Copper

Featured Artists:

Chris T Wilson | David ‘Fitzy’ Fitzpatrick | Jenny Groves | Keith Corbett |
Ken Morrison | Lada Dedić | Raymond Arnold | Rory Wray-McCann

Curatorial team Ken Morrison , Keith Corbett & Lea Walpole

The Unconformity
16 - 19 October 2025
Copper
Press West, Queenstown, West Coast Lutruwita Tasmana
The Unconformity Art Trail

Lighthouse Arts has invited a group of artists to reflect on what “home” means to them and create a work to be exhibited in the cottage beside the lighthouse on the Nobbys-Whibayganba headland, once the home to the site’s Lighthouse Keeper. I am trilled to be among those selected to exhibit.

I will be exhibiting a piece that is an amalgamation of maps, a cartographic interpretation of a conceptual ‘home’ from the perspective of someone perpetually displaced.

Being a full-time travelling artist without a home-base and with an admittedly peculiar sense of direction has led me to create some unconventional maps; remnants of the places I’ve been, places I’ve returned to and communities where I’ve momentarily found a sense of belonging.

These maps don’t strategically point to specific locations; they trace relationships, memories and the quiet tethering that happens when I revisit a place and its people. Some communities live-on only in my phone sustained by messaging apps and photographs long after I’ve departed… and sometimes, find my way back to a place where we carry on as though I had never left.

My connection to Awabakal Newcastle began decades ago, when I presented at the National Young Writers’ Festival as part of This is Not Art. In recent years, I returned as an Artist in Residence at The Lock-Up art space and developed an ongoing relationship with The Hunter Writer’s Centre and Lighthouse Arts which has become an annual pilgrimage, an opportunity for experimental making amid the unpredictable weather and isolated beauty of Whibayganba Nobby’s Headland and a chance to reconnect with a community of local Hunter makers and writers who so warmly and swiftly embraced me as one of their own.

Home
Exhibition Dates: 2 August – 20 September 2025
Opening event: Saturday 2 August 2025, 11 am – 1 pm

Lighthouse Arts
Nobbys-Whibayganba headland
41 Nobbys Rd,
Newcastle NSW 2300

I am so excited to be returning to Queenstown West Coast Lutruwita in June to complete a residency at the remarkable Station Studios located beside the West Coast Wilderness Railway.

Station studios incorporate artists studios, gallery, rehearsal space and residency accommodation in a historical homestead beautifully restored by Lynda & Pete Purcell.

Station Studios
9–11 Railway Reserve, Queenstown

 CONTOUR is an annual showcase of works by Salamanca Arts Centre’s Resident Artists,

Works range from photograph to painting; drawing to sculptural; figurative to abstract; from Artists in the Willis, Stanmore and Morrison Studios, as well as Cottage Artist’s in Residence throughout 2024.

Featured Artists :
Emma Bingham 
| Hannah Blackmore 
| Michaye Boulter 
| Jack Braudis 
| Lada Dedić 
| Kirra-lea Caynes 
| Laura Cope
 | Antoinette Ellis 
| Katelyn Geard 
| Jon Kudelka
 | Marlize Myburgh
 | Julie Payne
 | Catriona Pollard 
| Julien Scheffer 
| Jo Soszynski
 | Julie Stoneman 
| Michelle van Pelt 
| Fiona Verdouw 
| Zoe Sernack

Studio Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre
Level 2, 77 Salamanca Place
Nipaluna Hobart 7000

Exhibition: 13 May - 28 June, 2025
Opening event: 16th May, 5 - 7 pm

Salamanca Arts Centre is on Muwinina country, and I acknowledge the Palawa people of Lutruwita as the traditional owners of this land I am so privileged to wander on and work on as an artist and a maker

Always was, always will be Aboriginal land

I am delighted to announce that my piece ‘Self Portrait in Analogue a̶n̶d̶ ̶D̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ Confusion’ has been selected as a finalist in the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art at Montsalvat Arts Centre.

This work was my main artistic contribution to the CONSENT exhibition at Temu House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier this year which playfully delves into the nuanced interplay of implied consent; insinuated acquiescence, the submission to subtle coercion and the elusive shadow of shame that artists frequently navigate within the realm of professional practice amidst the cultural economy and pressured discomfort of the creative sector.

