During Melbourne’s austere lockdowns, Adriane Strampp was restricted to her Collingwood home for months at a time, separated from her studio in Fitzroy. In this forced stillness, she has created a new series of work that turns toward the subject of the domestic interior as a site for contemplation, studying the light changing through the seasons, and night light reflections on restless nights. View catalogue here. KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM 177 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA HOURS: 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm Sunday

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Len Fox Painting Award with Arcadia 2021. The Len Fox Painting Award is a biennial acquisitive painting prize and is awarded to a living Australian artist to commemorate the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915), the uncle of Len Fox, partner of benefactor Mona Fox. The award is funded through a bequest from Mona Fox, with $50,000 awarded to the winner. Castlemaine Art Museum 14 Lyttleton Street (PO Box 248) Castlemaine VIC 3450 Opening hours: Thursday: 12pm-4pm Friday: 12pm-6:30pm Weekend: 12pm-4pm

Strampp’s images are so delicately and finely layered onto linen, that if the light falls at a certain angle a glimpse of something tangible can appear, then leave without a trace. At other times roads, rivers, distant lights, smoke and other signs of life come into view through painted swathes of canvas that cast shadow or emanate light. These tricks with materials and brush are what make her work so compelling. In them exists an otherness between truth and fiction. Are these places real or conjured from the imagination? Excerpt from essay by Marita Smith Video of gallery installation with narrative by artist here. (3 minutes). View catalogue here. GALLERYSMITH 170-174 Abbotsford Street North Melbourne VIC 3051 AUSTRALIA HOURS TUES-SAT 11 AM - 5 PM

In his 1991 book 'National Life and Landscapes: Australian Painting 1900-1940', Ian Burn wrote about Albert Namatjira's watercolour paintings that "the landscape itself is not the subject focused upon but instead reads as something one journeys through". Earlier in his 1989 work 'Homage to Albert (South through the Ranges, Heavitree Gap 1952)', Burn presented a broader, shorter version of this observation, "A LANDSCAPE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU LOOK AT BUT SOMETHING YOU LOOK THROUGH". Appearing as if a quote from Namatjira, Burn's sentence appears in capitals on paper beneath a reproduction of Namatjira's work on a transparent sheet above. When looking, the effect is twofold; the viewer literally 'looks through' the transparent landscape to 'look at' the text below. But the text also interrupts the viewer's ability to 'look through' the 'original' painting, which is what Burn proposes is the key aspect of Namatjira's work. The work therefore utilises the landscape but instead of presenting it, obstructs it and simulates the idea of looking at it. The viewer is not invited to navigate the terrain in the picture plane, but instead reminded that they are in an interior space, probably an art gallery, looking at an object. 'Homage to Albert'…

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Fisher's Ghost Art Award with Dust Storm 2019. The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art prize inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 58th year, with a total of $36,000 in prize money to be won the Open section is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council collection and is valued at $25,000. Campbelltown Arts Centre 1 Art Gallery Rd CAMBELLTOWN NSW 2560 Opening hours: 10am – 4pm daily

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize with Light Falls 2019. Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia's oldest and most prestigious local government art award, and worth $50,000. It was founded by the artist, architect and arts advocate, Alderman Allan Gamble, at a time when only a small handful of art prizes were in existence in Australia and the community had very little support and few opportunities to exhibit their work. As an acquisitive art award for painting, the winning artworks collected form a splendid collection of modern and contemporary Australian art, reflecting all the developments in Australian art practice since 1947. The 2020 Mosman Art Prize judge is Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney. Mosman Art Gallery 1 Art Gallery Way MOSMAN NSW 2088 Opening hours: Mosman Art Gallery will reopen for limited hours Tuesday to Saturday from Tuesday 9 June from 10am to 4pm Closed on public holidays.

Due to COVID-19 Adriane Strampp's exhibition scheduled to open at King Street Gallery on William on May 12 has been postponed and will be rescheduled to a later date. A selection of new work has been sent to the gallery, and a digital catalogue is available. King Street Gallery is maintaining regular hours and work is available for viewing by appointment. View catalogue here. Artist statement: here. Interview with Richard Morecroft here. KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM 177 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA HOURS: 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm Sunday

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the acquisitive Muswellbrook Art Prize with Riding Lessons 2019. The Muswellbrook Art Prize began in 1958 as the Festival of the Valley Art Prize with the winning painting Death of Voss by Tom Gleghorn becoming the inaugural work in what has grown to become an excellent collection of modern and contemporary Australian painting, works on paper and ceramics from the Post War period of the 20th Century and now the first two decades of the 21st Century. The Muswellbrook Shire Art Collection was created as a direct result of this ongoing acquisitive art competition. Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre Corner Bridge and William Streets MUSWELLBROOK NSW 2333 Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm Weekends 10.00am – 1.00pm Mondays - by appointment only Closed public holidays

