Tea is more than mere social lubricant for Jingwei Bu, a multi-disciplinary artist whose work is influenced by Buddhist Chan philosophy and who was recently invited to stay at the Byron Bay studio of celebrated painter and sculptor Lindy Lee.
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The relationship between image and text has long fascinated printmaker Olga Sankey, who has embraced the new opportunities created by digital technology.
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In search of recalibration and reconnection to nature, ex-cricketer turned artist and arts worker Oakey found herself on an amazing adventure that also ended up providing the subject matter for her upcoming exhibition: Deep Rest.
A traumatic incident that saw him badly burned as a child set Shane Cook on a lifelong journey to learn more about his Indigenous heritage. His story is writ large through both the tattoos that cover his body and in his unique artwork.
There are many things going on at once in the character-rich Halfpace Studio, yet they all inform each other. It’s a lot like Chira Grasby’s practice, encompassing visual art, curation and tattooing.
Mushrooms sprout up everywhere in the studio of metalsmith and jeweller Michelle Kelly, whose constantly evolving arts practice reflects her fascination with fungi.
Eleanor Alice hasn’t always had the luxury of a warm and dry designated studio of her own, but for an artist with a lifelong obsession with making, it’s being in the moment with the materials that matters most.
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The tranquillity of Clare Belfrage’s Kensington studio and the delicate beauty of the myriad glass works on display belies the high-stakes drama of the practice that has sustained the distinguished artist for the past 30 years.
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For Craig Glasson, the studio is a ‘laboratory of ideas’. At times he needs silence to bring those ideas to fruition through his painstaking, design-inspired practice – but he also loves listening to techno music.
With a friendship spanning two decades, Carly Tarkari Dodd and Dominic Guerrera’s collaborative residency in the Adelaide CBD pays tribute to First Nations protest and “raw” conversations.
In her Norwood studio space, sculptor Bernadette Klavins digs deep into her family history – and humankind’s relationship with the earth.
A quiet cul de sac in Adelaide’s West End has become a haven for local glassmakers like Liam Fleming, whose more recent work was born from playful experimentation.
At Camp Coorong, Aunty Ellen Trevorrow and her friend and collaborator Jelina Haines are weaving the next chapter in a long, rich story.
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In a Kent Town laneway, Michael Carney is creating colourful anti-landscapes that shake up the natural order.
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Between pink-satin corsets, ruffed-up horses and a tiny chihuahua, 2022 is Chelsea Farquhar’s year of living playfully.
Questions of shelter, anthropocentrism and the natural world are central to both the textile work and life of artist Kasia Tons, who splits her time between a warehouse studio space in the city and a leaky yurt in Lenswood.
At Thebarton’s Gray Street Workshop, Sue Lorraine creates intimate works that are made to measure.
From his Prospect studio, Elyas Alavi dreams of the lives of 19th-century cameleers.
First Nations artist Clem Newchurch hopes his latest project will help South Australians realise the cultural history that’s at their doorstep.
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As the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art looms, Sera Waters is setting sail into her family’s colonial past from her studio in Stepney.
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Out the back of an old church in Prospect, Ray Harris is working to build South Australia’s arts community – come hell or high land values.
Out the back of a cluster of industrial buildings in Kilkenny, designer and co-founder of Mixed Goods Studios Dean Toepfer is working to build his own practice, and a community around it.
Whether he’s based at home in Port Elliot or further afield, Ngarrindjeri and Narungga artist Cedric Varcoe’s work is an invitation to reflect on the present moment, and our place on Country. His new mural will be launched this month as part of Tarnanthi.
From her backyard studio in Bridgewater, Regine Schwarzer is sharing skills that have been cut and polished across 40 years and two hemispheres.
In the artist-filled warehouse of Bowden’s praxis ARTSPACE, Tom Phillips is on a solitary quest to capture humanity at its most vulnerable and melancholic.
