Anna Pogossova
Moscow born, Sydney based artist, Anna Pogossova, explores the nature of imagination, the otherworldly and the metaphysical through a variety of mediums, including, illustration, photography and installation.
Anna often incorporates what is conventionally described as nostalgic or outmoded craft, such as sewing, embroidery, and traditional wallpaper and décor styles. These mediums are inhabited by a phantasmagoria of sinister soft toy creatures and malicious Victorian children perpetually suspended in battle.
Anna’s current work continues to build on the mythology surrounding these magical characters and their shifting, volatile realm.
Jefske
I am a photographer who enjoys simple things, surprises and music.
I am currently based in Sydney, you can also find me on http://jefske.com
Mia Taninaka
Mia lives and works on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Her father is Japanese so she grew up surrounded by a lot of Japanese art and anime films. A lot of her inspiration is drawn from the magic and spiritual themes that are prominent in Japanese culture.
She has always loved working with different colours and textures, but more recently has started drawing lines. Lots of lines. Just using a felt tip black pen Mia will spend endless hours drawing lines across the paper until they resemble something she can explore further.
‘Painting is how I make sense of the wild around me. I like to live somewhere in between the magic and the mayhem’
Bel Johnstone
Bel Johnstone is an illustrator who’s works are composed of a mix of pointillism and line work. Lately she has been combining this style with her exploration and increasing interest in hand drawn typography.
Wil Loeng
Wil Loeng is a graphic designer, illustrator and artists based in Sydney.
His work explored traditional methods of seeing and mark-making through theatrical figure drawing inspired by Japanese woodblock printing, Art Nouveau and musician Tom Waits.
Bec Winnel
Bec Winnel’s work has been described as reminiscent of vintage postcards and like melancholy souls staring out at you through disguised, beautiful faces. Based in Melbourne, Bec creates her delicate and soft portraits in her spare time whilst working full time as a Graphic Designer.
Kareena Zerefos
Kareena Zerefos’ work evokes a delicate balance between isolation and companionship, as well as yearning and delight in long lost moments of escape to the whimsical world of make believe.
With a background in design, graduating from College of Fine Arts in 2005, The Sydney-based artist works using a variety of media, including pencil, gouache, tea and ink, and often combines traditional drawing with contemporary digital graphic techniques.
Bei Badgirl
Born in 1987, Bei Badgirl was raised flying between Shanghai and Sydney. In recent years she has been displaying in Australasia. Inspired by all that glitters, her ultra-girly work explores the notions of sex and excess, obsession, indulgence, and the concept of falling in love with imaginary things. Blending her daily routines and sugar-sweet addictions her work is an overflow of all that is criminally dear to her. She is currently studying at Sydney University and looking for a $ugar daddy.
Elspeth Grew
Elspeth Grew is an emerging artist based in Sydney. Graduating later this month from the College of Fine Arts in design and art education, her work combines a design aesthetic with a passion for drawing often evoking whimsical, mysterious and romantic imagery.
esjay
esjay is a touchy feely, stencil pop world of heroes & villains, ghosts & ghouls.
Sarah Hankinson
Melbourne Illustrator Sarah Hankinson creates feminine yet striking works which play off broken lines and occasional splashes of colour.
Daniel Dittmar
Daniel Dittmar is a Sydney-based designer of The Company We Keep. www.tcwk.net
James Jirat Patradoon
Born in 1985 in Thailand and raised in Sydney, Australia on a super-diet of cartoons, comic books, and sci-fi movies.
James’ work explores his take on fantasy hyper-masculinity with portraits inspired by Japanese Manga, slasher movie villains, pro wrestlers, biker gangs, and Elvis.
His intense comic book styled images have appeared in magazines such as ESPN, Complex, Acclaim, Empty and ILOVEFAKE. As well as in collaborations with Adidas, Diesel, MTV, PepsiCo and Mambo.
Phillip Harkness
Art Director, Designer & Illustrator, Phillip Harkness is quickly establishing himself as one of Australia’s most talented creatives for the street & surfwear industries.
With a passion for youth culture, men’s fashion & the creative arts, Phillip’s deliverables are consistently interesting and well-resolved. Living & breathing creative culture, Harkness relates intimately to the market he creates for - fashion-forward, whilst still remaining acutely on trend.
Hannah Smith
Hannah Smith lives and works on the Gold Coast. She employs a mark making style that reflect on microscopic worlds. www.hannah-esmith.blogspot.com
Anton Benois
Anton Benois is in Sydney via Moscow and Brooklyn. He has exhibited in Australia and France and currently has a beard. antonbenois.com/art
Blackwood
Artist slash skater, Blackwood, creates bold and often outlandish screen printed works from his backyard studio in Sydney. www.completeradness.com
Mitchell vs Ferrie
Sydney artist Mitchell Ferrie has been sculpting for 7yrs working with organic elements incorporating stone, metal & wood. He had his first solo show at Palmer Projects gallery in October.
April 27, 2010, 2:31am
