Artist Profile

Artist Profile is a fresh, imaginative magazine recording the personalities of leading artists and rising art stars that fill the visual arts and inspire a new generation of art lover. The magazine features intimate studio portraits, artists' working environments, leading opinion writers, previews of major public gallery exhibitions, feature articles on international artists and events, book reviews and more.

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MY NFT JOURNEY, SO FAR … • FIRSTLY, I MUST APOLOGISE. WHEN I SET OUT ON THIS JOURNEY I ENVISIONED BY THE END OF THIS ARTICLE I WOULD BE YOUR HERO, HAVING SORTED THIS NFT THING OUT, AND LAID IT OUT SIMPLY FOR ALL TO UNDERSTAND. I’M AFRAID I’M NO HERO, AND GIVEN THAT THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY-BASED PHENOMENON, THERE MAY BE NO END TO THIS JOURNEY.

Lost Friends • IN MY EARLY DAYS, AROUND THE TIME OF MY SECOND OR THIRD SOLO EXHIBITION, THERE WAS A PAINTING OF MINE THAT WENT UNSOLD FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST I’D EVER PAINTED, A REAL BOLT FROM THE BLUE. AS I WATCHED OTHER, LESS EXCEPTIONAL PAINTINGS BE PURCHASED AT EITHER SIDE, I LEARNT A LESSON IN THE WAYS OF THE BUYING PUBLIC.

Nurse Ogilvie’s Bed Sheets Madeleine Peters • PETER HILL TRAVELS FROM EUROA IN VICTORIA’S FAR EAST, TO WARRNAMBOOL IN ITS WILD WEST, TO VISIT RECENT VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS GRADUATE MADELEINE PETERS IN HER STUDIO. IT IS EARLY JULY, AND SHE IS BUSILY PREPARING FOR SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY WHERE SHE IS SHOWING WITH THE EGG & DART.

Michael McHugh The Kaleidoscope • AS THOUGH PEERING THROUGH A MICROSCOPE, MICHAEL MCHUGH’S PAINTINGS REVEAL AN ABSTRACTED VIEW OF INTRICATE SCENES FROM NATURE. INTERESTED IN PLANT FORMS, IT’S THE INTENSE DETAIL THAT IS REPLICATED — CELLULAR FORMATIONS AND VIVID PATTERNS. HOWEVER, EACH WORK IS ENTIRELY HIS OWN CREATION, FROM THE DAZZLING COLOURS TO SHAPES THAT ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER FROM CANVAS TO CANVAS.

YARNOGRAPHY The Life and Art of MEGAN COPE

A Bigger Picture John Young • HAVING REPRESENTED AUSTRALIA IN MAJOR EXHIBITIONS INTERNATIONALLY FOR FOUR DECADES, AND WITH OVER SIXTY SOLO AND NUMEROUS GROUP EXHIBITIONS, YOUNG’S CURRENT FOCUS IS TRANSCULTURAL HUMANITARIANISM. IN 2020 HE WAS MADE A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE VISUAL ARTS. HIS FOURTH SURVEY, ‘JOHN YOUNG: DIASPORA, PSYCHE,’ OPENED RECENTLY AT BUNJIL PLACE, IN NARRE WARREN, VICTORIA.

The Edge of the Skin & the World KRISTIAN BURFORD • “I’VE BEEN WORKING ON A SCULPTURE OF A COUPLE HAVING SEX,” SAYS KRISTIAN BURFORD, SPEAKING FROM HIS QUARANTINE QUARTERS IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. THE SCULPTURE HAD APPEARED BEFORE, AS A STUDY. “PEOPLE SEEMED TO ENJOY THE PLAYFUL TRANSGRESSION OF THE WOMAN REACHING BACK TO PENETRATE THE MAN, WHO IS FUCKING HER FROM BEHIND.” IN CONVERSATION, BURFORD IS QUICK TO CONFLATE THE CARNAL AND THE CONCEPTUAL.

Reflections on REUBEN PATERSON • REUBEN PATERSON (NGĀTI RANGITIHI/NGĀI TŪHOE/TŪHOURANGI) IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS KALEIDOSCOPIC PAINTINGS AND RECENTLY HIS SCULPTURES, ANIMATIONS, AND PUBLIC ART THAT EMPLOY TRADITIONAL MĀORI KŌWHAIWHAI PATTERNS WITH OP-ART SENSIBILITY, ENLIVENED WITH GLITTER AND DAZZLING COLOUR. PIPPA MOTT SPOKE TO PATERSON IN AUCKLAND AFTER THE LAUNCH OF HIS MOST AMBITIOUS PUBLIC ARTWORK.

Del Kathryn Barton The Alchemy of Imagined Worlds • DEL KATHRYN BARTON’S WORKS TRANSCEND THE VISUAL VOCABULARY OF THE EVERYDAY, BY DRAWING US INTO THE EVER-EXPANDING SPACE OF HER IMAGINATION. TAI MITSUJI SAT DOWN WITH THE TWO-TIME ARCHIBALD WINNER TO NOT ONLY DISCUSS HER FAMED PAINTINGS, BUT ALSO HER FORTHCOMING FEATURE FILM, BLAZE.

Belinda Mason • ARTIST BELINDA MASON HAS UNSTOPPABLE ENERGY, EVEN THOUGH COVID HAS DELAYED HER SYDNEY PROJECT UNSEEN, A CHROMED HOUSE AND MATCHING CAR, TO PROVIDE ART PROGRAMS BY WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.

Matthew Cheyne •...