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TEELAH GEORGEA SOFT GAP
GALLERY 921 FEB – 17 MARCH 2018
Gallery 9 is pleased to present the first solo exhibition at the gallery by Perth artist Teelah George. The works in A Soft Gap are based on George’s interest in the embodiment of history and memory through physical materials.
George draws upon archival information as a departure point for artmaking. Her woven and painted surfaces are built in response to oral histories, photographs and fragmented timelines. As her works accrue detail, references to these histories become tenuous and abstract, reflecting what she calls the “the same entropic qualities” found in archives and forms of storytelling.
Much like an archive, George’s paintings reveal and conceal. Layers of paint unravel at the edges, giving glimpses of previous incarnations. A top layer of orange, soft yellow or deep blue-black reads as a final utterance that obfuscates what lies below. The trace of George’s meandering brush is like a trailing voice, or a story gathering shape and drifting into oblivion.
Coming from a background in textiles before incorporating painting into her practice, George speaks of the importance of “objects and objectness” in her work. Each piece in A Soft Gap functions less as a picture and more as an object – an object that carries the weight and texture of ineffable histories.
Teelah George (b. 1984) lives and works in Perth. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours 1) from Curtin University. Recent exhibitions include Primavera: Young Australian Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2017); the Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia (2017); Our Studio Selves, Artspace, Sydney (2017) and Epic Narratives, PICA, Perth (2015). In 2015 she was a studio resident at Sydney’s Artspace. George is represented in the collections of Artbank, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, University of Western Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Cruthers Collection of Womens Art and the City of Joondalup Collection.
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Sun Piece 2018thread on linen100 × 92 cm$6,000
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Sun Piece 2018thread on linen100 × 92 cm$6,000
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A soft gap 2017oil, cotton twine on canvas79 × 63 cm$2,500SOLD
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Light for evening 2018oil on canvas39 × 56 cm$1,500
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Light for morning 2018oil on canvas30 × 23 cm$1,200SOLD
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Sun Dial 2017oil on linen91 × 77 cm $3,000
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TEELAH GEORGECV
GALLERY 9
9 Darley Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010 Sydney +61 2 9380 [email protected]
Born 1984Lives and works in Perth
2007 BA Arts (Fine Arts, Honours 1) Curtin University of Technology SOLO EXHIBITIONS2017 Lovers’ Ponytails, Orexart, Auckland, NZ2016 Yellowing, Feltspace, Adelaide The Changing of the Valves, Shcoolhouse Studios,
Melbourne Sleazy Vignette, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne2015 Face Vase and Rag Painting, Bus Projects, Melbourne Between the objects to be fastened, Seventh Gallery,
Melbourne2014 Daily exercise, PICA studio 1, Perth Use to stop doors from rattling in frames, Venn Gallery,
Perth2013 Meatworks Men’s Qrtrs, OK Gallery, Perth
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS2017 Groupie, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney Paint17, Artereal Gallery, Sydney Spring 1883 Art Fair, Neon Parc, The Establishment Hotel,
Sydney Primavera 2017: Young Australian Artists, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Sydney Ramsay Art Prize exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia,
Adelaide Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007–2017, Orange
Regional Gallery, NSW Our Studio Selves, Artspace, Sydney Anna Calder-Teelah Geroge-Fiona Schoer, CAVES,
Melbourne Project 17: Radical Immanence, Anna Pappas Gallery,
Melbourne2016 Methods for making eye contact, First Draft, Sydney New Strokes, Gallery 9, Sydney All-Seeing Eyes by the Beige Garden Bed, Pet Projects,
Perth2015 Epic Narratives, PICA, Perth Getting Things Done, Fontanelle Gallery, Adelaide2014 Horizon: Exploring the west coast with The Clipperton
Project, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth Summer show, Venn Gallery, Perth WIN/WIN, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide Will to Keep, 107 projects/Archive Space, Sydney Painting is dead; long live painting, Melody Smith Gallery,
Perth Thematic Mapping, MOANA Project Space, Perth
RESIDENCIES2015 Artsource Artspace Residency, Artspace, Sydney2014 PICA AIR Program, PICA, Perth2012 AIR Program, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
AWARDS2017 Finalist, The Ramsay Art Prize, Art Gallery of South
Australia2016 Finalist, John Stringer Prize, Perth2015 Finalist, Bankwest Invitation Art Prize, Perth Winner (non acquisitive prize), FAC Print Award, Perth Finalist, Biennial Guirguis New Art Prize, Post Office
Gallery, Ballarat, VIC2014 Overall winner, City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, WA Finalist, Town of Victoria Park Art Awards, WA Finalist, Rick Amor Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of Ballarat,
VIC2013 Semi Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney Finalist, Fremantle Print Awards, Freemantle, WA
COLLECTIONSArtbankMuseum of Contemporary Art AustraliaUniversity of Western AustraliaArt Gallery of Western AustraliaCruthers Collection of Womens ArtCity of Joondalup Collection