ANA YOUNG
15 February - 15 March 2002
Painter

Ana Young graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting) from the National Art School in 2000. During the last two years Ana has developed a body of work inspired by two locations: the abandoned graveyard, Sofala, and an uninhabited farmhouse near Bourke, Western New South Wales.

The contemplative nature of these charged spaces, disintegration and hidden or imagined histories come together to inform my painting. Surfaces and their transformations combine to provide a particular sense of beauty and ambiguity, tying the man made to the surrounding landscape

In 1999 Ana was awarded the John Olsen Drawing Prize and was most recently exhibited in the 2000 Blake Prize for Religious Art at S. H. Ervin Gallery.

DAVID PERRY
20 March - 17 April 2002
Filmmaker

David Perry has made more than 30 short to medium length "experimental" films and video works as well as a similar number of educational productions in his fifty year career. He was a founding partner of the defacto co-operative known as Ubu Films (1965-1970) and a founding member of The Sydney Film Makers Co-Operative (1970). Most recently David worked in 2001 as cinematographer and editor for television documentary on the work of Australian Painter, John Peter Russell, screened by SBS.

GUY STUART
22 April - 20 May 2002
Painter b, Australia 1942

In 2000 Guy Stuart was awarded an Australia Council new work grant. Born in Canberra Guy was a student of John Brack while at Melbourne Grammar and later went onto to study painting at RMIT in the early 1960s. Guy has held at least 20 solo exhibitions and participated in at least 137 group shows He is represented in numerous private and public collections including all National and State Galleries. In 2002 Guy will be part of a group exhibition Intimate Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra.

JOHN R WALKER
17 June - 15 July 2002
Painter

A painting lecturer at the National Art School, Sydney, John's own art practice has been engaged with the "unseen and abandoned" landscape narrative of the East Coast of Australia for the last two years. Represented in most major national collections including the National Gallery of Australia and the Art Gallery of NSW, John has an extensive exhibiting history. In 2000 his work was hung in the Archibald Prize.

DACCHI DANG
19 July - 16 August 2002
Photographer

In 1996 Dacchi Dang completed a Master of Arts at the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW. Dacchi's uses the medium of photography to address the notion of disparity between an Eastern tradition of representation and that of the West. Dacchi exhibits regularly in Sydney and has been a recipient of a Pat Corrigan Grant, NAVA. In 2001 Dacchi was an artist in residence at Bundanon.

YVONNE BOAG
19 August - 16 September 2002
Prints/painting

An artist with a 25 year exhibition history. Yvonne has a Diploma in Fine Art, Printmaking from the South Australian School of Art, 1977, and a Masters of Art from Monash University, 2000. Yvonne exhibits regularly Australia -wide and is represented in many National and Regional collections.

MAUREEN HANSEN/JUNE TUPICOFF
21 October - 18 November 2002

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FIONA HISCOCK
18 September - 16 October 2002
Ceramic artist

Based in Melbourne Fiona completed a postgraduate Honours Degree, Fine Arts, (ceramics) at RMIT in 1993. She exhibits regularly in Melbourne and Canberra and in 1999 was awarded an Australia Council Grant to travel to the Millenium Ceramics Conference in Amsterdam. Both the forms of early colonial vessels and the imagery of the natural world inform her work. Fiona is the current Vice President of the Board of Craft Victoria.

GARY FOYE
22 November - 20 December 2002
Painter

In 1994 Gary graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the University of Western Sydney and has been continuously working as an artist for the last 10 years. Gary exhibits extensively in commercial galleries in Sydney and regional NSW and in 2000 was hung in the Dobell Drawing Prize. Currently represented by Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Gary works part time teaching (painting, drawing & colour theory) at St George TAFE.

RAY CROOKE
Feb/March 2003
Painter

Ray Crooke was born in Melbourne in 1922. In 1941 he enlisted in the Army; this provided his first opportunity to experience the landscape and culture of the Cape York Peninsula and the islands of the Torres Strait. This experience was pivotal in the development of his creative vision. At the same time, Crooke met Donald Friend who introduced him to Russell Drysdale. Recognizing his talent, Drysdale encouraged the young artist with whom he would develop a lifelong friendship. Crooke has exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. His work is represented in all major state galleries. Ray and June live in Cairns, far north Queensland, where they have resided for many years.