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| Audrey Newton |
Audrey Newton is an interdisciplinary artist, based in Sydney, working in the fields of drawing, sculpture and installation. Her practice seeks to understand the agency of materials and the peculiarities of physical space and the unusual in-between spaces. The formal and furtive identities of material and space play an important role in how she dissects images from her imagination and consciousness.
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| Audrey Newton, 4Eva (detail), 2018, mild steel rod and latex |
Audrey has recently completed her Master of Fine Arts at Sydney College of the Arts. She has exhibited broadly in solo and group exhibitions at Firstdraft, Narrandera Art and Community Centre, Our Neon Foe and Articulate Project Space. In 2018, she was awarded two international residencies at Can Serrat, Spain and Factory 49 in France. In 2017, she received the Herbert Johnson Grant for a research trip to the United States of America.
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Audrey Newton, 4Eva (detail), 2018, rose, resin, glass beads, wax
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For this residency, I will be developing part of a large-scale project titled, Jewels. This work reflects on the material topography of my place of birth, Pakistan. I will use my time to create a repetition of small resin sculptures which will be preserving treats and medicinal spices that I consumed as comfort foods during my family’s transition from Pakistan to Australia. These treats include cardamom pods, sugar cubes, sugar-coated fennel seeds and pomegranates. A quiet residency such as Gunyah will provide me with peace of mind to complete a large part of this enduring task.
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| Audrey Newton, Jewels, 2019, (work in progress), resin coated cardamon pods, fennel seeds and pomegranates |
You can see more of Audrey's work at https://firstdraft.org.au/2018program/2018/09/054eva
