NOW SHOWING AT ARTHOLES, 114 BRUNSWICK STREET, FITZROY.
Artholes is an auction house, so you are able to pay as much as you can for the art of your dreams! and if you win the bid, it's all yours. it is a great gallery dedicated to young and emerging artists in and around Melbourne.
ALSO, i will be part of the ART SHOW in Melbourne again this year. it's at The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton from April 20th - 22nd. i'll be in two stands, Artasis and United Galleries. i'll be around opening night too, so if you score some tickets, come up and say hello, and we can drink all the free drinks!
***Coming up in August, group show "Wallpaper Wars" at a new gallery in Melbourne. i'll keep you posted with more news soon!***
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'The Girls' artist statement
7 min read
i've been making different kinds of art these last few years, hence the lack of posts here.
still trying to figure out what the hell i'm on about, it all started with a real look at my own identity. i've written up a quick statement if you wanna read about "The Girls" series.
Statement - The Girls
This series of paintings from 2005-2008 consists of images of the female form layered with text and graphical elements inspired by traditional Japanese imagery. A strong influence from Melbourne's popular street art aesthetic is evident in the earlier works, however, the later works show a maturing and refining of some of the techniques employed from this genre.
The female forms shown in these works are derived from pornographic web sites, however, a softening of the image - most definitely attributed to the fact that the paintings are painted by a female - lends an emotional aspect usually devoid in pornography.
Also, at a quick glance, a Pop Art inspired aesthetic might convince the veiwer that there is no sentiment behind the work,however, a closer reading of the work will reveal a multi-layered, subjective interpretation. The text behind the figure supports this idea, as the words are derived from song lyrics, sometimes from popular, mainstream bands, and sometimes referenced from more obscure songwriters. But almost always, the lyrics form an integral part of the understanding of the work and can literally spell out the intention behind the painting, even if it appears in a subtle way, ie, camouflaged, or painted in a subtle colour change from the background of the work. The text has the ability to reveal the tension between the internal experience of an emotion and its outwardly expression.
Identity forms a major part of the understanding of this series. Looking at what it means to be a woman in this increasingly sexualised society, and how they are percieved by both men and other women. Beautifying these woman from (essentially) a taboo part of todays popular culture and placing them in a public space, and indeed the gallery, I am exploring the tensions between how identity can unveil itself, and what are some of the contributing factors. The search for love, desire and companionship are evident in this work as I explore these particular aspects of the human condition.
==========================================================
28th November, 2008
HIP POP
i will be participating in United Galleries annual emerging artists group show.
Opeing night, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pm
Runs until Sunday, December 28, 2008
Location: United Galleries Sydney
Street: 179-181 Palmer Street
City/Town: Darlinghurst, Australia
The second Hip Pop show continues with the best of young fresh exciting Australian talent. Supporting Father Chris Riley's Youth off the Streets once again the exhibition aims to showcase 4 "Hip" and 4 "Pop" artists from 2008. A donation will be made from the sale of each artwork to the Father Chris Riley charity.
artists include
Kieran Antill
Thor Engelstad
Jane Fontane
James Hancock
Buni
Ben Rak
Dennis Ropar
Kate Scardifield
more info at www.unitedgalleries.com.au
==========================================
28th April, 2008
buni shows at kent street
please join me for drinks at the bar called "kent st" where i am exhibiting some early works from my private collection. some of these works have never been shown before, and prices start at $60, so now you could get your hands on your very own original buni painting!
opening night is this saturday, may 3rd, 6-8pm
201 smith street fitzroy, victoria, australia.
the exhibition will be open every day and will run untill the 6th of june.
=========================================
15th October, 2007
ART SYDNEY '07
United Galleries, 26-28 October 2007, Located at the Royal Hall of Industries Moorepark, NSW, Aust.
opening night 25th October 2007.
I'm exhibiting with Sydney represented artists Jane Fontane, James Hancock, Jeff Martin and Paolo Talbert.
Hip HOP
United Galleries, 179 Palmer street, Surry Hills, NSW, Aust.
opening night: 15 November 07
with artists James Hancock, Paola Talbert, Jarrod Taylor + more.
=========================================
17th August, 2007
Wallpaper Wars - Group show with Pia DeBruyn
Opening night 31st Aug, 6-9 drinks all round!
At: Off the Kerb gallery and studios 66b Johnston Street, Collingwood, Vic, Australia
[link]
The show runs till the 21st of September.
Opening hours are Thurs & Fri 12:30pm-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm.
=========================================
Contact details
Email - buni@graffiti.net Myspace: [link]
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera,
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Since graduating from Fine Arts at Melbourne's Monash University in 2002, Buni has been working as a full time artist in Tokyo and Melbourne, with various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tokyo.
Buni has been selected for the inclusion in the "Anything I Like" Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media and her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, Australian Art Review and also Belle Magazine, Australia.
Utilizing paint, craft and sculptural mediums, the work explores themes of binary opposites. Borrowing iconography from folk tales and popular culture, the work endeavors to explore dichotomies inherent within the human condition, and how they operate in todays social constructs and communities.
Solo Exhibitions
Buni shows @ Kent St, Kent st Fitzroy, Vic, 2008
Like Faces Are Two Hearts, Artasis, Richmond, Vic, 2007
Like Lovers Do, blank_space, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, 2006
Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, 2005
DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, 2003
Curated Shows
2005
Feb – Missing Things Tomorrow, Curtain House, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2008
Assembled, Bamakko, Melbourne, Vic
2007
Hip Pop, United Gallieries, Sydney, NSW.
Wallpaper Wars, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Vic
The Empty Show, Melbourne CBD, Vic
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth, W.A.
