SUMMER 40

SUMMER 40 Group Exhibition Rubicon Ari

Sarah Gosling, Lizzi Morris, Francis Cannon, Kinai Wong, Camille Thomas, Katie Paine, Isabelle De Kleine, Brad Rusbridge, Jordan Hickey, Joseph Flynn, Nicholas McGinnity, Emma Michaelis, Pip Ryan, Ryan McGennisken, Nicholas Ives, Danny Frommer, Xanthie Dobbie, Julia Trybala, Nyah Cornish, Emma Orbach, Prue Stent, Kimberley Liddle, Patrick Lamour, Rebecca Agnew, Travis Vella, John Brooks, Elyss McCleary, Kubota Fumikazu, Adam Stone, Peter Thomas, Justin Hinder, Jordan Wood, Darren Nedza, Elly Steinlauf, Portland Francis, Aly Westwood, Dean Thompson, Sabastian Franz, Josh Hook.

Opening Launch: Wednesday 1st February 6pm -9pm                                                     Exhibition Dates: February 1st- February 18th 2017                                                                         http://www.rubiconari.com.au/

Screen, oil on masonite, 22cm x 27cm, 2016.

VCA Masters Exhibition

Ive very much enjoyed the last 2 years studying at the VCA, Im pleased to celebrate to have completed a Masters of Contemporary Art. The exhibition opens on Monday, come along and see what everyones been making!

Installation view, Elyss McCleary,Jazz Cigarette, oil on canvas, cedarwood and oil on linen, 343cm x 87cm x 41cm, 2016

Masters Exhibition - Opening Night Celebrations! 5 December, 6.00pm - 8.00pm

The VCA Masters Exhibition features the work of graduating students completing the Master of Contemporary Art and Master of Fine Art. Commencing in the Margaret Lawrence Gallery and spreading throughout the campus, this exhibition celebrates the students’ outstanding accomplishments in 2016.

The 2016 graduate catalogue, ‘one hundred and sixty-five degrees’ is available for purchase on the night at the Margaret Lawrence Gallery.

Opening Celebrations:
Monday 5 December, 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Exhibition Dates:
6 December to 11 December
Daily from 11.00am – 5.00pm

Venue of official proceedings at 6pm:
The Workshop, Building 874
Enter via Margaret Lawrence Gallery
40 Dodds Street, Southbank

Image credit: Brent Edwards

TWELVE The Koskela Annual Group Exhibition

 This years annual group show at Koskela in Sydney opening Saturday 19th November, 4-6pm.

Gunjan Alyawadi Elizabeth Barnett Emily Besser Fiona Chandler Margaret Kamaree Ross Emma Lipscombe Wendy McDonald Sylvia McEwan Elyss McCleary Michele Morcos Mignon Steele Melanie Waugh.

Exhibition runs from November 12th -December 24th, 2016.

Koskela 1/85 Dunning Avenue, Rosebery, NSW, 2018.

http://koskela.com.au/exhibitions-page/

Elyss McCleary, Afternoon, oil on linen, 2016. 51cm x 41cm

Incinerator Art Award Art For Social Change

My painting The Runaway has been shortlisted as a finalist for this years Incinerator Art Award for Social Change at The Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds.

Opening night: Friday, 14 October, 6pm – 8pm (all welcome)

The works from 36 Australian shortlisted artists for the annual Incinerator Art Award have recently been announced. The gallery’s annual contemporary art prize will present an exhibition of the works that respond to the award’s call to action of ‘art for social change.’

Inspired by the legacy of architect Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony, the Incinerator Art Award has a strong focus on environmentalism and social activism, and looks to reinforce the idea that art can create deep and long lasting social change.

The award will be judged by Dr Vincent Alessi, Senior Lecturer of Creative Arts at La Trobe University, Hannah Mathews, Senior Curator at Monash University Museum of Art and Jason Smith, Director at Geelong Gallery.

Prize recipients of the $10,000 Boathouse Award and the $3,000 Incinerator Gallery Award opening night on Friday, 14 October. The $1,000 People's Choice Award will be announced at the conclusion of the exhibition.

