Apeseven’s  works currently focuses on elements of alchemy . A process of transmutation depicted by a fusion of childhood creatures, science, complex symbolism akin to early scientists and an aesthetic drawn from an observation of the potential, imagined and observed worlds .

OPENING NIGHT FRIDAY 6TH AUGUST 6PM-10PM
EXHIBITION RUNS UNTIL 3RD SEPTEMBER 2010
THE NATIONAL GRID GALLERY. 24 CHARD RD. BROOKVALE
WWW.THENATIONALGRID.COM.AU

The art of making beer is about to take on a whole new meaning in a one of a kind exhibition, the Keg Show at aMBUSH Gallery on July 1. Byron Bay’s Stone & Wood Brewery has collaborated with 12 of Australia’s leading artists to create three-dimensional works of art on kegs instead of canvases, resulting in pieces that highlight the opportunities for unusual innovation within the visual world. The artists will be painting a keg each, which will then be sold to benefit the charity of the artist’s choice.

The nominated artists have been selected from a wide range of backgrounds and individual styles, including Beci Orpin, Ben Brown, Catherine Campbell, Beastman, Numskull, Sara Hingle, Claudio Kirac, Nick Chalmers, Milly Loveknuckles, Terezka Beck, Amber B and Phibs.
As one of the owners of Stone & Wood, Ross Jurisich, explains, “There’s definitely an art to making great beer, but seeing what these artists have done with our kegs is just amazing. We’re really happy to be working with such a talented bunch of people and excited about helping a bunch of different charities at the same time.”
VENUE: aMBUSH Gallery, 4a James Street, Waterloo SYDNEY NSW

DATE/TIME: Thursday 1 July 2010 from 6pm to 9pm

Opening night Friday 9 April, 6pm
Exhibition runs until 18 April

aMBUSH Gallery
4A James Street Waterloo
Sydney NSW 2017

The Holga Diaries II is a raw and gritty double take of the urban landscapes and city streets of Europe as viewed by artist Lucia Fischer through the lens of her Holga camera. Captured on vagabond wanderings and travels, this body of work presents a series of hazy and desolate dreamscapes that evoke a sentimentality of times past and whose nostalgic presentation can be best described as hazy, dark and silent.

This show is about coming-of-age in a society that’s not quite right. Graduating from art school and being forced to face the real world, dealing with drug use, alcoholism and petty violence. “I seek to escape my own personal dilemmas through the image-making process.” Feeling the urge to draw attention to the degradations in standards of living, the everyday Australian’s general contempt for each other and fearing things that are different. These “low life’s” each bare their own interesting stories, it is through his art that Jack attempts to portray them as a means for public discourse. Drawing on several influences (including pop surrealism, tattoo art, skateboard graphics, psychedelic music posters etc.), Jack has created a body of work that will act as a single piece of art through the process of installation that will hopefully make people stop and think about what is wrong with the world we live in.

Opening Night Friday 16^th April 6-9pm

Show runs 14th – 25th April

At Per Square Metre Gallery – 191-193 Johnston St, Collingwood, VIC

Open Wed – Sat 12-6

http://www.jdouglasart.blogspot.com/

Go Font Ur Self is back for 2010 with an awesome line up of typographic artists.  See the full line up on the website.

Brisbane: Nine Lives Gallery // Thursday 11th March // 6pm

Sydney: Peer Gallery // Wednesday 17th March // 6pm

Melbourne: No Vacancy // Thursday 1st April// 6pm

Opening exhibition at new art gallery ‘Hideaway’, Ballarat. Opening Saturday the 27th Feb.

weAREtheIMAGEmakers, The Opening Hours, Stupid Krap and Semi-Permanent present, MIXED BUSINESS.

Opening Night; Thursday 18 march 2010, 6pm-9pm. aMBUSH gallery, James street, Waterloo (Sydney).

showing until Sunday 28 March 2010.

More info here: WATIM, Facebook group.

‘Teem,’ a street art exhibition by successful up and coming artist Adrian Repeti,  is being held on Tuesday the 16th of February at the Marlborough Hotel, Newtown. It is set to be a fantastic night with canapes and a complimetary glass of champagne for all guests on arrival.

Adrian’s exhibition “Teem” is an amazing collection of street art featuring over 30 works that have been created on a range of mediums including canvas, skateboards, photography, a bicycle and guitar.

Opening Night: 16th Feb, 6pm,  Marlborough Hotel, Newtown.

Looking for ways to spend those balmy February nights?  Why not support your local artists and check out these awesome exhibitions.

For the folk in Sydney, the much anticipated ‘This Little Piggy’ exhibition will be opening at the China Heights Gallery on the 12th February.

25 porcelain piggy banks have met their fate at the skilled hands of this select group of established and emerging artists.

OPENING NIGHT: Friday 12th February 6pm,  China Heights Gallery, Level 3, 16-28 Foster St, Surry Hills, Sydney.

More details on the website or Facebook event.

And if your in Melbourne, why not check out the duo show at No Vacancy. ‘Split Personalities’,  featuring emerging artists, Nicole Tattersall and Megan Dell.

OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 18 February 6pm, No Vacancy Gallery, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne

For more details visit the facebook event page.

YOURS THE DEMON is an exhibition of experimental work by screenprinter/illustrator James Jirat Patradoon.

Opening Night Thursday 7th of January
Running till 19th of January

Kinokuniya Gallery
Books Kinokuniya
Level 2, The Galleries Victoria
500 George St, Sydney

Opening night drinks provided by Cascade Green.