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Jennifer Matiussi
ARTIST STATEMENT
June 2007
My interest lies in abstraction and the use of colour and texture. The
conceptual underpinning of most of my work is the signifier: a
suggestion; a symbol; a sign… a mark. The mark is symbolic of a
language used at another time in my life, namely, shorthand. A method
of rapid handwriting using simple strokes or outlines to replace
letters, I enjoy being able to make marks that aren"t immediately
obvious, but give my work a deeper meaning, enabling me to leave my
individual message in each work.
Part of my investigation of the symbolic and language uses the ground
as a counter-point to the lineal mark, manipulating the surface and
employing various techniques where oil paint is applied in either
transparent or opaque layers, with hard edges often softened by free
brush-strokes, exploring the tension between the hard and blended
edges, frequently intensified by the choice of colour.
More recent paintings reflect the influence of the environment that I
am now working, with a subtle, blended, almost realistic ground, but
there is always an "edge" or "line", which can be a simple brush
stroke, or paint dragged across the canvas with a palette knife,
creating a certain tension, leaving those that engage with the work to
… imagine.
EXHIBITIONS
2007 "Frances Keevil Gallery"
Launch + Exhibition
Cnr Knox Lane + Goldman Lane, Double Bay
"Space4art07@The Landship Gallery"
Middle Head Artists
Headland Park, Mosman
2006 "Frances Keevil Art"
November Art Show
Queen Street, Woollahra
"Art IM"
Exhibition/Auction/Dinner
Artichoke Gallery Café, Manly
"Art in the Open 2006"
Group Show
Headland Park Open Day, Mosman
"Landship Exhibition"
Group Show
Headland Park, Mosman
"Between Surface and Substance"
Group Show
Mary Place Gallery, Paddington
"The Art Studio Sale"
Group Show
Headland Park Studios
2005 "Small Artworks Show"
Group Show
Newport Artworks Gallery
"Emergent"
Group Show
Newport Artworks Gallery
"Student Diversity"
Group Show
NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2004 "Graduation Show"
Group Show
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle
"Sydney Affordable Art Show"
Group Show
Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney
2003 "Kitsch"
Group Show
Newspace Gallery, Rozelle
"Girls Night Out"
Group Show
Newspace Gallery, Rozelle
COLLECTION
Helioscreen Australia
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