Exhibition: Friday 4 April – Sunday 25 May 2025
Opening event: Thursday 3 April 2025

Finalists:
Georgia Banks, Pia Coetsee, Emma Coulter, Lana de Jager, Lada Dedić, Chelle Destefano, Makeda Duong, Megan Evans, Mark Forbes, Phillip George, Tim Gregory, Petrina Hicks, Nicholas Hubicki, Virginia Keft, Janetta Kerr-Grant, Jenna Lee, Warren Lee, Arrayah Loynd, Donna Marcus, Kori Miles, Ezz Monem, Marisa Mu, Jamie Mumford, Serena Pinday, Kenny Pittock, Susan Reddrop, Britt Salt, Amy Schleif, Jacqui Shelton, Sia Smyth, Katie Stackhouse, Meagan Streader, Isabel Trufas, Jen Valender. 

Montsalvat Arts Centre
7 Hillcrest Avenue
Eltham Nillumbik VIC
Australia

Nillumbik is located on the country of the of Kulin Nation. I acknowledge the Woi-wurrung speaking people of the Wurundjeri-willam clan as the traditional owners of the land I am so privileged to wander and work on as an artist and maker. Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.

When I first arrived for my residency at Q Bank Gallery, I had planned to embark on a personal mapping project; one that would trace my own experiences and movement through the beauty of the regenerating landscape, the beauty of the scarring as well as the rich history of Queenstown. However, after being welcomed so warmly into this generous and creative community, I realised that a project rooted in shared experience would be far more meaningful. This led to a shift in focus: rather than mapping my own journey, I wanted to create a collaborative artwork that reflects the generosity, connection, and creativity that thrives here.

This project invites you to take part in an exchange of ideas, interpretations and of artwork itself.

Each participant receives a small envelope containing a 10x10cm segment of a map of Queenstown. Out of context, these sections become abstract compositions of lines and shapes, serving as inspiration for your own artwork. You are free to respond however you like, using the provided materials.

Once finished, your work will be displayed alongside others, forming a collective reimagining of Queenstown; one shaped by many hands and perspectives.

Before you begin, you’ll write your postal address on the envelope. At the close of the exhibition, each participant will receive a surprise in the mail: another person’s artwork, a piece of the community carried forward.

This project is an act of exchange between strangers and community members, between places and between interpretations of a shared landscape. It is a small way to honour the generosity of this town and its people, where creativity is not just welcomed but encouraged to flow freely.

In conjunction with the Postal Cartography project, we will be exhibiting historical maps and aerial photographs as well as books, locally mined rock, ore and core samples.

Courtesy of the collections of

• Raymond Arnold

• Rory Wray-McCann

Notes:

1.       Open Studio Dates
The Open Studio runs from 1st – 21st March, and participants are encouraged to create their artwork here using the provided materials.

2.     Open Studio Hours
The studio will be open daily for drop-in from 2:00 - 6:00 PM. Keep an eye out on the pinned post shortly on Instagram @studiolada for any changes.

3.     Accessibility & Remote Participation
If you are unable to attend the Open Studio in person, Lada can email you a template so you can participate remotely. Get in touch:

Email: info@studiolada.com
Instagram: @studiolada

4.      Cost
The project is free of charge. All instructions and materials are provided by the artist. Every participant will receive another person’s artwork at the end of the project. You are welcome to use your own materials if you prefer.

5.      Mailing Timeline
Artworks will be mailed to participants in the week following the exhibition

6.      Personal Information
Your postal address will only be used to send you your artwork exchange. Your address will not be shared with other participants. Neither the artist not the gallery will collect or store your information for any other purpose.

 If you prefer not to provide a postal address, your allocated artwork will become a part of the Q Bank Gallery Art Collection

7.      Supporting the Artist
Some lovely people have asked how they can support my work. While there’s absolutely no obligation, if you’d like, you can buy me a coffee (real or virtual!) at www.buymeacoffee.com/studiolada

Interactive Open Studio & Exhibition
1st - 21st March
2:00 - 6:00 PM daily

Finissage Closing Celebration & Map Resolution
5 pm, Friday 21st March

Q Bank Gallery
37 Orr St
Queenstown
LUTRUWITA TAS 7467
AUSTRALIA

I will be spending February & March as Artist & Curator in Residence at Q Bank Gallery, Queenstown, West Coast Lutruwita Tasmania Australia

Q Bank Gallery has been supporting and sponsoring artistic practice through residencies, cultural events and community engagement since 2016. Artists-in-resident showcase their work in monthly exhibitions locally.

Q Bank Gallery
37 Orr St
Queenstown
LUTRUWITA TAS 7467
AUSTRALIA

There is no denying that I am a fan of The Biblio. An annual exhibition and prize organised by Blarney Books and Art in Port Fairy Victoria.

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece made in response to the novel Tilda is Visible by Jane Tara has been selected as a finalist in the Biblio Art Prize.

