Sandra Winkworth
Preoccupations
9th - 26th June
CV
Education
1992-1995, Canberra School of Art, ANU, Bachelor of Arts with Honours (printmaking)
1994 Prague Academy of Arts, Czech Republic, exchange programme
1989-1990, Meadowbank TAFE, Sydney, Associate Diploma of Visual Arts
Selected Projects
2007 Klenova/Klatovy Regional Gallery studio residency, Czech Republic
Research study at the Australian Museum, Sydney
2005 Sweitlan Kraczyna's Master Printmaking Workshop/residency, Italy
2003 Acting Coordinator, Jurkurrpa Art Centre, Alice Springs
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Preoccupations, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2005 drift, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2000 solo interior, Megalo, Canberra
1999 Interior, Galeria del Centro, Boorowa NSW
1998 distillation, Galerie Café Alternatif, Prague, Czech Republic
1996 Recent Works, Bottland Gallery, Sydney
1995 Flight of a Bird, my Café, Manuka, Canberra
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 A Selection of Work, Xavier Art Space, St Vincents Public Hospital, Sydney
2007 Pine St Printmakers, Pine St Creative Arts Centre, Sydney. Shelf Life, The Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2006 Sweet December, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney. Lessedra Annual Print Exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria
2005 Kraczyna Studio Exhibition, Barga, Italy. Pearl, Tsunami Aid, Sheffer Gallery
2004 Small Wonders, The Delmar Gallery. Emerging Artists Paint the Blues, The Delmar Gallery
2002 Warringah Art Exhibition, Manly Vale Community Centre, Sydney. End of Year Exhibition, Pine Street Arts Centre
1999 Surrender, Canberra Theatre, Canberra
1998 Christmas show, Altrix Kakadu, Prague. untitled show, Barraka, Prague
1997 Four Femmes…, Foyer Gallery, University of Western Sydney. No Cash "Czechs" Only, Bondi Beach Pavilion, Sydney
1996 Unframed, Red Door Co-operative Gallery, Sydney. Group Show, SUM Gallery, Sydney
1995 CSA Printmakers, Ohio State University, USA. Life/Drawing Exhibition, La Salle College of the Arts, Singapore. Feminine Identities, Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art
Collections
University of Western Sydney, Meadowbank TAFE, open studio of Sweitlan Kraczyna Italy and privately in Australia, Czech Republic, USA and the UK
Preoccupations comes after a trip made to the Czech Republic where I spent 2 months travelling a little, chasing squirrels and peacocks with my camera, and plenty of museum absorbing. Eventually the trip culminated at an artist residency in Klenova, a village of 100 people, which fortunately had facilities to make prints. I walked, viewed, drew, mushroomed in the woods, printed, cooked many soups and absolutely frolicked. I spent a lot of time reflecting on my connection to place and I wondered about the lives of my family and their possible connection to the views in front of me. My work has always been motivated by my personal history where I often explore the notions of loss, places of protection, transience and fragility. Here is a collection of various works, techniques and imagery mixed together to record my preoccupations while travelling/researching history…. etc Most works were formed from the photographs that were taken and cultural clichés were happily included to reflect my idealised, romanticised image of a place I come only to visit. Nostalgia is abundant. Found items, I discriminately pick up to claim for myself as I do with my Czech identity.
"NO MATTER how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition." The Unbearable Lightness Of Being Milan Kundera