King Street Gallery on William artists end of year exhibition.
King Street Gallery on William
177 William St, Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA
HOURS:
10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 6pm Sunday
Where the Light Falls: Stories of the Everyday
This new work explores the idea that human presence can be deeply felt, even when unseen. It invites the viewer to imagine the narratives and lives that unfold within quiet, intimate spaces, where the intangible presence of inhabitants lingers. Light plays a critical role as both witness and storyteller, illuminating remnants of daily life and drawing the viewer into the subtle drama of domestic interiors, where it reveals, conceals, and transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.
As the philosopher and phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty stated, “painting does not imitate the visible; it renders visible.” In this body of work, I investigate the interplay of light and shadow to reveal how the act of seeing conjures a world that exists in the tension between the visible and the invisible, the known and the unknowable.
The theme of absence as presence has long been central to my practice. From the large-scale depictions of empty dresses in the late 1980s and 1990s to the empty roads and landscapes that followed, my work positions the viewer as a witness — someone who recognises, yet is separated from, familiar scenes. These works serve as reminders that we are always only the observer of others’ lives, not the participant, and can never know the full story.
This latest body of work is directly influenced by the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdowns in Melbourne. Spending extended periods at home, I observed the changing qualities of light through the seasons and the ebb and flow of domestic life, both during the day and on restless nights, discovering a new landscape within my own walls.
Adriane Strampp
September 2024
View catalogue here.
JAN MANTON GALLERY
54 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe
Qld 4005 Australia
HOURS:
Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 11am – 4pm
Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the John Leslie Art Prize with Momento 2022.
In 2024 the venerable John Leslie Art Prize returns for its thirteenth iteration. One of Australia’s most prestigious prizes for landscape painting, the John Leslie Art Prize consistently attracts the highest calibre of artists from all corners of Australia.
Named after the Gallery’s Patron and—in many ways the Gallery’s Founder—John Leslie OBE (1919–2016), the continuation of this important $30,000 acquisitive prize is made possible by the generous ongoing support of the John Leslie Foundation.
Judges for the 2024 John Leslie Art Prize are award-winning contemporary artists Juan Ford and Sam Leach, the Gallery’s Associate Curator Melanie Caple, and the Gallery’s Coordinator Exhibitions and Collections, Dr Louisa Waters. The winners will add their names to the growing Hall of Fame for the Prize, and cement their place in Gippsland art history.
GIPPSLAND ART GALLERY
70 Foster Street
Sale Victoria 3850
T +61 3 5142 3500
HOURS
Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm
Weekends 10.00am – 4.00pm
Public Holidays 10.00am – 4.00pm
Closed Christmas Day
Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Bayside Painting Prize with Fig and Ladder 2024.
The Bayside Painting 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.
As the only annual prize for painting in Victoria, the finalist exhibition is an important platform for contemporary painters from around the country. The prize is also an opportunity for Bayside City Council to promote art and artists as a valuable part of the Australian community, and add exceptional works of art with a local connection to its collection.
The judges for the 2024 prize are Dr Rebecca Coates, Director, Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), and Stieg Persson, Artist.
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
Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Omnia Art Prize with The Wait (long days and longer nights) 2022, oil and wax on linen 152x152cm
KC Smith Hall
St Kevin’s College
31 Moonga Rd
Toorak
VIC 3142
HOURS
Open from 10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26th.
Adriane Strampp is a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
The Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize is an annual acquisitive prize that was launched in 2017 to advance art and opportunity for emerging and established women artists in Australia. It is the highest value professional artist prize for women in Australia.
Exhibition of Finalists
Ravenswood Centenary Centre,
Gate 3, Henry Street,
Gordon, NSW Saturday
HOURS
10 – 26 May 2024
10.00am to 4.00pm
Featuring Genevieve Carroll, Angela Malone, David Pearce and Adriane Strampp.
In the context of artistic development the creation of an artist’s work begins embryonically – progressing in stages – gradually becoming a completed piece -‘having wings’.
KING STREET GALLERY ON WILLIAM
177 William St, Darlinghurst
NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA
HOURS:
10am – 6pm Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 6pm Sunday
Join artist Rachael Robb as she deep dives into painting techniques, inspiration and meaning behind her works in the exhibition I have been here before, with fellow artists and painters Adriane Strampp and Ebony Truscott.
Adriane Strampp completed a BA in Fine Art at Prahran College (1983) and an MFA at Monash University (2010), and has held 30 solo exhibitions as well as participating in many group shows. Drawn to finding connections from a fragmented past to the present, Strampp gathers imagery from across time to create scenes that are imbued with both personal meaning and collective familiarity. Adriane Strampp is represented by King Street Gallery on William (NSW) and Jan Manton Gallery (QLD).
Ebony Truscott is a Warrnambool born, Melbourne based artist and has completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting, 1997) and a Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class Honours, 2003) at Victorian College of the Arts. Exhibiting since 1995, Truscott’s work is held in a number of public and private collections in Australian and overseas. She employs observational realism in work marked by an interest in human sensation and perception. Ebony Truscott is represented by Niagara Galleries.
Warrnambool Art Gallery
26 Liebig Street, Warrnambool
Victoria 3280 Australia
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