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Jack Lanagan Dunbar has recent spoken to Barnaby Smith from Art Guide Australia regarding his travels, the history and symbolism of copper, the enduring appeal of Romanticism, and more. The artist is currently presenting a solo exhibition with two new suites of works at COMA, titled ‘Signal’, accompanying with Art Month Sydney 2021. The Interview …continue reading

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 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 …continue reading

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 …continue reading

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, …continue reading

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 …continue reading

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 …continue reading

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 …continue reading

Zara June Williams has recently completed a residency with the Pilotenkueche in Leipzig. While there Huai-ya Lin wrote a short piece about her current work and conceptual process: Life is like a game. The Australian artist Zara June Williams explores the unexpected and the intuitive of the creative process. Approaches such as combining different individual paintings …continue reading

COMA is extremely pleased to announce that Jack Lanagan Dunbar has been awarded the 2019 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to a young Australian painter aged between 20 and 30 years and includes a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and $40,000 funding to further the recipients’ art education abroad.  …continue reading