Portraits

Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women 2022

Finalist in the Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women with 2 images!
Opening 1st September, 2022
Exhibition 1 - 10 September
BRIGHTSPACE
8 Martin St, St Kilda
www.maggiediazprize.com/

Remains to be Seen
Rubicon ARI, North Melbourne
June 10th - 27th, 2015
http://www.rubiconari.com.au

Remains to be seen consists of a series of contemporary photographs that explore the abandoned painting studio of close relative and WW2 War Artist Alan Moore who last year turned 100. After entering the gates of Bergen- Belsen in 1945, Alan was ordered to take photographs because no one would believe his drawings.
This is not an exhibition celebrating our war history. Instead, Penelope Hunt tries to disentangle the spaces between the real, the imagined, the stories told and the remains left behind. The medium of paint used poetically to explore the inherently evidential and indexical nature of photography. Created over two years, the images explore the weight, both of physical and emotional responses, so often contained within personal artifacts. Paints, both used and pristine, lie around the studio in a palimpsest of time, encrusted tubes becoming a documentation of practice itself.
The images created for Remains to be seen exist in the present whilst exploring fragments of the past, in a studio that has effectively become a Still Life.
Alan Moore sadly passed away at 101 years old. He was one of only two surviving Australian official WW2 artists who witnessed the liberation of the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Paints, both used and pristine, lay around the studio in a palimpsest of time, encrusted tubes becoming a documentation of practice itself.
Photographed in his now closed up studio, Remains to be seen explores the remnants of a life long painting practice. Concerns surrounding a life lived, dedication to practice and different ways of seeing, both through the medium of paint as well as photography, are explored. The images sensually explore and celebrate the tactility of paint and immerse the viewer into this world.
ABC Ballarat
June 2 at 11:00am · Edited ·
"Penelope Hunt is the step-daughter of Alan Moore, a WW2 Artist who is living in Avoca. Her new photographic exhibition focusses on his abandoned Avoca art studio and opens in Melbourne next week. You may have heard Penny on Mornings with Steve Martin just now, you can check out the ABC Open film about Alan at the link below, as well as details of Penny's exhibition."
https://open.abc.net.au/explore/80563
http://www.rubiconari.com.au/upcoming
The Remains of Art and War – Dylan Rainforth, Around the Galleries, The Age (06/15) and The Syndney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/photos-from-studio-of-official-war-artist-alan-moore-on-display-20150616-ghow42.html

Virginia Creeper, 2015

Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women
Bright Space, St.Kilda
3rd - 19th September, 2015
http://www.maggiediazprize.com/the-finalists.html

Place and Space
Red Gallery, Melbourne
Curated by Jeanne Mueller
July 22 - Aug 8th, 2015
A group show, Place and Space aims to explore both physical and imagined environments.
FEATURING: Julie Bradley, Annie Burns, Katharine Campbell, Elizabeth Faul, Penelope Hunt, Claire Mooney, Bernadette Pilli, Carol Swain and Carole Wilson
http://redgalle ry.com.au/

Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin
EXHIBITION
Postcard Salon
3 March 2018 - 21 April, 2018
Postcard Salon: an experiment in exhibition making
www.jarvisdooney.com/exhibitions/postcard-salon
www.artforum.com/uploads/guide.004/id21568/press_release.pdf

Night Games
Chin Chin Restaurant - Flinders Lane, Melbourne
April 1st - 31st, 2015
Works from the Night Games Series are currently projected every evening till late onto the Chin Chin Restaurant Wall-of-art in Higson Lane (Cnr 125 Flinders Lane)
https://vimeo.com/album/3049103
http://www.chinchinrestaurant.com.au/wall-of-art

2014

Masters Graduation Exhibition 2014
VCA, Melbourne

https://vimeo.com/album/3049103/video/120120358
https://vimeo.com/120121189
https://vimeo.com/120119111

Aug 2014
Marvel
The Windsor Art Award

Burnt Sienna, 2014, Inkjet Print on archival rag paper. 118 x 90cm

Motifs , 2014, Inkjet Print on archival rag paper, 118 x 90cm

Mar 2014
C3 Abbortsford Convent

July-September 2013
Luminescence
The Windsor Art Award
Windsor Hotel, Melbourne

Artists from the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne will transform Melbourne’s historic landmark, The Hotel Windsor, into an inspiring and captivating art space later this year.The exhibition from 26 July to 5 September will feature conceptual and material interpretations of Luminescence in many of the hotel’s unique spaces as the Grand Dame of Spring Street celebrates its 130th anniversary. It will also include the illumination of the hotel’s facade.

A highlight of the exhibition will be The Windsor Art Award that will provide a $10,000 scholarship to the winner. Judges include renowned art photographer Bill Henson; Assistant Director of the National Gallery of Victoria (Curatorial and Collection Management), Dr Isobel Crombie; and Jan Murray, Head of School of Art (VCA).

The Windsor Art Award is open to graduate students at the VCA School of Art undertaking BFA (HONS), MCA, MFA or PhD studies.
http://www.thehotelwindsor.com.au/offers/

Envisioning Gods - Rubicon ARI 2013

31st July - 17th August 2013.
Simon Cooper, Penelope Hunt, Talitha Kennedy, Jayne McSwiney, Jonathon Saunders,
Siying Zhou

Curated by Siying Zhou

Envisioning Gods presents a broad perspective and diverse voices examining the subject of spirituality and beliefs in modern societies. It draws attention to and re-appraises the value of wishful thinking, heroic culture, biotechnology, Zen and Christianity through six individual works: a drawing of a personal memory on a religious event; a sculptural installation that offers a ritualistic experience to the audience; a metaphoric photographic image; a stencil painting that reveals the banality of the daily lives of superheros; a fetish altar with leather constructions; a series of blueprints on boards that depict half human hybrid creatures. Envisioning Gods intends to engage audiences both visually and physically.

level 1/309 queensberry st., melbourne 3051
12 - 6pm Wed - Sat
e: [email protected] RubiconARI www.rubiconari.com.au

Please contact Siying Zhou, [email protected], for more information of this exhibition

Proud - Margaret Lawrence Gallery, VCA 2013

Proud, 2013 An exhibition of student artworks Opening celebration: Thursday 22 August, 6 - 8pm Exhibtion dates: 23 to 24 August 2013 In the final week of winter the Victorian College of the Arts will celebrate a new generation of emerging artists with the annual Proud Exhibition. This seminal event, now in its 17th year has become a significant platform for current students of the School of Art to showcase their work to the wider community in a supportive and encouraging environment. Venue: Margaret Lawrence Gallery 40 Dodds Street Southbank, Melbourne Opening hours: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Tuesday to Saturday

First Quarter - VCA Student Gallery 2013

29th July - 2nd August 2013.

Curated by Raafat Ishak

First Quarter is a group exhibition of diverse work produced during semester 1 by students of the Masters of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts.

Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery,
School of Art, Gate 4 Dodds Street, Southbank