repurposing exhibition
22-23 Feb 2014,
Earthwise, Subiaco
+ Sustainability Fair
Who is judging the exhibition?
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Our judges are a panel of three independent experts with a collective knowledge of art, design, suatainability and recycling. They will independently evaluate each entry and then collectively decide on the winners.
The judges will not be entrants and will not financially benefit in any way from their involvement.
Our judges are:
Sean Avery is a professional repurposing artist, along with being a published writer-illustrator, graphic designer and sculptor whose work has appeared in many high-profile collections.
With a degree in Graphic Design, Sean has built a career as a sculptor whose work is "all about repurposing the discarded to make something beautiful".
Pictures of his work have appeared in newspapers and magazines all around the globe and he has built many pieces for private collectors and galleries all around the world. Locally, he has created displays for Scitech, Woodside Plaza and Remida.
Ripley's Believe it or Not have recently purchased some sculptures for display in their Hollywood and Baltimore museums.
Sean is also the writer and illustrator of a fantastic children's book "All Monkeys Love Bananas".
Senator Scott Ludlam is best known as a Greens Parliamentarian, speaking out for a more sustainable and socially just world.
Both before and after joining the Senate in 2008, Scott has been involved in numerous political campaigns, including opposition to uranium mining at Jabiluka and in Western Australia, nuclear weapons, foreign military bases, and support for Aboriginal land rights, peace and disarmament, recognition of climate change, advocacy of fair trade and equitable globalisation, and energy market reform.
However, did you know he is also an artist?
Scott also holds a degree in design from Curtin University and before joining the Senate he worked as a Graphic Designer, artist and film maker. He is also a keen photographer who has recently released a series of gift cards.
A passionate supporter of the Arts and Cultural communities, with a vast knowledge of sustainable design, Scott will be opening our Exhibition at 3.30pm on Saturday 22 February and will look forward to meeting our artists and visitors.
Lyn DiCiero is the founder and editor of The Artists Chronicle, a bi-monthly magazine for artists, collectors and associated workers and industries in Western Australia.
An experienced curator and writer, Lyn has been responsible for the development of many regional art awards.
Her Curatorial Credits include the City of Belmont Art & Photographic Awards, National Lifestyle Villages Art Awards, the Mindarie Boardwalk Sculpture Awards, and the City of Rockingham Castaways Sculpture Awards for recycled sculpture, now in its seventh year.
In 2010 she curated the inaugural Soroptimist International of Fremantle Help the Homeless Art Auction. Lyn also documents several art collections, produces short films featuring artists, and is a visual arts feature writer for the West Australian newspaper.
Some of Sean's
Upcycled Scuptures
CD SHARD TECHNIQUE
I use kitchen scissors to cut the shapes I need out of the CDs, then arrange each shard by colour and size.
I then hot glue those shards one-by-one to a wire mesh frame (that I shape by hand) to create a natural fur/feather pattern.
- Sean Avery
