Tasmanian born artist Shane Drinkwater has exhibited widely within Australia and is now represented overseas by:
-Cavin Morris Gallery, New York USA
-Pulp Gallery, Massachusetts, USA
-Gagné Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
-Coag Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark where in 2021, The Museum of the Mind (located in the Hermitage Amsterdam) purchased 9 of his works for their collection then showed 3 in the exhibition “Obsession for numbers and schedules” SEPT 2022 – AUG 2023.
Shane studied for 3 years at the University of Tasmania, School of Art in Hobart and one year at the National Art School in Sydney. He has lived in Queensland since 1994, after time spent in Paris: as recipient of the Alliance Françoise/Australia council fellowship he had access to studio space near the Bastille for 4 months in 1988. He went back and stayed on another 6 years…
When talking about what painting means to him, Shane states: “Painting is something I’ve always needed to do and I’m enjoying it more and more: it’s the joy of putting color, shape and gesture on a surface. I’m interested in the making! I delve into the act of painting with a minimum repertoire of visual elements aiming for a maximum intensity, working with a visual language of lines, dashes, dots, to create works that seem like mysterious coded systems. Some works read almost as topographical or astronomical maps, others as keys of symbols, arranged and categorized.
Texture is also an important part of my work, particularly on paper. Ideas and images appear through the making of the work, language becomes unnecessary, I let the work speak for me.”
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