Visual Artist Biographies
Charlotte Louise Bradley
Charlotte Louise Bradley, born into a family of artists and designers,
is completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts
majoring in Glass Art and its various elements. Her love of books and
stories help set a path for many of her works which base themselves on
mythology and faith. Her art works its’ way through various mediums
leading her to work as a mixed media artist. She wishes to one day set
her creativity on the world through art as well as literature as an
author.
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Victoria Elizabeth Bradley
Victoria Elizabeth Bradley is currently completing her final year of a
Bachelor of Music Education, majoring in Composition at Sydney
Conservatorium of Music. Before attending the Conservatorium she
debated whether to study Art or Music. Throughout her years at the
Conservatorium she has explored composition through a number of
different styles and ensembles. Her compositions combine electronic
sound scapes with snapshot animation and film. In the past she has
studied Visual Art and hopes to combine both her skills as an artist
and composer to create pieces which transform an audience into a new
place. Bradley’s works, both visual and aural, draw inspiration from
elements found in nature and her teaching experiences.
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James Castle
James Castle is 29 and has worked in the media for several years
in film distribution, marketing and exhibition but now works in production
as a freelance video editor and digital artist
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Keith Chidzey
After many years in small business practicing dentistry, Keith is currently completing a
Research Masters degree (sculpture major) at the College of Fine Arts (Sydney) where he previously
completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (paint/draw major), graduating with distinction, and a Coursework Masters in sculpture.
In early '06 I was instrumental in forming an artist's run initiative, International Noise.
He has also been involved with helping to organise the student arm of Imaging the Land International
Research Institute.
Recent artistic investigations have taken Keith to the arid regions of the outback
(Fowler's Gap Research station, north of Broken Hill, and Kinchega (Menindee Lakes),
and the coastal environment of Smith's Lakes. Future planned work ranges from the snow
country and back to the suburbia of `the Shire'.
His work encompasses an eclectic range of media, from painting and drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and installation, unique and editioned artist books.
The current direction of Keith's research is investigating fire, and refinement through fire.
Examples of my work can be viewed at www.chidzart.com.au
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Luke Farquhar
Luke Farquhar studied at the National Art School. With interests in the
exploration of colour and structure he has explored the use of various mediums
ranging from sculptures using thousands of coloured match sticks to painting
with food die. Luke uses photography to incorporate various mediums and techniques
into a single image. The use of both film and digital photography allows a way to
manipulate images in a unique way.
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Hayley French
Hayley Megan French graduated from
Sydney College of the Arts in 2008 with 1st
class honours in a Bachelor of Visual Arts,
Fine Arts. Her studio work investigates the material,
compositional, and conceptual possibilities of contemporary
Abstract painting. Working in the parameters of the constituent
elements of painting, Hayley’s work explores decentralised com
position, meditative states, negative and positive space, figure and
ground and the rhythms of repetition and patterning.
“Her paintings act as a song or matrix for a range of communications
and thought processes, being simultaneously strong and sensitive,
pictorial and reductivist, minimal and gestural. They are to be enjoyed
on a visual, emotional and reflective level.” (Maureen Burns 2008)
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Jessica Locke
Having grown up on the Central Coast, Jessica relocated to Sydney to pursue a
career as a musician. She is now an accomplished singer/songwriter, having performed extensively
in Sydney, the Central Coast and Newcastle. She has released a solo EP which has had airplay
on Triple J and FBI radio and for which she also designed the cover artwork. Jessica has a
background in drawing and painting but has more recently become interested in sculpture,
photography and other mediums. Jessica sees a strong connection between all art forms
and draws inspiration from music, literature and philosophy. She is currently undertaking a
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Arts at the University of NSW/College of Fine Arts.
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Nicola Lyon
After having focused mainly on creative subjects (art, design, textiles) during school,
Nicola studied Graphic Design for two years, receiving her Diploma in 2007.
She now works full-time in a Sydney-based company as a
Junior Graphics Artist, and does other artwork in her spare time.
Nicola enjoys using traditional materials such as pencil, ink and
watercolours as well as experimenting with various other mediums and techniques.
Her works are often of people or faces, with influences of nature, lots of visual texture and sinister themes.
She has developed a style with her works but remains careful to continue expanding
this and other styles and developing new and existing techniques. She hopes to
continue to grow and develop as an artist through opportunities such as Kammerklang and,
as a lover of music herself, is very enthusiastic about being involved.
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Elise Petith
Elise Petith is currently undertaking a Masters of Visual Arts at the
Sydney College of Arts, (USYD), after completing her undergraduate degree in
2008. Located within the conceptual framework of contemporary art, Elise’s
artistic practice involves an investigation into the subjective nature of individual
experience, and the possibilities of communicating such ideas through language
and visual representation.
Employing mediums such as digital photography,
video, and found-object sculpture, Elise creates works which relate to the conscious
phenomenon of the embodied self and the way in which art opens up communication and
expression into a wider discourse.
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Stephanie Quirk
Stephanie Quirk is currently enrolled at Sydney College of the arts,
and is undertaking her Masters of Visual Art, majoring in Painting.
The basis of her practice revolves around the study of the subject
and the experiences felt when presented with colour in an artwork.
Quirk's work explores the personal attachments one makes with colour,
the reasoning behind these; being a combination of culture and nature,
and their developments throughout life.
Experimentation focuses on patterns, repetition, and movement in the
circular form and in particular the 'colour wheel' motif as it is seen
as a basis of understanding and learning about colour.
Previous exhibitions include a group show; French + Quirk, at "The Wall",
2007, group show; Kean, Liesch, Lysaught, Nische, Quirk at Peloton, 2008,
and both Undergraduate Degree Show at Sydney College of the Art 2007 & 2008.
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Ece Yavuz
Ece Yavuz is currently completing her final year of Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design at St George College, with a particular focus on Tailoring and Couture.
Having had fashion aspiration from a very early age, her styles and technics have gone through many transitions from flowing silk’s and clean cuts to decorticated garments forming new post modern ideas and arriving now at a penchant for unorthodox fabrics, unusual cuts and shapes. Her goal is to explorer and redefines preconceived notions of beauty.
She hopes to align herself with the artistic elite and forward thinking individuals who seek garments deviating from the norm.
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