2011 EXHIBITIONS
AIRed: 6 artists in residence
Wed 11 May - Sat 4 Jun 2011
In 2011, the Post Office Gallery showcased the work of six visual artists who have undertaken a residency at the Arts Academy, University of Ballarat during the previous two years. The artists included Terry Davies, Christopher Headley, Rosalind Lawson, Li-Feng Lo, Anne Scott Wilson and Lars Stenberg. Read more: AIRed: 6 artists in residence >
MEDLEY: Dan O'Donnell
Wed 02 - Sat 26 Nov 2011
O’Donnell’s works over the past few years involve the concept of the “forever moving edge”. In a thematic representation of this idea, in several works he explores a vision of what life would be like if humans and human consumption had a strong contention with another species, such as birds, over living space. The works refer to the effects the “moving edge” has had on the nature that originally occupied the space, the traits of people who now occupy it, and the place it will eventually become. O’Donnell chose birds as a contending species, as they are symbolic of both nature and lack of restrictions, or freedom. Read more: MEDLEY: Dan O'Donnell >
BENCHMARK: Arts Academy undergraduate visual arts
Wed 27 Jul – Sat 13 Aug 2011
BENCHMARK showcases an outstanding mix of works including photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, film and printmaking and provides insight into young people's ideas, thinking and forms of creative practice. Read more: BENCHMARK: Arts Academy undergraduate visual arts >
ONEIRIC VEIL: Kelly Devrome
Wed 13 Jul - Sat 23 Jul 2011
Kelly Devrome’s studio practice is informed by architectural space which she uses as a historic and metaphoric vantage point for the context of her work. Her recent experience as a resident living in Kuwait City in particular has significantly influenced this body of work, of abstract paintings and works on paper. Devrome’s subtle yet rigorous meditation on abstract form evokes a sense of allusive space beyond the surface - of light and shade, deep and flat and absence and presence. Read more: ONEIRIC VEIL: Kelly Devrome >
PROMENADE: Mark Graver
Wed 05 Oct - Sat 29 Oct 2011
Mark's current practice involves working with printmaking, digital video and sound with interest concentrated at the point where these approaches meet and cross – the editionable act/event/encounter of pulling a print or screening a film, the re-presenting of this act/event/encounter and its relationship with memory, place and time. Read more: PROMENADE: Mark Graver >
MICHAEL SHIELL: TRACE
20 Apr - 8 May 2011
This exhibition is the result of Michael's research as part of his Doctorate of Philosophy. Read more: MICHAEL SHIELL: TRACE >
SCOPE011
Wed 09 Mar - Sat 19 Mar 2011
The Post Office Gallery's very popular annual survey exhibition showcased practising contemporary artists who are lecturers or research associates of the Arts Academy, Federation University. Read more: SCOPE011 >
SURFACE: John Ferguson
Wed 23 Mar - Sat 16 Apr 2011
This exhibition is a collection of new ceramic work that were influenced by Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and the innovative sculptures of the Japanese/American sculptor Isamu Noguchi immersed within the context of arid Australian environs. Read more: SURFACE: John Ferguson >
MAPPING PLACE: Jessica Schroeter
Wed 23 Feb - Sat 05 Mar 2011
Works in this exhibition form part of Schroeter's Masters folio, in which she seeks to provide a visual representation of the idea of a ‘sense of place.’ The notion of place can be associated with the locations that an individual is drawn back to throughout their lives and for the artist this is her family's business in Winchelsea; the garage that has been a powerful source of visual material and memories of childhood. Read more: MAPPING PLACE: Jessica Schroeter >
BUNA: Michael Grant
Wed 09 Feb - Sat 19 Feb 2011
This research project draws on the experience of being on the battlefield, and seeks to visually examine the ways in which the landscape has changed since the battle took place. This investigation also examines the inescapable reality of battlefield deaths, with particular emphasis given to those soldiers that remain missing on the battlefield. The resulting artworks are intended to provide a visual means to consider the nature of the ongoing legacies of that conflict. Read more: BUNA: Michael Grant >
IT'S A DRAW: Debbie Hill & Duncan Lannan
Thu 27 Jan - Sat 05 Feb 2011
‘It’s A Draw’ features two local artists, Debbie Hill and Duncan Lannan who both use drawing as their medium of choice. While Lannan’s cryptic installations focus on the observed judgement of artists, in particular, in the eye of the art critic, Hill’s narrative works comment on her own personal history, social status and belief systems and the veiled and often unspoken judgement of others. Read more: IT'S A DRAW: Debbie Hill & Duncan Lannan >