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Sydney Contemporary 2025 is now open! N.Smith Gallery is thrilled to present the work of 15 artists across two booths. Visit us at Carriageworks until Sunday in the Galleries and Paper sections.Galleries section (H08)Casey Chen, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro, Fiona Lowry, Thea Anamara Perkins, Joan Ross, Marilyn Russell, Sally Scales, Darrell Sibosado, Vipoo Srivilasa, Christopher Zanko, Louise ZhangPaper section (B26)Matt Bromhead , Joshua Charadia, Neva Hosking, Dylan Mooney
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Thea Anamara Perkins ‘It’s about taking charge of representation – I find that painting is a very simple and direct way of communicating things that I want to say.’
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Christopher Zanko 'Zanko creates permanence through the action of carving and simultaneously gives these homes and memories an enduring place to survive.'
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Vipoo Srivilasa 'Central to Vipoo Srivilasa’s creative practice is art’s ability to elicit the sense of joy, whilst also acting as a conduit for serious issues...'
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Fiona Lowry Lowry’s paintings of the Australian landscape portray the bush as strangely beautiful, alluring and steadfast.
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Matt Bromhead Matt Bromhead is a multidisciplinary artist who's practice is centred on a playful self-referential chronology of his process, each artwork going through a long period of change before completion.
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Joan Ross Bold and experimental, Joan Ross' practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia with a particular focus on reconfiguring the colonial Australian landscape and drawing attention to the complex and ongoing issues surrounding the effects of globalisation and colonisation.
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Casey Chen Casey Chen’s ceramics practice references historical illustrations from an eclectic mix of folklore, mythology and pop culture.
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Neva Hosking Taking her cues from the rich visual delights of her immediate environment, Neva’s still lifes are semi-autobiographical, displaying in their subject matter and aesthetic structure cues from her personal life.
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Sally Scales 'We grew up knowing we had to use our voices for our families and communities. It's go time.'
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Dylan Mooney Influenced by history, culture and family, Dylan Mooney responds to community stories, current affairs and social media. Armed with a rich cultural upbringing, Mooney now translates the knowledge and stories passed down to him, through art.
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Louise Zhang 'The greatest tool in painting is colour, because colour has the greatest way of manipulating perspective.'
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Joshua Charadia Joshua Charadia explores the nature of consciousness and perception, ranslating his photographs of the built environment and its inhabitants into paintings and drawings that capturie moments of the sublime in the everyday.
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Kyra Mancktelow Kyra Mancktelow’s multidisciplinary practice investigates legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories.
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Darrell Sibosado Darrell Sibosado is a Bard man from Lombadina situated on the Dampier Peninsula of the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. His practice explores the innovative potential of the riji (pearl shell) designs within a contemporary context.
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Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro Combining a playful sense of humour and an engagement with art historical precedents, the duo's work is characterised by the deconstruction and reinvention of prefabricated structures and objects into extraordinary sculptures and installations.
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Marilyn Russell Marilyn Russell is a Bidjigal woman whose artmaking practice is a continuation of the centuries-old tradition of shellwork, passed down through generations of Aboriginal women, including her late mother, Esme Timbery, and great-great-grandmother, Queen Emma Timbery.