The exhibition will be held from 14 December –28 February on Gunditjmara Dhauwurd Wurrung land at Blaney Art, Port Fairy

Blaney Books & Art
37 James St,
Port Fairy VIC 3284

Exhibition: Saturday 14 December – Friday 28 February
Official opening night and award announcement: Saturday 14th December, 7pm

Gallery Hours:  Opening Hours: Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am - 5pm.
(closed 20 December to 29 December)

I am am excited to announce that I will be completing a split residency at Salamanca Arts Centre The Artist’s Cottage in May and then again in November though to the end of December 2024.

This residency is a follow up to the residency I completed there for a month over the New Year 2021-2022.

I was lucky enough to complete a residency at The Artist's Cottage just as Tasmania opened its borders to the world in 2021. I also happened to become classified as a close contact when a passenger on my flight tested positive to Covid19. This meant that even though I repeatedly tested negative, the majority of my residency was spent in isolation inside the cottage as I listened to Hobart’s parties outside for Christmas, the Taste Festival, Sydney to Hobart and as the city called in the New Year with fireworks witnessed from the front steps of the cottage. It was a wonderfully surreal experience...

I was also there as the children from the Davenport jumping castle disaster were helicoptered over one by one to hospital. While bells tolled for funerals but also weddings and celebrations. As mobs of angry men passed shouting "freedom" ironically unaware that I, quarantined in my little paradise cottage felt totally free in my solitude and that they had already achieved their goal with borders and businesses open.

The mountain and I built a deep conversation and I recorded the hours of hold music with TASHealth while I wrote poetry as each negative test came in. I plan to take all the snippets of my original residency and build on them with a comparison of my experience of Hobart, this time with 'freedom of movement’

There will be visits to Kunanyi not just look and talk to my mountain companion from the back steps of the Artist’s Cottage interpreting her mist cover as replies to my conversation.

I couldn't have asked for a better place to be "stuck" and I am truly excited of returning and completing my Hobart experience.

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece ‘Kunanyi ; Why can’t they hear you? I asked. Because they aren’t listening the mountain replied’ selected as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Please click here to see a full list of the pre-selected artists.

The exhibition will be held from 26 October – 6 December on Dharawal land at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over 10 days, the festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.

Campbelltown Arts Centre
1 Art Gallery Rd,
Dharawal land
Campbelltown NSW 2560

Exhibition: Saturday 26 October – Friday 6 December
Official opening night and award announcement: Friday 1st November

Gallery Hours:  10am – 4pm daily

I can’t tell you how overjoyed I was to receive an offer to return to the Lighthouse for an alumni residency, and then to see that there was an entire week available when I was already in Newcastle! And over my birthday!

The residency takes place inside the three cottages on Nobbys-Whibayganba headland. The site is part of the working port which features a weather station, a signal tower, and an operating lighthouse on Awabakal land in Newcastle NSW.

I will be spending October 2024 as Artist in Residence at The Lock Up Newcastle, Awabakal Land, Australia… more information soon… soon

The Lock-Up’s nationally renowned Artist in Residence program provides onsite accommodation in the old detective’s office for artists curators and other creatives. It allows space for work to be researched and developed; for experimental and innovative arts practices to thrive.

The lock-up was built to support the Newcastle police station which was housed in the adjacent court house.

The Artist in Residence program enables artists to respond to the unique architecture and history of the 1800’s building, and allows artists the capacity to make responsive and site-specific works.

Supported by the Creative Australia (Australia Council for the Arts), Create NSW and Crown Lands NSW.

The Lock-Up
90 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Australia

A Tokyo based neuroscientist/textile artist, a wandering sci-artist and a quirky Malaysian textile artist & designer experience the Temu effect…

Group exhibition of “wearable” textiles coming to Temu House this August

Featuring:

Afiza Abu Bakar
Lada Dedić
Xeem Noor
Curated by Sharmin Parameswaran

Temu House
49, Jalan 16/9e, Seksyen 16, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor - Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

On exhibition 3rd -18th August

Opening Saturday 3rd August
Artist Talk Sunday 11th August
Workshop Sunday 18th August

I am am excited to announce that I will be completing a split residency at Salamanca Arts Centre The Artist’s Cottage in May and then again in November though to the end of December 2024.

This residency is a follow up to the residency I completed there for a month over the New Year 2021-2022.

I was lucky enough to complete a residency at The Artist's Cottage just as Tasmania opened its borders to the world in 2021. I also happened to become classified as a close contact when a passenger on my flight tested positive to Covid19. This meant that even though I repeatedly tested negative, the majority of my residency was spent in isolation inside the cottage as I listened to Hobart’s parties outside for Christmas, the Taste Festival, Sydney to Hobart and as the city called in the New Year with fireworks witnessed from the front steps of the cottage. It was a wonderfully surreal experience...

