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Katie Collins, At night I would think of all that happened during the day, 2016, steel, silver, vitreous enamel. Photo: Katie Collins
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Map reference number: 80
12 August – 9 September
Thu–Sun 12–5pm Artist/s: Studio 513 (Katie Collins, Bin Dixon–Ward & SUPERPLEASED (Sue Buchanan & Eli Giannini)
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An exhibition by artists whose work is inspired by the urban environment. Studio 513 is bringing to Radiant Pavilion the conversations of its members; Katie Collins, Bin, Dixon-Ward, Sue Buchanan and Eli Giannini. All four engage with the idea of city and this group exhibition shows the varied responses to this shared thematic concern. The outcomes, expressed as jewellery, are visually quite different. Scale is a recurring motif for Collins and Dixon-Ward and Buchanan and Giannini - individually and as SUPERPLEASED - take the materiality of the urban context as a point of departure for their inventions together with observations of the incidental and accidental. A focus on materiality is also apparent in Collins work combined with machine-referenced movement, and Dixon-Ward’s grid-inspired forms are surprising and delightfully sensuous.
a. Superpleased, Catching Light, 2016, resin, leather, various dimensions. Photo: Gilda Jones
b. Bin Dixon-Ward, Untitled #3, 2016, Nylon, ink, 60mmx30mm various dimensions. Photo Jeremy Dillon
b. Bin Dixon-Ward, Untitled #3, 2016, Nylon, ink, 60mmx30mm various dimensions. Photo Jeremy Dillon
About the Artist
Katie Collins is a maker of jewellery and objects, based in Melbourne, Australia. Katie is a graduate of RMIT University with a BA in Fine Art (Honours), specialising in Gold and Silversmithing. Her work has been selected for national and international exhibitions, including the Itami International Craft Exhibition, Japan, Mari Funaki Award Exhibition, Australia and Talente, Germany. In 2014, Katie exhibited her jewellery pieces at Galerie Marzee in the Netherlands where she was a recipient of the Marzee International Graduate Prize. katiecollins.com.au
Bin Dixon-Ward is a graduate of RMIT, Gold and Silversmithing, Bin has exhibited in Australia, Europe, Japan and North America and is the recipient of several awards for jewellery including the Diana Morgan Post Graduate Award 2016, Itami Award and the Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables 2011 Student Prize. Exhibitions include, Melbourne Now at the NGV, Schmuck, in Munich and A Fine Possession and The Future is Here at the Powerhouse Museum. Her work is in public and private collections including at the NGV, The Powerhouse Museum and Musee des Artes Decoritifs, (The Louvre) Paris as well as the McMillan Collection. Bin teaches digital technologies at RMIT.
Eli Giannini is a well-known Melbourne architect who graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Object Based Practice) at RMIT University. Her practice includes collaborations with Sue Buchanan specializing in site-responsive works and more recently exhibiting in gallery spaces. Eli’s object based works have been exhibited at & Gallery, 45 Downstairs and First Site Gallery RMIT. She participated in two group shows at the 2015 Radiant Pavilion and has completed an artist residency at the Victorian Tapestry workshop with Sue Buchanan. Eli has reviewed contemporary jewellery for Arts Crafts International, Klimt2 and Architecture AU. superpleased.com
Susan Buchanan completed a BA (Fine Art) Honours in Gold and Silversmithing in 2014 and has established a studio practice exploring the spirit of the prototype through jewellery, objects and painting. Her work has been selected for national and international exhibitions, including Galerie Marzee Graduate Exhibition in The Netherlands, the Griffith Regional Art Gallery National Contemporary Jewellery Award and the Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award. Her work has been acquired by the McMillan Collection, RMIT and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. In 2017 Susan was the awarded the Maggie Fairweather Residency at RMIT and more recently a residency with the Australian Tapestry Workshop. superpleased.com
Katie Collins is a maker of jewellery and objects, based in Melbourne, Australia. Katie is a graduate of RMIT University with a BA in Fine Art (Honours), specialising in Gold and Silversmithing. Her work has been selected for national and international exhibitions, including the Itami International Craft Exhibition, Japan, Mari Funaki Award Exhibition, Australia and Talente, Germany. In 2014, Katie exhibited her jewellery pieces at Galerie Marzee in the Netherlands where she was a recipient of the Marzee International Graduate Prize. katiecollins.com.au
Bin Dixon-Ward is a graduate of RMIT, Gold and Silversmithing, Bin has exhibited in Australia, Europe, Japan and North America and is the recipient of several awards for jewellery including the Diana Morgan Post Graduate Award 2016, Itami Award and the Toowoomba Contemporary Wearables 2011 Student Prize. Exhibitions include, Melbourne Now at the NGV, Schmuck, in Munich and A Fine Possession and The Future is Here at the Powerhouse Museum. Her work is in public and private collections including at the NGV, The Powerhouse Museum and Musee des Artes Decoritifs, (The Louvre) Paris as well as the McMillan Collection. Bin teaches digital technologies at RMIT.
Eli Giannini is a well-known Melbourne architect who graduated in 2014 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Object Based Practice) at RMIT University. Her practice includes collaborations with Sue Buchanan specializing in site-responsive works and more recently exhibiting in gallery spaces. Eli’s object based works have been exhibited at & Gallery, 45 Downstairs and First Site Gallery RMIT. She participated in two group shows at the 2015 Radiant Pavilion and has completed an artist residency at the Victorian Tapestry workshop with Sue Buchanan. Eli has reviewed contemporary jewellery for Arts Crafts International, Klimt2 and Architecture AU. superpleased.com
Susan Buchanan completed a BA (Fine Art) Honours in Gold and Silversmithing in 2014 and has established a studio practice exploring the spirit of the prototype through jewellery, objects and painting. Her work has been selected for national and international exhibitions, including Galerie Marzee Graduate Exhibition in The Netherlands, the Griffith Regional Art Gallery National Contemporary Jewellery Award and the Contemporary Australian Silver & Metalwork Award. Her work has been acquired by the McMillan Collection, RMIT and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery. In 2017 Susan was the awarded the Maggie Fairweather Residency at RMIT and more recently a residency with the Australian Tapestry Workshop. superpleased.com