The Empty Show, CBD, Melbourne, Vic
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
The Pink Cow, live painting performance, The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo.
BlackBurst, Yoyogi, Tokyo.
Melbourne Art Fair '06, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic.
Urban Myths, Brunswick Arts, little Breese st, Brunswick, Vic.
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic.
Phaze3, 2 Hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
Pearl, Dante's Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Canterbury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co.,
Fox Studios, Sydney.
Publications
- Scoop Traveller, NSW, 2008
- Channel V, "The Know", 2007
- Australian Art Review, 2007
- Oh Really, Australia, 2007
- Player Magazine, Tokyo, 2006.
- TNB Magazine, front cover, Tokyo, 2006.
- Belle, Australia, 2006.
- 'Lip' issue #11, 2006
- "Anythingilike" at [link]
- "Izastickup" Drago Arts and Communication Publication, 2005.
- Cleo, 'Art House', July 2005 issue.
- Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members..
- "Wooster Collective" website. [link]
Awards
- Finalist, 'What Inspires You?' Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General
Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Senior Editor, Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- NSW Budgerigar Society
- Various Private collections around Australia and Asia.
still trying to figure out what the hell i'm on about, it all started with a real look at my own identity. i've written up a quick statement if you wanna read about "The Girls" series.
Statement - The Girls
This series of paintings from 2005-2008 consists of images of the female form layered with text and graphical elements inspired by traditional Japanese imagery. A strong influence from Melbourne's popular street art aesthetic is evident in the earlier works, however, the later works show a maturing and refining of some of the techniques employed from this genre.
The female forms shown in these works are derived from pornographic web sites, however, a softening of the image - most definitely attributed to the fact that the paintings are painted by a female - lends an emotional aspect usually devoid in pornography.
Also, at a quick glance, a Pop Art inspired aesthetic might convince the veiwer that there is no sentiment behind the work,however, a closer reading of the work will reveal a multi-layered, subjective interpretation. The text behind the figure supports this idea, as the words are derived from song lyrics, sometimes from popular, mainstream bands, and sometimes referenced from more obscure songwriters. But almost always, the lyrics form an integral part of the understanding of the work and can literally spell out the intention behind the painting, even if it appears in a subtle way, ie, camouflaged, or painted in a subtle colour change from the background of the work. The text has the ability to reveal the tension between the internal experience of an emotion and its outwardly expression.
Identity forms a major part of the understanding of this series. Looking at what it means to be a woman in this increasingly sexualised society, and how they are percieved by both men and other women. Beautifying these woman from (essentially) a taboo part of todays popular culture and placing them in a public space, and indeed the gallery, I am exploring the tensions between how identity can unveil itself, and what are some of the contributing factors. The search for love, desire and companionship are evident in this work as I explore these particular aspects of the human condition.
==========================================================
28th November, 2008
HIP POP
i will be participating in United Galleries annual emerging artists group show.
Opeing night, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pm
Runs until Sunday, December 28, 2008
Location: United Galleries Sydney
Street: 179-181 Palmer Street
City/Town: Darlinghurst, Australia
The second Hip Pop show continues with the best of young fresh exciting Australian talent. Supporting Father Chris Riley's Youth off the Streets once again the exhibition aims to showcase 4 "Hip" and 4 "Pop" artists from 2008. A donation will be made from the sale of each artwork to the Father Chris Riley charity.
artists include
Kieran Antill
Thor Engelstad
Jane Fontane
James Hancock
Buni
Ben Rak
Dennis Ropar
Kate Scardifield
more info at www.unitedgalleries.com.au
==========================================
28th April, 2008
buni shows at kent street
please join me for drinks at the bar called "kent st" where i am exhibiting some early works from my private collection. some of these works have never been shown before, and prices start at $60, so now you could get your hands on your very own original buni painting!
opening night is this saturday, may 3rd, 6-8pm
201 smith street fitzroy, victoria, australia.
the exhibition will be open every day and will run untill the 6th of june.
=========================================
15th October, 2007
ART SYDNEY '07
United Galleries, 26-28 October 2007, Located at the Royal Hall of Industries Moorepark, NSW, Aust.
opening night 25th October 2007.
I'm exhibiting with Sydney represented artists Jane Fontane, James Hancock, Jeff Martin and Paolo Talbert.
Hip HOP
United Galleries, 179 Palmer street, Surry Hills, NSW, Aust.
opening night: 15 November 07
with artists James Hancock, Paola Talbert, Jarrod Taylor + more.
=========================================
17th August, 2007
Wallpaper Wars - Group show with Pia DeBruyn
Opening night 31st Aug, 6-9 drinks all round!
At: Off the Kerb gallery and studios 66b Johnston Street, Collingwood, Vic, Australia
[link]
The show runs till the 21st of September.
Opening hours are Thurs & Fri 12:30pm-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm.
=========================================
Contact details
Email - buni@graffiti.net Myspace: [link]
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera,
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Since graduating from Fine Arts at Melbourne's Monash University in 2002, Buni has been working as a full time artist in Tokyo and Melbourne, with various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tokyo.
Buni has been selected for the inclusion in the "Anything I Like" Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media and her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, Australian Art Review and also Belle Magazine, Australia.
Utilizing paint, craft and sculptural mediums, the work explores themes of binary opposites. Borrowing iconography from folk tales and popular culture, the work endeavors to explore dichotomies inherent within the human condition, and how they operate in todays social constructs and communities.
