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Dark Waters
Mary Koniavitis
Dark Waters
19 – 30 November 2024
hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm
Saturdays: 12pm – 4pm
admission: Free
‘Dark Waters’ showcases paintings and drawings through which artist Mary Koniavitis explores the enigmatic depths of the unconscious.
In the works, Koniavitis reimagines ancient myths and archetypes with a fragmented, non-linear style that mirrors the elusive nature of dreams.
The work is imagined by the artist as portals to other realms and alternate realities, where we reconstruct memories and the limitations of perception, seeing the world in fragmented glimpses rather than in its entirety
Image 1: Ouroboros, Mary Koniavitis, 2024, ink and watercolour on paper, 55.88 x 38.1cm
Image 2: Terra (Mother), Mary Koniavitis, 2018, watercolour and collage on paper, 27.94 x 40.64cm
Image 3: Oracle, Mary Koniavitis, 2022, ink and collage on paper, 20.32 x 30.48cm
Image 4: Erinyes (Furies), Mary Koniavitis, 2020, ink, watercolour and collage on paper, 40.64 x 27.94cm
Image 5: Pytheia, Mary Koniavitis, 2019, ink and collage on paper, 40.64 x 27.94cm
EDUCATION
2010 – 2013 Master of Visual Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
2007 – 2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
2005 – 2006 Diploma of Visual Arts, Victoria University, Melbourne
2004 Certificate IV in Arts, Holmesglen TAFE, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Dark Waters, fortyfivedownstairs, Flinders Ln, Melbourne
2020 Between Myth & Dream, Prizer Arts & Letters Gallery, Austin Texas USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 REVIEW 2022 +, Jacob Hoerner Galleries, Melbourne
2019 EAST, Group Exhibition, Big Medium Gallery, Austin Texas USA
2019 EAST, Austin Studio Tour, #275 The Canopy, Austin Texas USA
2018 EAST, Group Exhibition, Springdale General, Austin Texas USA
2018 EAST Austin Studio Tour, #266 The Canopy, Austin Texas USA
2016 Burgeon, Projects Space @ Deakin, Deakin University, Geelong VIC
2015 Life Forms, Metropolis Gallery, Geelong VIC
2015 Bodies in Space, Projects Space @ Deakin, Deakin University, Geelong VIC
2014 Projections, Projects Space @ Deakin, Deakin University, Geelong VIC
2014 Connect 14, Victoria University, Melbourne
2014 Life and Death – A Journey, Julia Street Creative Art Centre, Portland VIC
2014 Life and Death – A Journey, Osborne House, Geelong VIC
2012 Connect 12, Victoria University, Melbourne
2010 Works on Paper Exhibition (Finalist), Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
PUBLICATIONS:
The Art of Dreams, Visions, Other Worlds: Interviews with Texas Artists, by Robert Craig Bunch, Texas A&M Press, 2024.
Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 45 & 46, Open Studios Press.
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