18 Sep - 13 Oct 2024
Opening: Saturday 21 Oct 2-4pm
In Emma’s hands, baler twine is the unexpected medium transformed into intricate textiles, strong in integrity yet ethereal in appearance. Using this unusual material, instinctual inquiry and endless exploration Emma forges a base connection between nature and humanity.
An impression of Emma’s fingerprint is marked in each small dot as she welds them together to create stunning textile forms. These striking pieces are realised through a methodical, repetitious and almost meditative process.
Emma works her unique medium into compositions that present an earthy, raw expression of beauty that’s intriguing to behold.
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Emma DaviesWarp and Weft, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint210 x 90 x 20cmSoldCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artist -
Emma DaviesRaie, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint145 x 80 x 8cmCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Raie, 2024$ 4,800.00
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Emma DaviesAnemone, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint30 x 25 x 12cmSoldCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artist
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Emma DaviesBloom, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint45 x 35 x 25cmSoldCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artist
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Emma DaviesConstellation of Threads I (slate/white), 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint, bone
[LHS] *Note: Individual works $5800 each;
3 works 190 x 240cm $15,600 [contact gallery]255 x 85cmCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Constellation of Threads I (slate/white), 2024$ 5,800.00 -
Emma DaviesConstellation of Threads II (raw sienna/white), 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint, bone
[Middle] *Note: Individual works $5800 each;
3 works 190 x 240cm $15,600 [contact gallery]250 x 85cmCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Constellation of Threads II (raw sienna/white), 2024$ 5,800.00 -
Emma DaviesConstellation of Threads III (black/slate/white), 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint, bone
[RHS] *Note: Individual works $5800 each;
3 works 190 x 240cm $15,600 [contact gallery]230 x 85cmCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Constellation of Threads III (black/slate/white), 2024$ 5,800.00 -
Emma DaviesVertebrale, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint155 x 110 x 8cmSoldCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artist
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Emma DaviesOssature, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint75 x 80 x 8cmSoldCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artist
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Emma DaviesPelt, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint249 x 184 x 30cmCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The ArtistChris Budgeonkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Pelt, 2024$ 14,800.00
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Emma DaviesTether, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint, bone180 x 60 x 30cm variableCourtesy of kellilundberg.artCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Tether, 2024$ 3,800.00
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Emma DaviesCoracle, 2024Reclaimed bird net, baler twine, acrylic paint350 x 70 x 95cm variableCourtesy of Kelli Lundberg ArtCopyright The Artistkellilundberg.art - Emma Davies, Coracle, 2024$ 16,500.00
Born: 1968 Melbourne, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ethereal Threads, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2023 Pelt, Cook St Collective, Flinders, VIC
2019 Dot to Dot, Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina QLD
2017 Meander, Frankston Arts Centre, VIC
2017 Melbourne Voyage, Qudos, Lorne, VIC
2016 Woven Form, Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Hybrid, 45 downstairs, Melbourne, VIC
2011 Homage, Artisan, Brisbane, QLD
2009 Morphed, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Maiden Voyage, Kelli Lundberg Art, The Studio & Co. Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
2023 Ponder Installation, The Cube, Frankston. Melbourne
2023 Nature Bathing, Gallery Jones, Melbourne, VIC
2023 POP, Sturt Gallery, NSW
2023 Big Things, Melbourne Fashion Week, Collins square, VIC
2023 Lorne Biennale, small sculpture award, Lorne, VIC
2019 Drowning not Waving, Wyndham Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2017 The Makers, Altmann Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2015 Victoria Craft Award, Craft Victoria
2015 Melbourne Group One, Sagra Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Dot to Dot, ISM Object space, Melbourne, VIC
2013 Melbourne Now, Ian Potter Gallery National Gallery of Victoria, Australia Gallery, VIC
2013 Containment, Colin Rigg Contemporary design award. National gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter Gallery, VIC
2012 Transform, Gympie Regional Gallery, QLD
2011 Craft Cubed, Craft Victoria
2011 Melbourne Bayside Work, Live, Play, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, VIC
2010 Artists for kids, Brightspace, Melbourne, VIC
2010 27th Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands Art Awards, collaborative piece with Clara Nganjmirra,finalist, NT
2010 Artscape Biennial 2010, Byron Bay, NSW
2010 Australia ‘Blue’, Object Gallery, Sydney NSW
2010 Sydney Design Festival, NSW
2009 Illicit making, Form, WA
2008 Splat, Albury Art Gallery, NSW
2008 Sydney Take me with you, Photographic exhibition with Dieu Tan, Blank_space gallery, NSW
2008 eg. egtal, Collins St, Institute, Melbourne, VIC
2008 Woven Forms National Touring Exhibition
INSTALLATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Numerous private commissions.
Public commissions include:
Karrinyup Shopping centre, Large Public art installation for AMP Capitol, WA
Alfasi Foyer, Craft Victoria Project, Richmond, VIC
Brae Restaurant, Birragurra, VIC
Private commission Eat Bellows House, Flinders, VIC
The Fiddler, Sydney, NSW
Bullo River station, NT
Rockingham St, Kew apartment’s Wyndham Art Gallery façade installation, VIC
Star City casino, Gold Coast, QLD
Tokyo Hyatt, Tokyo, Japan
Facebook Head office Bourke St, Melbourne, VIC
Astral Tower, Sydney Star Hotel, NSW
Sydney Fintona Girls Grammar, NSW
Melbourne CBUS development, Spring St, VIC
Elenberg Fraser architects, VIC
Hamton and Albury Dogma St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC
Establish Yao, Midtown Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Seeds project, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Colonial Stadium, Japan
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2019 Residency – The Corridor project, Cowra Central West NSW. Developing work for a commission based on a series called ‘Architecture of the skin”, a biomimicry response to the natural environment.
2019 WAANG Project – Balnarring community. Commissioned to create sculptures for the Balnarring community. Focus on education and sustainability.
2019 McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park – workshop facilitator.
2019 Ryton Girls grammar – Arts week Artists in schools, ‘spare parts’ facilitating project.
2014 Best contribution to Urban Art, Cherry Blossom Commission City of Port Phillip.
2012 Moa Island. Facilitated Workshop at Arts Centre, Kubin Village, Moa Island
2011 Working in schools Arts Grant, Caulfield Primary
2011 Arts in residence. Fintona Girls, Melbourne
2010 Moa Island. Facilitated Workshops at Kubin Village and St Pauls Art Centres