Transient Journals, new work by Melbourne painter Adriane Strampp at Jan Manton Art, Brisbane. The landscape has been a recurring subject in Strampp’s paintings, not in the traditional art historical sense, but rather as a continuing exploration of landscapes remembered, fleeting moments and quiet views of the ordinary observed. In these new works we see a more intimate view of the artist’s world, of places once familiar reworked through multiple layers, passages edited or dissolved, wiping away portions of the image as if leaving only that portion recalled. Although the human form remains in absentia, as in much of her earlier work, here we see traces of a human presence having been. View catalogue here. Jan Manton Art 1/93 Fortescue St, Spring Hill QLD 4000 Australia  

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Darebin Art Prize, a biennial multi-medium award for excellence in contemporary visual art. Artists from across Australia will be represented this major exhibition which includes a $10,000 acquisitive prize and $1,000 People’s Choice Award. 2019 Darebin Art Prize Finalists: Fiona Abicare, Darcey Bella Arnold, Justin Balmain, Mary Barton, Nicholas Chilvers, Matthew Clarke, Erin Coates, Rebecca Delange, Lauren Dunn, David Egan, Travis Ficarra, Carly Fischer, Julia Gorman, Louise Gresswell, Amala Groom, Sophia Hewson, Deanna Hitti, Kym Maxwell, Aaron Claringbold & Rebecca McCauley, Clare McCracken, Hayley Millar-Baker, Viv Miller, Noriko Nakamura, Liam O'Brien, Michael Prior, Lucreccia Quintanilla, Georgia Robenstone, Mark Rodda, The Ryan Sisters, Britt Salt, Devi Seetharam, Tama Sharman, Jacqui Shelton, Mark Smith, Adriane Strampp, Ebony Truscott, David Wadelton, Yandell Walton, Daisy Watkins-Harvey. Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 7 Prospect Hill Drive Bundoora, VIC 3083 HOURS Gallery open from Thursday to Sunday, 10am–5pm

Entrance 2018, oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize. Established in 2015, this prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. The annual prize is an important opportunity for Bayside City Council to add exceptional works of art to its collection and to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Bayside community. The three categories of the prize are judged by a panel of industry experts. This year's judges are Jane Devery, Curator, Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria, and Anthony Fitzpatrick, Curator, TarraWarra Museum of Art, who will join Joanna Bosse, Curator, Bayside Gallery on the 2019 judging panel. Bayside Gallery Brighton Town Hall Corner Wilson and Carpenter Streets Brighton VIC 3186 HOURS Gallery open from Wednesday to Friday, 11am–5pm, Saturday and Sunday, 1pm–5pm

Inside/outside group show of King Street Gallery on William artists, 29 January - 16 February   For all enquiries contact: art@kingstreetgallery.com | +61 2 9360 9727 KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM 177 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA HOURS: 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm Sunday  

Last Light, oil on linen, 152 x 152 cm Adriane Strampp is a finalist in The John Leslie Art Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious and valuable prizes for contemporary landscape painting. With a first prize of $20,000 (non-acquisitive) the Prize consistently attracts the highest calibre of artists working in Australia. An additional prize of $1,000 will be given to the best Gippsland work. The Prize is made possible through the generous ongoing support of the Gallery’s Patron, John Leslie OBE. Exhibition dates 22 September - 25 November 2018 Gippsland Art Gallery 64-66 Foster Street, Sale VIC 3850

Image: Untitled #10 2018 oil on birch panel 20 x 25.5 cm

Luxation 24 April - 19 May This exhibition addresses themes of connection, dislocation and the pull to return to places once familiar. Coming from a peripatetic background there is a longing for familiarity and sameness however inevitably things are rarely as remembered. Rather than the traditional art historical landscape, this work explores aspects of a landscape remembered or places once visited, the memory of which remains long after, and the shifting experience of revisiting as an outsider. The horses return as metaphor for the artists's own restlessness and journeys of the past and of the future. View PDF catalogue here. For all enquiries contact: art@kingstreetgallery.com | +61 2 9360 9727 KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM 177 William St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA HOURS: 10am – 6pm Tuesday - Saturday 11am – 6pm Sunday

Adriane Strampp is returning again this year to Art Central with Hill Smith Gallery for Hong Kong Art Week, along with gallery artists Melinda Schawel and Yanni Floros. Art Central will feature over 100 leading international galleries, 75% of which hail from the Asia Pacific. The Fair’s extensive gallery line-up will showcase striking works from across the globe, illustrating the diversity and prodigious talent of artists within today's contemporary art market. Adriane Strampp explores the theme of the Romantic landscape, the intangible and the evocative, the search for a sense of place, and the desire for connection, a reflection of her own peripatetic background. Interest is not in the mimetic representation of landscape, but rather the suggestion and presence of the viewer observing, present yet separated from that which he sees. It traces both the literal and the emotional journey of a landscape remembered, the search for familarity, and explores triggers that help us connect the past with the present. Adriane Strampp的作品，是對浪漫主義風景畫的探討，是只可意會但回味無窮的情緒，是對未知之地的探索，對心意相通的渴望，更是藝術家對周遭環境的情感投射。Adriane的興趣並不在於對景觀的重現，而是暗示並展現出一種與其所觀察到的景象相分離的體驗。它追溯由記憶中的風景而生的感性之旅，尋找似曾相識的感覺，並探索能夠讓我們將歷史與當下相連接的觸發點。 Enquiries: Hill Smith Gallery Booth A14: Margo Hill-Smith margohs@bigpond.com  | +61 402 231 517 | Art Central HK  ART CENTRAL 9 Lung Wo Road Central Harbourfront Hong Kong 27 March - 1 April First Night March 26 HILL SMITH GALLERY 113 Pirie Street Adelaide SA AUSTRALIA…

