Hamish Wilson |
Holding Space Residency
ABOUT HAMISH
Hamish is a self-taught, emerging artist from Meanjin (Brisbane), exploring the male psyche through an art practice characterised by evocative, impasto oil paintings, extended through text and sculptural elements. Endlessly fascinated by wilting flowers, the figure and the self, his compositions are steeped in allegory, alluding to contemporary narratives of isolation, relationships and toxic masculinity.Hamish Wilson was recently awarded the Emerging Artist Prize for 2024 Brisbane Portrait Prize, selected as a finalist in the Stanthorpe Art Prize and as a semi-finalist in the 2024 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize.
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During his Holding Space residency, Hamish will be continuing his research into themes of contemporary masculinity, conducting a series of portrait sessions over conversations about individual experiences and perceptions.
Hamish is looking for people to paint, and talk with.
Get in touch if you’re up for a chat: constance.director@gmail.com
@hamishwilson.art
PARTICIPATORY ACTIVATION | Wednesday 19 February, 12pm
Join Hamish for a live, lunchtime painting sesh! Get on the brushes and paint a fence in the space, over a communal chat on themes of masculinity - contribute to Hamish’s project by sharing your story.
No registration required.
OPENING EVENT | Wednesday 26 February, 5-7pm
Please join us in celebrating the conclusion of Hamish’s residency.
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OPEN STUDIO | Various dates, 16-29 November
During his Holding Space residency, Hamish has undertaken a series of live portraits, over intimate (often vulnerable) conversations about masculinity - spanning cultural narratives to personal, lived experience. You’re invited to visit the working studio and see the outcomes of Hamish’s project - chats very welcome!
HOLDING SPACE is a project space and residency program delivered by Constance ARI in collaboration with the UTAS School of Creative Arts & Media (CAM).
Constance ARI works across Country cared for by the Palawa of lutruwita and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout the so called ‘Australia’, as well as First Nations people from elsewhere, and their deep connection to the lands, skies and waterways over which sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our respect to all Elders; we are grateful for their continued sharing of knowledge and Culture.
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