ELAINE DUIGENAN: IPA AWARDS

We are delighted to announce that Elaine Duignan has been awarded a 2nd Place in the 2016 International Photo Awards. The award is given for the Blossfeldt's Apprentice series, which we debuted at the AIPAD Photography Show at the Park Avenue Armory in New York earlier this year.

Elaine Duigenan's work takes a close look at objects. Things are never quite what they seem, and her work is pared down to find singular beauty. Pale specimens glow in inky black spaces and appear to hang by a thread. There is strength and fragility, perfection and imperfection. Her work teases the viewer as images hover somewhere between quirkiness and elegance.

Blossfeldt's Apprentice (2016)

Artworks are available for collectors as follows:

16.5'' x 11.5'', Edition 3+2AP

11.75'' x 8.25'', Edition 3+2AP

Archival Pigment Prints with Certificate of Authentication

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ODETTE ENGLAND: AWARD FINALIST

We are delighted to announce that gallery artist, Odette England, has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2016 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Award. 

Forty-five finalists were selected by Professor Susan Best, Program Convenor of Fine Art and Art Theory, Griffith University's Queensland College of Art. An exhibition of the finalists will take place at The Arts Center Gold Coast, June 25–August 21, 2016. The award offers a first prize of $20,000 and acquisition prizes totaling $10,000. 

Odette England was selected with work from the newly-released series Excavations, which the gallery premiered at the AIPAD Photography Show in April 2016. A solo exhibition of work by Odette England is scheduled for September. 

Image: © Odette England

2015 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

We are delighted to share the news that gallery artist, ANTONY CROSSFIELD, has been named a Finalist for the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards, with his stunning photograph, "Bomb", 2014.

*** UPDATE *** Congratulations to Antony Crossfield on being named the Winner of the Open/Enhanced section of the Awards. 

"A man performs a 'bomb' dive in the ocean. This image was intended to undermine stereotypes of masculine strength and power. The bomb dive - a metaphor of power and destruction - is revealed as ineffectual and pointless posturing, a tiny gesture in the face of wider forces. Furthermore, the image comments on the possibilities of fiction in digital photography, a seemingly believable image is also somehow completely impossible, a perfect reflection permanently fixed on the brink of disruption."—Antony Crossfield. 

"Bomb" is available for purchase as follows: 

50cm x 50cm, Edition of 10 + 1AP

80cm x 80cm, Edition of 5 + 1AP

Please contact the gallery for price and availability.

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ODETTE ENGLAND: MULTI-AWARD FINALIST

Congratulations to gallery artist, Odette England, on being named a Finalist for the following prestigious awards.

2014 Sunshine Coast Art Prize for the Thrice Upon A Time series. It awards a $15,000 prize, with an accompanying exhibition for finalists at the Caloundra Regional Gallery (Australia), August 7–October 26, 2014.

2014 IRIS Award for Self Diagnosis series. The award is managed by the Perth Center for Photography (Australia), provides a $4,000 prize, and an exhibition of finalists ran May 9–June 8, 2014.

2014 DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize. Nominated for the Self Diagnosis series. The award provides a $10,000 prize, and an exhibition of finalists is currently showing at the Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville (Australia), through July 13, 2014.

Selected for the10th Anniversary publication of Flash Forward by the Magenta Foundation (Canada). Featuring the Top 100 list of photographers from Canada, the UK and the US. Self Diagnosis, VII (2011) © Odette England 6.5" x 9.3" image on 8.5" x 11" sheet,  Edition: 3 + 1AP

MANUEL COSENTINO: FINALIST

Grand Prix de la Découverte

We are pleased to announce, that Manuel Cosentino was named a Finalist in the Grand Prix de la Décourverte 2013. His series, Behind a Little House, was eventually recognised with an Honorable Mention. This modestly-sized series of photographs and its universal subject matter, continues to capture the hearts and imagination of people world-wide.

Photographs from the series are offered in two editions/sizes: 22.5" x 18.5", Edition 15 + 2 APs and 13.5" x 10.2", Edition of 7 + 2 APs. Prices range from $800 to $3,500 depending upon size and edition. 

Behind a Little House is available to view online here.

Behind a Little House (A), 2008 © Manuel Cosentino

Image on right: detail

HELEN SEAR: THE WAKELIN AWARD 2013

Gallery artist, Helen Sear, has been awarded the prestigious Wakelin Award 2013. The award is given annually to a Welsh artist, whose work is purchased for the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery's permanent collection. 

Helen Sear's high-definition video installation, Chameleon, was selected for the award by Nicholas Thornton – Head of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum, Wales. Chameleon depicts a sunflower, filmed at night and lit by torchlight.

"I'm delighted that Chameleon will be joining a major public collection in Swansea and I'm pleased to have selected. The Wakelin Award offers recognition for artists such as myself based in Wales and I'd like to thank the organisers for their generosity. I look forward to my video installation joining the work of both past and future award holders".—Helen Sear

Helen Sear is represented in the US exclusively by Klompching Gallery, with three solo exhibitions presented since 2009. Her most recent photographic artworks can be viewed online HERE.

Chameleon, 2013. Video Projection, loop  of 14 minutes © Helen Sear

MATTHEW-ROBERT HUGHES: THE CORD PRIZE

We are delighted to announce that artist, Matthew-Robert Hughes, was shortlisted for the inaugural Cord Prize, with his work appearing on the prize's online gallery.

"The 1980's animation The Mysterious Cities of Gold is my main creative influence. Developed over a long period of research, Aonocopia brings together sculptural prints made from printed oak veneered MDF, stained pine wood, acrylic and metal to create imagined icons, statues and objects. Box-framed three-dimensional metallic prints that are sliced, folded to form sharp minimal forms that hint at tribal masks".–Matthew-Robert Hughes

Dia and Reba Summoning Mask ©Matthew-Robert Hughes

See more on The Cord Prize website.
View the work of Matthew-Robert Hughes, currently available at the gallery.

JIM NAUGHTEN

2012 AOP Awards

Congratulations to our artist, Jim Naughten, who has been awarded a best in category award for a non-commissioned portrait series by the Association of Photographers (AOP).

The award is given for his series Hereros. We'll be exhibiting this striking body of photographs at the gallery in Spring 2013.

More details will follow, but in the meantime, here's a preview.

From Hereros ©Jim Naughten

From Hereros ©Jim Naughten

From Hereros ©Jim Naughten