COMA recently visited the studio of JD Reforma and discussed about his life during the isolation, interpretation of pop culture, race relations and continuing construction of identity. Reforma will have a solo show in the gallery early next year. COMA: Hi JD, how have you been recently? Have you found anything captivating you in your […]
Jordan Azcune – Studio Interview
COMA recently sat down with Jordan Azcune to discuss his studio life and literary, audio and visual inspiration during his time in isolation. COMA: What have you been reading? Have any of these books or writers inspired your latest collection or had a broader influence on your artistic practice? Jordan Azcune: Living with artists I’m not […]
Nabilah Nordin – City of Melbourne Grant
Nabilah Nordin, who recently exhibited a new body of work in the main gallery space earlier this year, has been awarded a City of Melbourne grant to make Sculpture House – a home exhibition responding to her living and working environment during isolation. Nordin will be working on new large scale sculptural pieces in the […]
Adam Stone – Studio Interview
COMA recently sat down with Adam Stone in the lead up to the opening of his solo presentation in the gallery, Concrete Islands, to discuss his studio life and literary, audio and visual inspiration for the exhibition. COMA: What have you been reading? Have any of these books or writers inspired your latest collection or had […]
These Days – Interview with Curator Sebastian Goldspink
To coincide with These Days, the current group exhibition presented both physically and digitally with COMA, curator Sebastian Goldspink has spoken with gallery director Sotiris Sotiriou and gallery assistant Chengyang Yu regarding his motivations when curating the show. The conversation covers Goldspink’s investigations into problem-solving while painting, time and it’s relation to memory in art-making, and other sources […]
Jordan Azcune – Interview with Bradley Vincent, HOTA Home of the Arts, QLD
On the occasion of Jordan Azcune’s recent solo presentation with COMA the artist has been in discussion with Bradley Vincent, curator at HOTA Home of the Arts, QLD. The two discuss Azcune’s practice as a whole, investigations into intersections between architecture and religion and the idea of ‘queer, post-Christian abstraction’. BV: Hi Jordan. Congratulations on Fishers […]
Olga Bennett – Centre for Contemporary Photography
Now showing at the Centre for Contemporary Photography is recent work by Olga Bennett as part their latest group presentation titled Index. Index brings together seven photographic artists with converging interests across collecting, categorising and arranging, with a focus on the way meaning is derived through the lens of the studio and studio-based practice. Through revisiting images […]
Adam Stone – Artbank
As part of Art Bank Melbourne’s current exhibition, titled A Place for Everything, Adam Stone is presenting a single recently acquired sculpture. Drawing from its geographical location, A Place for Everything is an exhibition which showcases works by Melbourne based artists. The framework of the exhibition stems from a discussion around the physical nature of collection […]
Olga Bennett – Conners Conners
Olga Bennett is showing new work with Conners Conners, Melbourne, as part of their recently opened group exhibition Sounds of Pacing. Conners Conners is a non-profit exhibition space in Fitzroy, run and curated by artists, art workers and curators. It is dedicated to providing a platform where artists in all stages of their careers have the freedom […]
Jack Lanagan Dunbar – Art Collector Magazine Feature
Jack Lanagan Dunbar has been included in Art Collector Magazine’s current issue – The 2020 edition of 50 Things Collectors Should Know. Lanagan Dunbar is featured in the Notable Awards section which profiles recipients of grants, awards and residencies boosting artistic practice across the region. In the issue Lanagan Dunbar’s recent Brett Whiteley Travelling Art […]