Charmaine is an emerging WA artist with a background in graphic design which has shaped her approach to sculpture and painting. She graduated from NMTAFE in 2016 with an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts and presently works from a studio in Artsource, Fremantle.
Her work explores the use of geometry, optical effects and repetition and the interplay between the rhythmic elements and underlying grid structure. She finds this repetitive process calming and meditative. Her hand-built sculptures have a strong architectural presence. They are made of white stoneware clay that is bisque fired, giving the forms an organic tactile finish.
Exhibitions
2020
Sculptures at Bathers, Fremantle
Wide Open Road, Nyisztor Gallery
2019
Now, Artsource Salon, Old Customs House
Interview, Nyisztor Gallery
Scene, Nyisztor Gallery
City of Melville Art Awards
Minnawarra Art Awards, Armadale
Between Two Points, Nyisztor Gallery
2018
Galvanise, Artsource Salon, Old Customs House
Gnullar Mia Art Auction, Nyisztor Gallery
PCWK 10, Nyisztor Gallery
City of Melville Art Awards
Double Brick, Heathcote Gallery
Bored Women, Smart Casual Gallery
2017
Scene, Nyisztor Gallery
Artitude Amplified, Telethon Speech and Hearing, Crown Hotel
Shine, Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE
Clyde & Co Art Award Exhibition, Clyde & Co, Perth
2016
Danger Hot Works, Grad Exhibition North Metropolitan TAFE
Auction, Gallery Central, North Metrolpolitan TAFE
Residencies
2017
Ceramic Residency North Metropolitan TAFE
Awards
2016
Shine Award, North Metroplitan TAFE
2017
Winner Clyde & Co Art Award, Clyde & Co, Perth
2018
Winner 3D Sculpture Award, City of Melville
Collections
2016
North Metropolitan TAFE
2018
City of Melville
Future Projects
Between the Eye and the Heart, Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, commences September
City of Melville Art Awards, commences October
Post, Gallery Central, North Metropolitan TAFE, commences October.
Wadjemup Museum Sculpture Exhibition, Rottnest Island, commences December
The Patterning Habit, Lost Eden Creative, Dwellingup, commences December