Welcome
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.
21 September ––21 December 2024
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Bio — Ravi Avasti's practice spans installation, sculpture, and drawing. His work examines the relations between body/self and the temporal/spatial nature of the world and its phenomena, both naturally occurring and human-made. His recent work has focused on the material exploration of timber, bringing to bear his knowledge and skills as an accomplished furniture maker. These investigations have led to the production of the Cherry Exposure series, temporary images created by the exposure of timber to ultraviolet light; the use of electronics in The Current Time As The Value of Light From A Seven Segment Display (2018), which provides a non-linear iteration of the current time using light as a medium; and the ongoing Inclusion series of drawings, which re-present tree branches as evidence of inclusion and exclusion. The works reflect Ravi's enduring interest in distinctions and ‘otherness,’ providing alternative channels through which phenomena can be perceived. Ravi completed a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia 2018. He was one of eleven commissioned artists invited to produce significant new work for the Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial 2022, was shortlisted for the 2019 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, and was awarded the 2018 Fiona Myer White Story Residency for his work in the Victorian College of the Arts Masters exhibition. Ravi lives and works on Taungurung Country in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia.
