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to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
to correspondences. Our aim is to create lasting people connections across cultures through the medium of art.
Elyss McCleary’s (Naarm/Melbourne) practice explores forms found in layers of spaces, shapes, and colours that shift between representation and abstraction. Working predominantly in oil paint, her compositional placement rhythms are both a reflection and response to environments. She creates portals of imagined spaces mixed with cinematic backgrounds of the everyday that are fused with memory and observation, interrupted by ‘cameo’ appearances of significant urban structures. Elyss has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions since 2007. Her work is held in the Artbank, the Deakin University Art Collection, and significant collections in Australia and Serbia. Elyss holds a Master in Contemporary Art from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2016). She is represented by the Nicholas Thompson Gallery.
Photo credit: Elyss McCleary
Artist residency: Harmonious Eccentricity
25 January ––7 March 2024
From 25 January to 7 March 2024, Elyss undertook her residency, Harmonious Eccentricity, collaborating with co-resident artist Emma Ovenden.
Please explore Elyss’ digital catalogue below. In the coming weeks, the catalogue will be re-published to include content from our interview with the artist, completed after the residency project's end. Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive notification of its release.
In the longer term, with public support, this content will find its way into our triennial chapbook series. If you would like to make a donation to support our work, please press the button below. Should you wish to purchase an artwork, please email [info@correspondences.work].
Please press this [hyperlink] to access the wider residency page, which also provides the project announcement.
Note:—-Our catalogues are best viewed via desktop, tablet or phone. They are not designed for print. Press the symbol picturing four arrows in the lower-right corner of the image box below to read the catalogue in ‘full screen’ mode.
