Darren Sylvester

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MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

MGA Foundation is thrilled to announce that Melbourne-based, Iranian-born artist Hoda Afshar is the winner of the $30,000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize for her photograph ‘Portrait of Behrouz Boochani, Manus Island’ (2018). Shelley Horan, Darren Sylvester and Cyrus Tang are the 2018 recipients of the Colour Factory Honourable Mentions.
Clare Rae Cyrus Tang Polixeni Papapetrou Marian Drew Rod Mc Nicol Linsey Gosper Robert Ashton Tamara Dean Lee Grant Janina Green Darren Sylvester Ponch Hawkes Hoda Afshar John Gollings Petrina Hicks Julie Rrap Mathew Lynn Nasim Nasr Devika Bilimoria Ian Strange Rowan Conroy Katrin Koenning Martin Walch Danica Chappell Justine Varga Anne Zahalka Joseph Mc Glennon Amanda Williams Tom Blachford Kirsten Lyttle Jacqueline Mitelman Alison Bennett Michael Cook Natalie Tirant Leah King Smith Sofi Basseghi Aaron Bradbrook Amos Gebhardt Hego Shelley Horan Sandra Lamonaca Isobel Markus Dunworth Ben Mc Gee Matthew Portch Melissa Spiccia Nathan Stolz Natalya Stone Samuel Szwarcbord Di Tang James Verdon

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Saturday 29 September 2018 to Sunday 18 November 2018

LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary image

MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

LEGACY+ … collecting contemporary

This exhibition explores the work of Petrina Hicks, Darren Sylvester and Christian Thompson whose practices’ reference contemporary pop culture in staged scenes or tableaus that invite the viewer to delve past the enticing imagery and deep into the undertows.
Darren Sylvester Petrina Hicks Christian Thompson Anouska Phizacklea

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Sunday 19 August 2018 to Wednesday 19 September 2018

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NGV INTERNATIONAL

Transmission - Legacies Of The Television Age

Transmission is an exhibition of artists engaging with television. It brings together a range of works from the 1960s, when television was becoming a mass medium with the potential for the widespread distribution of information, to today. It examines different responses, some critical and some celebratory, to television and the age of visual broadcasting.
Polixeni Papapetrou Darren Sylvester Joan Jonas Richard Hamilton Tom Wesselmann

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Friday 15 May 2015 to Sunday 23 August 2015

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MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Highlights from the MGA Collection

Coinciding with MGA’s 25th anniversary, this exhibition is a celebration of the Monash Gallery of Art, City of Monash Collection. The collection was established by the Waverley City Gallery in the 1970s, before being transferred to MGA when it was opened in 1990.
Polixeni Papapetrou Bill Henson Wolfgang Sievers Darren Sylvester Pat Brassington Max Dupain Olive Cotton Polly Borland Olive Cotton

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Saturday 09 May 2015 to Sunday 12 July 2015

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MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

Bowness Photography Prize

This year, 48 photographers have been short-listed for the prize, covering the full gamut that is contemporary photography Australia. The exhibition of finalists opens at MGA on Thursday 4 September. That night, the winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced at a special cocktail party at MGA.
Clare Rae Anne Wilson Owen Leong Marian Drew Mark Kimber Todd Anderson Kunert Tamara Dean Cherine Fahd Lee Grant Janina Green Matthew Newton Darren Sylvester Georgia Metaxas Nici Cumpston Vivian Cooper Smith John Gollings Christopher Köller Ingvar Kenne Petrina Hicks Sean Fennessy Harry Nankin Julie Rrap Claudia Terstappen Salote Tawale Graham Miller Rowan Conroy Katrin Koenning John Bodin Jessica Brent Ross Calia Andrew Chapman Danica Chappell Shoufay Derz Lesley Duxbury Gerrit Fokkema Mike Gray Kristian Häggblom Shane Hulbert Aldona Kmiec Annika Koops Agata Krajewska Ashlee Laing Sarah Mosca Zorica Purlija Kate Robertson Emily Sandrussi Justine Varga Yiorgo Yiannopoulos

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Thursday 04 September 2014 to Sunday 12 October 2014Opening: Thursday 04 September 2014

