Tiff Brown Impermanence Firestation Gallery 2015
Tiff Brown is a formally trained fine artist, muralist and
illustrator who has maintained a thriving professional arts practice for more
than 25 years. She has extensive experience collaborating on projects in the fine
art, corporate, institutional and private sectors in Australia and overseas.
In
November 2007 Tiff held a highly successful solo sell-out exhibition Still
at Solander Gallery, Canberra. In 2008 Tiff was selected as a finalist
in the Sulman Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. Her exhibition Quiet
Noise at Bison also sold out. She has received numerous corporate and
private commissions and has lectured at the University of Canberra.
Her
commercial portfolio is comprised of a wide array of styles and mediums that
she has developed and perfected throughout her career. Tiff specialises in
contemporary graphic murals and trompe l'oeil. Her work has graced annual
reports, brochures, print and television ads, posters, catalogues, manuals,
postcards, multimedia productions and websites.
Her
mural work appears in public institutions, restaurants, hotels, clubs and
private residences around Australia. She has worked also worked as a
photographic stylist and is a qualified interior designer.
Most
recently Tiff has exhibited the shows Beneath the Surface at M16 in
Canberra in 2014 and Impermanence in 2015 at the
Firestation Gallery in Armadale Melbourne. She is working on large-scale images
for the upcoming exhibition Memoria e Luogo to be held at M16 in
2016. Tiff’s work is held in public and private collections in Australia, USA
and New Zealand.
Peter Rohen Impermanence Firestation Gallery 2015
Creative Director – Fusebox Design
1997 – Present; Canberra & Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director – Multimedia Art Design
1997 – 1997; Canberra, Australia
Designer – Freelance
1996 – 1997; London, UK
Art Director – Brave Design Group
1994 – 1996; Canberra, Australia
Designer – Enterprise Marketing
1993 – 1994; Sydney, Australia
Designer and illustrator – Freelance
1988 – 1992; Brisbane, Australia
Peter Rohen
Peter Rohen is an award-winning designer and fine artist. He has worked as partner in his own company and on contract basis supplying branding, design and illustration work for publishers, ad agencies, art galleries, cultural institutions, private enterprise, governments and obscure indie bands. He has also maintained a concurrent fine art practice.
Commissions / Exhibitions
Memoria E Luogo M16 Artspace 2016-upcoming
Impermanence Firestation Gallery Armadale Melbourne 2015
Beneath the Surface Exhibition M16 Artspace Canberra 2014
Private commissions: 1988 – 2015
After-Image exhibition Work on paper –, Firestation Gallery, Melbourne 2012:
Work on paper – Canberra Times Art Show, ACT 1995
Peter Ranyard Impermanence Firestation Gallery 2015
“Photographer and historian alike are storytellers who must choose what to
include and what to leave out, how close to stand to their subjects, how to
frame their tales.”
Martha A. Sandweiss
I have always been drawn to the constructed object,
particularly those abandoned. The fragile nature of made objects is a constant
reminder of our impermanence and that sometimes their beauty is a result of
neglect and the patina that is acquired through the aging process. I have used
colour and black and white imagery in my art practice as I welcome the
differing tonal, colour and abstract qualities that can be conveyed through
each within the context of the photographic medium, and I am constantly
searching for the right mix of light and mood. I am currently the Head of Arts
at Narrabundah College and exhibit regularly, most recently a two-person
exhibition Material Substance and the Lightness of Touch with the
ceramicist Sarit Cohen at Form Gallery in 2013, Beneath the Surface at
M16 Artspace in 2014 and Impermanence at the Firestation
Gallery (Armadale Melbourne) in August 2015. I am working on a solo show River to be exhibited at Photoaccess Gallery in September 2016 and a group show Memoria e Luogo at M16 Artspace in November 2016.
For Impermanence I have used black and
white imagery as I feel the heightened play of light conveys a strong sense of
narrative. The images have been made across different countries and each
requires long periods of searching and waiting to find the right combination of
composition, form and emptiness. The images are all personally printed on
archival 100% cotton rag paper.
I have undertaken
numerous fine art and commercial commissions and have previously been selected
to be included in the Communication Arts Photography Annual. I am currently
working on limited edition books and folios to accompany exhibition projects. I
am held in collections in Australia, USA and New Zealand.
“The
articulate audible voice of the past when the body and material substance of it
has altogether vanished like a dream.”
Thomas
Carlyle
