The Artist-in-Residence program has been an integral part of the life at the Cowwarr Art Space since 1993. It has drawn artists from the broadest conceivable range of arts practices, related disciplines and nationalities. Dancers from Kaliwat Theatre, Mindenao the Philippines, Song Man from Arnhem Land Northern Australia, Makhmpom theatre Co Thailand. Community theatre, fashion, painters, ceramicists, photographers, from around the nation and international artist from Korea, Iran and Scotland. (See full list at bottom of the page.)
So what are you waiting for? The exciting opportunity to be part of this dynamic program has arrived. All three studio flats; the Garden, Balcony and Courtyard Studios have undergone an upgrade and are ready to receive new residents.
It is always an amazing experience and privileged to have artist-in-residence from around the world sharing part of their lives with us at the Cowwarr Art Space. It is what makes the Art Space a very different place and gives us all a broader perspective on art and world affairs.
The country location lends itself to a calm reflective experience. It is also a great jumping of point to explore the Gippsland lakes, beaches and high-country the diverse environments of temperate rainforests to alpine plains. You can be tucked away in your studio, or you may come out and join in the general Art Space activities, that can range from rowdy dinner parties were art is hotly debated, exhibition openings sipping wine around the artist bar or broader community events. Although we are situated in a tiny rural community we are well connected to the broader arts community.
Candidates are advised to study our web site, read the General Information for Residency Candidates pdf pages and contact CAN inc, Cowwarr Art Space in English please, prior to filling out an application form by email via the contacts page of the website or artspace@cowwarr.com Acrobat Reader is a free down load from http://www.adobe.com/
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Aehee Park is a Masters graduate from Hansung University. Her career highlights include a number of solo exhibitions in contemporary art spaces in Seoul and major selected exhibitions: Expenditure/Pusan Biennale, Pusan Metropolitan Contemporary Art Museum, Pusan, Korea 2008 Media scene in Seoul Merz's room in the 4th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Korea in 2006 Domicile privet/public Musee d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, Paris, France in 2005. Aehee a project based artist is keen to be involved in the contemporary arts community and is working both on her current project and improving her English.
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Janina Green an artist and lecturer in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts will take up a short residency in the newly renovated Courtyard Studio Flat. Since her first solo exhibition in 1986 she has had an extensive exhibition record producing seven different bodies of work; Reproduction, Still Life, Figure Works, Manual Labour, Vacuum, Plantation and Scooping Up the Moon at Plum Creek, maid in Hong Kong.
Janina Green Studied Fine Arts at Melbourne University and at Victoria College, Prahran. Completed a Diploma of Art, majoring in Printmaking at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Melbourne, 1965 Art reviewer for The Melbourne Times for five years. Janina will be working on a project that will be part of her exhibition at the Latrobe Regional Gallery later this year. Link to Artists Work
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This residency came about when Behrouz Rae an Iranian based artist met Claire Watson, curator and installation artist, in Finland where they were both Artists-in-residence at Saksala ArtRadius.
In the snowy grounds of Saksala ArtRadius in Haukivuori, Finland the project Sojourn in White was conceived. It is based around the collaborative dialogue that occurs within international arts residencies. The artists ventured into a course of collaborative intervention, which led them into new creative territory. Behrouz Rae has join Maria-Luisa Marino in the artist-in-residence at the Cowwarr Art Space to continue this international exchange. Sojourn in White will be curated by Claire Watson and exhibited at the Cowwarr Art Space and in the Maffra Exhibition Space in December 2008. Artists - Behrouz Rae, Iran, Ilse Van Den Berk The Netherlands and Maria-Luisa Marino, Australia. Part of the international Transcultural Exchange HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE: Anticipating the Art of the Future, Boston USA 2008. Link to project web site
Behrouz Rae Born in Sumgait, Azerbaijan. He now lives and works in Tehran, Iran. In 2006 he completed a B.A degree in Photography, Azad University, Tehran, Iran. He has exhibited extensively internationally including: Europe, London and the US. He is represented by a number of commercial Galleries based in Iran, London and Dubai.
