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Date presented 2020
This flag book accordion titled ‘overlays’ (2019), investigates ideas about identity and memory associated with screen printed halftone dots within a book form.
Instead of being concerned with the appearance of the source material, I have become intrigued by the spaces in-between the printed half-tone, that essentially break apart the image, creating pop-ups and book folds, that magnify imagery beyond recognition.
Disintegrating a familiar image through this magnification, creates a unique and unfamiliar perspective. The sequential order of the representational image breaking down refers to the way each time we recall an event, or a memory our brains distort it.
'Overlays' was shortlisted at an internationally significant Printmaking exhibition in Australia during 2020. This Pre-selected online exhibition attracted works from all over the world, devoted to screenprinting with a small shortlist on 40 artists on show.
2020 'Screen on Paper', International online Exhibition, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra, ACT. Australia. 28 June – 26 July 2020
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Ludic action 1 and 2 [Digital print]
Published 2009
Research Background
Contemporary Printmaking has seen how advances in digital technologies have offered new approaches to previous traditional printmaking processes. The combination of digital and analogue printmaking has changed the medium, allowing for simultaneous difference and similarity within the print to occur.
The focus of this research is on how merging these technologies explores the process of variation through replication and questions the concept of the original print in relation to the multiple. The research exploits the power of variation in reproductive methodologies to develop auratic encounter with personal archives as a form of self-expression. Further to this, examining how the use of both old and new technologies together can foster innovation in print media.
Research Contribution
The research utilises this merging of analogue and digital technology to focus specifically on issues of identity connected to inherited stereotypes and myths. In this body of work, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source material that seductively played into my own childhood imagination as symbols of Australian masculinity. Works in this folio combine traditional print process and new technology to form a hybrid practice, investigating inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is that it references the cut and paste graphics of magazines combined with grey scale inkjet printing and embossing. The significance of this research is that it overcomes barriers for visually understanding the complex nature of identity alongside printmaking and new digital printing possibilities, reflecting similarities in traditional print composition over the centuries. The work’s significance is indicated by:
1) Inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including 2009: 7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Printmakers Council, England (Tour of UK).
2) Awarded in 2009 the London Print Studio Prize and Printmaking Today Prize.
3) Representation of the work in a peer review journal by Jan Davis, Miniature marvels, Printmaking Today, Cello Press, Vol.18, No.3, autumn, England, (2009): 11. Darren Bryant scoops UK prizes, Imprint,Vol., 44, No.2, Winter 2009, Australia, (2009): 48. The 7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, (ex.cat. National Tour of UK, Printmakers Council, London, England, UK, 2009): 6 & 39.
Other Notes - Artist Statement
‘These two prints titled ‘Ludic Action 1’, ‘Ludic Action 2’, explore and question ideas about social, cultural, and historical inherited gender stereotypes informed through child’s play and collecting. The images used are sourced from green plastic toy soldiers, referencing my childhood from my own collection. These digital prints presented in the form of a portrait advertisement, provide the context to this series of prints, in my effort to subvert the constant stream of messages aimed at conditioning behaviour’. Darren Bryant 2009.
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LAST CALL… (I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy) [Print media]
Date created 2015
Research Background
Due to its hybrid, versatile nature and ability to adapt quickly to technological change, printmaking continues to be embraced by contemporary art practice. The combination of digital and analogue printmaking has introduced new approaches to the medium, allowing for simultaneous difference and similarity within the print to occur.
The focus of this research is on how merging these technologies explores the process of variation through replication and questions the concept of the original print in relation to the multiple. Further to this, examining how the use of both old and new technologies together can foster innovation in printmaking.
Research Contribution
The research utilises this merging of printmaking technology and interdisciplinary practice to focus specifically on issues of identity, nostalgia, memory and loss. In this folio, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source materials. Works in this folio combine process to form a hybrid practice, investigating the aura of repetition connected to the inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is in its examination of a range of interdisciplinary approaches to process in which ideas are allied to process and mixed media technique, resulting in hybrid practice.
Ms Browns Lounge is the collaborative practice of artists, Joanna Kambourian & Darren Bryant (2007-2023). Ms Browns Lounge produces works that combine digital art, design and printmaking methods and materials to produce works that aim to challenge and explore non-traditional printmaking mediums.
Its excellence is evidenced by:
1) Inclusion in nationally significant exhibition called The Piano has been drinking (Not me), Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW, Australia, 25 April - 21 June 2015.