This Wild Song is holding a silent auction to help support an exhibition of contemporary artworks by 23 Australian female artists in Singapore at the Australian High Commission. The exhibition is timed to coincide with International Women’s Day in March of 2018. Over 40 Australian female artists have donated works to help support this project, and works are currently on view at Gallerysmith and bidding online ends at 3 pm Saturday 3rd Feb. This Wild Song (TWS) is a series of portraits and interviews with Australian women visual artists who have a unique voice. The theme of the portraits is for the artist to become a part of their work. The photographs also hold the intention of creating an honest and true depiction of who the artist is as a person. Every portrait has a specific concept created for the artist, and significance is placed on all elements within the photograph in relation to the artist and their practice. TWS celebrates the strong female leaders in the arts community. Although the artists being featured are from varying backgrounds, use a diverse range of mediums, and at different stages of their arts career; they are unified by their unique voices and distinct style. The…

A richly explorative exhibition of contemporary Australian landscapes by 40 leading artists of diverse cultural backgrounds from around Australia. Featuring: • Aboriginal and contemporary Australian artists • 90 + paintings, ochres, barks, works on paper and 3D • Intimate views of the Mornington Peninsula by John Anderson created for the exhibition • New coastal and Lake Mungo paintings by David Beaumont • FNQ forest and sandbeach abstracts by Rosella Namok, Claudine Marzik and Fiona Omeenyo • Textured ochres from the Kimberley’s Warmun Arts • Organic mixed media boards by emerging Tasmanian artist Jillian Catto • Elegant abstracts by Sue Lovegrove and Adriane Strampp • Lushly hued paintings of the Pilbara’s salt lake country by Bugai Whyoulter • Award winning artists of the APY Lands Freda Brady, Robert Fielding and more • Lush new paintings by energing artists including the APY's Rachael Lionel, Betty Chimney, Kerry Anne Robinson and Janie Kulyuru Lewis, the Kimberley's Lindsay Malay & Yuendumu's Steven Jupurrula Nelson • Unique ceramic Bagu firemaker figures of FNQ • Views of central Victoria and the NSW coast by Neville Pilven and Sally West • Limited edition prints by street artist and printmaker Tom Civi and master printmaker Martin King and much more……

In this latest collection of new work by Melbourne artist Adriane Strampp, Pilgrimage expands on the artist’s ongoing interest in connection, memory and spatial relationships, and in particular, our relationship to particular places or things meaningful to us. How do we remember the places we once knew? Fragments of memories reconstituted to a fluid fusion of elements that we recall, pieced together to recreate a new reality, landscapes made of multiple locations creating a universal sense of familiarity. In The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge,(1910), Rilke compares the collation of memories to the house: I never saw this strange dwelling again. Indeed, as I see it now, the way it appeared to my child’s eye, it is not a building, but is quite dissolved and distributed inside me: here one room, there another, and here a bit of corridor which, however, does not connect the two rooms, but is conserved in me in a fragmentary form. Thus the whole thing is scattered about inside me, the rooms, the stairs that descended with such ceremonial slowness, others, narrow cages that mounted in a spiral movement, in the darkness of which we advanced like the blood in our veins. Whilst continuing an…

Using subtle shifts in tone and hue, Adriane Strampp’s nuanced paintings conjure familiar yet elusive memories of place, emotion and feeling. Her shadowy compositions, built from thin layers of oil and wax on linen, convey a paradox; being at once monumental and intimate, internal and external, familiar and foreign. View catalogue here. For all enquiries contact: marita@gallerysmith.com.au | +61 3 9329 1860 GALLERYSMITH 170-174 Abbotsford Street North Melbourne VIC 3051 AUSTRALIA HOURS TUES-SAT 11 AM - 5 PM

Gallerysmith is participating in Denfair with three artists, Adriane Strampp, Isobel Clement and Kirrily Hammond. Details here. DENFAIR is a boutique trade event and the leading destination for contemporary design in Australia. Held over three days in Melbourne, DENFAIR delivers the very best brands to their customers within a stimulating environment of discovery and inspiration. Gallerysmith Marita Smith marita@gallerysmith.com.au gallerysmith.com.au Stand no G20