I was also there as the children from the Davenport jumping castle disaster were helicoptered over one by one to hospital. While bells tolled for funerals but also weddings and celebrations. As mobs of angry men passed shouting "freedom" ironically unaware that I, quarantined in my little paradise cottage felt totally free in my solitude and that they had already achieved their goal with borders and businesses open.

The mountain and I built a deep conversation and I recorded the hours of hold music with TASHealth while I wrote poetry as each negative test came in. I plan to take all the snippets of my original residency and build on them with a comparison of my experience of Hobart, this time with 'freedom of movement’

There will be visits to Kunanyi not just look and talk to my mountain companion from the back steps of the Artist’s Cottage interpreting her mist cover as replies to my conversation.

I couldn't have asked for a better place to be "stuck" and I am truly excited of returning and completing my Hobart experience.

This exciting exhibition encompasses art creation, exhibition and critical discourse on the multifaceted concept of 'Consent' in the context of art making.

The project aims to delve into the intricacies of this contemporary concern as it pertains to art-making, presentation and the subsequent stages including post-production and copyright. A diverse group of Australian and Malaysian artists will address the subject of ‘Consent’ within the parameters of artistic practice.

We are super excited to have Cziplee onboard, collaborating with us during the exhibition and in a series of events in their amazing new store in Bangsar II. More on that soon soon…

Australian Artists:
David Blumenstein
Linda Brescia
Lada Dedić
Giselle Stanborough
Garry Trinh

Malaysian Artists:
Joanne Loo
Nadia Nizamudin
Xeem Noor
Umar Sharif
Trina Teoh
Tep York

Curatorial Team:
Lada Dedić & Sharmin Parameswaran
Kimberley Boudville & Xeem Noor

Temu House
49 Jalan 16/9e, Seksyen 16
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Opening
4pm, Saturday 17th March

Exhibition
17 February – 3 March, 2024

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece ‘Bloodlines; Melbourne to Altino’ made in response to the novel Sunbathing by Isobel Beech has been selected as a finalist in the Biblio Art Prize.

The exhibition will be held from 9 December –28 February on Gunditjmara Dhauwurd Wurrung land at Blaney Art, Port Fairy

Blaney Books & Art
37 James St,
Port Fairy VIC 3284

Exhibition: Saturday 9 December – Thur 28 February
Official opening night and award announcement: Saturday 10th December

Gallery Hours:  Opening Hours: Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am - 5pm.
(closed 20 December to 29 December)

I am excited to have been offered a place as Artist in Residence at Lighthouse Arts. The residency takes place inside the 3 cottages on Nobbys-Whibayganba headland. The site is part of the working port which features a weather station, a signal tower, and an operating lighthouse on Awabakal land in Newcastle NSW.

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece ‘Kunanyi ; Intersecting Paths and a Road to Nowhere’ selected as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Please click here to see a full list of the pre-selected artists.

The exhibition will be held from 28 October – 8 December on Dharawal land at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over 10 days, the festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.

Campbelltown Arts Centre
1 Art Gallery Rd,
Dharawal land
Campbelltown NSW 2560

Exhibition: Saturday 28 October – Friday 8 December
Official opening night and award announcement: Friday 3rd November

Gallery Hours:  10am – 4pm daily

My triptych Grace of Mixed Affect; Grace of the Schoolhouse recently completed during my time as a resident at School House Studios will be exhibited in:

Warm Welcome - a winter exhibition

Opening 9-6 pm 22, June 2023

23 June - 2 July 2-4pm
SHS Gallery
28 Victoria Street
Wurundjeri Land
Coburg, VIC
Australia

Curated by Bron Belcher & Jenna Corcoran

Exhibiting Artists:
Hamish Carr
Pey Chi
Jenna Corcoran
Michael Cuellar
Erin Daniell
Lada Dedić
Dan Elborne
Safa El Samad
Chris Henschke
Laura Johnston
Rhys John Kaye
Lara Köse
Barbara Murphy
Emma Overton
Francesca Pezzimenti
Abbey Rich
Ashley Ronning
Sofia Sabbagh
Antonia Selbach
Leela Schauble
Bec Smith
Iaki Vallejo
Matteo Volphi
Jude Worters

Sponsored by:
Noisy Ritual Urban Winery
Mountain Goat Beer

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece ‘North, South, North’ based on The Burning Island by Jock Serong has been selected as a finalist in the Biblio Art Prize.