2) Acquired into the following collections, including Maitland Regional Art Gallery Collection (2016)
3) Representation of the work in several peer review journal and catalogues, including
Uren, B & Wilton, J (ed.) (2015) Just Paper, Agapitos / Wilson Annual, exhibition catalogue, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, WHO Printing, Australia, ISBN: 978-0-9942530-2-6, p. 42. https://issuu.com/maitlandregionalartgallery/docs/just_paper_med
Ms Browns Lounge is the collaborative practice of artists, Joanna Kambourian & Darren Bryant (2007-2023). Ms Browns Lounge produces works that combine digital art, design and printmaking methods and materials to produce works that aim to challenge and explore non-traditional printmaking mediums.
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Dare devil riders [Print media]
Date created 2014
Work has been exhibited at:
National Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, 2014
Screen Daze, Poly Gone Cowboy, Brisbane, QLD, 2014
Kyoto Hanga: International Print Exhibition, Japan and Australia. Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Museum, & Fukuyama Art Museum, Japan, 2014
Play, London Print Studio Gallery, London, England, UK, 2014
Work has also been peer-reviewed in book and catalogue titled:
Kyoto Hanga: International Print Exhibition Japan and Australia,(2014), ex.cat., Co-organisers Print Council of Australia and The Japan Print Association, Kyoto, Japan, p. 48.
Cathcart, J, (2014) Fremantle Arts Centre:Print Award 2014, ex.cat., Fremantle, WA, Australia, pp. 7 & 18.
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Date created 2007
Collaborative bookmark (print media) with Joanna Kambourian & Darren Bryant
Creative work included in national and international peer review exhibition called:
2007 Bookmarks V: Infiltrating the Library System, University West of England, Centre for fine print research, Bristol, England, UK.
Creative work included in international print exchange called Bookmarks V: Infiltrating the Library System.
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Imaginary Terrains [Print media]
Date created 2020
This drawing was produced during 2020 pandemic. Working from home instigated a renewed interest in the immediacy of drawing activity as a means to create marks, a visual language depicting the practice of mindfulness through the repetition of a line. The meandering, contour-like lines are then distorted through the geometric paper folds. The process is a meditative and intuitive approach to drawing and the folding becomes another layer of drawing creating optical effects and creates unexpected forms from the play of light and shadow.
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Date created 2012
Research Background
Contemporary Printmaking has seen how advances in digital technologies have offered new approaches to previous traditional printmaking processes. The combination of digital and analogue printmaking has changed the medium, allowing for simultaneous difference and similarity within the print to occur.
The focus of this research is on how merging these technologies explores the process of variation through replication and questions the concept of the original print in relation to the multiple. The research exploits the power of variation in reproductive methodologies to develop auratic encounter with personal archives as a form of self-expression. Further to this, examining how the use of both old and new technologies together can foster innovation in print media.
Research Contribution
The research utilises this merging of analogue and digital technology to focus specifically on issues of identity connected to inherited stereotypes and myths. In this body of work, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source material that seductively played into my own childhood imagination as symbols of Australian masculinity. Works in this folio combine traditional print process and new technology to form a hybrid practice, investigating inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
The research utilises this merging of analogue and digital technology to focus specifically on issues of identity connected to inherited stereotypes and myths. In this body of work, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source material that seductively played into my own childhood imagination as symbols of masculinity. Works in this folio combine traditional print process and new technology to form a hybrid practice, investigating inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is in its examination of a range of interdisciplinary approaches to process in which ideas are allied to process and mixed media technique, resulting in hybrid practice. The work’s significance is indicated by their inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including:
1) Inclusion in local/national exhibitions:
2012: Coraki Art Prize, Coraki, NSW, Australia.
2) 1st Prize, 2012 Coraki Art Prize, works on paper category, NSW, Australia.
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Rabbit Behind Rocks (When I grow up, I want to be...) Vol.2 [Artists' book]
Date created 2010
Research Background
Many artists maintain motivation and practice within a singular medium. Meanwhile, for others, studio practice is constantly in flux. Contemporary practice has seen how printmaking has embraced hybrid activity that has directed new approaches to studio production and highlighted experimental haptic activity associated with exploring repetition in print and the uncanny in new sculptural realms.
‘Rabbit behind Rocks’ (When I Grow Up, I Want to Be…) is part of a series of artists’ books investigating inherited gender stereotypes formed in childhood through play. The title comes from a colloquial name when referring to a particular disruptive pattern camouflage used by Australian Military Forces and makes the connection between innocent play and war games.