Uneasy Idyll - Hill Smith Gallery at Art Central for Hong Kong Art Week. Playing with form and figure, Uneasy Idyll presents four artists who explore the ambiguous and sometimes uncanny relationship between aspects of the land and the figure. On exhibition currently at Hill Smith Gallery as part of Art Central Hong Kong, the gallery has selected four artists from the South side of Australia – Deidre But-Husaim (SA), Matt R. Martin (VIC), Shannon Smiley (VIC) and Adriane Strampp (VIC). Whilst distinct in their own practices, each artist plays with the emotion of the figure or the landscape and the potential connection this can hold with the viewer. Deidre But-Husaim is known for her diverse works, focused upon the very nature of looking and making rather than solely the concept. Thus her works range from depicting people experiencing a work of art or might be purely an investigation into a phenomenon of nature. Whilst Deidre switches between man and nature, Matt R. Martin is focussed purely on the subtle nuances of human gesture. Stemming from his mother’s passion for classical ballet, he continues a love for the capability of the human form. His works present the body in strange formations…

Shadowlands 2016 oil on linen, 91 x 274 cm View catalogue here. JAN MANTON ART 1/93 Fortescue St Spring Hill QLD 4000 AUSTRALIA HOURS WED-FRI by appointment only SAT 10am-4pm www.janmanton.com

Displacement has been selected for the Paddington Art Prize. A $25,000 National acquisitive prize for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape, now in it's 13th year. 111-113 Queens Street Woollahra NSW 2025 20-30 October 2016

First Light has been selected for the Len Fox Painting Award at the Castlemaine Art Museum.   The 2016 Len Fox Painting Award is a biennial $50,000 acquisitive award at the Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum. Initiated and funded by Len Fox (1905-2004), this prestigious award commemorates the life and work of his uncle, the influential and internationally recognized Australian born painter, Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915). Known for his plein air, impressionist style, Fox’s paintings are characterized by vibrantly coloured landscapes and scenes of everyday life. Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum 14 Lyttleton Street Castlemaine VIC 3450 October 9 - December 31

Gauze has been selected for the John Leslie Art Prize at the Gippsland Art Gallery.   The John Leslie Art Prize is one of Australia’s most prestigious and valuable prizes for contemporary landscape painting.With a first prize of $20,000 (non-acquisitive) the Prize consistently attracts the highest calibre of artists working in Australia. An additional prize of $1,000 will be given to the best Gippsland work.The Prize is made possible through the generous ongoing support of the Gallery’s Patron, John Leslie OBE.   Catalogue here, Essay by Simon Gregg. Extract: 'In her work Gauze, meanwhile, Adriane Strampp heightens our sensory perception by concealing much of the pictorial data. Hers is a dreamy, half-remembered world where subject and colour are pared back to an elemental core, and where mood and atmosphere take precedence.' Gippsland Art Gallery 64-66 Foster Street, Sale VIC 3850 September 3 - November 30

Adriane Strampp will be exhibiting with Gallerysmith at 602 as part of Melbourne Art Week.

Archibald Prize 2016: Esther Stewart wins Sulman Prize with abstract painting Other Watson favourites included Adriane Strampp's Brume, Reko Rennie's Warriors come out to play, and Isriel Adams Water's Edge. Elie Choueifaty - Sydney Morning Herald

Brume 2016 selected for the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. The Sulman Prize is given to the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project in oil, acrylic, watercolour or mixed media. A list of all finalists can be seen here. Each year, the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW judge the Archibald and Wynne, and invite an artist to judge the Sulman. The 2016 judge is Judy Watson. Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery Rd, The Domain NSW 2000 July 16 - October 9

The Departure 2016 selected for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing. Graphite on Lanaquarelle 640gsm watercolour paper 30 x 76 cm Adelaide Perry Gallery The Croydon Centre for Art Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney Boundary St Croydon NSW 2132 The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing is a $25,000 acquisitive art award among the most significant of its kind in the country. Inaugurated in 2006, the Prize is generously supported by the Parents and Friends’ Association of PLC Sydney. Named in honour of respected painter, printmaker and draughtswoman, Miss Adelaide Elizabeth Perry who taught Art at PLC Sydney from 1930 to 1962, the Prize attracts submissions from around the country. The 2016 Perry Prize judge is Ms Julie Ewington, independent curator and writer. Read Julie's statement on judging here.    

Adriane Strampp  Transference Text and selected works can be viewed on Ocula here. Hill Smith Gallery Adelaide Australia

  View exhibition here. Read text here. For all enquiries please contact: hsg@hillsmithgallery.com.au | +61 8 8223 6558 HILL SMITH GALLERY 113 Pirie Street, Adelaide SA 5000 AUSTRALIA HOURS Tuesday - Friday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Saturday 2.00 to 5.00 pm www.hillsmithgallery.com.au

The painting Transition 2015  was borrowed recently to appear on a television advertising campaign by Monde Nissan for Black Swan dips. Image credit Publicis Mojo.

On the cover of The Sunday Age and Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne interior designers The Stylesmiths borrowed Encounter 2015 for this Australian-themed shoot.

