Isabelle Mackay-Sim, This dream of flesh I, 2018. Earthenware ceramic, 62cm x 39cm x 43cm.
OPENING EVENT Wednesday 27 February from 6:00pm at ANCA Gallery. Free to attend, no bookings required.
Embodied Experiences is an exhibition by three young woman artists showing highly personal work in celebration of International Women’s Day. In this exhibition. Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts, Elise Stanley and Isabelle Mackay-Sim explore individual elements of the feminine experience which will be brought together to offer a window into the complexities of inhabiting a female body.
Kira Godoroja-Prieckaerts is a Canberra-based artist working in the disciplines of drawing, printmaking and painting. Her works explore social issues from a personal perspective. She enjoys moving beyond the traditional use of mediums and allows the subject matter to have a great influence on the expression of mark making. Kira has been involved in group exhibitions at the 8th National Print Symposium at the National Gallery of Australia, The Left Hand Gallery, and a solo show at Honky Tonks. Her works have also appeared several times in Demos Journal. She graduated from the ANU School of Art and Design in 2017.
Isabelle Mackay-Sim is a 2018 Honours graduate from the ANU school of art, and has been exhibiting sculptural ceramics in Canberra for 4 years. Her practice examines society’s preoccupation with the body and the gendered aspects of this cultural obsession. Isabelle’s work utilises the material qualities of clay and glaze to evoke the figure and elicit a visceral response to rich textural surfaces.
Elise Stanley is a print-based artist located in Canberra, Australia. Elise is a recent graduate of the Australian National University School of Art and Design with a major in Print-media and Drawing. Elise’s work references the figure across several drawing and print techniques in order to describe her personal and feminine experience.
All of the artists in Embodied Experiences are recent graduates from the ANU SoAD. This exhibition highlights their shared interest in exploring the feminine experience and the personal as political.