ANJA MEIXNER in conjunction with HEADON PHOTO FESTIVAL. Tuesday 8 May 6pm Artists talk Saturday 13th 4pm

 

My subjects were always Vanitas (transcience), fragility of nature and how far away human beings are from nature, the battle with the sexes and love, also the difference between the inner self and the loud outer world with all the unnecessary and false values in the eye of our mortality.

This time I want to call my exhibition “World Wehmut I”  (“World Wehmut II ” follows on the 5th june 2018, 6 pm, at Tap gallery) as so many things are in degenerated disorder on this planet.

It will be about my very actual feelings, what all this wrongs of pollution and unfairness, dirty oceans and wrong macho male decisions create in my heart.

It is the effort to create immediate archaic images of my soul who are truely connected with what really would be important and meaningful to life on this planet rather than money, progress, power, industry, machines.

I am always in search for true love on all levels.

The German word ” Wehmut” menas something like “Melancholy”.

This exhibition follows my last four ones : “Unknown Seas” (Germany 2017),  “Echoes in Eternity” (Sydney 2016), ” Call of the Wilderness” (Germany 2015) and “Beyond Calculation” (Sydney Global Gallery 2014).

 

 

‘Dreams of Girls & Other Wild Things” an exhibition by Anastassia Balachova & Delphine Andersen. Meet the artists Tuesday 30 May 6pm

Anastassia Balachova

About

I was born on May 29 1985 in St-Petersburg, Russia. Showing curiosity in art from early age, when I turned 7 I was enrolled in Art School in St-Petersburg where I was exposed to Traditional art techniques.

In 2000 My mum and I moved to Sydney, Australia. On completing my HSC in 2005 I enrolled into National Art School, where I choose Painting as a Major. I feel that the combination of both those worlds and different Art Schools has allowed me to be free and experimental at my own practice and techniques. I enjoy illustrating from both life and from array of people, artists, but also including places and events.

 

Artists Statement

As I translate my everyday observations onto canvas I find there is a realm of expression only painting can capture. I like to depict a variety of subjects: still life, landscape and especially portraiture, as I find people fascinating to paint and capture their emotion in still moments which painting can achieve. Keeping a variety of subjects are both exciting and challenging for me, as I never stop learning new ways and techniques. Each new canvas in an opportunity for new ways and techniques. Each new canvas is an opportunity for a new experience and adventure.

 

Solo Exhibitions

14 February 2015                             NANA Contemporary Art Space, Newcastle

15 June 2013                                     Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney

8 September 2011                             Union Hotel, Newtown, Sydney

15 September 2010                          Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney

23 September 2009                           Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney

 

Group Exhibitions

13 September 2011                           Group show at City of Sydney RSL, Sydney

15 December 2008                          Graduation show at National Art School, Sydney

 

 

Delphine Andersen

Artist Statement­­­

 

I am a painter and printmaker – as a painter my gaze is on the distant movement and textures of my environs; as a printmaker, I contemplate discrete subjects within my environment. Whether my focus is from a distant or close perspective, I am a landscape artist. In my work, I seek mechanisms to express physical and emotional connections with my landscape and the elements within that landscape, and through this I feel a heightened sense of connectedness to the here and now.

 

About

I was born in Annandale, and grew up in Sydney’s inner west, west, and the central coast, north of Sydney. As an adult, I have variously resided in Sydney, Brisbane, Indonesia and Ireland. I currently work and live in Sydney’s inner west.

Education

2009 – 2017                      Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (part-time) – current

Curtin University, Perth, WA

 

2014                                      Certificate III Printing & Graphic Arts (Screen Printing)

Sydney Institute of Technology

 

2013                                       Certificate II Printing & Graphic Arts (Screen Printing)

Sydney Institute of Technology

 

2012                                      Certificate I Printing & Graphic Arts (Screen Printing)

Sydney Institute of Technology

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2014                                      17 minutes from town

BuzzzBar Gallery, Newtown

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2016                                      Boomalli 300 Dollar Day

Boomalli Gallery, Leichhardt NSW

 

2015                                       Spilt Milk Magazine – Printmakers

Annandale Hotel, Annandale NSW

 

2014                                      Arcade Screen Printing – Printmakers

Vic on the Park Hotel, Enmore NSW

 

2011                                       Royal Easter Show, Sydney

Painting: Australian Birds & Flowers

 

2010                                      Royal Easter Show, Sydney

Painting: Australian Birds & Flowers

3rd Prize: Henry’s Shindig – five gums up from Wolli Creek, first grevillea on the right

 

2008                                      Local Art Making

Frilly Lizard Café Gallery, Bardwell Park NSW

 

Head On Photo Festival Exhibition by Maggie Hall: The Beach

Head On Photo Festival Exhibition by Maggie Hall

The Beach

Venue: TAP Art Gallery

Address: 259 Riley St Surry Hills NSW 2010 (please note we have moved)

Dates: 01-14 May 2016

Time: 12pm – 6pm (daily)

Opening Night: 6pm Tuesday 02 May 2017

Artist Talk: 3pm Sunday 14 May 2017

URL: https://www.tapgallery.org.au / www.headon.com.au

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Pit Stop

TAP Art Gallery & Function House
Ph: 0400610440
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au
Address: : L1/259 Riley St. Surry Hills, 
NSW 2010
Gallery: 12 – 6 pm daily   Venue for Hire: 6 – 11pm

Calling all PHOTOGRAPHIC artists to SUBMIT WORK for NUDES ON TAP 2017

NUDES ON TAP IS AN ANNUAL EVENT

Nudes on TAP 2017

For the eighth consecutive year TAP Gallery is staging the very successful Nudes on TAP as part of the Head On Photo Festival. Head On Photo Festival is Sydney’s major innovative showcase for Australian and international photography of all genres and is the largest event of its kind in Australia and the second largest in the world.

“Nudes on TAP” is one of the Festival’s events and is essentially a nude portraiture photographic competition that showcases the work of photographers who are passionate about capturing the sensuality and beauty of artistic nudes. The exhibition is an invitation to photographers of all abilities to enter the photography exhibition that celebrates both classic and contemporary expressions of the naked human figure in stylish, exquisite compositions and interpretations.

As one of the events of the Head On Festival, the competition is open to everyone and anyone and provides an excellent opportunity for emerging photographers and photo artists to gain exposure, raise their profile within the creative community and be recognised amongst their peers of the photographic industry.

To download the entry form, please just right click on the image below and choose “save as”.

Nudes entry form 2017

Photographic prize sponsor:Photo-Shop-Studio

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LISTING INFORMATION

Venue: TAP Art Gallery

Address: 259 Riley St Surry Hills NSW 2010 (please note we have moved)

Dates: 22-28 May 2016

Time: 12pm – 6pm (daily)

URL: https://www.tapgallery.org.au / www.headon.com.au

PRESS CONTACT: Marie Brokensha, marie@brokensha.com, 0408 117 535

The dates of the NUDES ON TAP 2017 are 22 – 28 May with a festive presentation event on Saturday 27 at 5pm, We will have 60 metres of wall space for hanging with an added panel down the middle. This means we can hang over 60 works, or hang salon style for smaller works. Artists must send their works to Tap gallery which will be moved to  L1/259 Riley St. Surry Hills by Sunday the 21st of May 12-6pm. We welcome all artists to enter their works!

TAP Art Gallery & Function House
Ph: 0400610440
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au
Address: : L1/259 Riley St. Surry Hills, 
NSW 2010
Gallery: 12 – 6 pm daily   Venue for Hire: 6 – 11pm

There will also be a People’s Choice Award voted by the guests on the night.