Transition 2015 oil on linen 152 x 152 cm This new work by Adriane Strampp continues to explore the remembered landscape; fragmented views of journeys made reflecting Strampp’s own peripatetic upbringing and sense of dislocation. It reflects upon the passage of time, absence, memory and loss, portrayed in largely monochromatic, improbable colour. The work posits our own tendency to colour our memories and reflections. As Strampp describes a sense of transience and motion when there is no final destination, we are taken along for the ride, fleeting glimpses of the passing landscape that give us non-specific views that nevertheless involve a sense of familiarity. It is the movement, the lack of connection that concerns her, rather than the traditional art historical landscape. Occasional reflections are placed across works such as Rise 2015, deliberate visual barriers, so separating the viewer from the landscape, transforming them instead into an objective observer. As with her earlier work, subtle visual barriers at odds with the image are frequently employed as a means of creating uncertainty and unrest. Strampp’s surface is a time-consuming construction involving the use of wax and delicate colour washes that depict the hazy, ephemeral and elusive nature of memory. As paint is…

Arts News, Vogue Living (Australia) September/October issue.

Natalie Walton, the amazingly talented creator behind the popular Daily Imprint requested a second interview to update and rerun the original interview in 2009. The new interview can be read here. Thanks Natalie!  

Morgen 2015 oil and wax on linen 50 x 50 cm In 2012, Adriane Strampp re-visited a northern part of the USA, just above the Great Lakes, where she had spent a portion of her childhood. From the car she was travelling in, Strampp photo-documented the nine-hour road trip to her past. Out of the hundreds of photo that she took from first light through to dusk, Strampp selected only a few to use as structures to diverge from and create the works that form Vorbeigehen. Vorbeigehen is an exhibition series of faintly painted and distanced landscapes. Some large in scale, surrounding and enveloping us in their eminence, others are smaller and dense in shadow. In these paintings, the focus is not on the landscape itself but rather on our deeper, ephemeral relationship with memory and the experience, anticipation, and expectations of revisiting a place once loved. The visually immersive paintings attempt to materialise intangible, visceral experiences that bleed into hallucinations of memory and imagination. In this regard, Strampp’s work has a strong correlation to the writing of Susan Sontag. In her 2003 book, Regarding The Pain of Others, Sontag observed that memory alters an image according to its need…

Mirror 2014 selected for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing. Charcoal and wax on board, 50 x 50cm Adelaide Perry Gallery The Croydon Centre for Art Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Boundary St Croydon NSW 2132   The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Exhibition of Finalists 2015 will be officially opened at Adelaide Perry Gallery on Friday 27 February at 7 pm. Special guest speaker Mr Glen Barkley, curator, will make the opening announcements and this year’s judge, Mr Peter Kingston AM, will present this year’s winner with the $25,000 acquisitive prize. From over 480 entries Peter Kingston created a shortlist 43 artworks. In a statement about the process Mr Kingston said: In judging the drawings I have been guided by the words of Vincent Van Gogh: ‘The figure of a labourer - some furrows in a ploughed field - a bit of sand, sea and sky -are serious subjects, so difficult, but at the same time so beautiful, that it is indeed worth while to devote one’s life to the task of expressing the poetry hidden in them.’ And my friend, the late Martin Sharp: ‘To make visible the invisible.’ This is no mean task to achieve, as one not only has to…

The Northsider Arts & Lifestyle Text by Melanie Dimmitt Melbourne-based artist Adriane Strampp surrendered her home to a television series, incidentally becoming owner of one of the most sought-after lounge rooms in the country (at least, by a legion of Offspring fans). Her Collingwood dwelling (a coat hanger-factory turned two-storey warehouse) boasts an interior and an eclecticism bold enough to echo the chaos of the show’s heroine, Nina Proudman, and Strampp has decided to let it spill out – producing a limited edition of prints straight from the walls of the highly televised abode. Read more...

Echo 2014 has been selected for the 2014 Paul Guest Prize for contemporary drawing, at Bendigo Art Gallery. The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $12,000 which is held every two years, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable Paul Guest QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the important medium of drawing and to create challenging and unique art works. Bendigo Art Gallery 42 View Street, Bendigo 15 November 2014 – 26 January 2015 Echo 2014 charcoal and wax on board 50 x 50 cm © Adriane Strampp

Unease 2014 has been selected for the Paddington Art Prize. The Paddington Art Prize was established by Marlene Antico in 2004. This $20,000 acquisitive prize is awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. This year's judges are: Lou Klepac OAM Art Historian, Author, Curator and Publisher Barry Pearce Emeritus Curator of Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW Jane Watters Director of S.H. Erwin Gallery Exhibition dates: Saturday, 11th October until Tuesday, 21st October 111 - 113 Queen Street Woollahra, NSW 2025. Entrence via Dorhauer Lane

