22.02.2012 Fashion Loves Art Loves Fashion
Lucas Grogan's collaboration with fashion label Rittenhouse features in the current issue of Vogue Living.
Other works by Grogan will also be included in the gallery's next exhibition Fashion Loves Art Loves Fashion - a participating exhibition in the cultural program of the 2012 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Fesitval.
The exhibition runs from 6 - 17 March.
20.02.2012 Fashion Loves Art Loves Fashion
15.02.2012 Kirra Jamison artist in residence program
For the month of February gallery artist Kirra Jamison will be in the artist in resident at Harvest Workroom in Brunswick. During her sojourn at Harvest she will be working on a series of screen prints that will be shown in the window space at Craft Victoria from 5-31 March. Kirra will be sharing her process over the coming weeks on the Harvest blog.
10.02.2012 Sophie Gannon Gallery now representing Danie Mellor
Working in a variety of mediums – from printmaking and drawing to sculpture and installation – Mellor’s practice explores potent themes of colonial settlement, cultural dislocation and national identity. His work has been included in high profile exhibitions including the National Indigenous Art triennial Cultural Warriors (NGA, 2007), Curious Colony (Newcastle Regional Gallery, 2011) and Primavera (MCA, 2005). In 2009 Mellor was awarded the prestigious 26th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, and his work will again be shown in the National Indigenous Art triennial unDisclosed at the National Gallery of Australia in May 2012.
Mellor's work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, the Queensland Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, Artbank and the Kerry Stokes Collection.
A major survey of Mellor’s work is to be held at the University of Queensland Art Museum in 2013.
03.02.2012 Sophie Gannon Gallery now representing Philip Hunter
Sophie Gannon Gallery is proud to announce the newest addition to the gallery's stable of artists, Melbourne-based painter Philip Hunter. New works by Philip will be included in our 'Debut' exhibition in March.
20.12.2011 Summer closure
Summer closure
Sophie Gannon Gallery would like to thank all our artists, collectors and visitors for your support throughout 2011.The Gallery will be closed for the summer from Wednesday 21st December 2011 and re-open on Tuesday 31st January 2012.
01.12.2011 Vera Möller exhibition in Canterbury, UK
Vera Möller exhibition in Canterbury, UK
Gallery artist Vera Möller's latest exhibition 'Fictional Hybrids' is now on at the Sidney Copper Gallery at Christ Church University in Canterbury, UK.Commissioned by Stour Valley Arts, King's Wood (Kent) the exhibition comprises a series of 24 large format photographs, 20 groups of miniature objects and 100 works on paper.
Stour Valley Arts has also published a book about the project with photographs and related texts by Dr. Justin Clemens, poet Laurie Duggan and scientists Dr. Ian Bride and Prof. Peter Vujacovic.
The exhibition opens on 25 November until 17 December.
07.11.2011 Michael Zavros at Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
Michael Zavros at Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival
The graceful equine bronze sculptures of Micheal Zavros adorned the interior of the Tabcorp marquee during this year's Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington.
22.10.2011 Selina Ou in 'Colectiva: Artistas Australianos'
Selina Ou in 'Colectiva: Artistas Australianos' at 3 + 1 Arte Contemporanea in Lisbon, Portugal
Selina Ou's recent series 'Embrace' will be shown in a new exhibition at 3 + 1 Arte Contemporanea in Lisbon, Portugal.
Entitled 'Colectiva: Artistas Australianos' the exhibition also includes work by James and Eleanor Avery and Sam Smith and runs from 11 November until 7 January 2012.