Solo Exhibitions
Buni shows @ Kent St, Kent st Fitzroy, Vic, 2008
Like Faces Are Two Hearts, Artasis, Richmond, Vic, 2007
Like Lovers Do, blank_space, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, 2006
Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, 2005
DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, 2003
Curated Shows
2005
Feb – Missing Things Tomorrow, Curtain House, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2008
Assembled, Bamakko, Melbourne, Vic
2007
Hip Pop, United Gallieries, Sydney, NSW.
Wallpaper Wars, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Vic
The Empty Show, Melbourne CBD, Vic
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth, W.A.
The Empty Show, CBD, Melbourne, Vic
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
The Pink Cow, live painting performance, The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo.
BlackBurst, Yoyogi, Tokyo.
Melbourne Art Fair '06, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic.
Urban Myths, Brunswick Arts, little Breese st, Brunswick, Vic.
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic.
Phaze3, 2 Hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
Pearl, Dante's Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Canterbury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co.,
Fox Studios, Sydney.
Publications
- Scoop Traveller, NSW, 2008
- Channel V, "The Know", 2007
- Australian Art Review, 2007
- Oh Really, Australia, 2007
- Player Magazine, Tokyo, 2006.
- TNB Magazine, front cover, Tokyo, 2006.
- Belle, Australia, 2006.
- 'Lip' issue #11, 2006
- "Anythingilike" at [link]
- "Izastickup" Drago Arts and Communication Publication, 2005.
- Cleo, 'Art House', July 2005 issue.
- Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members..
- "Wooster Collective" website. [link]
Awards
- Finalist, 'What Inspires You?' Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General
Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Senior Editor, Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- NSW Budgerigar Society
- Various Private collections around Australia and Asia.
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28th November, 2008
HIP POP
i will be participating in United Galleries annual emerging artists group show.
Opeing night, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pm
Runs until Sunday, December 28, 2008
Location: United Galleries Sydney
Street: 179-181 Palmer Street
City/Town: Darlinghurst, Australia
The second Hip Pop show continues with the best of young fresh exciting Australian talent. Supporting Father Chris Riley’s Youth off the Streets once again the exhibition aims to showcase 4 "Hip" and 4 "Pop" artists from 2008. A donation will be made from the sale of each artwork to the Father Chris Riley charity.
artists include
Kieran Antill
Thor Engelstad
Jane Fontane
James Hancock
Buni
Ben Rak
Dennis Ropar
Kate Scardifield
more info at www.unitedgalleries.com.au
==========================================
28th April, 2008
buni shows at kent street
please join me for drinks at the bar called "kent st" where i am exhibiting some early works from my private collection. some of these works have never been shown before, and prices start at $60, so now you could get your hands on your very own original buni painting!
opening night is this saturday, may 3rd, 6-8pm
201 smith street fitzroy, victoria, australia.
the exhibition will be open every day and will run untill the 6th of june.
=========================================
15th October, 2007
ART SYDNEY '07
United Galleries, 26-28 October 2007, Located at the Royal Hall of Industries Moorepark, NSW, Aust.
opening night 25th October 2007.
I'm exhibiting with Sydney represented artists Jane Fontane, James Hancock, Jeff Martin and Paolo Talbert.
Hip HOP
United Galleries, 179 Palmer street, Surry Hills, NSW, Aust.
opening night: 15 November 07
with artists James Hancock, Paola Talbert, Jarrod Taylor + more.
=========================================
17th August, 2007
Wallpaper Wars - Group show with Pia DeBruyn
Opening night 31st Aug, 6-9 drinks all round!
At: Off the Kerb gallery and studios 66b Johnston Street, Collingwood, Vic, Australia
www.offthekerb.com.au
The show runs till the 21st of September.
Opening hours are Thurs & Fri 12:30pm-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm.
=========================================
Contact details
Email - buni@graffiti.net Myspace: www.myspace.com/im_buni
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera,
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Since graduating from Fine Arts at Melbourne’s Monash University in 2002, Buni has been working as a full time artist in Tokyo and Melbourne, with various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tokyo.
Buni has been selected for the inclusion in the “Anything I Like” Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media and her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, Australian Art Review and also Belle Magazine, Australia.
Utilizing paint, craft and sculptural mediums, the work explores themes of binary opposites. Borrowing iconography from folk tales and popular culture, the work endeavors to explore dichotomies inherent within the human condition, and how they operate in todays social constructs and communities.
Solo Exhibitions
Buni shows @ Kent St, Kent st Fitzroy, Vic, 2008
Like Faces Are Two Hearts, Artasis, Richmond, Vic, 2007
Like Lovers Do, blank_space, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, 2006
Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, 2005
DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, 2003
Curated Shows
2005
Feb – Missing Things Tomorrow, Curtain House, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2008
Assembled, Bamakko, Melbourne, Vic
2007
Hip Pop, United Gallieries, Sydney, NSW.
Wallpaper Wars, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Vic
The Empty Show, Melbourne CBD, Vic
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth, W.A.
The Empty Show, CBD, Melbourne, Vic
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
The Pink Cow, live painting performance, The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo.
BlackBurst, Yoyogi, Tokyo.
Melbourne Art Fair ’06, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic.
Urban Myths, Brunswick Arts, little Breese st, Brunswick, Vic.
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic.
Phaze3, 2 Hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
Pearl, Dante’s Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Canterbury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co.,
Fox Studios, Sydney.
Publications
- Scoop Traveller, NSW, 2008
- Channel V, “The Know”, 2007
- Australian Art Review, 2007
- Oh Really, Australia, 2007
- Player Magazine, Tokyo, 2006.
- TNB Magazine, front cover, Tokyo, 2006.
- Belle, Australia, 2006.
- 'Lip’ issue #11, 2006
- “Anythingilike” at www.papertigermedia.com/anythingilike.