Full link to magazine interview and images here. Isn’t it incredible how light has the ability to change ones appearance and character completely? The illuminated service station you purchased a packet of gum at this morning seems much more dire past a certain time, and all of the creaks and squeaks that seem to rest in between your walls during the day find satisfaction in giving you the heebie-jeebies in the early hours of the morning, are two ideal examples of this. But when Melbourne artist Adriane Strampp exposed the overcast, murky surroundings we recognise in our daily lives on canvas, she determined that beauty truly can be seen - even in the darkness. Strampp had always been interested in filling in the gaps; her childhood consisting of colouring books and dazzling presentations - the young creative often paying little attention to the written aspect of her assignments. Her correlation with hues and shades is evident in her exquisite oil paintings; a traditional art form Strampp is determined to preserve. “There’s sensuality to painting unlike drawing, printmaking or working digitally,” she states, “which tend to be more technical, and often employ harsher methods and materials.” The fluidity, tactility, and versatility…

Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the 2013 Banyule Works on Paper Award with her work 'Ether'. The Banyule art collection is a contemporary collection of art works by leading and emerging Australian artists. While it includes a range of media it is distinguished by its collection of works on paper. The Banyule Award for Works on Paper capitalises upon this strength by developing this aspect of the collection further. It is an acquisitive prize of $4,000 and is held biennially. The theme for the award this year is “Of Light: Reflections on Colour”. Ether 2013 oil on paper 79 x 56 cm (image size) ©Adriane Strampp

Adriane Strampp's renovated warehouse and former hanger factory has been chosen for filming the popular Melbourne-based Channel Ten TV series Offspring featuring Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart, Matthew Le Nevez and Eddie Perfect. In this article Inside Out magazine profiles the various homes used for the production, and how they fit with the characters. Strampp was also a guest Instagrammer for Inside Out magazine and you can see her Instagram pictures for Inside Out by searching for the hashtag #adrianestramppinsideout. PHOTOGRAPHY:ARMELLE HABIB, STYLING:JULIA GREEN, AUTHOR:CLARE PATIENCE

Adriane Strampp's home features in Mr Jason Grant's new book A PLACE CALLED HOME, photography by James Geer and published by Hardie Grant books, 2013. If you’ve ever been envious of someone else’s home or lusted after interiors, then A Place Called Home is for you! Jason Grant shares insider information on how to decorate your home just like a stylist. The book is filled with lots of clever and fun ideas, as well as information on where to find the coolest accessories and homewares. In this highly illustrated, creative guide on how to create beautiful spaces, Jason explains how to draw inspiration and how to get started using moodboards and other tips and tricks. He also makes interior decorating more manageable by detailing what you need to consider in each room from the bedroom, living, dining and kitchen. Jason also addresses storage solutions, small spaces, outdoor areas, working with colour, recycling and finishing touches. There will also be an information section with a directory of all of Jason’s favourite places to shop globally, including online stores.

Collingwood, Melbourne, Pages 180 - 181 Preface Creative industries and individuals from near and far are flocking to the renovated factories and warehouses of Collingwood. Writer Carli Ratcliff Photographer John Laurie

The amazingly talented and popular blogger Gourmet Girlfriend kindly invited me to be be a part of her Family Table interview series, which can be read here. Thank you Ruth! x  

messenger COLLECTIVE Issue #1 game changers | thought leaders | rule breakers | style makers You can read the online interview with Adriane Strampp here.

The home of Adriane Strampp has been used as a location for the popular Channel Ten TV series Offspring, filmed around the Fitzroy and Collingwood area. The Saturday Age features a video interview on what it's like to be an Offspring home-owner. Adriane Strampp with Eugene and Nelson Khoury Offspring location manager Text and video can be found here: Loft ideal to fill with Offspring Text: Daniella Miletic Photo: Simon Schluter

There has been a lot of interest in the hare drawings since appearing on the cover of the current issue of Inside Out magazine, featuring the home of Lucy Fenton and Josh Markey, owners of Fenton & Fenton.   There are a few drawings still available, both in Melbourne and in Sydney:

A hare drawing by Adriane Strampp sits above the fireplace of Melbourne home-owner Lucy Fenton in this issue of Inside Out. Styling by Mr Jason Grant Photography by Felix Forest

  Adriane Strampp's Memorium 2012 has been shortlisted for the Geelong contemporary art prize. The Geelong contemporary art prize (formerly the Fletcher Jones art prize) is an acquisitive painting prize, conducted by the Geelong Gallery on a biennial basis. In 2012, an exhibition of shortlisted paintings will be held from 15 September to 18 November. The announcement of the winning work will be made on the opening night. This year the $30,000 prize money is generously provided by the Dimmick Charitable Trust. Geelong Gallery Little Malop Street Geelong VIC 3220 Australia Open daily 10am-5pm

    The Animal Show King Street Gallery on William 177 William St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 03-28 April 2012

Bendigo Art Gallery 42 View St Bendigo Victoria 3550 Australia Open daily 10am-5pm   Adriane Strampp's life-size drawing Tapir has been selected for the 2012 Paul Guest Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery. The judge for the 2012 Paul Guest Prize is Cathy Leahy, Senior Curator Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. The full list of finalists can be read here. ‘My abiding and passionate interest in art commenced several decades ago and from those early beginnings I was introduced to contemporary art in a holistic way which ran parallel to my professional career. I appreciate that the journey for artists is, at times, a demanding and tortuous one and I trust that in some small way I have and will continue to assist them to achieve their full potential.’ Paul Guest 2009 The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive cash prize of $12,000 which is held every two years, highlighting contemporary drawing practice in Australia. The Prize was initiated by former Family Court Judge and Olympic rower, the Honourable Paul Guest QC and encourages artists from across Australia to engage with the important medium of drawing and to create challenging and unique art works.