The exhibition will be held from 10 December –28 February on Dhauwurd Wurrung land at Blaney Art, Port Fairy

Blaney Books & Art
37 James St,
Port Fairy VIC 3284

Exhibition: Saturday 10 December – Tuesday 28 February
Official opening night and award announcement: Saturday 10th December

Gallery Hours:  Opening Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am - 5pm.
(closed 20 December to 29 December)

I am absolutely thrilled to have my piece ‘Grace of the Diurnal ; Grace of the Maker Space’ selected as a finalist in the Fisher’s Ghost Art Award.

Please click here to see a full list of the pre-selected artists.

The exhibition will be held from 29 October – 9 December on Dharawal land at Campbelltown Arts Centre.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over 10 days, the festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.

Campbelltown Arts Centre
1 Art Gallery Rd,
Dharawal land
Campbelltown NSW 2560

Exhibition: Saturday 29 October – Thursday 9 December
Official opening night and award announcement: Friday 4th November

Gallery Hours:  10am – 4pm daily

Responding to the hyperconnectivity of Electric Dreams with a show pulsing with colour and transmitting inner light, including new painting and sculpture by Jacqueline Butterworth, Lisa Carrett, Lada Dedić, Sarah Edmondson, Amy Dynan, Katrina Hill, Owen Leong, Julia Meyerowitz-Katz, Carl Milton, Alan Rose and Ralph Stanton from Sydney’s Square One Studios

Curated by Sean Morris

Exhibition: March 30th - April 10th 2022

Opening: Wednesday, March 30th 6 - 8 pm
Finissage: Saturday, April 9th 2 - 4 pm

SAINT CLOCHE 
37 MacDonald St, Paddington NSW Australia 2021

Wed - Sat:     10 am - 5 pm  Sun:  11 am - 4 pm

A quantum physicist, an engineer and an artist walk into the ANU bar… You’ll have to wait until April 2022 for the punchline.

I am so very excited to have been offered a place as Maker in Residence at the Australian National University MakerSpace, an interdisciplinary program crossing Physics, Engineering and Fine Art.

The MakerSpace is a community and network of spaces across the ANU with access and training in a variety of digital and traditional fabrication tools. The Maker in Residence program offers three months of cross-collaboration with access to all the tools, training and expertise available at MakerSpace.

ANU MakerSpace is a commons for curiosity – a truly research-led environment, furnished with resources for makers like myself to experiment, investigate, prototype, and solve problems. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve while I’m there.

Would it be weird to refer to embroidery and knitted works as String Theory after this residency? Asking for a friend.



More information and additional Tasmanian dates to be announced...

PRESENCE OF MIND

Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney Australia.
10 December 2021 – 26 February 2022

The exhibition can be viewed virtually:
Presence of Mind - Virtual Gallery Walkthrough

About my work: Microbiome

Presence of Mind is a residency and exhibition project that examines the intersection of mindfulness, Buddhism and the creative process of visual artists in Australia and Singapore.

Artists: Cindy Yue-Zhe Chen, Jeremy Chu, Lada Dedić, Kath Fries, Lindy Lee, Jason Lim, Kristina Mah, Aryadharma Aaron Matheson, Nell, Alecia Neo, Shirley Soh, Phaptawan Suwannakudt, Lachlan Warner

Curators: Dr Kath Fries & Rachael Kiang

Gallery Lane Cove
164 Longueville Rd
Lane Cove NSW

Exhibition: 10 Dec 2021 – 29 Jan 2022 (closed 25 Dec – 2 Jan)
Opening night: 10 December 2021

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This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, the NSW Government through Create NSW and its annual organisation grant, and partnership support from 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art.

This event and all associated events & workshops have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreaks in both Sydney and Canberra. Stay safe cool kids and make stuff at home… as the ancient proverb says #MakersGonnaMake

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A quantum physicist, an engineer and an artist walk into the ANU bar… You’ll have to wait until September for the punchline.

I am so very excited to have been offered a place as Maker in Residence at the Australian National University MakerSpace, an interdisciplinary program crossing Physics, Engineering and Fine Art.

The MakerSpace is a community and network of spaces across the ANU with access and training in a variety of digital and traditional fabrication tools. The Maker in Residence program offers three months of cross-collaboration with access to all the tools, training and expertise available at MakerSpace.

ANU MakerSpace is a commons for curiosity – a truly research-led environment, furnished with resources for makers like myself to experiment, investigate, prototype, and solve problems. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve while I’m there.

Would it be weird to refer to embroidery and knitted works as String Theory after this residency? Asking for a friend.