- “Izastickup” Drago Arts and Communication Publication, 2005.
- Cleo, ‘Art House’, July 2005 issue.
- Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members..
- “Wooster Collective” website. www.woostercollective.com
Awards
- Finalist, ‘What Inspires You?’ Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General
Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Senior Editor, Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- NSW Budgerigar Society
- Various Private collections around Australia and Asia.
HIP POP
i will be participating in United Galleries annual emerging artists group show.
Opeing night, November 28, 2008 at 6:00pm
Runs until Sunday, December 28, 2008
Location: United Galleries Sydney
Street: 179-181 Palmer Street
City/Town: Darlinghurst, Australia
The second Hip Pop show continues with the best of young fresh exciting Australian talent. Supporting Father Chris Riley’s Youth off the Streets once again the exhibition aims to showcase 4 "Hip" and 4 "Pop" artists from 2008. A donation will be made from the sale of each artwork to the Father Chris Riley charity.
artists include
Kieran Antill
Thor Engelstad
Jane Fontane
James Hancock
Buni
Ben Rak
Dennis Ropar
Kate Scardifield
more info at www.unitedgalleries.com.au
==========================================
28th April, 2008
buni shows at kent street
please join me for drinks at the bar called "kent st" where i am exhibiting some early works from my private collection. some of these works have never been shown before, and prices start at $60, so now you could get your hands on your very own original buni painting!
opening night is this saturday, may 3rd, 6-8pm
201 smith street fitzroy, victoria, australia.
the exhibition will be open every day and will run untill the 6th of june.
=========================================
15th October, 2007
ART SYDNEY '07
United Galleries, 26-28 October 2007, Located at the Royal Hall of Industries Moorepark, NSW, Aust.
opening night 25th October 2007.
I'm exhibiting with Sydney represented artists Jane Fontane, James Hancock, Jeff Martin and Paolo Talbert.
Hip HOP
United Galleries, 179 Palmer street, Surry Hills, NSW, Aust.
opening night: 15 November 07
with artists James Hancock, Paola Talbert, Jarrod Taylor + more.
=========================================
17th August, 2007
Wallpaper Wars - Group show with Pia DeBruyn
Opening night 31st Aug, 6-9 drinks all round!
At: Off the Kerb gallery and studios 66b Johnston Street, Collingwood, Vic, Australia
www.offthekerb.com.au
The show runs till the 21st of September.
Opening hours are Thurs & Fri 12:30pm-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm.
=========================================
Contact details
Email - buni@graffiti.net Myspace: www.myspace.com/im_buni
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera,
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Biography
Since graduating from Fine Arts at Melbourne’s Monash University in 2002, Buni has been working as a full time artist in Tokyo and Melbourne, with various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Tokyo.
Buni has been selected for the inclusion in the “Anything I Like” Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media and her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, Australian Art Review and also Belle Magazine, Australia.
Utilizing paint, craft and sculptural mediums, the work explores themes of binary opposites. Borrowing iconography from folk tales and popular culture, the work endeavors to explore dichotomies inherent within the human condition, and how they operate in todays social constructs and communities.
Solo Exhibitions
Buni shows @ Kent St, Kent st Fitzroy, Vic, 2008
Like Faces Are Two Hearts, Artasis, Richmond, Vic, 2007
Like Lovers Do, blank_space, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW, 2006
Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, 2005
DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, 2003
Curated Shows
2005
Feb – Missing Things Tomorrow, Curtain House, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2008
Assembled, Bamakko, Melbourne, Vic
2007
Hip Pop, United Gallieries, Sydney, NSW.
Wallpaper Wars, Off The Kerb, Collingwood, Vic
The Empty Show, Melbourne CBD, Vic
Sydney Art Fair, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Perth, W.A.
The Empty Show, CBD, Melbourne, Vic
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
The Pink Cow, live painting performance, The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo.
BlackBurst, Yoyogi, Tokyo.
Melbourne Art Fair ’06, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic.
Urban Myths, Brunswick Arts, little Breese st, Brunswick, Vic.
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic.
Phaze3, 2 Hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic.
Pearl, Dante’s Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Canterbury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co.,
Fox Studios, Sydney.
Publications
- Scoop Traveller, NSW, 2008
- Channel V, “The Know”, 2007
- Australian Art Review, 2007
- Oh Really, Australia, 2007
- Player Magazine, Tokyo, 2006.
- TNB Magazine, front cover, Tokyo, 2006.
- Belle, Australia, 2006.
- 'Lip’ issue #11, 2006
- “Anythingilike” at www.papertigermedia.com/anythingilike.
- “Izastickup” Drago Arts and Communication Publication, 2005.
- Cleo, ‘Art House’, July 2005 issue.
- Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members..
- “Wooster Collective” website. www.woostercollective.com
Awards
- Finalist, ‘What Inspires You?’ Competition/Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General
Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Senior Editor, Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- NSW Budgerigar Society
- Various Private collections around Australia and Asia.
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22nd June, 2007.
SOLO EXHIBITION
I'm having my solo show in Melbourne on the 4th of JULY at ARTASIS - 323 Lennox street Richmond, Victoria, Australia - www.artasis.com.au
Opening night - 4th July, 6-8, and the show will run for a month.
If you're in the area, come along and enjoy a drink with me, we can talk about art and stuff!
The show will include previously unseen works, including a self portrait (the only one!) and also some smaller works on wallpaper. This will be the last exhibition of my paintings for a while as i am working with some new mediums, experimenting and exploring new ideas. So other than a few paintings in my studio stockroom, this is IT!