Brume 2012 oil on linen 152 x 152 cm   Hill Smith Gallery 113 Pirie Street Adelaide South Australia 5000     Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5.30pm Sunday 2-5pm       Passages of Time is Adriane Strampp's first exhibition in Adelaide since 1999, and is an overview of recent work. It includes paintings from both the horse and landscape series as well as several drawings. Strampp’s new work continues to explore the poetic and the romantic, whilst at the same time referencing elements of her earlier work. Over the last six years Strampp has reduced her palette to quiet greys built of many thin washes of colour, creating a sense of stillness and shadow, reinforcing her interest in both spatial relationships, surface materiality and the presence of absence. As a result her landscapes have become ethereal and ambiguous, their haziness leaves the viewer uncertain of what they are seeing – trees in the mist or shadows suspended in particles of light, they appear familiar but not specific. The statues refer to her early and popular dress series, weathered and sometimes damaged they remain strong and heroic, a contemplation of mortality and fallen ideals. The animals she chooses to draw and paint are…

Animals have played a significant role in the development of society [since] before the written word. Imagery of animals dating back thousands of years attest to their relevance in the changing cultures of all societies. We have worshipped, befriended, eaten, abused and idolized the beast. Animals of all kinds are our work mates, companions, guides, sustenance, entertainment and sacrifices. The Animal Show pays homage to our adoration of the animal and presents over 20 artist’s view of feathered, furry, hairy and scaly creatures. King Street Gallery on William 177 William St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday Opening April 4, 6-8pm

King Street Gallery on William 177 William St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 10am - 6pm Tuesday - Saturday Opening March 7, 6-8pm Istoria In this new exhibition Strampp continues to work with a limited palette, focusing on the ambiguities of spatial perception, history and connection. Included in this exhibition are two works referencing Strampp’s early dress series. The landscapes have developed a deeper space than previous work, whilst the animals within, (a result of a residency at Taronga Zoo in 2011) hold their own, survivors of a rapidly changing landscape. This exhibition also includes a new series of smaller works, Memorium, that further explore spatial relationships and connection through surface materiality, with the use of paint, wax, paper, mirror and lead. Image: Nike 2012 oil on linen 152 x 152 cm Further images available here and here.

Adriane Strampp's work Observer Observed has been selected for the 2012 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, judged by Sydney art critic John McDonald. Adelaide Perry Gallery The Croydon Centre for Art Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney Boundary St Croydon NSW 2132 Observer observed is one of several drawings produced during a residency at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo in 2011. The subject is Birani, a Malayan Tapir who resides there. My work has always been concerned with the connection between strength and fragility, the tangible and the intangible, and the presence of absence. From the early dress paintings of the 1980’s through to the current animal works I have explored that which remains ‘in absentia’: the body from the dresses, the gaze between the animal and the viewer. In looking at us the animals remain ‘in absentia’. Rarely does their gaze meet ours directly. In the desire for a reciprocal gaze we project our own emotions and interpretations, however the animals look beyond us and through us as we the observers seek momentary connection. Instead our projections are mirrored back to us, and their gaze reminds us of our imposition on their world. The drawing has several ‘ghost’ images of the animal in…

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Adriane Strampp's work Lost Worlds has been selected for the 2011 Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown NSW. Campbelltown Arts Centre Cnr Camden and Appin Roads Campbelltown NSW 2560

Curated by Jenny Lam, Exquisite Corpse is an independently run art show that features works across all media—illustration, photography, animatronics and pillow-making… and everything in between—by 40 artists from Chicago, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Amsterdam, and Melbourne. Arranged into groups and pairs, these artists—most of whom were strangers to one another before this project—were given one month to create new art, with no limitations or rules other than to work together. Some groups adhered to the exquisite corpse tradition, while others redefined the very idea of collaboration. Melbourne artists Adriane Strampp, Irene Wellm and Kirsten Perry have put together a drawing, each working on their section without having seen the other artists section, until the work was completed. Exquisite Corpse is located on the second floor of: Fulton Street Collective 2000 W. Fulton St. Chicago, IL 60612 847.942.8956

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The University Gallery is delighted to be able to present another exciting exhibition for ZOO AiR 2011 in conjunction with the Taronga Foundation. Now in its eleventh year, the TarongaFoundation has been committed to preserving and conserving endangered species both through zoo-based programs and in the animals’ native habitats. The work generated through the Artists in Residence program this year will be on exhibition at the University Gallery from 20 July until 13 August. Donated works will then be exhibited at the Byron Kennedy Hall in Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park, from Friday 19 August until Sunday 21 August. The auction, by Bonhams Australia, will be held on the afternoon of Sunday 21 August with all proceeds supporting the Taronga Foundation’s conservation projects. For information visit www.taronga.org/art

Adriane Strampp's Choeropsis liberiensis has been short-listed for the 2011 Hazelhurst Art Award, to be exhibited at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre. Hazelhurst Regional Gallery 782 Kingsway Gymea NSW 2227 Exhibition dates: July 8 to August 14 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm

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The City of Yarra has acquired the drawing Hare II by Adriane Strampp for its Contemporary Art Collection. Hare II was recently exhibited in Five Miles from the Sea at Victoria University. Over 150 artworks were submitted by 80 artists from which nineteen works were chosen.

