Christopher Zanko

Hugo Michell Gallery Open: Christopher Zanko + Janet Laurence
11
Mar

Hugo Michell Gallery Open: Christopher Zanko + Janet Laurence

Please join us for the launch of Christopher Zanko’s ‘Navigating Necessities’ and Janet Laurence’s ‘Garden for an alchemist’ at Hugo Michell Gallery on Thursday 13th March, 6-8pm.
Christopher Zanko
Navigating Necessities
Christopher Zanko is an artist based in the Illawarra/Dharawal region of the New South Wales south coast. Taking great inspiration from the architecture, culture and history of his hometown and influenced heavily by Japanese woodblock carving and wood-relief printing, Zanko has configured a practice using these principles, but has importantly brought it to life through his own lens and lived experience.
About this series Zanko states: "I started making this body of work during the time my parents were selling my grandparents' old house in the Yarra Valley, east of Melbourne. This place was a constant throughout my life: school holidays spent exploring, and as I grew older, a sanctuary to escape to and reset... By carving these scenes into permanency, I create space to unpack and reflect on the memory of place, symbolising change through depictions of spring and autumn gardens, as well as the surrounding bush landscape. The process allows me to hold onto the ephemeral and transform the fleeting moments and feelings into something tactile, enduring."

Janet Laurence
Garden for an alchemist
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower” (Dylan Thomas, 1933)
Janet Laurence is a prominent Sydney-based artist whose work is exhibited nationally and internationally. Her practice explores the complex and often conflicting relationship between humans and the natural world, particularly in the face of environmental challenges like climate change. Laurence creates immersive environments that investigate the interconnections between organic elements and natural systems, blending themes of ecological healing, communal loss, and the search for a deeper connection with the life forces of nature.

Pictyred: Janet Laurence in her Sydney studio for an interview with Vogue, 2019, photography by Jacquie Manning


Hugo Michell Gallery are proud to partner with Bird in Hand Winery for this opening event.


Hugo Michell Gallery acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region, and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.


Please join us in celebrating the launch of these two exhibitions!
Zaachariaha Fielding, Ildiko Kovacs, and Richard Lewer announced as FINALISTS in Mosman Art Prize
31
Jul

Zaachariaha Fielding, Ildiko Kovacs, and Richard Lewer announced as FINALISTS in Mosman Art Prize

Congratulations to Zaachariaha Fielding, Ildiko Kovacs, and Richard Lewer who have been selected as finalists in the 2024 Mosman Art Prize!

Also congratulating previous exhibiting artist Marisa Purcell and Christopher Zanko, who will be exhibiting with us in 2025, for also being named as finalists.

The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that surveys Australian painting since 1947. The Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive award of $70,000 sponsored by Mosman Council.

Finalist works will be on display from 10 August to 6 October 2024 at Mosman Art Gallery, NSW.


Richard Lewer, Let Me Tell You a Story, 2024. Acrylic on found table, 150 x 90 cm

Zaachariaha Fielding, Paralpi, 2024, acrylic on linen, 152 x 122 cm

Ildiko Kovacs, Shine, 2024, oil on linen, 122 x 70 cm.