I hope you can make it!
see you there
buni
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007
Artist Statement:
BUNI - Fine Artist - Painter
Fresh from Tokyo, Japan, artist Buni is emerging as one of Australia’s hottest new painting talents. With various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and Tokyo, she has settled nicely into her new studio in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Selling through Sydney’s “United Galleries” and relocating to Japan May 2006, Buni’s work explores identity through monochromatic images layered with a colorful street art aesthetic and traditional and contemporary Japanese design. Buni’s art asks the question: do we lose our identity in fantasy, or do we aquire a new persona in the process. If so, how does the new identity unveil itself, and what are the contributing factors? Underlying the sweet, a subtle undercurrent of violence peeks through juxtaposing the beautiful and the melancholic to reaveal a poetic dualism.
Buni has been featured on the New York based “Wooster Collective” web site. Founded in 2001 the Wooster Collective is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. Buni has also been selected for the inclusion in the “Anything I Like” Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media. Her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, and most recently Belle magazine in Australia.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th December, 2006.
"We are strangers by day" appeared in Australian 'Belle' magazine this month. it was part of the "Unwrapped" exhibition in the group show at United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia, where (if i may brag just a little here) all my work sold prior to the opening. i was a very happy camper.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006
ARTASIS has had it's 1st birthday! This small gallery in Melbourne, Australia has had so much artwork through it's doors the past year, and Amber and Paul have done such a wonderful job keeping the art contemporary, exciting, and fresh. They also attempted the Art Fair for the very first time, and made many important connections and met a lot of prospective clients.
I couldn't ask for more honest and friendlier representation in Melbourne, I am so lucky to have their support.
So THANKS ARTASIS! (o^_^o) you're the best, I am proud to be part of your gallery!
www.artasis.com.au/index.html&…;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006
i'll be part of an exhibition called
"UNWRAPPED" – GROUP SHOW and OPENING OF NEW SPACE
United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia
15th September – 4th October
www.unitedgalleries.com.au
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buni's work was on the cover of Tokyo Notice Board www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp/
and www.deviantart.com/deviation/2… August - 28th August. TNB is a free weekly publication that is distibuted throughout Tokyo.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Burst is a monthly event organized by an artist group in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
www.redwolf.jp/BB/index.htm for site and
map: translate.google.com/translate…
Buni will be part of this group show curated by artsybugs, and held on August 27th, 2006. 5pm-10pm, hope to see you all there.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Email - buni@graffiti.net
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera, 16 hour course
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Like Lovers Do, Blankspace, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2005 Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, Australia
2002 DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Curated Shows
Feb – ‘Missing Things Tomorrow’, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
2005 Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2007
Art Melbourne, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic, Australia.
The Empy Show, Melbourne CBD, Australia.
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
BlackBurst, Nanakamado, Yoyogo, Tokyo, Japan.
Live Painting, Performance Art , The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Melbourne Art Fair, Carlton, Vic, Australia
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Phaze3, 2 hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
Pearl, Dante’s Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Cantebury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
Listen to the Visuals, Blah Blah Café, Main St, Mordialloc, Vic.
Good Reasons, Good Reasons Café, Centre Pl, Mordialloc, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney.
2001
Blah Blah, Café Blah Blah, Main St, Cheltenham, Vic.
1999
C.A.T. Exhibition, Tmesis Gallery, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt.Eliza, Vic
Related Art Activities and Publications
- Painting "We are Stragers by Day" appeared in the December/January issue of Belle magazine, Australia.
- Featured artist folio in the December issue of Player magazine, Tokyo.
- Featured on the cover of Tokto Notice Board, Tokyo, (Aug 11th - 24th, 2006 issue) www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp
- Volunteer work at ACCA, Australian Centre for Conteporary Art, South Bank, Melbourne.
- Featured artist in Drago Arts and Communication Publication, “Izastickup” 2005.
- Featured artist in Cleo magazine’s ‘Art House’ section of July 2005 issue.
- Featured artist on [link] website.
- Commissioned to paint garden pavers for ‘Trash Horticulture’ - landscape gardener.
- Art Director at Café Blah Blah. Duties include selecting, hanging, and selling artwork.
- Affiliations with Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members.
- Sat Hush Hush Gallery, organised rosters and book keeping during the Retali8 exhibition, Sept –Oct 2004.
- Intermittent features on “Wooster Collective” website. [link]
- [link] online folio
- photographic works published in ‘lip’ magazine issue #11, 2006.
Awards
- Finalist, ‘What Inspires You?’ Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Editor of Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- New South Wales Budgerigar Society
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- Various Private collections around Australia.
Commissions
- email buni@graffiti.net to discuss a commission with me.
SOLO EXHIBITION
I'm having my solo show in Melbourne on the 4th of JULY at ARTASIS - 323 Lennox street Richmond, Victoria, Australia - www.artasis.com.au
Opening night - 4th July, 6-8, and the show will run for a month.
If you're in the area, come along and enjoy a drink with me, we can talk about art and stuff!
The show will include previously unseen works, including a self portrait (the only one!) and also some smaller works on wallpaper. This will be the last exhibition of my paintings for a while as i am working with some new mediums, experimenting and exploring new ideas. So other than a few paintings in my studio stockroom, this is IT!
I hope you can make it!
see you there
buni
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007
Artist Statement:
BUNI - Fine Artist - Painter
Fresh from Tokyo, Japan, artist Buni is emerging as one of Australia’s hottest new painting talents. With various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and Tokyo, she has settled nicely into her new studio in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Selling through Sydney’s “United Galleries” and relocating to Japan May 2006, Buni’s work explores identity through monochromatic images layered with a colorful street art aesthetic and traditional and contemporary Japanese design. Buni’s art asks the question: do we lose our identity in fantasy, or do we aquire a new persona in the process. If so, how does the new identity unveil itself, and what are the contributing factors? Underlying the sweet, a subtle undercurrent of violence peeks through juxtaposing the beautiful and the melancholic to reaveal a poetic dualism.
