Waringarri Aboriginal Arts

Ben Ward, 2022

Ben Ward’s work feels like a kind of intimate portraiture of Country, viewed as if through a kaleidoscope with geometric fractals telling of a vast landscape. When Ward speaks of Country and creates work in its image, he speaks of tradition born from the land, that the land belongs to all, and that all we need will be provided for.

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Presenting significant, large-scale works, @chalkh

Presenting significant, large-scale works, @chalkhorsegallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2025.

Nathan Hawkes' work is grounded in the practice of drawing as a way of paying attention to and reflecting on the visual dynamics and sensations encountered in his daily life. His large-format drawings involve scratching into the surface of paper and using rudimentary mark-making with fingers and hands, masking, sponges and a vacuum cleaner, to embody a rough-hewn euphoria and sense of renewal whilst gesturing towards an illusory perception of self in relationship to the world.

Works by Hawkes will also be showcased alongside those by Clara Adolphs, Mechelle Bounpraseuth, Daniel Domig and Claudia Greathead.

@n.a.t.h.a.n.h.a.w.k.e.s

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Images:
Nathan Hawkes, 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 2024, chalk pastel on paper, 220 x 150cm. Courtesy the artist and CHALK HORSE.

At Melbourne Art Fair 2025, @magmagalleries (Naarm

At Melbourne Art Fair 2025, @magmagalleries (Naarm/Melbourne) presents 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

This new series of works by Kim Westcott will be based on her signature theme of universal connections and the idea that we live in a space filled with eternally evolving vibrations. Westcott’s artworks develop through everyday inspiration of the forest landscape in North East Victoria. These new works will reflect the interconnection and interaction of the natural elements of her home/ forest studio.

Tickets to Melbourne Art Fair are available at the link in bio 🔗'
20 - 23 February 2025 @mcec

@westcott.art
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Images:
1. Kim Westcott, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯 𝘐 (detail), 2024, acrylic on engraved acrylic, 180 x 100cm.
2. Kim Westcott, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯 𝘐, 2024.

A Thai-born Australian artist recognised as a lead

A Thai-born Australian artist recognised as a leader in the field of ceramics, Vipoo Srivilasa creates work that engages with complex questions of queerness, migration and spiritual meaning, using an aesthetic and medium that is accessible, uplifting and beautiful.

At Melbourne Art Fair in 2025, his works will be presented in a curated group exhibition by @n.smithgallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney). Alongside, works by Holly Anderson, Tom Blake, Thea Anamara Perkins, Fiona Lowry and Danie Mellor will also be exhibited.

Taking place 20 - 23 February 2025 at @mcec, secure your tickets to Melbourne Art Fair at the link in bio 🔗

@vipooart
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Images courtesy the artist and N.Smith Gallery:
1. Vipoo Srivilasa, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘴, 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴, 2023, glazed ceramic & gold lustre, 50 x 23 x 16cm.
2. Vipoo Srivilasa, 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘐,
2023, cobalt pigment on porcelain and 12% gold lustre, 26.5 x 22 cm / 30 x 25.5 x 5 cm (framed).

Benjamin Barretto and Victoria Stolz work within t

Benjamin Barretto and Victoria Stolz work within the realm of abstraction, though from completely opposing viewpoints. In 2025, @animalhousefinearts (Naarm/Melbourne) will present works by the artists at Melbourne Art Fair.

Barretto's veers more towards an extended painting practice, utilising automatic processes, drawing and assemblage. The works presented at the Fair will be based on a series, not exhibited since 2015, which explore painting techniques used for electric guitars, including an assemblage element of deconstructed guitar hardware.

Stolz's work, while closely tied to abstraction, also swirls around the world of figuration, this middle ground makes for an ethereal dreamscape, presenting places that aren't quite places, buildings that aren't quite buildings, flowers that aren't quite flowers.

Melbourne Art Fair, 20 - 23 February 2025. Tickets available at the link in bio. 🔗

@benjaminbarretto @victoria.stolz
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Images:
1. Benjamin Barretto, 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥, 2024, oil on canvas, 153 x 102cm. Courtesy the artist and Animal House Fine Arts.
2. Victoria Stolz, Complete Destiny, 2024�oil on aluminium composite panel, 183 x 140cm. Courtesy the artist and Animal House Fine Arts.

@arthousegallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) returns

@arthousegallery (Gadigal Country/Sydney) returns to Melbourne Art Fair in 2025, pairing celebrated painter Robyn Sweaney with sculptor Kendal Murray in a playful and engaging exhibition which contemplates the philosophical and ontological currency of Australian cultural identity.

Together these artists share an ongoing fascination nostalgia for the Australian architectural vernacular – particularly from the post war period and ideas around Environmental Identity.

@robynsweaney @kendal_m_murray
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Images:
1. Robyn Sweaney, 𝘖𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦, 2024, acrylic on poly cotton canvas, 97.5 x 137.5 cm (framed). Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery.
2. Kendal Murray, 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘖𝘶𝘵, 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘖𝘶𝘵, 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 2023, mixed media assemblage with tea set, 21.5cm x 14cm x 18cm. Courtesy the artist and Arthouse Gallery.

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick’s collaborative

Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick’s collaborative practice engages in strategies of artifice to consider relationships between objects and time, the organic and synthetic, past and future.

Since the mid-1980s, Mikala Dwyer has developed an internationally recognised sculptural, performative and installation practice that explores ideas of shelter, childhood play, modernist design, personal biography, magic and the occult.

@1301sw_au (Naarm/Melbourne, Gadigal Country/Sydney) and @starkwhite's (Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland, Tāhuna/Queenstown) joint curated group presentation for the 2025 edition of Melbourne Art Fair will continue on from their 2024 presentation’s preoccupation with atmosphere.

@mikaladwyer
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Images:
1. Lewis Fidock & Joshua Petherick, 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 #5, 2024, wood, brass, paint, 56.5 x 58.3 x 14.5 cm. Courtesy the artist and 1301SW / STARKWHITE.
2. Mikala Dwyer, 𝘈 𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 2022, plastic, 66 x 58 x 72cm.

At Melbourne Art Fair 2025, @sabbiagallery (Naarm/

At Melbourne Art Fair 2025, @sabbiagallery (Naarm/Melbourne) presents new work by Pippin Drysdale and Kirstie Rea, two of Australia’s premier artists in the fields of
international contemporary ceramic and glass art.

This exhibition celebrates the beauty of the Australian landscape and our own unique relationships and abstracted memories within it. The sheer enjoyment of losing oneself within each remembered landscape is what unifies Drysdale and Rea. Masters of their material, their sculptural installations will immerse each viewer.

@drysdalepippin @reakirstie
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Images:
1. Pippin Drysdale, in studio, 2024. Courtesy the artist and Sabbia Gallery.
2. Pippin Drysdale, Breakaway Series,𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘢 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘬𝘢 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐, 2024, porcelain incised with coloured glazes, dimensions variable, tallest 350mm h.
3. Kirstie Rea. Courtesy the artist and Sabbia Gallery.
4. Kirstie Rea, 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘐, 2024, folded glass, 220 h x 935 w x 110mm d.

Melbourne Art Fair 2025 welcomes @munupiarts (Pirl

Melbourne Art Fair 2025 welcomes @munupiarts (Pirlangimpi/Garden Point) for a second year.

Munupi Arts is a vibrant and creative not for profit social enterprise located in the Tiwi Islands. The Munupi Artists use natural ochres found on the Island to create their exuberant visual expressions, capturing the ancient cosmology and worldview of the Tiwi people. At the Fair next year, they will present ochre works by Alison and Carol Puruntatameri.

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Established in 2022, the WMIACP initiative supports the participation of Indigenous-owned art centres within a fair of national significance, funded by the Australian Government through the Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program, and generously supported by Morgans Financial Ltd @morgans.australia. This program recognises the vital role art centres play in sustaining First Nations arts and communities, and in sharing the stories of Indigenous Australians.

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Images:
1. Alison Puruntatameri, 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢 (𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 / 𝘞𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴), 2024, natural ochre on Stringybark, 190x86cm. Courtesy the artist and Munupi Arts & Crafts Association.
2. Carol Puruntatameri. Courtesy Munupi Arts & Crafts Association.
3. Carol Puruntatameri, 𝘠𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪, 2024,Ochre on canvas, 180x120cm. Courtesy the artist and Munupi Arts & Crafts Association.