caelene glen

Caelene Glen’s work focuses on the subtleness of fleeting enlightenment and emotional understandings. Expressing everyday activities and interactions through art, she attempts to translate human existence within the eternity of the universe itself. Caelene’s chosen background education in mathematics and astronomy, often brings balance and compositional poetry to expressions of sensitivity in a modern world.

BONNITA GILLARD

Bonnita Gillard is a mid career visual / sound artist, researcher and writer living in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia. Inspired by feminine artistry (particular the intersection between motherhood and art), Symbology, Folklore, Herbalism, mythology and the underworld of the human psyche; has lead to years of research and training in various modalities starting with a Bachelors degree in Fine Art Painting and Sound Art and Therapy. Bonnita is currently creating work between the Mornington Peninsula and Bayside. 

SERIFA

German artist duo Natassja and Christian, developed SERIFA in 2021. Dedicated to their art, following the principle of 'Defining New Aesthetics', the artists pioneer new forms of visual expression through artificial intelligence. SERIFA integrates AI technology as an artisitic tool, marking a significant evolution in their artistic trajectory, and echoing a philosophy of embracing unpredictability and innovation.

A collection of artworks have been reserved as exclusive release by the ‘Caelene nee Glen’ gallery. This initial collection is part of the FIRE elemental exhibition October 2024.

Emily Eliades

Emily Eliades is a multi-disciplinary artist, living and creating in regional Victoria. She uses etchings, stencils and textile arts to create patterned, maximalist floral images and spaces. Emily has a deep love of the natural world, which she explores in her devotional images of botanic material, portraying the aura and magic of plantlife. She is inspired by arts and crafts era decorations, the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, and ‘domestic’ forms of art, and aims to bring beauty and aesthetic joy into every possible aspect of life.

Ray Besserdin

Born to artist parents, with a 35-year career, Ray Besserdin is an internationally recognised entirely self-taught artist. Ray pioneered his signature “Impressionist Sculptured Paper” style, inspired by the French Impressionist painters, to capture expression and emotion without realism, using sculptured torn papers, much like bas-relief, working with a “palette” of sheet-formed papers providing a wide spectrum of colours, textures, solidity, and delicate translucency. Works range from abstract to ultra-realistic, from miniature to gigantic. Nature is his favourite subject, but he also enjoys portraiture and abstract. Ray regularly collaborates with architecture firms, interior designers, and events coordinators to create unique artworks that leave audience in awe. Works hang in private and corporate collections in London, Munich, Monaco, Manhattan, Tokyo, New Zealand and throughout Australia.

fionna madigan

Fionna Madigan’s work is an abstracted response to the colour, texture and forms of the flora and landscape around her. It offers a window of aesthetic contemplation and an experience of perception. Texture works in the painting on a visceral level; we feel texture in our bodies, even if it’s being viewed and not touched. Fionna aims for the work to be optically playful; the painting surface is matt and the work comprises richly compressed layers which engage teasingly with depth perception.

Fionna is drawn to a fertile zone between abstraction and realism and feels particularly satisfied when her paintings straddle these genres. Commencing with compositional goals and encouraging random occurrences; improvisation and transience are integral concepts to the artist’s creative endeavour.

Fionna Madigan is interested in the experience of perception and the way in which the visual cortex metabolises texture and perceptual depth.