SPACE 1 :

LINDESAY DRESDON AND SHEENA MATHIESON

Exhibition dates. 3 Sep - 15 Sep, 2024
Opening Reception : Thursday 5 Sep 2024, 6:00 - 8:30 pm.

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Lindesay Dresdon & Sheena Mathieson

Creating art is usually a solo, and sometimes lonely, journey so to find another person with whom one immediately connects on an artistic level can prove to be an invigorating and inspiring experience. One that requires trust, respect and an open mind to whatever the collaboration reveals.

Lindesay and Sheena first met in May 2023, having been admirers of each other’s work for some time. Their common aesthetic and lively conversations about art and process lead to this series of collaborative artworks.

‘We started this collaboration at the beginning of 2024. As a shared materials project, we exchanged a batch of papers and artworks which we then used to create individual works. These works developed and evolved during the year as we shared our observations and insights, and more materials.

The papers/surfaces were painted or printed upon or found from domestic sources. The limited palette was often challenging, but also liberating. Cut, torn and glued onto cardboard panels, the collage technique lent itself to our own intuitive and independent design work.

It was always a delightful surprise to see the similarities and differences when we revealed to each other our completed panels.’ In this body of work (and the process behind it) Sheena and Lindesay have developed a kind of language; a lyrical discourse, which has in turn inspired growth and innovation in their individual practices.

LINDESAY DRESDON

My artwork celebrates the infinite ways in which ideas and materials can be transformed into vibrant, expressive visual statements. The interplay of gestures, colours and shapes ; the creation of surface textures ; and the joy of composition are key elements in my painting, printmaking, mixed-media, and collage explorations.

SHEENA MATHIESON

I have been making art forever. I love limiting my palette and making do with what I have at hand. It has been said that there is something of the scientist in how I create, as I explore the process of mark making and materials and developing tangential techniques.  I love the unexpected – challenging the medium, and producing works which are playful and colourful.

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Collaborative works by Sheena Mathieson and Lindesay Dresdon