somewhere here

nowhereprint

1 april - 13 may

somewhere here is an exhibition of works by the artist collective ‘nowhereprint’. Bringing together 16 contemporary artists working from lutruwita/Tasmania, ‘nowhereprint’ is inspired by the island’s unique ecosystems and cultural histories. somewhere here includes works in print by the following artists:

Antonia Aitken Raymond Arnold Tim Coad Rebecca Coote Tony Curran Mindy Doré Jan Hogan Jennifer Marshall Olivia Moroney Helen Mueller Nicole O’Loughlin Lex Palmer Bull Natasha Rowell Michael Schlitz Hope Smith Melissa Smith

The name for ‘nowhereprint’ is borrowed from the Tasmanian printmaker Bea Maddock who played with these words in her 1974 prints ‘now-here’ and ‘no-where’.

The artists in somewhere here acknowledge the significance of living and making on Iutruwita/Tasmania, where Palawa people tended the land through millennia of inhabitation. This island place generates the context from which each artist questions the personal and political, mythological and narrative connections.

Drawing upon their own individual and collective relations to this island, nowhereprint brings together for somewhere here a multitude of works in different print media, including relief, intaglio and lithography.

Events + Dates:

Artist talk: 4pm-5pm, 5 April

Join us in the gallery ahead of the exhibition opening to hear featured artists Antonia Aitken, Olivia Moroney, Helen Mueller and Hope Smith as they discuss works in this fabulous group exhibition, bringing together works in print media by 16 emerging and mid-career artists from Iutruwita/Tasmania.

Opening: 5pm-7pm, Wednesday 5 April

Join us from 5pm - 7pm as we celebrate the opening of somewhere here, to be formally opened by Dr Deidre Brollo, Lecturer, ANU School of Art and Design.