‘Warehouse’
Group Exhibition
Site
6-8 Atherden St
The Rocks, Sydney
Date
19 - 22 May
ARTISTS
Kristone Capistrano, Tristan Chant, Amy Neave, Filipa Tojal
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jade Sullivan
Sean Foster
Warehouse
‘Warehouse’ brings together four artists who have been inspired by their shared time in a vacant terrace. Housed in an old warehouse adjacent to the studios this exhibition brings together four bodies of work by the artists which exemplify their love for materiality, process and experimentation.
The Exhibition
While these artists' approach to subject matters, themes and outcomes are vastly different, they share a commonness in their love for materiality. AMY NEAVE works across drawing and sculpture to explore the female form as abstract landscapes by using paper, clay, and fabric. FILIPA TOJAL is a painter inspired by nature who uses found and organic materials to create deeply contemplative abstractions. Working primarily in charcoal, KRISTONE CAPISTRANO is known for his monumental and visceral portrait drawings. TRISTAN CHANT is a collage and textile artist with a focus on the commercial image and our changing relationship to photography.
Studio 4 Artist studios program
Studio 4, as it came to be known, was formerly part of Avery Terrace, a heritage-listed house located at 4 Atherden Street in the inner-city Sydney suburb of The Rocks. Between November 2021 and April 2022, the property was repurposed by Authority Creative as artists studios, a creative hub which allowed its residents the time and space to experiment, develop new ideas, and build connections with the local community.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.