For further information go to: www.3m1arte.com
10.09.2011 Michael Zavros feature in Art & Australia
Michael Zavros feature in Art & Australia
Art & Asutralia's latest issue focuses on the subject of beauty in Australian Art and the work of Michael Zavros.01.09.2011 Michael Zavros in Belle Magazine
Michael Zavros in Belle Magazine
09.08.2011 Martin Smith and Selina Ou finalists in Bowness Photography Prize
Martin Smith and Selina Ou finalists in Bowness Photography Prize
Congratulations to Selina Ou and Martin Smith who have both been selected as finalists in the 2011 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Gallery of Art.23.07.2011 Gwyn Hanssen Pigott at Ipswich Art Gallery
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott at Ipswich Art Gallery
This exhibition entitled 'The Alchemy of making' surveys the work of renowned Australian ceramic artist Gwyn Hanssen Pigott over the last two decades with a particular focus on the meticulous process that underpins the creation of her work. While informed by the traditions of functional ceramics, Hanssen Pigott invites her audience to explore the subtleties of profile, colour, line, surface and the careful arrangements at play within the works.22.07.2011 Sarah Smuts-Kennedy at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy at Cessnock Regional Art
Work by Sarah Smuts-Kennedy has been included in a new exhibition entitled 'BLACK: the coal case' at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery.Curated by Todd Fuller and Virginia Mitchell the exhibition runs from 11 August until 18 September 2011.
22.07.2011 Sarah Smuts-Kennedy at Lismore Regional Gallery
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy at Lismore Regional Gallery
Artworks by Sarah Smuts-Kennedy have been included in 'The New Arcadia' exhibition at Lismore Regional Gallery. The exhibition brings together artists responding to notions of arcadian landscape. It throws light on an idealised depiction of the landscape, but with visual disruption, as the artists locate where arcadia is now.
The exhibition runs until 3 September. For more information go to: www.lismoregallery.org.
31.05.2011 Martin Smith wins Prometheus Visual Arts Award 2011
Martin Smith wins Prometheus Visual Arts Award 2011
Sophie Gannon Gallery would like to congratulate gallery artist Martin Smith who has won the 2011 Prometheus Visual Arts Award.
The $15,000 acquisitive prize was given to Martin for his hand cut photographic work entitled 'Every Sunday'.
10.05.2011 John Nicholson in Harper's Bazaar May 2011
John Nicholson in Harpers Bazaar May 2011
10.05.2011 Michael Zavros in Harper's Bazaar May 2011
Michael Zavros in Harper's Bazaar May 2011
10.05.2011 John Nicholson Josh Goot Shoes 2011
John Nicholson Josh Goot Shoes 2011
Sophie Gannon Gallery artist John Nicholson was invited to collaborate with Australian designer Josh Goot to create these shoes for his show at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney.
05.05.2011 Julia deVille in Vogue Living May - June issue
Julia deVille in Vogue Living May - June issue
02.05.2011 Gwyn Hanssen Pigott in Vogue Living May-June issue
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott in Vogue Living May-June issue
29.04.2011 Emily Ferretti in 'Slowness' at MUMA
Emily Ferretti in 'Slowness' at MUMA
Work by Emily Ferretti will be included in a new exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art entitled 'Slowness'; an exhibition exploring the qualities of inner reflection, quiet, poise and stillness. The exhibtion runs from 5 May - 23 July.
For further information go to: www.monash.edu.au/muma
21.04.2011 Kirra Jamison featured on Frankie Magazine
Kirra Jamison featured on Frankie Magazine
Go to: http://www.frankie.com.au/art/1639-spirit-is-a-bone
19.04.2011 Kirra Jamison featured on The Design Files Daily
Kirra Jamison featured on The Design Files Daily
Lucy Feagins from The Design Files blog talks about Kirra's much awaited second solo exhibition at Sophie Gannon Gallery.
Go to: http://thedesignfiles.net/category/melbourne/
12.04.2011 Kirra Jamison featured on The Design Sponge
Kirra Jamison featured on The Design Sponge
Design Sponge online takes a sneak peek into the living quarters of Sophie Gannon Gallery artist Kirra Jamison.
Go to: www.designspongeonline.com/2011/04/sneak-peek-kirra-jamison-dane-lovett.html
03.02.2011 Kirra Jamison finalist in 2011 Arthur Guy Painting Prize
Kirra Jamison finalist in 2011 Arthur Guy Painting Prize
Congratulations to Sophie Gannon Gallery artist Kirra Jamison who has been selected as a finalist in the 2011 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize at the Bendigo Art Gallery.