Shortlisted artists:

Lachlan Anthony, Zanny Begg, Peter Burke, Peter Cheng & Molly Biddle, Kevin Chin, Catherine Clover, Perran Costi, Adam Cusack, Gabrielle de Vietri, Julia deVille, Lauren Dunn, Kailum Graves, Matthew Greaves, Paul Handley, Deanna Hitti, Dominic Kavanagh, Deborah Kelly, Bridget Kennedy, Laresa Kosloff, Kristian Laemmle-Ruff, Ashlee Laing, Ben Landau, Sonia Leber & David Chesworth, Jorge Mansilla, Elyss McCleary, Sarah McEwan, Shane McGrath, Kent Morris, Salar Niknafs, Lani Seligman, Nola Taylor, Frank Veldze, Elvis Richardson & Virginia Fraser, Louisa Wang, Dianna Wells, Bethany Wheeler

Incinerator Gallery                                                                                                                          180 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds , Vic 3039

http://www.incineratorgallery.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/events/1667594656890833/

The Runaway, oil on linen, 2015 66cm x61.5cm

M Collection Art Award

Im pleased to have my painting Albert Street, North Melbourne (Bedroom Space No.2) selected as a finalist in this years M Collection Art Award at Gallery Smith. The Exhibition is from 25th August to 3rd September 2016.

Robina Astley, Pam Bain, Monique Barnett, Sue Beyer, Jeremy Blincoe, Elanore Louise Butt, Isobel Clement, Samuel Condon, Adam Douglas, Nick Driden, Nanou Dupuis, Peter Fifer, Kubota Fumikazu, Sarah Gosling, Larissa Gray, Ginny Grayson, Penelope Hunt, Julie Keating, Wyatt Knowles, Harley Manifold, Elyss McCleary, Larissa McFarlene, Becc Orszag, Shirley Ploog, Brad Rusbridge, Julian Smith, Tania Smith, Adam Stone, Greg Wood, Diana Young.

http://www.gallerysmith.com.au/?page_id=95

http://themcollection.net/

Albert Street, North Melbourne, (Bedroom Space No 2) oil on canvas, 2015

Bedrooms at Rubicon Ari

My exhibition Bedrooms-opens at Rubicon Ari , Wednesday 13th April

Elyss McCleary, Michael Street, Brunswick (Bedroom Space No.1) oil on canvas, 2015.

Bedrooms can be perceived as private spaces, repeatedly hosting the dreamer resting for they say up to one third of our time here. The presence of their inhabitants, guests, objects and occurrences come about day and night. In this series the approach to this setting is engaged in a process of conversations and visits to friends to paint their room, accompanied by a taped up photocopy still image of a film or tv show that the person holds strong in their memory.

Throughout the discussions about the selected imagery a formation around what is perceived, imagined and recalled in media and film reveal the connection of the subconscious. The actuality of the person’s lodgings they are currently in and the screenshot placed above the bed reference a hovering of stored afterthoughts and existing moments in both real time and sleep time when images are created.  The absence of the room dweller/s in the paintings produces an interior of a portrait of thoughts which sit in both past, present and future worlds.

This project began in late 2015 and records collaboration between the space in a way being the protagonist for scenes of its own inhabitants over time.

http://www.rubiconari.com.au/archive/2016

Rubicon Fundraiser Exhibition

Rubicon Ari is presenting a fundraiser exhibition this Tuesday. Im happy to be exhibiting with a bunch of wonderful artists and have donated this painting.

Elyss McCleary, Beaconsfeild Parade, Northcote (study), oil on masonite, 2015. (31cm x31cm.)

The Mad Minute

THE MAD MINUTE: RUBICON FUNDRAISER EXHIBITION

CHOOSE AN AWESOME ARTWORK IN UNDER A MINUTE !

EVENT NIGHT TUESDAY 22 DECEMBER 6 - 9pm

Buy a $100 ticket in exchange for an AWESOME artwork chosen by YOU! 

Level 1/309 Queensberry Street
North Melbourne Victoria 3051
Australia

Opening Hours:
Wed - Sat, 12-5pm

Please see link to the gallery's website for more details of the event.

http://www.rubiconari.com.au/

Brunswick Arts Group show opening

This Friday I have a work exhibited in Exit at Brunswick Arts Space, its going to be a great night celebrating the 11 years of the gallery space, lots of great art, bands and friends- hope to see you there. A big thanks to Alistair Karl for all his amazing work.

opens 11th December 6pm till late, 2a Little Breese Street Brunswick

http://www.brunswickarts.com.au/

Elyss McCleary (1-8) Mixed miduim on paper, 2015 (detail)

Joy to the Other World at VCA Artspace

The First year Master of Contemporary Art class presents Joy to the Other World, our 2015 Group Show.

"I want you... to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world."
-Terry Brooks

Julia Boros I-Yen Chen Kirralee Dixon Myra Holmes Bronwen Kamasz Monique La Fontaine Elyss McCleary Steaphan Paton Jennie Rosenbaum Catherine Ryan Khi-Lee Thorpe Natalie Trofumiuk Kerrie Warren Vesna Zusek

Opening Night: Tuesday 28th July,  5-7pm
Exhibition Runs from 27th - 31st July 2015 from 11-6pm

Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery

234 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, Victoria, Australia 3006
Enter Via Gate 4, Dodds St Southbank