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Artspace Level 17 Victoria University Melbourne 3000 Five Miles from the Sea is a group show curated by Geoff Tolchard. Five Miles from the Sea is a look at the incursion (Five miles from the Sea) of non-indigenous Australians and their resulting mark on the land. Whether it is the erosion of the land or the erosion of the quarter acre block, how are we shaping and living in the hinterland? Who lives five miles from the sea? What does it look like though the eyes of ten diverse artists, some from different parts of the globe, who have indeed made Australia their home? Adriane Strampp : Artist Statement In considering the impact of European settlement in Australia, one of the most invasive and damaging migrants (other than European man), is the rabbit. Although originally arriving with the First Fleet in1788, it was Thomas Austin, formerly of Somerset, who is held historically responsible for the spread of rabbits when he released 24 rabbits and 5 hares at his property Barwon Park, near Geelong in 1859. A lack of predators and mild winters provided an ideal climate for year-round breeding and by the 1900’s the feral rabbit population had reached plague…

Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects 2 - 23 April 2011 108 - 110 Gertrude Street Fitzroy VIC 3065 Opening hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm Sat 12pm - 5pm Hares, horses and stags have long featured in Strampp’s work, images of the hunted and the haunted, symbols of both strength and vulnerability. In conjunction with Strampp's 2011 residency at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, Erlösung: The Animal Gaze is a project drawing exhibition that considers the animal gaze, and the relationship between the observer and the observed. The animals in this exhibition are not cute; rather they are solid, monumental creatures drawn life-size, yet paradoxically they remain fragile and exposed. Their wary gaze regards us, guarded and measured, and they remain ‘in absentia’. In our desire for connection we long for our gaze to be returned, but as they look through or past us our projections are mirrored back, only to remind us of our imposition on their world.

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Adriane Strampp has been invited to join Taronga Zoo's Artists in Residence program in 2011. Overlooking Sydney Harbour, Taronga Zoo began the Artists in Residence program in 2009. Artists begin the residency with an overnight stay at the Zoo’s Roar and Snore campsite, meeting the keepers and their charges, exploring the Zoo after dark, sleeping in luxury tents and feeding the animals in the morning. Artists are provided with a special pass to visit and work as much as they wish over a three-month period, including access before opening hours. Artists participating donate a work created during the residency to help raise funds for the Taronga Foundation's ongoing conservation endeavours.

Adriane Strampp's work Hare (In memory of Marcus) 2010 has been acquired for the Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings. Adriane Stampp 19. Hare (In memory of Marcus) "An iconic, enigmatic work that reminds me of the enquiry that Durer was capable of. The artist placed the hare in a believable space without rendering a background. Placing all the importance on the animal itself." Speech by Peter Sharp Judge of the Kedumba Drawing Award 2010 Blue Mountains Grammar School, Wentworth Falls, NSW 31 October – 30 November 2010

The Poetics of Connection 21 May – 5 June, 2010 Greenhill Galleries 6 Gugeri Street Claremont Western Australia 6010 Greenhill Galleries welcome the hauntingly talented artist, Adriane Strampp, with a series of refined and sensitively captured images, inspired by the natural world. Studying the form of the horse, amongst other creatures, with layer upon layer of shadows, Strampp’s dreamlike images pose the question: Is this reality or is this all imagined? Moving away from her previous style of rich Renaissance colours and intensely detailed studies of ancient dresses, landscapes and lifestyles stretching back from the 18th Century to the Renaissance era, Strampp has delicately touched upon a rather beautiful and deeply moving ageless darkness, compelling the viewer further and inquisitively into this enchanted land. Her oil paintings have a sense of unique detailing, exploring the graceful lines, shapes and shadows found only in nature. Yet the hazy texture and outlines of her work are rather like watching the dusk settle, that unique time of day where everything comes alive. This exhibition is sure to enthral and captivate.

Real Living's stylist Jason Grant dropped in to the King St Gallery on William St on Saturday. You can see his blog post here.

The blog of Natalie Watson, deputy editor of real Living Magazine: "On the weekend I went to the opening of Adriane Strampp's art exhibition at the Eva Breuer Art Dealer gallery in Woollahra. Her home has been shot for real living and I LOVE it, so knew that her artwork would be to my palette. Looking at Adriane's current works is like watching the morning fog lift over a forest scene. Well worth seeing."