OPENING NIGHT- Art Exhibition- Eleven faces of Frida Kahlo. 12 Artists. BIA- Brisbane Institute of Art. 22 July 2016

Saturday 30 July 2016

OPENING NIGHT- Art Exhibition- Eleven faces of Frida Kahlo. 12 Artists. BIA- Brisbane Institute of Art. 22 July 2016

ELEVEN FACES OF FRIDA KAHLO

Art Group Exhibition

12 Artists

Coordinator: Gemma Garcia

ELEVEN FACES OF FRIDA KAHLO – is an exhibition of new works by 11 women artists + 1 brave man, from diverse disciplines (including painting, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, papier mache, performance art, etc)

This collective of visual creators has been brought together especially for the show by the dynamic, and highly creative, Gemma Garcia and comprises (in alphabetical order):

Ana –Maria Duque,

Braidy Hughes,

Gemma Garcia-Roman,

Mandy Lou Brooks,

Michelle T. Smith,

Meana Taee,

Monte Lupo,

Nickole Webb,

Tanya Hempson,

Sharmila Nezovic,

Sandra Primo-Colbourne,

Yaro Starak.

They are all currently based in Brisbane with only two actually born here! The rest hale originally from as far away as Melbourne, Mackay, Toowoomba and Broken Hill, and even further, way beyond our shores, from Valencia (Spain), Coatzacoalcos (Mexico), and even, Cali, (Colombia, South America).

‘Eleven faces of Frida Kahlo” looks to the iconic 20thcentury Mexican self-portrait painter, Frida Kahlo – her life, her passions, her resilience – as inspiration to contemporary artists living across the globe in an essentially prosperous, urbanized country and in an entirely different century.

This is an exhibition of enormous variety of materials, minds, and perspectives.

The various personal journeys at times embrace themes of myth-making and beauty, the abstracted, the seen and unseen, sexuality or simply, colour; but the common thread that binds them is their shared vision for actively seeking ways through which individual praxes can form part of a greater dialogue – pitching individuality against the all-pervasive, generic.

Here indeed are displayed many nuances of the female condition.

Details of this exciting, group exhibition are:

Place: Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art,

41 Grafton St. Windsor, Brisbane

Dates: 22 July – 3 August 2016

Mondays to Sundays 10 am to 4 pm

More info: brisbaneape@gmail.com

From the left to the right (10 of 12 Artists):

Nickole Webb, tanya Hempson, Meana Taee, Mandy L Brooks,

Michelle Smith, Gemma Garcia, Yaro Starak, Ana- Maria Duque,

Sandra Primo- Colbourne, Sharmila Nezovic.

Sandra Primo & friends

Greg & Ayca

Opening night (Bar helpers)

From the left to the right:

Sharmila Nezovic, Ana - Maria Duque, Gemma Garcia

Yaro Starak

Gemma Garcia (Exhibition Coordinator) & Yaro Starak)

Yaro Starak & Gemma Garcia

From the left to the Right:

Gemma Garcia & Nickole Webb

From the left to the Right:

Nickole Web, Ana- maria Duque & Gemma Garcia

All images have copyright

Contact:

Gemma Garcia

brisbaneape@gmail.com

Art Instructor

www.gemmagarciavisualartist.blogspot.com

Book Editor

www.artist-catalogue.blogspot.com.au

Coordinator & Curator Art Group exhibitions

www.apebrisbane.blogspot.com.au/

Co-Director of the Gestalt Art Therapy Centre- Brisbane

www.gestaltarttherapy.com

Art Classes in Spanish language

www.holaartclassesinspanish.blogspot.com.au

Online Spanish Gestalt Art Therapy training

www.arteterapiagestalt.es

Dip. Visual Art.

Certificate IV Training & Assessment.

Dip. Gestalt Therapist.

Master Ericksonian Hypnologist.

Aurasoma Therapist L2.

About Gemma Garcia

ARTIST BIO Gemma Garcia was born in Spain in 1971. In 1986 she entered as a student of a Private Art Academy in Valladolid, where she studied classical art. She studied at that Academy of Art for over five years. After living in several cities due to her father’s profession (the whole family were changing homes depending on their father’s jobs) Gemma lived the most time in Castellon - Valencia. Living in Valencia Gemma has always been fascinated by the sculptures created with cardboard during the celebration of the “Fallas” a cultural and traditional celebration in Valencia where “The masters falleros” are part of an important yearly competition of big sculptures. Her interest was also due to the material used in these sculptures (paper). The traditional ones were also created with paper and as a glue they used flour and water mix. Gemma wen to the Cultural Association of Fine Arts of Castellon, and there she meets her “mentor”, the Sculptor Agustin Ahis, specialized in wood and clay. During this time Gemma began to be interested in combining Art and Therapy. She studied the Diploma of Gestalt Therapy and conducted research about the use of art and therapy with the local department of fire and rescue. She worked for the Spanish government in the Emergency field for 15 years. Her second master’s degree is in Ericksonian Hypnosis from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Valencia - Spain, in 2006. In 2010 Gemma moved to Australia and founded with his husband Yaro Starak, the Gestalt Art Therapy centre. In 2014 she obtained the Diploma of Visual arts and since then she did not stop learning techniques, creating Arts, and participating in Group exhibitions and competitions. Also, she received several awards for her participation at the Brisbane City Council ARTFORCE Awards. In 2016 she was the winner Best ENERGEX Cabinet 2015. Urban Smart Projects. Her main work is related to “Papier Mache” sculptures, she believes that Art can support climate change, when using recycled materials, and she also loved creating artworks with the print making technique. Gemma is, most of the time, interested in sharing her Spanish culture and Latin culture in Australia. Since 2016, Gemma is the Curator and the Art Groups coordinator of exhibitions related to Spanish /Latin artists. For every project, Gemma invites Australian artists to reflect and create artworks, performances, in response to a famous artist like Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso or Vincent Vangogh, and then create an Art group exhibition. Gemma’s interest is to continue creating art, and her future project will be participating in a “master papier Mache sculptures master class with the Falleros” in Valencia (Spain) and sharing her creations with the Australian public in future exhibitions.