Tag Archive for: Artist Profile

Artist Profile: Abdullah M. I. Syed

Abdullah M. I. Syed unpacks the long and intertwined histories of Western contemporary art and South-Asian arts and craft practices.

Artist Profile: Aiko Robinson

With thick peachy penises and erect pink nipples, the intimate works of Aiko Robinson leave us longing.

Artist Profile: Brie Trenerry

During lockdown, when those close to her began watching SKY news, Brie Trenerry turned to art.

Artist Profile: Monica Rani Rudhar

Through her work, Monica Rani Rudhar feels she is able to touch what is not there, see what is lost and feel what has passed.

Artist Profile: Jan Murray

With equal parts contemplation and humour, Jan Murray gives status to the common puffer jacket.

Artist Profile: Kirtika Kain

Avoiding an aesthetics driven by victimhood, Kirtika Kain’s painterly approach to the identity of her caste, which continues to be dehumanised as untouchables, is an exciting explosion of joy, warmth and opulence, from which anger can still be felt.

Artist Profile: Sarah Goffman

Minimalism isn’t really Sarah Goffman’s thing. In her large-scale installations made from common trash, the artist turns our attention to our maximalist existence.

Artist Profile: Owen Yalandja

Owen Yalandja’s award-winning sculptures give movement and power to the Ancestral female freshwater spirit yawkyawk.

Artist Profile: Gavin Chai

The paintings of Gavin Chai can be viewed as poems, each one reciting a sensitivity to space, light and memory.

Artist Profile: Yuki Kihara

The multi-disciplinary works of Yuki Kihara combine universal narratives with the authority and authenticity of the local, as she engages with the politics of identity, decolonisation and ecological threats pertaining to her Samoan Pacific Island home.