Shes vivacious, funny and incredibly talented dont miss this interview! The plans included a roomy studio where she spends as much time as she can, constantly exploring new ideas. Art Gallery of NSWEDUCATION2006-2007 Gilding and Carving with Dane Wilson, Master Framer, Katayama, USA2003-2004 Julian Ashton Art School, (Anatomy and Life drawing)2002-2003 North Sydney Art School, (Still Life and Landscape Painting)1999-2001 The Framing School, Sydney, (Conservation and Object Framing)1995-1999 University of NSW, College of Fine Art, BFA1994 University of Sydney, Art HistorySOLO EXHIBITIONS2019 Van Rensburg Galleries, New York2019 Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney2019 Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne2018 Vanessa Stockard, 3:33 Art Projects, Clayton Utz, Sydney2018 Vanessa Stocakrdm Feature Artist, Arts in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley2017 Cold Comforts, curated by Amber Cresswell Bell, Sheffer Gallery2016 Vanessa Stockard, A.K. We also talk about Instagram, taking risks and her fascinating Derek Milkwood series all with a good dose of humour. Maria Absurdism appears with cake imagery and its relation to a childlike nostalgia for happiness which may never be real, but rather imaginary, unattainable and unachievable. Its been said pain is inexhaustible, its only people who get exhaustedOne can never have it all, to be both the artist and patron. Some art is said to speak volumes, but these works are more like innocent and delicate poems, whispering untold truths with an economy of words.AWARDS2019 Finalist - Archibald Prize. In this episode, we talk about what its been like being a parent for the first time, why she forced herself to do dozens of self portraits, life at boarding school and why humour is so important in her life. Art Gallery of NSW2017 Finalist - Archibald Prize. Archibald prize, Fine Art, Interview, portraiture, still life, Uncategorized Theres no pretension here in these paintings, just spontaneous insight and beauty. They give voice to the profound mystery of the world around us, surrounded as we are with consumerism, pointless greed, deceit and dissatisfaction. VANESSA STOCKARDBorn in Sydney in 1975 Vanessa spent her formative years in a small country town in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. At 12 she returned to Sydney as a boarder at Abbotsleigh. ak bellinger gallery, Archibald prize, derek milkwood, Instagram, portia teach memorial award, van rensburg galleries, vanessa stockard, viola dominello, Ep 127: Blak Douglas, Nicholas Harding, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, Ep 126: Del Kathryn Barton the women who fell to earth, Ep 119: Justin Paton, curator of Matisse: Life and Spirit, Ep 118 Fiona Verity and Julie Nicholson from the Art Wank podcast, Ep 111: Joanna Logue Alone on the Marsh, https://media.blubrry.com/talking_with_painters/p/content.blubrry.com/talking_with_painters/Vanessa_Stockard_ep_32-1_10_2017_11_06_PM.mp3, Vanessa Stockard at Van Rensburg Galleries, Video of Vanessa Stockard in her home and studio on the Talking with Painters YouTube channel (below). After graduating from the College of Fine Arts (COFA) Sydney in 1998 with a BFA, Stockard joined the avant- garde art scene in the bohemian village of Glebe. Juxtaposing the anthropomorphic nature these animals are given by our society, she infuses the personification of virtue and vice into the everyday canine and feline status quo of our pets. Her expert use of colour and mixture of some looser and other more deliberate marks makes it one of those beguiling paintings where the expression is so subtle that its open to multiple interpretations. She lives in Bowral in the southern highlands of NSW with her husband and 18 month old daughter in the beautiful and fabulously eclectic home her husband William Wolfenden designed and built. The deceptive everyday nature of her subject matter belies hidden depths of relationship, feeling and emotion. To intrinsically understand those things around us that others overlook is what we want from our artists, our creatives. One could describe her process as absence of thought, a freedom of construct, not unlike the stream of consciousness associated with authors such as Hemmingway and Thomas Wolfe.If light and shade were students, she would be their master. