Save the date… Opening on World Environment Day 2019: LIFE ON EARTH JUNE 5-15, 2019 | METRO ARTS Brisbane, Australia. Supported by THE DEAN COLLECTION. My new solo show Life on Earth recreates selected intense moments with wild and often threatened species, encountered during global fieldtrips to desert, Arctic, reef and museum sites between 2011-2018. I grew […]
This month sees the release of Penny Olsen’s long awaited (and controversial) book Night Parrot: Australia’s Most Elusive Bird (CSIRO, 2018). It includes 2 of my night parrot paintings, and a bit of the story behind my long obsession with this strange desert bird… ‘The competitiveness and secrecy, the triumphs and adventures of the […]
‘This Wild Song X Town Hall Gallery’ exhibition, a project by photographer Ilona Nelson, opens 1 September 2018, 2-4pm, Town Hall Gallery, in Hawthorn, Melbourne. Three of my GBR project paintings will be available for sale amongst the work and portraits of some great fellow Australian women artists. Town Hall event details: This Wild Song […]
Woke up recently to the incredible news that I’ve been chosen as one of twenty artists for the inaugural The Dean Collection #TDC20 St(Art)Up grant opportunity, out of over 5000+ global applicants. TDC20 is the brainchild of the husband/wife art collector team Swizz Beatz (a.k.a. Kasseem Dean) & Alicia Keys, whose love of music and […]
Very happy to announce that my painting Stilled lives (snapper + prawns) 2017, is one of 40 finalists in this years’ Sunshine Coast Art Prize at Caloundra Regional Gallery. The exhibition will run 16 August- 14 October, 2018, with the major awards announced on 30 August. The finalists for this years award can be seen at: […]
Very happy to announce that my work ‘Hunter/hunted (meerkat + chipmunk)’ will be showing in Singapore soon as part of the ‘This Wild Song’ exhibition project! Ilona Nelson’s ‘This Wild Song’ project is documenting the many talented Australian women artists working in the field today, creating unique portraits of each artist that reflect their art […]
18 Nov 2017: Cultural Flanerie’s latest blog post offering on current delights of the art world delves into the ‘Great Barrier Reef |Anthropocene Project’. ‘For Australia in particular, animal extinction is particularly pertinent given almost 2000 of our unique species have been identified by the Australian Government as being at risk, on top of approximately […]
The last week passed in a blur, with the ‘Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene Project’ opening at Artspace Mackay on the 9th November, and |not|fair| Melbourne opening on the 11th! Artspace Mackay Had the pleasure of meeting artists Davida Allen and the current artists in residence Clara Adolph and Samuel Tupuo at the opening, as […]
Emma Lindsay’s Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene Project opens 9 November 2017 at Artspace Mackay- please see attached invite for details to RSVP. Please feel free to share! x
Please to announce that 4 paintings will be shown as part of |notfair| Melbourne in November! Opening event: Saturday 11 November 3-8pm at 12 James St Windsor, Melbourne. All welcome! The large painting Extinct Dodo will be on show alongside 3 new small extinct bird paintings. Collectors please note, all works are framed, and will be […]
Save the date: The ‘Great Barrier Reef | Anthropocene Project (Art + Science species encounters on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef + Wet Tropics coastal regions)’ exhibition opens at Artspace Mackay 9 November 2017. Exhibiting until 11 February 2018. PRESS RELEASE (31 October 2017) Image: Emma Lindsay 2017 ‘Crown of Thorns starfish, Lizard Island Research Station’, oil […]
Happy to announce that I’ve been invited to participate in |not|fair| Melbourne 2017! Show opens in November with a lineup of great fellow artists… stay tuned for more information closer to time… (with thanks to Ash, Tony & Sam!) #emmalindsay #contemporaryartist #NotFair2017 #painting #extinctDodo #NotFairArtFoundation #art #Melbourne View this post on Instagram Emma Lindsay. El Dodo. Showing at […]
Opening 11 August 2017: 2017 ART MEETS SCIENCE EXHIBITION Sixteen artists with recently completed science-based artworks have been invited to exhibit at the sixth Art meets Science Exhibition at the Ecosciences Precinct. These artists include emerging, established independent award-winning artists, under graduates and doctoral students. The artists are: Anastasia Tyurina | Donna Davis | Emma […]
In August last year I was invited to undertake the inaugural artist residency at Artspace Mackay during 2017 and produce a solo exhibition of works for exhibition from November 2017- February 2018. Key fieldwork has since been undertaken at scientific research centres and different reef ecosystems along the length of the Great Barrier Reef from the Tropical […]
Emma Griffiths recently interviewed Emma Lindsay on the ABC Radio Brisbane Drive Program, to chat about the extinct Australian bird specimens featured in the Extinction flock painting series, currently on view at the University of Queensland Art Museum’s The Dust Never Settles exhibition until July 30, 2017. It also includes a tidbit about the upcoming exhibition for Artspace […]
