SITES OF CONNECTION 23 AUGUST TO 30 OCTOBER 2021 Sites of Connection illuminates the work of artists at the intersection of creative practice and environmental research. The works move beyond the literal presentation of scientific research to demonstrate how artists employ creative methods to imaginatively explore environmental topics which illuminate ideas, spark curiosity, and generate dialogue. Connecting audiences […]
Hi everyone! A small update! I’ve been busy in the studio these last months creating new work for the rescheduled art/science group show ‘Sites of Connection’ curated by the University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery… opening August 2021! More information coming soon…
*Bushfire Appeal* Update: SOLD! 9:16am 4/1/20 I’m putting a fav original painting – of a Wedge-tailed eagle wing- up for sale from my collection to help raise funds for those impacted by the bushfire crisis. Two thirds of the proceeds will be split between @redcrossau and @wireswildliferescue … $3000 and it’s yours. Brisbane pick-up. To […]
A huge thank you to everyone who visited the exhibition at Metro Arts Brisbane! Met some fantastic people & artists, had some intense passionate conversations, and am left feeling a little more hopeful about our capacity to act on climate and extinction issues… Here’s some install shots for those of you looking from afar! Thanks […]
Image: Emma Lindsay, process detail for Borderlines, made at the Sonoran artist Residency, in Ajo, Arizona 2018. #sonorandesertinn
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 next solo show Life on Earth recreates selected intense moments and memories with wild and often threatened species, encountered during global fieldtrips to desert, Arctic, reef and museum sites between 2011-2018. […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 New Year and Year of the Rooster for 2017! My work has been curated into three upcoming group exhibitions in Queensland as listed below: ‘Tucker’d Out! Works from the Brian Tucker Collection’, Kick Arts Cairns, 11 Feb-8 April, 2017. http://kickarts.org.au ‘Nine Lives’, Heiser Gallery, 21 Feb- 18 Mar, 2017. Emma Lindsay 2016, ‘Cat kill (Painted button […]
When I made my Extinction flock (29 extinct Australian birds) for my practice-led research PhD, it was my intention to keep the flock together, ideally to be held in a public institution where any member of the public could visit and see the ‘specimens’ for themselves. The 29 life-scale paintings were shown at the World Science Festival Brisbane 2016 and were […]
A huge thank you to all the people who visited the Extinction project at the Queensland Museum last week! Early statistics indicate 114,000 visitors came to the 5 day festival, with 62,000 people passing through the museum during the World Science Festival Brisbane 2016, and science advocates like Sylvia Earle, Brian Greene, and Alan Alda wandered past the ‘On a wing’ program while […]
The first public exhibition of Brisbane-based artist Emma Lindsay’s Extinction Project will be held as part of the inaugural World Science Festival Brisbane, 9-13 March 2016 at the Queensland Museum. This will be the first time the festival has been held outside of New York City. The World Science Festival brings together great minds in science and the arts to produce live and […]
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