Ann Vardanega, Cattus Aequalis Canis – all things are equal with Cats and Dogs, 2022. Digital photograph on Canson Platine archival paper, 51 x 61cm. Courtesy: the artist and Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, QLD.
One exhibition each year enables Umbrella’s artist members to participate and exhibit their work. Following recent lofty themes which captured the zeitgeist, ‘Cats vs Dogs’ was inspired by banter around whether dogs or cats are better. The exhibition theme was intended to
lighten the mood, inviting members to be inspired by the fun, literal animal terms or more ‘highbrow’ interpretations, including concepts or critiques of polarity, politics or binary forces.
Featuring artists Alan Carpenter, Alan Junior, Al Green, Alison Macdiarmid, Amanda Galea, Asads, Andre Reynaud, Anita Wilkie, Ann Vardanega, Ann Bartholomeusz, Barbara Pierce, Barbara Cheshire, Baylee Griffin, Beau Goodwin, Caelyn Hawkes, Catherine Watt, Chantal Kwast-Greff, Clare Jaque Vasquez, Cluey Suey, Danish Quapoor, Emma, Fay Withers, Fiona Banner, Glen O’Malley, Graeme Buckley, ini_jee, Irene Rae, italozazen, Jan Malkin, Jan Hynes, Jenny Tyack, Jo Stacey, Juno Peaches, Karen Landt-Isley, Kaz Hauser, Kit Holloway, Krystal Knafl, Lisa Ashcroft, Lynn Scott-Cumming, Mardi Saker, Margaret Robertson, Margaret Crawford, Margot Douglas, Marilyn Griffin, Marion Gaemers, Matt Jones, Maxine Smith, Michael Pope, Natalie Ward, Nicola Fissore, Nora Gigney, Rebecca Smith, Richard Gillespie, Rob Douma, Sam Rundle, Sandy Fisher, Scott McInnes, Seppo Hautaniemi, Skye Carroll, Sonia Ward, Sylvia Ditchburn, Tameikka Parsons, Tony Fitzsimmons, Tye Jeffrey, Uli Liessmann, Warren Ogden, Wendy Hume, Wing Hong Leung and Zuni Drake.
