ANNE BENNETT ART
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1-7 August 2022
Forest of Hope
Installation art and live performance
Onticity Art Projects presents Forest of Hope, a collaborative art and sound installation featuring floor to ceiling paintings by Anne Bennett, projections and field recordings by Jutta Pryor and an original musical score by bass artist Scott Dunbabin and flautist Megan Kenny.
More information: www.onticity.com.au
1 – 7 August 2022, Weekdays 9am – 8pm, Weekend 10am -5pm.
(FREE, no bookings required)
Image:Forest of Hope invitation
May-July 2022
Dimension ART Project Space
Residency
Anne Bennett will be working at DIMENSION ART Project Space, making a series of large translucent paintings for the Forest of Hope
Forest of Hope is an Onticity Arts Project, supported by Dimension Art Project Space, Bundoora, Auspicious Arts Projects and a Banyule City Council Arts & Culture Project Grant.
Image:Anne Bennett at Dimension ART Project Space Photo credit: Jutta Pryor
2 April 2022
LIGHT after DARK
Installation art and live performance
Anne Bennett will be exhibiting her large scale paintings in a multi-sensorial installation/performance with Jutta Pryor (projections), Megan Kenny (flute) and Scott Dunbabin (Bass) in the Light After Dark performance event for Banyule Open Studios 2022 weekend.
Saturday 7-9pm 2 April at Dimension ART Project Space 23/10 Mirra Court, Bundoora.
Note: This event is free however we require bookings via Eventbrite in order to monitor attendance in case of COVID restrictions.
1 – 3 April 2022. (FREE)
Image: Light After Dark performance night invitation
January 2022
Dimension ART Project Space
Residency
Anne Bennett will be working at DIMENSION ART Project Space, making a series of large translucent paintings for the Light After Dark performance night for the inaugural Banyule Open Studios weekend 2 April.
Courtesy of Jutta Pryor at Dimension Art Project Space, Bundoora.
Image:Anne Bennett at Dimension ART Project Space Photo credit: Jutta Pryor
Coming soon – 1st weekend in April 2022
Banyule Open Studios
Open studios and live events
Light after Dark performance night
Anne Bennett will be exhibiting her large scale translucent paintings in a multi-sensorial installation/performance with Jutta Pryor (projections), Megan Kenny (flute) and Scott Dunbabin (bass) for Banyule Open Studios 2022 weekend.
Saturday 7-9pm 2 April at Dimension ART Project Space 23/10 Mirra Court, Bundoora.
Note: This event is free however we require bookings via Eventbrite in order to monitor attendance in case of COVID restrictions.
1 – 3 April 2021 (FREE)
Image: Banyule Open Studios 2022 Invitation
June 2021
Winter Days
Group exhibition
Winter Days exhibits a collection of creative responses on the themes surrounding the season of winter. Winter signifies
a time of hibernation, introversion, introspection, foraging, going within…Winter is represented through colour and hue
-primarily blues and greys. Winter is depicted through light and varying shades of darkness.
Artists:
Alexia Novella | Alison Willoughby | Amelia Jane | Andre Bruzzese | Andrea Sinclair | Andria Beighton | Anne Bennett | Aude | Barek Brodie Colbourne | Ruby Knight | Ryan Pola | Casey Freeman | Brian Cheung | The Blck Pen | Tegan Iversen | Cat Parker | Cathy Yarwood-Mahy | Peatree | Christiana Aprozeanu | Kyle KM | Deb J Marshall | Emily Wright | Erin Michelle | Georgia Pricone | Giovanna Da Silva | Jack Howell | Jennifer Rooke | Jo Murphy | Julia Schmitt | Kari Henriksen | Laura Alice | Liz Gridley | Lizzie Mai |Lucy Wood | Luke Rion | Manda Lane | Melissa Grisancich | Mitchell Asquith | Nathalia Suizu | Nani Puspasari| Rachel Derum | Rana The Frog | Yiying Lee | Ying Wang | Sarah Jane Lightfoot
17 June – 1 July 2021
Image: Anne Bennett, River of Mists and Shadows, oil on perspex
April 2021
Land
Group exhibition
OFF THE KERB Gallery, Collingwood
Anne Bennett, Cathy Yarwood Mahy, Dawn Robinson, Eric Sesto, Kari Henriksen, Lauren Guymer, Lauren Tausend, Lucy Wood, Nicholas Aspin, Nicole Macdonald, Sarah Randall
29 April – 13 May 2021
Image: Invitation featuring painting by Lauren Gurmer
December 2021
Revitalising Warringal: the remaking of Banyule Swamp
Public Art
Anne will be making a mural sized painting of the Banyule Swamp in celebration of Warringal Conservation 50th anniversary and the vital work they have undertaken in re-storing Banyule’s waterways.