Research Contribution
The research utilises interdisciplinary practice to focus specifically on issues of identity. In this folio, mixed media processes are used to develop sculptural forms. Works in this folio combine process to form a hybrid practice, investigating the aura of repetition connected to the inherent tensions of print process, codex structures, and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is in its examination of a range of interdisciplinary approaches to process in which ideas are allied to process and mixed media technique, resulting in hybrid practice.
The work’s significance is indicated by their inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including.
1) Inclusion in international and national exhibitions.
2013-12: Bound, Artist Book Collective, Divided We Fall Project, Leeds, England, Gallery Tour of UK.
2010: Cabinet of Curiosities, 13th International Artist Book Fair, Leeds University, Leeds, England, UK.
2010: Little Window of Opportunity, Port Jackson Press Australia, Fitzroy, VIC.
2) Acquired into the following collections, including
The Leeds Library, England, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, Brunswick Street Gallery, Australia.
4) Representation of the work in several peer reviews in journals and catalogues, including
Louise Atkinson, Bound, Artist Book Collective, Book Arts Newsletter, No.78, Dec - Jan, Centre For Fine Print Research, University West of England, England, UK, (2012): 1.
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Advance Wars (Days of Ruin) [Print media]
Date created 2010
Research Background
Contemporary Printmaking has seen how advances in digital technologies have offered new approaches to previous traditional printmaking processes. The combination of digital and analogue printmaking has changed the medium, allowing for simultaneous difference and similarity within the print to occur.
The focus of this research is on how merging these technologies explores the process of variation through replication and questions the concept of the original print in relation to the multiple. The research exploits the power of variation in reproductive methodologies to develop auratic encounter with personal archives as a form of self-expression. Further to this, examining how the use of both old and new technologies together can foster innovation in print media.
Research Contribution
The research utilises this merging of analogue and digital technology to focus specifically on issues of identity connected to inherited stereotypes and myths. In this body of work, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source material that seductively played into my own childhood imagination as symbols of Australian masculinity. Works in this folio combine traditional print process and new technology to form a hybrid practice, investigating inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is in its examination of a range of analogue and digital approaches to printmaking in which ideas are allied to process and technique, resulting in hybrid practice. Its excellence is evidenced by. The work’s significance is indicated by their inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including:
1) Fair & Square, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2010-2011.
2) Produced for Fair & Square (2010), print folio, co-curated by Rona Green and Print Council of Australia Inc., Australia.
3) Acquired into Charles Sturt University Collection and numerous private collections, 2010.
3) Representation of the work in several peer reviews in journals and catalogues, including
Middlemost, T.A, Green, R (2011) FAIR & SQUARE, 44 Artists, ex.cat., Charles Sturt University, Design and letterpress stickers: Ampersand Duck Print House: Blue Star Print ACT, ISBN: 978-1-86467-227-5, pp.14 & 56.
Other creative works
Date created 2012
Research Background
Many artists maintain motivation and practice within a singular medium. Meanwhile, for others, studio practice is constantly in flux. Contemporary practice has seen how printmaking has embraced hybrid activity that has directed new approaches to studio production and highlighted experimental haptic activity associated with exploring repetition in print and the uncanny in new sculptural realms.
'Filthy Lucre' is a collaborative book investigating inherited gender stereotypes formed in childhood through play—an artist book in the form of a deck of playing cards made up entirely of Jokers. A House of Cards game is a cynical metaphor for the apparent problems democracy faces in a capitalist system.
Research Contribution
The research utilises interdisciplinary practice to focus specifically on issues of identity. Mixed media processes are used to develop sculptural forms. Works in this folio combine process to form a hybrid practice, investigating the aura of repetition connected to the inherent tensions of print process, codex structures, and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is in its examination of a range of interdisciplinary approaches to process in which ideas are allied to process and mixed media technique, resulting in hybrid practice. The work’s significance is indicated by their inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including.
1) Inclusion in international and national exhibitions.
2012: Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle, WA, Australia
2012: Lessons in History Vol.II – Democracy. grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane, QLD,
2015: Centre for Artists' Book-Artists’ Books & Multiples, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2) Acquired into the following collections, including Centre for Artists’ Book - grahame galleries + edition, Brisbane, QLD.
3) Finalist in 2012 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle, WA, Australia
4) Representation of the work in several peer reviews in journals and catalogues, including Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award (2012) exhibition and catalogue, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia, p. 20.