Lara Scolari
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Painter
b 1972 |
Artist Statement 2014
My work explores and manipulates new materials and exhibits developed experimental techniques, reflecting my relaxed emotional state.
I engage in the art making process on a subconscious level using my body and materials as a vehicle of expression creating a dialogue between layers of abstracted organic personal, sometimes figurative and cavernous forms suggestive of internal and intimate dioramas. Working expressively, almost automatically in applying layers of line, form and gradated tone in gestures. I am an action painter and my medium becomes an extension of my body echoing my movement and emotive state.
I aim to create depth through layers in my work, and build up each layer using a variety of media and experimental methods. My endeavour is to give each line and mark vibrancy, energy, motion, mystery and emotion that the viewer can experience.
Complexity intrigues me, like hidden undercurrents and agendas involved in relationships. I have expanded and developed this concept which informs an intimate visual language of organic tone, shape and line. These elements generate a personal response of emotions that are expressed within my work. “As if diving beneath the surface (dreaming of what cannot be seen).”
My work explores and manipulates new materials and exhibits developed experimental techniques, reflecting my relaxed emotional state.
I engage in the art making process on a subconscious level using my body and materials as a vehicle of expression creating a dialogue between layers of abstracted organic personal, sometimes figurative and cavernous forms suggestive of internal and intimate dioramas. Working expressively, almost automatically in applying layers of line, form and gradated tone in gestures. I am an action painter and my medium becomes an extension of my body echoing my movement and emotive state.
I aim to create depth through layers in my work, and build up each layer using a variety of media and experimental methods. My endeavour is to give each line and mark vibrancy, energy, motion, mystery and emotion that the viewer can experience.
Complexity intrigues me, like hidden undercurrents and agendas involved in relationships. I have expanded and developed this concept which informs an intimate visual language of organic tone, shape and line. These elements generate a personal response of emotions that are expressed within my work. “As if diving beneath the surface (dreaming of what cannot be seen).”
Curriculum vitae
Education
Diploma of Fine Arts (Distinction)
Post Graduate Visual Arts Residency (Selective) - Western Institute of TAFE
Arts Administration (Distinction)
Certificate III Ceramics
Graduate Certificate, Cross Disciplinary Art & Design (Masters), COFA, UNSW - currently undertaking
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2014 AIR, Depot II Gallery, Danks St, Waterloo, New South Wales
2012 Lazy River Estate Winery, Dubbo, New South Wales
2011 LUDO, Orange Regional Gallery, Orage, New South Wales
2010 Occulo, Jayes Gallery, Melong, New South Wales
2010 Art Space, Mudgee, New South Wales
2009 Latent, Dubbo Regional Gallery - The Armati Bequest, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, NSW
2009 Lazy River Estate Winery, Dubbo, New South Wales
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 NG Gallery, ART NOW, Chippendale Creative Precinct, New South Wales
2014 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Resident Artist Exhibition, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2014 Brisbane Modern Art Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Queensland
2014 Nexus Gallery, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria
2014 Paper Pear Art Gallery, Wagga Waga, New South Wales
2014 Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
2014 Panoply Art Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2014 Art2Muse, Double Bay, New South Wales
2014 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Balmian Pop Up, Balmian, New South Wales
2013 A Decade of Stories - Artist in Residence Exhibition, Ashfield, New South Wales
2013 Tracks, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales
2012 Blake Prize Directors Cut Exhibition
2012 Salerno Gallery, Glebe, New South Wales
2012 Calleen Art Award Finalist, Corwa Art Gallery, Cowra, New South Wales
2012 Shimmer on the Bay, St Josephs College Exhibition, Walsh Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
2012 I Love Art Exhibition, St Augustines School, Narromine, New South Wales
2012 Fresh Arts, Dubbo Theatre and Convention Centre, Dubbo, New South Wales
2011 Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2011 Paper Pear Gallery, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
2011 Hill Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2011 Alchemy, Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
2011 Art Unlimited Prize, Dunedoo, New South Wales
2011 Fresh Paint, Red Door Gallery, Dubbo, New South Wales
2010 Michael Reid Gallery, Murrurundi, New South Wales
2010 St Josephs Art Show, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2010 Newport Artworks, Newport Beach, New South Wales
2010 Hill Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2010 Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
2010 Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2010 Around The World, Fresh Arts Group Show, Macquarie Regional Library, Dubbo, New South Wales
2009 Finalist Morton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine, Queensland
2009 Fresh Meat, Fresh Arts Group Show, Chop Art Shop, Milthorpe, New South Wales
2009 Fairview Art Space, Mudgee, New South Wales
2009 Jayes Gallery, Molong, New South Wales
2009 Percy Street Gallery, Wellington, New South Wales
2009 Wood for the Trees Fresh Arts Group Show, Dubbo, New South Wales
2009 Winner Into the Drip Art Prize, Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, New South Wales
2008 Bowerhouse, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
2008 Fairview Artspace, Mudgee, New South Wales
2008 Finalist Art Unlimited Prize, Dunedoo, New South Wales
2008 Fresh Arts 08, Dubbo Regional Gallery - The Armaty Bequest, New South Wales
2008 Finalist Calleen Acquisition Prize, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2007 Expose, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
2007 Fresh off the Plains, Canowindra Art Gallery, New South Wales
2006 Visible, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbi, New South Wales
2006 Fresh & Fruity, The Art Gallery Coonabarabranm New South Wales
2006 Fresh & Fruity, Dubbo Regional Gallery, New South Wales
2006 A Fresh Look, Dundullimal Homestead, Dubbo New South Wales
2006 Rigi Dige, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
2005 Upstarts, Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo, New South Wales
2005 Save the Sumartran Tiger, Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, New South Wales
Residences
2014 Hunters Hill Art Gallery, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
2013 Artist in Residence, Ashfield Council, Pratten Park, Ashfield, New South Wales
2006 Fresh Arts Residency, Dundullimal Homestead, Dubbo, New South Wales
2008 Western Institute of TAFE, Dubbo Campus, New South Wales
Associated Bodies
Viscopy, Member
Friends of Dubbo Regional Gallery, Member
NAVA (National Association for the Visual Arts), Member
Orana Arts, Member
Fresh Arts, Member