Buni has been featured on the New York based “Wooster Collective” web site. Founded in 2001 the Wooster Collective is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. Buni has also been selected for the inclusion in the “Anything I Like” Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media. Her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, and most recently Belle magazine in Australia.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th December, 2006.
"We are strangers by day" appeared in Australian 'Belle' magazine this month. it was part of the "Unwrapped" exhibition in the group show at United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia, where (if i may brag just a little here) all my work sold prior to the opening. i was a very happy camper.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006
ARTASIS has had it's 1st birthday! This small gallery in Melbourne, Australia has had so much artwork through it's doors the past year, and Amber and Paul have done such a wonderful job keeping the art contemporary, exciting, and fresh. They also attempted the Art Fair for the very first time, and made many important connections and met a lot of prospective clients.
I couldn't ask for more honest and friendlier representation in Melbourne, I am so lucky to have their support.
So THANKS ARTASIS! (o^_^o) you're the best, I am proud to be part of your gallery!
www.artasis.com.au/index.html&…;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006
i'll be part of an exhibition called
"UNWRAPPED" – GROUP SHOW and OPENING OF NEW SPACE
United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia
15th September – 4th October
www.unitedgalleries.com.au
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buni's work was on the cover of Tokyo Notice Board www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp/
and www.deviantart.com/deviation/2… August - 28th August. TNB is a free weekly publication that is distibuted throughout Tokyo.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Burst is a monthly event organized by an artist group in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
www.redwolf.jp/BB/index.htm for site and
map: translate.google.com/translate…
Buni will be part of this group show curated by artsybugs, and held on August 27th, 2006. 5pm-10pm, hope to see you all there.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Email - buni@graffiti.net
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera, 16 hour course
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Like Lovers Do, Blankspace, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2005 Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, Australia
2002 DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Curated Shows
Feb – ‘Missing Things Tomorrow’, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
2005 Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2007
Art Melbourne, Carlton Exhibition Building, Vic, Australia.
The Empy Show, Melbourne CBD, Australia.
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
BlackBurst, Nanakamado, Yoyogo, Tokyo, Japan.
Live Painting, Performance Art , The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Melbourne Art Fair, Carlton, Vic, Australia
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Phaze3, 2 hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
Pearl, Dante’s Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Cantebury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
Listen to the Visuals, Blah Blah Café, Main St, Mordialloc, Vic.
Good Reasons, Good Reasons Café, Centre Pl, Mordialloc, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney.
2001
Blah Blah, Café Blah Blah, Main St, Cheltenham, Vic.
1999
C.A.T. Exhibition, Tmesis Gallery, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt.Eliza, Vic
Related Art Activities and Publications
- Painting "We are Stragers by Day" appeared in the December/January issue of Belle magazine, Australia.
- Featured artist folio in the December issue of Player magazine, Tokyo.
- Featured on the cover of Tokto Notice Board, Tokyo, (Aug 11th - 24th, 2006 issue) www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp
- Volunteer work at ACCA, Australian Centre for Conteporary Art, South Bank, Melbourne.
- Featured artist in Drago Arts and Communication Publication, “Izastickup” 2005.
- Featured artist in Cleo magazine’s ‘Art House’ section of July 2005 issue.
- Featured artist on [link] website.
- Commissioned to paint garden pavers for ‘Trash Horticulture’ - landscape gardener.
- Art Director at Café Blah Blah. Duties include selecting, hanging, and selling artwork.
- Affiliations with Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members.
- Sat Hush Hush Gallery, organised rosters and book keeping during the Retali8 exhibition, Sept –Oct 2004.
- Intermittent features on “Wooster Collective” website. [link]
- [link] online folio
- photographic works published in ‘lip’ magazine issue #11, 2006.
Awards
- Finalist, ‘What Inspires You?’ Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Editor of Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- New South Wales Budgerigar Society
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- Various Private collections around Australia.
Commissions
- email buni@graffiti.net to discuss a commission with me.
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NOW SHOWING AT ARTHOLES, 114 BRUNSWICK STREET, FITZROY.
Artholes is an auction house, so you are able to pay as much as you can for the art of your dreams! and if you win the bid, it's all yours. it is a great gallery dedicated to young and emerging artists in and around Melbourne.
ALSO, i will be part of the ART SHOW in Melbourne again this year. it's at The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton from April 20th - 22nd. i'll be in two stands, Artasis and United Galleries. i'll be around opening night too, so if you score some tickets, come up and say hello, and we can drink all the free drinks!
***Coming up in August, group show "Wallpaper Wars" at a new gallery in Melbourne. i'll keep you posted with more news soon!***
go here www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/show… to vote for my painting in the saatchi comp.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks to that nice person, alchemism, who gave me a subscription. it's super nice of you!
and thanks for all the super nice comments from all my fans, ha ha... thanks for checking my space and giving me almost 2000 views in a few days!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17th Jan, 2007.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOTE FOR MY "BLESS YOUR SOUL" DON'T PANIC POSTER AT www.dontpaniconline.com/design…
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist Statement:
BUNI - Fine Artist - Painter
Fresh from Tokyo, Japan, artist Buni is emerging as one of Australia's hottest new painting talents. With various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and Tokyo, she has settled nicely into her new studio in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Selling through Sydney's "United Galleries" and relocating to Japan May 2006, Buni's work explores identity through monochromatic images layered with a colorful street art aesthetic and traditional and contemporary Japanese design. Buni's art asks the question: do we lose our identity in fantasy, or do we aquire a new persona in the process. If so, how does the new identity unveil itself, and what are the contributing factors? Underlying the sweet, a subtle undercurrent of violence peeks through juxtaposing the beautiful and the melancholic to reaveal a poetic dualism.
