Inside Leanne Tobin’s studio on Dharug Country
“And being on Country has given me permission to speak loudly,” says artist Leanne Tobin, “to tell the truth about what has happened to the Dharug, to my family, and also to make work about the shared need to care for Country.” We visited the artist in her studio ahead of her current showing at Biennale of Sydney.
Studio visit: Into Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s world
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is known for his iconoclastic figurative sculptures that are bright, bold and larger than life. We visited the artist’s studio to learn more about Nithiyendran’s process, and hear about his inclusion in HOTA’s summer show.
Studio: Nabilah Nordin
“It was like an open studio and an exhibition space and a home space, everything kind of intermingled in a really lovely way.”
Inside Katy B Plummer’s Carriageworks Studio
“I’m often talking about really tough things, and making them into comedy makes them manageable. But it also disarms people,” says Katy B Plummer in our studio visit with the artist, where she talks her inner high school thespian, and wrestling with her “art fairy”.
How Vipoo Srivilasa is repairing happiness
“I can somehow walk the fine balance between the business world and the art world, and also the craft world.”
Guy Warren
“I do something every day, even if it’s only a scribble. But of course I still have doubts. There is no certainty in this game. There are no rules.”
Into Deborah Kelly’s remote studio
“What I think of as my real work happens outside the studio and in exchange with other humans.”
Tennant Creek Brio
“Our country and culture has been there all the time, it is our strength, our dream, and our stories. No one can take that away from us. So, we’ve got to tell that story and share it.” – Jimmy Frank, Tennant Creek Brio
Rosie Deacon
“Sometimes it’s like I have a big spinning sort of feeling in my body: hard to soft, angles and sharpness, then really beautiful and cuddly and soft.”
