Iren Tete on being both a creator and discoverer, her love for Brutalist architecture, approaching materials with optimism & the synergistic relationship between language and objects
Joshua Hagler discusses his earliest memories of making art, balancing studio time as a new parent, transitioning from the “It-World” into the “You-World” & the profound effect of forgoing the language of consensus
Kaufman on new projects in textiles, ceramic handbuilding, and tactile bookmaking, using painting to reflect on addictive & invasive visual technologies & exploring the notion of consent across a range of media.
Grant winner Vanessa da Silva discusses how art can provide a sense of purpose, phases of transformation, sculpture as a tool to improve psychological wellbeing, & collaborations with local choreographers and dancers.
The collaborative duo on energy & honesty, managing multiple large scale projects, inspiration derived from cultural detritus & utilizing the refuse generated by various aspirational attainment attempts.
Raap on a lifetime of making art, travel as an early creative catalyst, the intersection of gender, labor, painting and weaving & working with materials that evoke the body and life processes.
Granwell discusses a process based practice, utilizing color and texture to activate memory, connecting the inward and outward experience & materiality as a means to explore the corporeal.
Oezdogan on using art as a place for focus, working around challenges, utilizing content and emotion & a process that incorporates a high level of previsualization.
Oldfather discusses growing in a family that embraced art, parenting challenges and expectations placed on women & a practice where final works often originate as drawings.
Tate discusses the impact of a deep exposure to art at an early stage, chasing creative dreams, managing multiple upcoming exhibitions & the influence of the bushfire crises on her creative output
The artist on discovering the process of making art, utilizing light as a unifying entity, and the importance of a prolonged relationship with work in progress.
Jinyong Park on finding meaning as an artist, language identity, a practice which incorporates linguistic experience, & the process of translating abstract perceptions into imaginative hieroglyphs.
Chris Williford speaks on the anxieties & consequences of glamour, a practice centered around the transformation of unwanted materials into images & finding inspiration as a material-based artist