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Altered Landscapes
Co-curated by Kathie Najar and Rhonda Pryor
Artists: Suzanne Davey, Charlotte Fetherston, Ariella Friend, Liron Gilmore, Jane Guthleben, Fiona Macpherson, Kathie Najar, Rhonda Pryor, Dionisia Sala
9 October to 1 November
Opening Event: Wed 15 October, 6pm-8pm
Co-curated by Kathie Najar and Rhonda Pryor, Altered Landscapes is a group exhibition that offers a unique look into the artistic process and the power of collaborative critique. Featuring nine artists and participants of the 2023 Bushwick South Salon Series, a professional peer review program, the exhibition presents a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process, sharing not only final works, but also the sketches, missteps and moments of experimentation that shaped them.
Facilitated by Dr. Amber Boardman and Lisa Woolfe, the salon series built upon the impactful Sunday Salons that for over 30 years the influential Louise Bourgeois held every Sunday. Altered Landscapes explores how critique can empower intuition through shared conversations and candid reflections, unlocking new creative directions and reinforcing artistic autonomy.
As Dionisia Salas notes, the sessions helped her to “develop a firmer footing, trust in [her] work and a deeper understanding that intuition is a honed skill.” Altered Landscapes makes visible the invisible labour of dialogue, support and risk-taking that fuels creative growth. Accompanied by public programs and artist talks, this exhibition invites audiences into a community-led creative journey.
About the Curators
Kathie Najar
Kathie is an artist and curator living and working on Cammeraygal Land in Sydney, NSW. She holds a BFA and Masters of Arts Administration from UNSW.
For the past five years her focus has been on art making, research, and exhibiting. She has won art awards and residencies nationally and internationally for her hand painted tile, sculptural and watercolour artworks. She was selected to exhibit in Hazelhust Art on Paper Award in Gymea, Glamfest Residency and Laneway Festival in Broken Hill NSW, Hidden at Rookwood, and Eden Unearthed North Ryde. Most recently Kathie exhibited at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach.
Rhonda Pryor
Rhonda Pryor is a contemporary artist practicing across the disciplines of photography, textiles and painting. Her evocative, often highly personal work draws on memory, place and the senses, as a means of expressing an understanding of being human. Thoughts and feelings coalesce into works that seek to subtly reflect emotional responses to experience.
Pryor lives and works in Sydney and holds a Master of Fine Art degree from Sydney College of the Arts. She has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, and been a finalist in awards and prizes nationally, most recently The Alice Prize and the Lane Cove Art Award. In 2014 she was the winner of the City of Ryde’s 2014 International Women’s Day Art Prize, and she has been awarded various grants and residencies over her career, including an Australia Council grant for a textile dyeing residency in Japan.
Dionisia Salas, Skin Thinned, 2024, oil on canvas, 102 x 102 cm
