Jordan Azcune has been announced as a finalist in the 66th Blake Prize, with the piece ‘Fishers of Men (going out in twos)’ (2019) to be exhibited in the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in February 2021. The winner will be announced on the opening of the exhibition on 13 February 2021. Since 1951, The Blake… Read More
Sotiris Sotiriou – Art Collector Interview
Gallery Director Sotiris Sotiriou was recently profiled in Art Collector magazine. In the article he discusses the gallery model and how it has changed as the gallery has grown, as well as upcoming shows and projects on the horizon. The article can be read here.
JD Reforma – Hyper-Linked, Together In Art with the Art Gallery of New South Wales
JD Reforma has recently been included in Hyper-linked, an online exhibition of Together In Art New Work by seven contemporary Australian artists organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Created specifically for the digital space, the exhibition confronts the realities and tensions between our private selves and our online personas. Social media and the internet have… Read More
SWAB Barcelona – Art Fair
COMA is pleased to be participating in the virtual edition of SWAB BARCELONA Contemporary Art Fair in the Swab Seed section of the fair. COMA will be exhibiting work by Jordan Azcune, Jack Lanagan Dunbar and Justin Williams. Swab Seed showcases eleven independent and artist-run spaces that share experimentation as a common denominator. This program seeks… Read More
Justin Williams – UK Gallery Representation
Justin Williams has recently announced representation in the UK by Vigo Gallery. The gallery represents emerging and established international artists, curating shows in both the public and private arenas as well as placing numerous historic and contemporary works into the collections of prominent museums and Foundations including amongst others TATE Modern, The British Museum, MoMA,… Read More
Jordan Azcune – Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist Fellowship
Jordan Azcune has been awarded the Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artists Fellowship through Brisbane City Council. The fellowship supports young and emerging Brisbane artists and arts workers aged between 17 and 30. The program aims to develop creatives who wish to join national or international training and development programs through participation in training programs, mentorships… Read More
JD Reforma – Studio Interview
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More