The Conservatorium

Abdul Abdullah

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Abdul Abdullah was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. He graduated in 2008 from Curtin University, majoring in painting. In 2009 Abdul received the Highly Commended in the NYSPP at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra and was named a Perth Rising Star by Insite Magazine. In 2010 Abdul was included in the inaugural Triple J list of 25 Under 25 + Smashin’ It. In 2011 he was a recipient of Kickstart funding for the 2012 Nextwave festival, was a finalist in the RBS Emerging Artist award and the Archibald prize, and was the recipient of the 2011 Blake Prize for human justice.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah

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Abdul-Rahman Abdullah was born at the reception desk of Port Kembla District hospital on the day Elvis died in 1977. Escaping the south coast of NSW as a newborn, he has called Perth home ever since. Abdul-Rahman is about to enter third year at Curtin University enrolled in a bachelor of fine art, a personal best in maintaining two consecutive years in the same institute.

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David Attwood

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In 2011, David Attwood completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours First Class) at Curtin University, Perth. Earlier that year he studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Art in Dijon, France as part of a study abroad program and also exhibited at gallery ParisConcret, Paris. In 2010 Attwood exhibited the curatorial project ‘Twenty people twenty paintings’ at the John Curtin Gallery, who have recently acquired his work as part of their collection.

Hayley Bahr

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Hayley Bahr completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Art (Visual Art) at Edith Cowan University in 2009. Her multidisciplinary practice encompasses drawing, sculpture, printmaking and installation. Hayley’s recent work is primarily about her experiences with the land, specifically her hometown of Kukerin, WA. Farming has always been, and still is (in Perth), an integral part of her life. Some selected exhibitions include Awesome International Arts Festival (Wondersite), Forrest Place (2009), Hatched National Graduate Show, PICA (2009), and her collective SPATULA’s solo show, The Harvest, at Free Range Gallery (2011).

Linda Banazis

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Over the past 20 years in her art, Linda Banazis has continued to question and explore how it is possible to represent the human body, the senses and experiences, specifically that of a woman, in the light of orthodoxy, male dominance and expectations brought about by what has gone before in the visual arts.
A range of mediums from resins to silk have been explored in both 2D and 3D form and shown for friends, family and those interested at about three year intervals in suitably chosen venues.

Tarsh Bates

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I am interested in bodies as material and as sites for intervention, in evocative objects, and in the aesthetics of care: prolonged, relational, affective, embodied encounters. My artistic practice is concerned with the aestheticisation of bodies, alternative possibilities for care, and the ambiguities of embodiment in a biotechnological era. I explore these concepts through biology, sculpture and performance, using artistic and scientific tools to examine the nexus of bodies, meaning and culture. I am currently a candidate for a Master of Science (Biological Arts) at SymbioticA UWA and have a background in biotechnology, environmental science, and contemporary art.

tarshbates@gmail.com

Sebastian Befumo

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Sebastian Befumo is a 2011 Bachelor of Contemporary Arts (Visual Art) graduate from Edith Cowan University. His creative practice has focused on drawing, painting and sculpture, but has also involved film and photography. Throughout his studies he has exhibited publicly and been awarded residencies in the wider community. Currently, he is in the process of developing a new exhibition in Perth, which will run during June 2012. In his artworks he re-uses different objects and materials, hoping to create a dialogue between space, object/material and the viewer. The work consequently involves a discussion about their identity within a constructed environment.

James Berlyn

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James Berlyn is an award-winning performing artist and teacher of over twenty years experience. Since graduating with a BA in Dance from the VCA he’s worked nationally in dance/theatre/community art and art education. Currently touring his solo work, Tawdry Heartburns Manic Cures and Twyping, as well as preparing for upcoming performances for WA Opera and Sue Healey Company, he is the creator/co-curator of Proximity Festival and co director of Tracksuit Performance Group.

Jeremy Blank

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Jeremy Blank is a new media artist based in Perth, WA. Working with photography, video, drawing and installation Jeremy has exhibited extensively both throughout Australia and internationally. He is currently the Co-Director and Curator of NORTH Gallery, Mindarie WA, and also lectures at Central TAFE. Jeremy has an MA in Fine Art (Electronic Arts) from Curtin University.

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Emily Boyd

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Emily Boyd really wants to achieve; not because of what qualifications she can or can’t place on a piece of paper, but because of what she can paint on to one. It’s a shame that it doesn’t work like that. She paints in her room, alone, listening to what she calls ‘playlists of (questionable) productiveness’, hoping that people will notice the correlation between how many tentacles she includes in her work and the number of hopes and dreams she has. Emily also tries to incorporate what she knows about archival materials and museum practice into her art work.