Plate Up  
CURATED BY BREONY DELFORCE

Caelli Jo Brooker
Ileana Clarke
Trine Deans
Breony Delforce
Andy Devine
Dan Lovegrove
Tania Mitchell
Sarah Mould
Bianca Rossetti
Alan Tonge

Printmaking, like a quiet child in the corner, is too frequently overshadowed by it’s 2D relatives, painting and photography, yet it produces some of the most technical, experimental and sculptural of this area of the visual arts.  This selection of young printmakers currently working out of the University of Newcastle will shatter the outdated stereotypes of this most intriguing and unforgiving of practices. Breony Delforce

Melding Form 

CURATED BY SHARON TAYLOR

Helen Ackland
Rebecca Perfrement
Diane Scorse
Rebecca Slocombe
Sharon Taylor
Sheree Wyard

Melding Form brings together the work of six talented ceramic artists. Whether moulded or hand built, the conscious blending of organic and inorganic form highlights the versatility of clay as a sculptural medium. The melding of form creates a subtly provocative expression of the artist's views on contemporary life. 

Raw Shark 
MEGAN WILLIAMS

This exhibition asks audiences to engage in the fundamental act of interacting with any artwork; it asks them to just simply look at it, and let it be.  Raw Shark appropriates the imagery and concept of the Rorschach psychological test in which patients verbally interpret what they see in an abstract inkblot.

to the cave: a pilgrimage
CAELLI JO BROOKER

...a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his pilgrimage.    Morris West   Mindful of the classical allegory of Plato’s Cave, these new works examine suggestions of representation, interpretation and symbolism.  The installed painting and artists’ book also explore notions of subjective reality and contextuality in apprehending meaning. Caelli Jo Brooke

The Cupcake Show 
GIANNA FALLAVOLLITA

This show explores iconicity and symbolism by adopting objects and clothing of famous people and modelling them into individual cupcakes.  The challenge has been to prove how powerful recognisable images are in the eyes of identity, and how an object or piece of clothing can stamp its presence in a particular time or place in the human psyche of popular culture. 

Summery daze 
ILEANA CLARKE

I have captured lazy summery days in my work as I live in Nelson Bay where the lifestyle is centered around the tourist and retiree. Appreciating the slower pace of life is what Australians are known for, however it is imperative for our being to keep a healthy balance of work and play.