I’m very excited that my drawing video, Entropy: Lessons from the Sea, has been selected by Scott Elliot, Assistant Curator, Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW, for inclusion in the 2026 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing. Congratulations to all the artists who keep drawing alive and thank you to the donors and organisers who makeContinue reading “2026 Perry Prize”
Author Archives: sallyclarke
Fremantle Arts Centre Residency
1-30 September 2024 The Pale Carrier, 2023. Photo: Brenda Factor. In September I’ll be undertaking a one-month residency at the Fremantle Arts Centre to focus on The Repatriation Project: Rituals For Letting Go. The Repatriation Project: Rituals for Letting Go, is an ongoing project where a large seashell collection that began in the Cocos (Keeling)Continue reading “Fremantle Arts Centre Residency”
Goulburn Art Award 2024
The Pale Carrier Above the Sea of Fog, 2024, was selected as a finalist in the Goulburn Art Award 2024. Exhibition Catalogue Sally Clarke, The Pale Carrier Above the Sea of Fog, 2024, acrylic paint on vinyl, 100 x 74cm. Photo: Sally Clarke.
The Story Behind My Next Project: Rituals for Letting Go
Or follow this link Surface Tension, an exhibition with Brenda Factor, at ANCA Gallery in Canberra from 15 May to 2 June 2024, marks the beginning of a project to return a seashell collection and other artefacts to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The artefacts, purchased in the 1970s from the Cocos Malay people, include seaContinue reading “The Story Behind My Next Project: Rituals for Letting Go”
Current Exhibition
Surface Tension Sally Clarke and Brenda Factor ANCA Gallery Canberra/Kamberri 15 May – 2 June 2024 Artists Talks Saturday 1 June 2-3pm This exhibition contains paintings, moving images, sculptures, noisy shells, a phallic (I) eye, and vitreous enamel surfaces. It responds to a seashell collection that began in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which has remainContinue reading “Current Exhibition”
2023 Dobell Prize
I’m very excited to share that I am a finalist in the 2023 Dobell Drawing Prize. The Dobell is an unparalleled celebration of drawing technique and innovation. Presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice.Continue reading “2023 Dobell Prize”
Canberra Art Biennial 2022
My short video, Forest Incantations, will be shown as part of a Forest Bathing Night Walk organised by Fiona Hooton of Canberra’s Localjinni. The event is part of the Canberra Art Biennial 2022 and will take place in the National Arboretum’s cork forest. Other artists involved in the event, including Fiona, are Tracey M Benson,Continue reading “Canberra Art Biennial 2022”