"......Like ancient Persia, Iran has had a long, creative and glorious history. The artists who participated in Lion under the Rainbow are accustomed to the ideological content of representations imposed by their country's history and heritage yet they appear to be exploring the staggering diversity of creative voices as a mode of combative resistance and a passport to greater mobility. Issues of identity, of gender, of the relationship between the sexes, of the prescribed image of the west and the social and political condition of their country, together with the fantastic world of Persian poetry, tradition and the world of fantasy, seem to mark the reality and the personal experience of the artists in the exhibition...... "
Extract from KAPUT Art Magazine on a recent group exhibition Lion under the Rainbow Athens 22 May - 22 June 2008 Margarita Kataga
Behrouz Rae CV
My Italo-Australian culture inherently has an identity crisis. Like all immigrants we have a shared experience of neither fitting comfortably within our inherited culture or our acquired culture of birth.
This cultural crisis can result in being an outsider within both cultural societies.
In my work I have explored the resulting tendencies of the 'New Australians' to take sanctuary in life before immigration by surrounding themselves with photographs, religious paraphernalia and intimate items that evoke memories and a sense of belonging. These consolatory items, for a moment, allow migrant Italians to experience some stability in their identities, even if it's clinging to a reality of a past that no longer exists, even in the old country.
The use of apparel creates an intimacy and a hint of secrecy as these significant icons of the past are secreted close to the body, partially hidden but also accessible. These objects can provide the desired comfort in maintaining the links to the past. It is nostalgia that drives my culture to hold onto this mentality of the past and it is their inability to fully belong to either culture that will forever make them marginal men.
2009: Scotland. Stephen Hurrel, project artist, NETS Turbulent Terrain: Latrobe Regional Gallery, (Short Stay) 2009: Vic. Janina Green, Photographer, VCA Lecturer, (Short Stay) 2009: Korea. Aehee Park, project artist, Gallery Assistant Cowwarr Art Space 2008: Iran Behrouz Rae, Installation Artist (Short Stay) 2008-09: WA. Bryony Nainby, Senior Curator, Manager Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell 2007-08: Vic. Maria-Luisa Marino, Painter , Gallery Assistant Cowwarr Art Space, Assistant Gippsland Art Gallery Sale 2006: NSW James Milsom Visual Artist, Groundsman 2005-06: Vic. Amelia Stone Visual Arts Student Monash Gippsland, Gallery Assistant Cowwarr Art Space 2005: Vic. Brendan Fitzgerald "Theatre of Love & Fear" Community Development Theatre Director "From the Darkness" an adaptation of the "Tempest by Shakespeare", with the Nalu Challenge Community at the Fulham Correction Centre. 2004: Vic. Josqui Tibbits & Alice Gower PhD candidate in Forestry, Forest Fire Specialist Department of Sustainability 2003: Vic. Chef Bart VanOoyen Vanessa McRae Curator, Latrobe Regional Gallery Morwell 2002: Vic. Textile/Fashion Design Britt Silvester 2002: Vic. Singer/Songwriter Writer Edward Cosmo Murray-White 2000:-02 Vic. Painter Sherryn McIvor Arts Management & Marketing Trainee 1999: Vic. Ceramic Artist Reuben Dwyer 1997: NSW. Ceramic Artist Alison Lacy. 1996: Vic. Photographer Angela Lynkushka, supported by The Victorian Arts Council. (RAV) Myer & Reichstein Foundations 1996: Thailand, International Cultural Exchange Program, "Malai Mongkol" Makhmpom theatre Co Thailand. Funded by Aus Aid, Australia Council, Overseas Service Bureau, Reichstein Foundation, Community Aid Abroad & Patee Thai Restaurant. 1996: Philippines & Arnhem Land, International Cultural Exchange Program "Dis Place". Residency and performance by Dancing Horses from Melbourne, Kaliwat Theatre from Mindenao, Philippines, Song Man from Arnhem Land Northern Australia. Funded by the Oz Council. 1996 SA. Ceramic Artist Christopher Headley. 1994-2002: Vic. Painter Anton Vardy. 1994: Vic. Cultural Facilitators, Dance Drama Residency "Pit Gong" Richard Barber & Neil McLachlan supported by Arts Victoria. 1993: Vic. Painters, Michael Owen Gaffy & Donna Bogdanovski. Back to Top
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