Buni has been featured on the New York based "Wooster Collective" web site. Founded in 2001 the Wooster Collective is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. Buni has also been selected for the inclusion in the "Anything I Like" Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media. Her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, and most recently Belle magazine in Australia.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th December, 2006.
"We are strangers by day" appeared in Australian 'Belle' magazine this month. it was part of the "Unwrapped" exhibition in the group show at United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia, where (if i may brag just a little here) all my work sold prior to the opening. i was a very happy camper.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARTASIS has had it's 1st birthday! This small gallery in Melbourne, Australia has had so much artwork through it's doors the past year, and Amber and Paul have done such a wonderful job keeping the art contemporary, exciting, and fresh. They also attempted the Art Fair for the very first time, and made many important connections and met a lot of prospective clients.
I couldn't ask for more honest and friendlier representation in Melbourne, I am so lucky to have their support.
So THANKS ARTASIS! (o^_^o) you're the best, I am proud to be part of your gallery!
www.artasis.com.au/index.html&…;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i'll be part of an exhibition called
"UNWRAPPED" – GROUP SHOW and OPENING OF NEW SPACE
United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia
15th September – 4th October
www.unitedgalleries.com.au
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buni's work was on the cover of Tokyo Notice Board www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp/
and www.deviantart.com/deviation/2… August - 28th August. TNB is a free weekly publication that is distibuted throughout Tokyo.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Burst is a monthly event organized by an artist group in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
www.redwolf.jp/BB/index.htm for site and
map: translate.google.com/translate…
Buni will be part of this group show curated by artsybugs, and held on August 27th, 2006. 5pm-10pm, hope to see you all there.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Email - buni@graffiti.net
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera, 16 hour course
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Like Lovers Do, Blankspace, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2005 Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, Australia
2002 DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Curated Shows
Feb – 'Missing Things Tomorrow', lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
2005 Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
BlackBurst, Nanakamado, Yoyogo, Tokyo, Japan.
Live Painting, Performance Art , The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Melbourne Art Fair, Carlton, Vic, Australia
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Phaze3, 2 hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
Pearl, Dante's Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Cantebury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
Listen to the Visuals, Blah Blah Café, Main St, Mordialloc, Vic.
Good Reasons, Good Reasons Café, Centre Pl, Mordialloc, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney.
2001
Blah Blah, Café Blah Blah, Main St, Cheltenham, Vic.
1999
C.A.T. Exhibition, Tmesis Gallery, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt.Eliza, Vic
Related Art Activities and Publications
- Painting "We are Stragers by Day" appeared in the December/January issue of Belle magazine, Australia.
- Featured artist folio in the December issue of Player magazine, Tokyo.
- Featured on the cover of Tokto Notice Board, Tokyo, (Aug 11th - 24th, 2006 issue) www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp
- Volunteer work at ACCA, Australian Centre for Conteporary Art, South Bank, Melbourne.
- Featured artist in Drago Arts and Communication Publication, "Izastickup" 2005.
- Featured artist in Cleo magazine's 'Art House' section of July 2005 issue.
- Featured artist on [link] website.
- Commissioned to paint garden pavers for 'Trash Horticulture' - landscape gardener.
- Art Director at Café Blah Blah. Duties include selecting, hanging, and selling artwork.
- Affiliations with Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members.
- Sat Hush Hush Gallery, organised rosters and book keeping during the Retali8 exhibition, Sept –Oct 2004.
- Intermittent features on "Wooster Collective" website. [link]
- [link] online folio
- photographic works published in 'lip' magazine issue #11, 2006.
Awards
- Finalist, 'What Inspires You?' Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Editor of Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- New South Wales Budgerigar Society
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- Various Private collections around Australia.
Artholes is an auction house, so you are able to pay as much as you can for the art of your dreams! and if you win the bid, it's all yours. it is a great gallery dedicated to young and emerging artists in and around Melbourne.
ALSO, i will be part of the ART SHOW in Melbourne again this year. it's at The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton from April 20th - 22nd. i'll be in two stands, Artasis and United Galleries. i'll be around opening night too, so if you score some tickets, come up and say hello, and we can drink all the free drinks!
***Coming up in August, group show "Wallpaper Wars" at a new gallery in Melbourne. i'll keep you posted with more news soon!***
go here www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/show… to vote for my painting in the saatchi comp.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
thanks to that nice person, alchemism, who gave me a subscription. it's super nice of you!
and thanks for all the super nice comments from all my fans, ha ha... thanks for checking my space and giving me almost 2000 views in a few days! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
17th Jan, 2007.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VOTE FOR MY "BLESS YOUR SOUL" DON'T PANIC POSTER AT www.dontpaniconline.com/design…
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artist Statement:
BUNI - Fine Artist - Painter
Fresh from Tokyo, Japan, artist Buni is emerging as one of Australia's hottest new painting talents. With various group and solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne and Tokyo, she has settled nicely into her new studio in Collingwood, Melbourne.
Selling through Sydney's "United Galleries" and relocating to Japan May 2006, Buni's work explores identity through monochromatic images layered with a colorful street art aesthetic and traditional and contemporary Japanese design. Buni's art asks the question: do we lose our identity in fantasy, or do we aquire a new persona in the process. If so, how does the new identity unveil itself, and what are the contributing factors? Underlying the sweet, a subtle undercurrent of violence peeks through juxtaposing the beautiful and the melancholic to reaveal a poetic dualism.