Image: Warringal Conservation Members Photo credit: Heather Smith
December 2020
'Out of Containment' series
Available for purchase
Bolin Bolin Gallery, BAAG, BulleenDates:December 2020 – January 2021
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Image: Anne Bennett, Out of Containment: Jezabel, 2020, mixed media on paper
Online now
Liminal // A shared distance
Group exhibition / online event
LIMINAL // A SHARED DISTANCE
5th – 29th August 2020
Online exhibition – Public EventExhibition Dates:
5th August – 29th August 2020
There will be video components released each day online, so please visit the website to view the exhibition, and video content.
Participating artists: Anne Bennett, Jutta Pryor, Felicity Gordon, Claire Needham, Lauren Rhiain Carpenter, Martin Hirst, Tracey Lamb & more.
Image: Exhibition Poster: Interval (2020), by Jutta Pryor, image still from video The Print (2020), graphic design by Lauren Carpenter
Coming soon
Liminal // A shared distance
Group exhibition / online event
LIMINAL // A SHARED DISTANCE
5th – 29th August 2020
Online exhibition – Public EventExhibition Dates:
5th August – 29th August 2020
There will be video components released each day online, so please visit the website to view the exhibition, and video content.
Participating artists: Anne Bennett, Jutta Pryor, Felicity Gordon, Claire Needham, Lauren Rhiain Carpenter, Martin Hirst, Tracey Lamb & more.
Image: Bus Stop Poster: Interval (2020), by Jutta Pryor, image still from video The Print (2020), graphic design by Lauren Carpenter
Forthcoming August 2020
Liminal // A shared distance
Group exhibition / online event
In these uncertain days we are all sharing distance while attempting to retain connection and community. There is no map of this terrain, art provides only cryptic signposts.
We will only recognise our destination when we stumble upon common ground and meaning shared across the distances of space and time.
Liminal // A shared distance is a collective response to the current situation by Banyule artists, makers, performers and poets. Occupying both physical and virtual sites, Liminal explores the concrete and temporal margins between artist and audience as a place where meaning is created, debated and shared.
Participating artists: Anne Bennett, Jutta Pryor, Felicity Gordon, Claire Needham, Lauren Rhiain Carpenter, Martin Hirst, Tracey Lamb & more.
Hatch Contemporary Art Space, City of Banyule August 2020
Image: Jutta Pryor and Lauren Rhian Carpenter, Liminal, 2020, tarlatan, etching ink, copper plate. Photo credit: Jutta Pryor
March 2020
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2020
Group exhibition
Cancelled due to Covid-19
Anne Bennett to join The Northern Artists for their annual Flora & Fauna exhibition at MIFGS
The Northern Artists is an established co-operative of like-minded artists who work and live in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Its members are independent practitioners who collaborate on projects which complement their individual studio practices. They are painters, photographers, ceramicists, printmakers, illustrators and sculptors who work in a range of mediums in a variety of styles.
Image: Jan Herrera, Frida, mixed media Photo credit:Jan Herrera
September 2019
Waterways at WaterMarc, Banyule City Council, Greensborough
Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces
Anne Bennett (Onticity Art Projects), Waterways
21 September–7 October (except Tuesdays and Thursdays):
Ground floor foyer, 1 Flintoff St, Greensborough (Outside Watermarc and Healthlink Cafe).
Join Anne Bennett as she paints large scale rendition of the Yarra and Plenty Rivers.
Image: Anne Bennett, Sills Bend, Yarra River Credit: Pam Kleeman Passi
September 2019
Anne Bennett awarded Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces Grant 2019
Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces
The City of Banyule have awarded Anne Bennett and Onticity Art Projects to produce an ephemeral artwork for a public place within Banyule.
Over a 2-week period Banyule artist Anne Bennett will paint live at the WaterMarc complex. In an ongoing exploration of the murky bends and shimmering ripples of the Yarra and Plenty Rivers and their banks, Anne Bennett will paint a performative work in the foyer. Multiple translucent, inky paintings on floor-to-ceiling lengths of drafting film will encircle the café and windows. An associated children’s art activity will provide families with the opportunity to engage this work and better understand the significance of our local waterways.
Image: Pinpoint Art in Public Spaces Poster 2019
