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MEDIA RELEASE 1 July 2010
Bondi Pavilion Gallery Presents...
White Silence
The first solo exhibition of 2008 Waverley Art Prize winner and local artist, Mark Rowden.
While Bondi celebrates the arrival of winter with the Bondi Winter Magic Festival, local artist Mark Rowden presents White Silence, a collection of works based around his passion for snow, at the Bondi Pavilion Gallery from 13th – 18th July.
“White Silence is inspired by my childhood memories in England, as well as my experience of the Australian landscape as an adult,” said Rowden, who migrated to Australia as a teenager in 1996.
Using three different art forms – lino-cut printmaking, acrylic painting and sculpture – the exhibition explores the transformational power of snow on our perception and interaction with the landscape.
Rowden came to the attention of the Bondi Pavilion Gallery, run by Waverley Council, after he won the 2008 Waverley Art Prize for Printmaking. This came hot on the heels of Rowden’s second placing in the 2007 Showdown Competition run by the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London, from a field of over 3,000 entrants.
Rowden has been an active member of the Sydney art scene for over a decade, after graduating from the National Art School in Darlinghurst in 2000. His work has featured in group exhibitions of many Sydney galleries, including Chalk Horse, MOP Projects and Blankspace.
Mark Rowden is one of the community’s most outstanding emerging print makers, It is with great pleasure that Bondi Pavilion Gallery presents his new body of work.
Care of www.sixtoeight.net Blog.
"It's a really good show for a first solo ... great crowd ... BUT we really like the tradition of printmaking ..."
"This is a solid first show from someone that needs to be watched..."
Proudly supported by... Bondi Winter Festival IMAGE DTO Parkers Sydney Fine Art Supplies Pty Ltd Waverley Council Sydney Galleries and Art Community
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