Buni has been featured on the New York based "Wooster Collective" web site. Founded in 2001 the Wooster Collective is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world. Buni has also been selected for the inclusion in the "Anything I Like" Arts section of acclaimed online magazine from Paper Tiger Media. Her work has also appeared on the front cover of TBN magazine and Player magazine in Tokyo, and most recently Belle magazine in Australia.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12th December, 2006.
"We are strangers by day" appeared in Australian 'Belle' magazine this month. it was part of the "Unwrapped" exhibition in the group show at United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia, where (if i may brag just a little here) all my work sold prior to the opening. i was a very happy camper.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARTASIS has had it's 1st birthday! This small gallery in Melbourne, Australia has had so much artwork through it's doors the past year, and Amber and Paul have done such a wonderful job keeping the art contemporary, exciting, and fresh. They also attempted the Art Fair for the very first time, and made many important connections and met a lot of prospective clients.
I couldn't ask for more honest and friendlier representation in Melbourne, I am so lucky to have their support.
So THANKS ARTASIS! (o^_^o) you're the best, I am proud to be part of your gallery!
www.artasis.com.au/index.html&…;
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i'll be part of an exhibition called
"UNWRAPPED" – GROUP SHOW and OPENING OF NEW SPACE
United Galleries 181 Palmer St East Sydney, Australia
15th September – 4th October
www.unitedgalleries.com.au
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buni's work was on the cover of Tokyo Notice Board www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp/
and www.deviantart.com/deviation/2… August - 28th August. TNB is a free weekly publication that is distibuted throughout Tokyo.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Black Burst is a monthly event organized by an artist group in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
www.redwolf.jp/BB/index.htm for site and
map: translate.google.com/translate…
Buni will be part of this group show curated by artsybugs, and held on August 27th, 2006. 5pm-10pm, hope to see you all there.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Email - buni@graffiti.net
D.O.B - 12.05.1982
Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting)
Monash University, Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
2003 Basic Camera, 16 hour course
Swinburne University of Technology, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Like Lovers Do, Blankspace, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia
2005 Buni @ Mossimo, Mossimo, Chapel St, South Yarra, Vic, Australia
2002 DieBuni Die, The Lounge, Swanston St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Curated Shows
Feb – 'Missing Things Tomorrow', lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
2005 Melbourne, Vic.
Group Exhibitions
2006
Unwrapped, United Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
BlackBurst, Nanakamado, Yoyogo, Tokyo, Japan.
Live Painting, Performance Art , The Pink Cow, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Melbourne Art Fair, Carlton, Vic, Australia
PostMod, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Phaze3, 2 hall St, Newport, Vic.
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
2005
Artasis, 323 Lennox St, Richmond, Vic. (on-going)
Pearl, Dante's Upstairs, Gallery Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Missing Things Tomorrow, lvl 2, Curtain House, Swanston St,
Melbourne, Vic.
2004
Retali8, Hush Hush Gallery and City Lights combined exhibition,
Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Vic.
Drawing Blood, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
2003
The Empty Show, Cantebury, Vic.
Get A Real Job, Tomorrow Food and Design, Johnson St, Fitzroy, Vic.
Fatal Eight, Early Space, Smith St, Collingwood, Vic.
Stencils and Drips, The Laundry, Johnson St Fitzroy, Vic.
2002
Synthetic, The St. Kilda Duke, St. Kilda Rd, Balaclava, Vic.
Hatch, Monash University, Dandenong Rd, Caulfield, Vic.
Listen to the Visuals, Blah Blah Café, Main St, Mordialloc, Vic.
Good Reasons, Good Reasons Café, Centre Pl, Mordialloc, Vic.
What Inspires You? Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney.
2001
Blah Blah, Café Blah Blah, Main St, Cheltenham, Vic.
1999
C.A.T. Exhibition, Tmesis Gallery, Canadian Bay Rd, Mt.Eliza, Vic
Related Art Activities and Publications
- Painting "We are Stragers by Day" appeared in the December/January issue of Belle magazine, Australia.
- Featured artist folio in the December issue of Player magazine, Tokyo.
- Featured on the cover of Tokto Notice Board, Tokyo, (Aug 11th - 24th, 2006 issue) www.tokyonoticeboard.co.jp
- Volunteer work at ACCA, Australian Centre for Conteporary Art, South Bank, Melbourne.
- Featured artist in Drago Arts and Communication Publication, "Izastickup" 2005.
- Featured artist in Cleo magazine's 'Art House' section of July 2005 issue.
- Featured artist on [link] website.
- Commissioned to paint garden pavers for 'Trash Horticulture' - landscape gardener.
- Art Director at Café Blah Blah. Duties include selecting, hanging, and selling artwork.
- Affiliations with Antipoda, the Clothing and Arts Co. Online biography with Retali8 members.
- Sat Hush Hush Gallery, organised rosters and book keeping during the Retali8 exhibition, Sept –Oct 2004.
- Intermittent features on "Wooster Collective" website. [link]
- [link] online folio
- photographic works published in 'lip' magazine issue #11, 2006.
Awards
- Finalist, 'What Inspires You?' Competition/ Exhibition, Inspire Foundation and General Pants Co., Fox Studios, Sydney. 2002
Collections
- Editor of Leader Newspaper, Corp, Cheltenham, Vic.
- New South Wales Budgerigar Society
- Senior Recruitment Consultant, Bradman Recruitment, Sydney, N.S.W.
- Various Private collections around Australia.
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