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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Editor’s Note • Artist Profile acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.

LIVING IN QUEER TIMES • THE VAST HISTORY OF QUEER ART HAS BEEN SHAPED BY A TENSION BETWEEN THE HISTORICAL NEED TO CONCEAL REFERENCES TO QUEER IDENTITIES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE INTEREST OF PERSONAL SAFETY, AND A DESIRE TO CREATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THEM.

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN • HOW THE SYDNEY FESTIVAL WAS BROUGHT TO ITS KNEES BY ART ACTIVISTS.

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George Tillianakis Heavy Petal • IS GEORGE TILLIANAKIS AN OUTSIDER, OR IS HE INSIDE EVERYWHERE AT ONCE? DUCKING AND WEAVING ACROSS MEDIA, SUBCULTURES, AND SCENES, A DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO EXPRESSION GROUNDS HIS WORK IN FEELING, DETERMINEDLY.

SALVATORE ZOFREA THREE GODS • WHAT MAKES SALVATORE ZOFREA’S PAINTINGS? THREE CURRENT ZOFREA EXHIBITIONS SHOW THAT MUSIC, POETRY, AND BELIEF HAVE PROVIDED A WAY FOR THE ARTIST TO DEVELOP COMPLEX VISUAL EXPERIENCES INTO PAINTINGS THAT STAY WITH THE VIEWER.

Elizabeth Pulie Radical Questioning • ELIZABETH PULIE HAS FIGURED OUT THAT HER WORK NESTLES WITHIN THE JUNCTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE, INVITING CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO – AND, FROM IT, A FEW REVELATIONS.

Traces of Now D HARDING

Fertile Ground SALLY ROSS • SALLY ROSS’S PAINTINGS TRIGGER RESTORATIVE AND EXPANSIVE POSSIBILITIES OF ATTACHMENT – BOTH TO THE LANDSCAPES WITHOUT US, AND TO THOSE WITHIN THE PEOPLE WE HOLD DEAR – WITH ENDURING ZONES OF EXPLORATION.

A Master’s Memories GARETH SANSOM • UNDERSTATEMENT IS NOT SOMETHING USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH GARETH SANSOM’S DISTINCTIVE ŒUVRE. SO, WHEN ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST RENOWNED ARTISTS DRILY REMARKS, “I UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HOW TO MAKE A PAINTING, I JUST DON’T MAKE THEM THE WAY OTHER PEOPLE DO,” IT ELICITS A CHUCKLE.

Fahy Bottrell The Original Original • BOHEMIAN, FREE-THINKER, WEAVER, ANARCHIST: TEACHER AND ARTIST FAHY BOTTRELL TALKS WITH HANNAH FINK ABOUT DISCOVERING ROSALIE GASCOIGNE.

LEE BETHEL There is a Light That Never Goes Out • IMAGINE LIVING LUSCIOUSLY, SURROUNDED BY LIGHT, MEDITATIVELY GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF LIFE, POSSESSED BY A MATERIAL THAT HAS INSPIRED DECADES OF ROMANTIC DEDICATION. LEE BETHEL WIELDS THE HUMBLE PIECE OF PAPER LIKE NO OTHER.

Chiharu Shiota • CHIHARU SHIOTA TRANSFORMS HER THOUGHTS, RECOLLECTIONS, AND INTERNAL DISQUIET INTO HAUNTING SPATIAL INSTALLATIONS ONE STRING AT A TIME, EXPRESSING THAT WHICH CANNOT BE PUT INTO WORDS.

Andrew Cranston Ordinary Things that Glow • SCOTTISH PAINTER ANDREW CRANSTON PAINTS ACROSS AND THROUGH TIME, JOINING LONGING AND DREAMS WITH THE PECULIARITIES AND SADNESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

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Unspoken

Process Frances Barrett: Conversations

Process Shammgods: The work of being; being as work • MATTHEW PREST, NITIN VENGURLEKAR AND MALCOLM WHITTAKER ARE THE SHAMMGODS. THE EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMERS ARE PART PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY, PART EXISTENTIAL RECKONING, PART RHETORICAL SMOKESCREEN. WHY ARE THEY POISED TO CHANGE THE WORLD?

Dr. B. Marika AO • AN INIMITABLE ARTIST, COMMUNITY LEADER, AND FRIEND, DR. B. MARIKA IS REMEMBERED FOR HER COMMITMENT TO THE SACRED PLACES AND THE PEOPLE OF YOLNGU CULTURE.

Into the Mystic • AS SECULARISATION GROWS AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE, ONE MIGHT ASSUME A STEADY DECOUPLING OF ART AND SPIRITUALITY. HOWEVER,...