In a bustling Kent Town studio – surrounded by colourful stuffed toys and an eclectic collection of materials and artworks – Truc Truong reveals how art became her saviour during a dark time, and her excitement at the opportunity offered by a mentorship that will add new skills to her practice.
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A tree-change to the Adelaide Hills has provided the perfect setting for Kyoko Hashimoto’s backyard experiments in ‘place-based’ paper making.
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Isolation is at the heart of expressionist painter Tom Phillips’ latest body of work, yet there is a warmth to his bold paintings that welcomes in the viewer and evokes our empathy for the human struggle.
The Moon’s the limit for Cheryl Bridgart, who weaves wonderful stories with her intricate embroidered wall art and wearable art in an Alice in Wonderland-style home studio in an historic former horse stables in Adelaide’s CBD.
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.
The relationship between image and text has long fascinated printmaker Olga Sankey, who has embraced the new opportunities created by digital technology.
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.
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Sonya Rankine has woven traditional techniques and a passion for truth telling and creativity into a multi-faceted contemporary arts practice and business. Her latest pieces are lighting up the historic phone booths at Adelaide Railway Station.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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From her studio space in Stepney, painter-turned-animator Kate Kurucz is piecing together a personal story of migration, loneliness, and more than a hint of movie magic.
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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.
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.
In a Kent Town laneway, Michael Carney is creating colourful anti-landscapes that shake up the natural order.
Between pink-satin corsets, ruffed-up horses and a tiny chihuahua, 2022 is Chelsea Farquhar’s year of living playfully.
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From a small room at the back of the new Good Bank Gallery in McLaren Vale, Brad Darkson works on projects that often explore the intersection of colonisation and Country in South Australia.
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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.
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.
As the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art looms, Sera Waters is setting sail into her family’s colonial past from her studio in Stepney.
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.
