Sydney Contemporary

Sept 7 - Sept 10, 2023
Booth: D05

Julie Pennington
Tanya Wales

Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh
(corner Codrington Street), NSW, 2015, Australia

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Julie Pennington
b. 1959, Sydney, Australia
Lives and works in Canberra, Australia

Julie Pennington is a Canberra based ceramic artist whose work explores the subtleties and complexities of pattern and texture. Her methodically crafted vessels and sculptural works are characterised by her distinctive approach to the enduring technique of coil building. Each coil is textured and built ‘line by line’ generating surface texture that is evident in both the interior and exterior of the piece. Much of the inspiration behind Julie’s work stems from observations and emotional responses to the natural environment, recently reflecting on the severe climatic conditions of drought and fire. Earlier experiences in textiles, drawing and printmaking also underpin her work and influences the way in which she interprets the world around her.

Julie’s career in the visual arts began in the field of textile design, before pursuing her interest in ceramics and completing a Diploma of Ceramics at Moss Vale TAFE in 2010. Since graduating Julie has undertaken artist residencies in Australia and Spain and has been a finalist in several major ceramic competitions. Recent awards include winner of the Significant 3D Award Stanthorpe Art Award Qld 2016, and Scott Brickworks Award in the North Queensland Biennial Ceramic Awards in 2018.

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Read ‘Talking in Texture’, 2023

Julie Pennington, *Twist II*, 2023, Raku paper clay, 27 x 16 x 16cm

Julie Pennington, *Yarn II,* 2023, Raku paper clay, 26 x 26 x 16cm

Julie Pennington, *Twine II,* 2023, Toast clay, 21 x 25 x 15cm

Julie Pennington, *Twist III,* 2023, Toast clay, 18 x 15 x 15cm

Julie Pennington, *Weave,* 2023, raku paper clay, 22 x 14.5cm (diameter)

Julie Pennington, *Fragments IV,* 2023, red earth clay, 25.5 x 11cm (diameter)

Julie Pennington, *Trunk I,* 2022, raku paper clay, 32 x 10.5cm (diameter)

Julie Pennington, *Trunk IV,* 2022, raku paper clay, 26.6 x 9cm (diameter)

Tanya Wales
b. 1978
Lives and works in South Australia

Tanya Wales is an abstract painter based in South Australia. The scale and tranquillity of Tanya’s works invite the audience to pause, to breathe, to feel. Spurning the use of familiar reference points to elicit an emotional response, the flowing forms and fields of colour provoke deeply personal and diverse interpretations. A confluence of techniques including pouring, transparent layers, fine brushwork and painterly marks are used to create an otherworldly narrative balanced by a sense of ambiguity and the illusion of simplicity. The multi-layered tension between colour and form provide a sublime energy in the work. Calling on varied techniques and processes, Tanya engages with a considered combination of elements across a concurrent series of works, building a complex narrative within each piece that references a point in time and a playful celebration of painting itself. Once completed, each work conveys the artist’s fascination with the fluid inevitability of life’s journey and with the paradox of knowing that despite all that has gone before all we ever really have is one perfect moment: the present.

Following professional education in Design Arts and Graphic Design, Wales began to develop her abstract painting practice. This included a period of training at the National Art School in 2007 and private tutoring between 2008 and 2014. Wales has exhibited extensively in Sydney and Melbourne through both solo and group exhibitions as well as at Art Fairs.

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Read ‘In Between’, 2023

Tanya Wales: 'In Between'

Harry Martin: 'The Fading Light'