Artist Profile

Artist Profile is a fresh, imaginative magazine recording the personalities of leading artists and rising art stars that fill the visual arts and inspire a new generation of art lover. The magazine features intimate studio portraits, artists' working environments, leading opinion writers, previews of major public gallery exhibitions, feature articles on international artists and events, book reviews and more.

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Editor’s Note • Artist Profile acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we work.

WHO IS JORDAN WOLFSON, ANYWAY? • THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF JORDAN WOLFSON'S $6.8M COMMISSION – AMONGST FORCED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CUTS AT THE GALLERY, AND WITH SHOUTS THROUGH THE KNOW MY NAME CAMPAIGN FOR MORE WOMEN ARTISTS TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE INSTITUTION – HAS INCITED COMMENTS IN AND BEYOND THE ARTS SECTOR. BUT WHO IS JORDAN WOLFSON, ANYWAY?

Reflections on Daniel Weber’s paintings

BROCK Q. PIPER • Brock Q Piper is a multidisciplinary Australian artist currently living and practicing in Richmond, Melbourne. We catch up to hear about his artistic process and here about his upcoming studio exhibition CARAVEL.

A Messiness of Bodies Georgia Spain • GEORGIA SPAIN’S PAINTINGS ARE A CELEBRATION OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE CHAOS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE. HER WORK DRAWS UPON A VARIETY OF SOURCES, FROM HEARTBREAKING SCENES OF PEOPLE SHELTERING TOGETHER FROM THE RECENT CATASTROPHIC BUSHFIRES, TO THE CRUELTIES OF ANCIENT GREEK TRAGEDIES. HER UPCOMING EXHIBITION AT THE EGG & DART EXPLORES NOTIONS OF HUMAN INTIMACY FOLLOWING OUR LIFECHANGING YEAR OF PANDEMIC-INDUCED SOCIAL ISOLATION.

See the Light Susan Baird • THE HISTORIC VILLAGE OF HILL END, RENOWNED FOR CAPTIVATING ARTISTS AND WRITERS OVER THE DECADES, HAS BECOME A RECURRING SUBJECT FOR LANDSCAPE PAINTER SUSAN BAIRD. THERE SHE IMMERSES HERSELF IN LIGHT AND ATMOSPHERE TO PAINT SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST WHAT SHE SEES.

John Olsen Goya’s Dog • JOHN OLSEN IS A LEGENDARY FIGURE, FIRMLY ENSCONCED WITH THE MYTHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN PAINTING. THOUGH BEST-KNOWN FOR HIS SPECTACULARLY JUBILANT AND KALEIDOSCOPIC LANDSCAPES, AN UPCOMING EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL ART SCHOOL EXPLORES OLSEN’S DYNAMISM AND RANGE, THE PHILOSOPHY THAT UNDERPINS HIS PRACTICE, AND EARLY INFLUENCES - MOST NOTABLY, TIME SPENT IN SPAIN AND THE ENDURING IMPACT OF FRANCISCO GOYA.

Mikala DWYER Ghosts of the Future • MAGIC AND THE MODERN RARELY MATCH. WORKING ACROSS THE VOCABULARIES OF HARD-EDGED ABSTRACTION AND SCULPTURAL ‘EXCESS,’ MIKALA DWYER BRINGS THESE HISTORICAL FORCES TO BEAR ON EACH OTHER, AS SHE FACES BOTH THE WEIRDNESS OF THE PRESENT AND THE GHOSTS OF THE FUTURE.

Jasmine Togo-Brisby South Sea Possibility • JASMINE TOGO-BRISBY’S ARTISTIC PRACTICE TRAVERSES A RANGE OF TECHNIQUES FROM PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMMAKING TO SCULPTURE, BRINGING TO LIGHT AUSTRALIA’S DARK HISTORY OF PLANTATION COLONISATION. THROUGH HER WIDE-RANGING PRACTICE, TOGOBRISBY INSISTENTLY DECLARES THE SPECIFICITY OF HER CULTURAL IDENTITY AS AN AUSTRALIAN SOUTH SEA ISLANDER, MAKING APPARENT THE CONTEMPORARY LEGACY OF THIS DARK CHAPTER IN AUSTRALIA’S HISTORY.

New Day Rising Vincent Namatjira • IF YOU’VE EVER LOOKED DIRECTLY AT THE SUN, YOU’VE PROBABLY LOOKED AWAY VERY QUICKLY WHEN YOUR EYES BEGAN TO STRAIN. HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ENJOY THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S LARGEST, BRIGHTEST AND WARMEST STAR – SIMPLY BASK IN IT.

Tamed Creatures TROY EMERY • TROY EMERY’S PRACTICE IS IMBUED WITH TACTILITY THAT POINTS TO THE ROLE OF ANIMALS AND THEIR FORCED COMPLICITY WITHIN CONTEMPORARY LIFE. SITUATING THE WORKS WITHIN THE MURKY JUNCTURE OF ART AND CRAFT, EMERY PLAYS WITH COLOUR, TEXTURE AND MATERIAL TO CREATE LIFE-LIKE ANIMALISTIC FIGURES.

BRAD BUCKLEY • IN A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN FORTY...