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Onespace’s 7th Birthday

November 30, 2023
Copyrighted image must credit Mick Richards on all uses.
Onespace opening event Brian Robinson & Tamika Grant-Iramu A Carved Landscape: Stories of Connection and Culture 22 October - 27 November 2021 A Carved Landscape: Stories of Connection and Culture presents a bold collection of prints by Torres Strait Islander artists Brian Robinson and Tamika Grant-Iramu. What began as a formal mentorship between the two, has now progressed into dynamic parallel collegial practices. Both artists are inspired by their immediate home environments – Cairns for Robinson and Brisbane for Grant-Iramu. Among the works showcased is an ambitious collaborative relief-print, a large-scale installation that merges their two distinctive carving styles. Robinson and Grant-Iramu have divergent experiences of coastal and urban environments, yet their creative responses to place resonate with strong similarities, reflecting Torres Strait Islander traditions where motifs of their natural surroundings are central to their stories. Their work is infused and underpinned by contemporary Torres Strait Islander culture, familial experiences, mythology (from Indigenous Australia as well as other cultures), popular culture and more traditional art historical concerns. Throughout their collaboration, the physicality of carving lino has simultaneously provoked the sharing of ideas, values and stories.
Copyrighted image must credit Mick Richards on all uses.
Copyrighted image must credit Mick Richards on all uses.
Today is Onespace’s 7th Birthday! And what better way to celebrate than sharing some of our favourite memories from 2016 – 2023.
As always, we express our heartfelt thanks to our represented artists, our hardworking team, our partners and collaborators, and each one of our private collectors and institutional curators who have supported us across the years.
2016 — We opened our doors to the public for the first time with the unforgettable opening of The Magician by Sebastian Moody (11 – 26 November 2016)

2017 — Elisa Jane Carmichael made her solo-exhibition debut with Connecting Waves: a saltwater woman living on desert country (5 July – 5 August 2017)

2018—Kicking off our 2018 program, Zoe Porter was launched as a Onespace artist with her exhibition Penumbra (7 February 2018 – 24 February 2018).
2019—Remnants of an Inland Sea opened between 2 – 26 October, featuring the energetic and vibrant painted works of Ross Booker.
2020—RightNOW 2020, featuring the work of Jordan Azcune, Michael Barnett, Fintan Magee & Nicola Scott said ‘hello’ to the new year, and our new gallery space on Montague Road!
2021—Brian Robinson & Tamika Grant-Iramu’s carved collaborations amounted to their exhibition ‘A Carved Landscape’ (22 October – 27 November 2021).

2022—Onespace featured in the ‘Futures’ section of Sydney Contemporary 2022, bringing the iconic work of Elisa Jane Carmichael and Teho Ropeyarn to the Sydney Market.
2023— In the lead-up to the Voice to Parliament referendum, Onespace hosted “A Yarn on the Voice for the Arts and Business” during Darren Blackman’s exhibition Language of Intent.
Image Credits:
1. Image: Mick Richards. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
2. Image: Mick Richards. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
3. Image: Mick Richards. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
4. Image: Funky Munky. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
5. Image: Funky Munky. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
6. Image: Joe Ruckli. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace
7. Image courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
8. Image courtesy of the artist and Onespace

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