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS. The artist refers to set design elements that often alter and morph as her piece progresses. She deals with isolation and sadness with intimate care and attention.Vanessa is unhindered by failure, always continuing the discovery of things previously unseen, revealing work that is fresh, unlaboured and penetrating. Art Gallery of NSW2018 Finalist - Archibald Prize. Shes been painting for over 20 years, had over 15 solo shows in Australia and the US and has been in many more group exhibitions, but this year Stockard has really stepped it up a gear with her selection as a finalist in both the Archibald Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Belinger Gallery, Inverell2015 Halcyon, Wadsworth Gallery, Sydney2015 La vie en Rose, Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney2013 Textura, Art2Muse Gallery, Sydney2013 The Garden, Maunsell Wickes, Sydney2012 Untethered, Maunsell Wickes, Sydney2012 Tenebrism, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2011 Vanessa Stockard, Artists Deli, Bowral2010 Quiesce, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2009 Sirens Song, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2009 Taree Regional Gallery, Taree2009 Murdoch Collections, Portland, USA2007 Murdoch Collections, Portland, USA2007 Cork, Portland, USA2004 Don Adan Coffee House, Sydney2003 Don Adan Coffee House, Sydney1999 Dendy Cinema SydneyGROUP EXHIBITIONS2020 Young Curators 3:33, ARt Projects, Sydney2020 All Things Great and Smol, AK Bellinger Gallery, Inverell2019 Moran Portrait Prize - Finalist2019 The Archibald, Art Gallery of NSW - Finalist2018 The Archibald, Art Gallery of NSW - Finalist2018 Cat Show LA, Los Angeles2018 Van Rensburg Galleries, Hong Kong2018 Van Rensburg Galleries, New York2018 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney2017 Portia Geach2017 The Archibald2016 Equus, Olsen Gallery, Sydney2016 Birds Gallery, Melbourne2016 Van Rensburg Galleries, Hong Kong2016 Van Rensburg Galleries, New York2015 The Moree Gallery, Moree2015 Stones, Berrima2015 Michael Reid, Murrurrundi2015 Murdoch Collections, Portland, USA2014 En Fleur, Queen Street Gallery, Woollahra 2014Space Matters,ION, Kings Street Wharf, Sydney2014 Autumn show, Bradman Art Gallery Centre, Bowral2014 Murdoch Collections, Portland, Oregon.2013 Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn (award, highly commended)2013 BCAG, Bradman Art gallery Centre, Bowral2013 Sydney Children's Hospital, (permanent collection)2014 End of Year, Art2Muse Gallery, Double Bay2013 Something Small, Charles Hewitt, Marrickville2013 Is it a bird, Is it a plane, Charles Hewitt, Marrickville2013 Wombat Hollow, Mausell Wickes and Michael Yabsley, Kangaloon2012 A Painterly Selection, Artists Deli, Bowral2012 Views and Visions, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2011 Think Big, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2011 Mythos Fine Art, California, USA2011 Murdoch Collections, Portland, USA2010 About Flowers, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2010 Something Personal, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney2009 Don Capon, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney2009 Blank_Space Art Gallery, Sydney2009 Perlcontemporaryart, Vaucluse, NSW2008 Taree Art Show, Taree, NSW2007 Katayama, Portland, USA2007 Guestroom Gallery, Portland, USA2006 Guestroom Gallery, Portland, USA2005 The Art Lounge, Sydney2005 The Brush Gallery, Wingham, NSW2005 Kelmans Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW2004 Taree Art Exhibition2003 Walcom Manning Art Prize2003 Moulton Art Gallery Mona Vale, NSW2002 Applause Gallery, South Melbourne1999 Woollahra Art Show1998 Woollahra Art Show1997 Taree Art Exhibition1997 Seal Rocks Show, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSWNOTABLE PORTRAITS2005 Bryan Doyle2004 Sir Lawrence Street2002 Stan Zemanek2001 Mike Munroe2000 Murray Tyrrell. Cats with their fluffy comical exteriors glint with an instinctive urge to kill and cruelly torment their prey, dogs with their providence of happiness, loyalty and friendship are flung back onto Churchills menacing metaphor for depression.The Kafkaesque mind-set behind such works is reminiscent of the existentialist authors like Sartre and Camus. She has said she feels grounded from her ability to draw from the benign surrounds of familiar life, infusing these images with a meaning that yields a meditative satisfaction.Stockards oeuvre features many pieces developed without any direct visual reference but rather from memory, often incorporating domestic pets such as cats and dogs. This skill, combined with a naturally deft hand and a determined use of perspective, imbue her subjects with gravitas. A finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2017, 2018 and 2019.Twenty years of introspection and experimentation, ranging over a number of media, have forged Vanessas style and vulcanised her craft, enabling her to reveal complex misdemeanours, while simultaneously demanding the viewers self-reflection. See a short video of Stockard taken on the day of the interview on the Talking with Painters Youtube channel here, Self-portrait as new mum, 2017, acrylic on wood panel, 50 x 50cm (finalist Archibald Prize), Stockards recent portrait of daughter Isobel, Sound Awake, 2017, 60 x 60cm, acrylic on wood panel, Murchison Party Nightmare, 2017, acrylic on wood panel, 50 x 45cm (mentioned in the podcast at 33m45s), From the Derek Milkwood series (mentioned in the podcast at 36m 50s), Self portrait finalist in the Portia Geach Memorial Award 2017, September 27, 2017