Emma Pattenden
Monuments Of Nature
29 May - 9 June 2024
G3 + G4
Opening Night
Friday 31 May | 6 - 8pm
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"Monuments of Nature" presents a group exhibition showcasing the diverse perspectives of 10 artists who challenge traditional concepts of monuments by exploring this connection to the natural world.
Through various mediums such as drawings, paintings, ceramics, and installations, each artist responds uniquely to the theme, encouraging viewers to forge deeper connections with nature, especially in urban environments.
The exhibition will call on individuals to acknowledge their active role in the world, transcending from the role of passive observer, and expanding the community's awareness.
Emma Pattenden Bio
Emma Pattenden is a female visual artist residing in Naarm. Over the past 4 years, she has practised as an artist part time creating intricate, methodical and contemplative art that delves into themes of landscape, memory and the embodied experience.
Spending much of her formative years exploring the Australian landscape developing a sound awareness and understanding of our natural landscapes, and the elements of human interaction within them. This spatial engagement drew her to complete a degree in Architecture at the University of Melbourne, which included a year of exchange with the Technical University of Munich (Germany). During this time she concentrated her creative development on experimental works, studies in phenomenology and analogue processes—themes that continue to resonate in her artistic practice today. Consequently, Emma’s art embodies certain spatial and textural details that invite viewers to explore the work, evoking their own memories of landscape, and begin to provide a point of reflection on their own connection with nature.
Emma is influenced by artists such as Andy Goldswothy, James Turrell, and Olafur Eliasson, along with the theoretical and conceptual perspectives offered by the architect Juhanni Palasma in her work.
Emma’s ability to express landscape, memory and the embodied experience through her art in a professional capacity has resulted in successful solo shows with Red Gallery, Brunswick Street Gallery and Alternating Current Art Space, and group shows such as the Agendo Art Prize, M16 Drawing Prize and The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing where she was awarded the People's Choice Award.
Alexandra Mills | Belinda Yee | Ben Liney | Chris Gleisner | Emma Pattenden| Isabelle Mackay-Sim | Lucy Chetcuti | Madi Sherburn | Mahala Hill | Olivia Gates
Contact
Phone : (03) 9482 3550
mail@redgallery.com.au
Address
157 St Georges Rd
Fitzroy North, Victoria, 3068
Map
How to get here
Tram: route 11
Stop 21 just north of Edinburgh Gardens
Melway ref: 30B12
Parking in nearby streets
Bus: 504 (Reid Street)