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MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY

MAKE UP: painted faces in contemporary photography

The face-painted portrait has become a prominent feature of contemporary Australian photography.
Darren Sylvester

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Friday 03 May 2013 to Sunday 30 June 2013

2 collections
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GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY

GERTRUDE STUDIOS EXHIBITION 2012

Gertrude Contemporary’s 2012 Studio Artists’ exhibition presents a dynamic selection of new work by sixteen of Australia’s most innovative young artists. Gertrude Contemporary offers an environment where risk, experimentation and creativity are encouraged.
Veronica Kent Laith Mc Gregor Katie Lee George Egerton Warburton Darren Sylvester Hanna Tai Jake Walker Reko Rennie Trevelyan Clay Jensen Tjhung Paul Yore Fergus Binns Eliza Dyball Christopher Hill Ash Kilmartin Joshua Petherick

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Saturday 17 November 2012 to Saturday 15 December 2012

Julia image

MEDIA HOUSE GALLERY, THE AGE

Chromogenic 2012

Curated by Phillip Virgo. Artists include Jeremy Blincoe, Jane Burton, Penelope Davis, Jo-Anne Duggan, Tim Handfield, Siri Hayes, Rohan Hutchinson, Robert Imhoff, David-Ashley Kerr, Michael Miller, Sonia Payes, Patricia Piccinni, Mike Reed, John Smallman, Stelarc, Simon Strong and Darren Sylvester.
Rohan Hutchinson Penelope Davis Jane Burton Robert Imhoff Darren Sylvester Stelarc Tim Handfield David Ashley Kerr Jeremy Blincoe Sonia Payes Michael Miller Siri Hayes Phillip Virgo Jo Anne Duggan Patricia Piccinni Mike Reed John Smallman Simon Strong

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Monday 23 July 2012 to Friday 17 August 2012Opening: Wednesday 25 July 2012

DARREN SYLVESTER image

GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY

DARREN SYLVESTER

For his Studio 12 exhibition, Darren Sylvester has a new series of four polished bronze sculptures opening in Studio 12 at Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne Saturday 17 March, 3-5pm through to 7 April 2012. These sculptures continue a series of cosmetic masks made in 2007 from wood.
Darren Sylvester

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Friday 16 March 2012 to Saturday 07 April 2012

Com muito Amor With much love image

ANNA PAPPAS GALLERY

Project 12: This Is Not A Love Song

Curated by Anna Pappas and Laura Castagnini
Tony Garifalakis Darren Sylvester Lucas Grogan Ben Coonley Ross Coulter & Meredith Turnbull Sue Dodd Irene Hanenbergh Heidi Holmes Marco Paulo Rolla Zoe Scoglio & Cait Foran Salote Tawale Malcolm Whittaker Danae Valenza

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Tuesday 07 February 2012 to Saturday 10 March 2012Opening: Friday 10 February 2012

5 collections
The waiting girl 2006 image

ART GALLERY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

What's in a face? aspects of portrait photography

All portraits reveal something of the sitter, the photographer and also of us as viewers, but none reveal a whole and complete being, no matter how much we believe this could be so.
Darren Sylvester Man Ray Max Dupain Nan Goldin Paul Foelsche Olive Cotton Carol Jerrems Destiny Deacon Edward Weston Iwao Yamawaki Ben Cauchi Loretta Lux

Art exhibition in New South Wales, Australia. Saturday 24 September 2011 to Sunday 05 February 2012

2 collections
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GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY

Gertrude Studios 2011 Exhibition

Gertrude Contemporary’s 2011 Studio Artists’ exhibition presents a selection of new work by Australia’s most innovative young artists.
Laith Mc Gregor Katie Lee Sanné Mestrom Emily Ferretti Darren Sylvester Susan Jacobs Geoff Newton Selina Ou Kate Smith Alex Vivian Hanna Tai Jake Walker Trevelyan Clay Gabriella Mangano And Silvana Mangano Jensen Tjhung Paul Yore

Art exhibition in Victoria, Australia. Saturday 19 November 2011 to Saturday 17 December 2011Opening: Friday 18 November 2011