88 (UQP), which won two 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (the Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance and the USQ History Book Award) and was shortlisted for a third (The Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award). She was also the recipient of a 2018 Queensland Writers Fellowship. Jackie writes and designs the Aurealis and Ledger Award-winning Burger Force comic book series, and is the founding editor of the comedy writing collective The Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary. She holds a PhD in History and Political Science from The University of Queensland.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You are able to peruse a selection of prints by Jackie via the Onespace Gallery Online Stockroom. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Image: Front Cover of 'Burger Force Volume 4: Punishment'. Courtesy of the artist.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Ink and acrylic on paper, in a Tasmanian Oak frame, 78.3 x 96.5 x 6cm (Framed size)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photo: Wayne Talbot. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace Gallery.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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In line with the Queensland Government’s new COV

In line with the Queensland Government’s new COVID-19 restrictions, Onespace Gallery will close to the public from tomorrow and is scheduled to reopen Tuesday 6 April at 10am.

Photo: Louis Lim.

“Present Surroundings takes us through a journey

“Present Surroundings takes us through a journey of loss, reunion, and revitalisation by artist Elisa Jane Carmichael. Elisa is from the Ngugi people of Mulgumpin (Moreton Island), part of the Quandamooka nation that also includes Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) and areas of the surrounding mainland. Her ongoing relationship and concern for looking after these lands, seas and maintaining the cultural heritage of her ancestors are at the heart of her artistic practice.

The fluctuating relationship between the land and sea is explored through a number of works that speak to these nuances. The major installation Time laps and changes (2020) features a glimmering ghost-net encrusted with mullet scales in a talwalpin frame. The cotton tree is a common sight along the coastline and aids in holding the land in place, especially during rough weather and king tides. Here, the net is no match to prevent erosion at the hands of rising sea waters.”

Artwork: Elisa Jane (Leecee) Carmichael, Time laps and changes, 2020, Talwalpin wood and inner fibre, ghost net, recycled fishing net and fish scales, 148 x 214 x 4.5cm.

Photo: Louis Lim. Image courtesy of Onespace Gallery and the artist. Text: excerpt from Katina Davidson’s catalogue essay.

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In Defense by Dan Elborne presents wieldable obje

In Defense by Dan Elborne presents wieldable objects reminiscent of medieval defensive measures; drawing loose parallels between an era of unfairness and brutality alongside the nature of our current arts funding situation. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The artwork is a responsive protest toward the Australian federal governments (Friday, May 13th 2016) "black Friday" announcement to defund 65 previously supported arts companies and organisations. This news follows a trend of continual attacks on the Australian arts sector since 2015, where arts funding has been severely cut alongside funding reallocations away from small-medium arts organisations and individual/emerging artists. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Find more out about 'In Defense' and other Dan Elborne artworks online via onespacegallery.com.au ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Artwork: In Defense, 2017, Handbuilt recycled/locally sourced clay & iron-rich glaze. Individually: 135X3.5X3.5cm, 2017. Photo: Louis Lim. Courtesy of Onespace Gallery. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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