STUDIO 4
Artist Studios | The Rocks, Sydney
In collaboration with Place Management NSW, Authority Creative is hosted four Sydney based artists in our non-residential Studio 4 terrace in The Rocks, Sydney.
ARTIST STUDIOS PROGRAM
As a way to provide opportunities for local Sydney Artists to re-enter public space, to create work and to connect with other artists post-lockdown, Authority Creative established the Studio 4 program alongside our partner Place Management NSW. The program provides space for 4 local artists to develop work over the course of 3 months, culminating in a final group exhibition.
Meet the Artists
Tristan Chant
Tristan Chant (1980, Australia) is a multi-disciplinary artist working across print, collage and textile mediums.
His practice initiates a dialogue about our relationship to images and the way in which we consume them. Mining images culled from art history, adult magazines, children’s books and popular media – Chants work is at turns political, humorous, and poetic.
Tristan holds a BA of Fine Arts from the National Art School (Sydney) and a Master of Art Administration from UNSW Art & Design.
Kristone Capistrano
Kristone Capistrano (1986, Philippines) is an emerging artist based in Sydney and Manila. Kristone graduated from COFA with a BA of Fine Arts (Honours).
Known for his monumental portrait drawings, his work rises out of an ‘incarnational’ tradition of Filipino figurative art; imaging the human face as a mysterious site of transcendence.
Kristone has exhibited in Australia and Internationally, and his works are held in private collections around the globe.
Amy Neave
Amy Neave is an emerging artist whose work is primarily drawing based with early experimentation into sculpture.
She is currently exploring the idea of women as giants and the female form as abstract landscapes. Her work is mood driven and can at times be direct.
Filipa Tojal
Filipa Tojal (1993, Portugal) is a visual artist working primarily in painting. Filipa holds a BA in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto (Portugal) and a Master's Degree in Painting from Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan).
While using Western and Eastern techniques and questioning the differences between these two worlds, she embraces a visual and meditative process. Filipa has been exhibiting her work solo and collectively in Europe, Asia and USA and has participated in artist-in-residency programs throughout the globe including France, India, Indonesia, Germany, and Portugal.
AVERY TERRACE
Built in 1881, 4 Atherden Street is commonly known as one of the Avery Terraces and is a rare example of a bald-faced, Regency Style terrace. The unique and vibrant location provides access to many local galleries, the MCA, Parker’s Fine Art Supplies and Julian Ashton Art School.
The total floor area is 177 m2, with a full kitchen, bathroom and courtyard. Set against the sandstone escarpment, Avery Terrace, with Playfair and Argyle Terrace, make an important contribution to the late 19th century character of the streetscape. The high quality construction and detailing is uncommon in working-class rental housing of the era and contributes to its rarity. The high social significance of Avery Terrace, and nearby 19th century buildings, is demonstrated by the community activism on a local and State level saving many from demolition in the 1970s.
Site
Avery Terrace,
The Rocks
PARTNER
Place Management
NSW
ARTISTS
Kristone Capistrano, Tristan Chant, Amy Neave, Filipa Tojal
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jade Sullivan