Artist Statement
Kelsie is a young artist from Melbourne Victoria, who loves taking natural photos and creating sculptures.
An idea always starts with a personal feeling, a moment in time, a memory, a facial expression or personal struggle. These ideas are the starting point to a sculptural ending.
My particular materials I am interested in working with plaster, wood, clay, silicon and resin. These materials are all very different from each other, as well as having many different processes put in place to create the outcome.
Plaster starts off with chalky or dusty touch but once water is added to it turns into a smooth silk like texture.
Wood is my anger I realised. It takes such a belting and yet it still it stands strong, the rhythmic pattern created when repeating the process of hitting the hammer on the chisel. It is my rock of materials which can have thick rough edges or it could be cut or sanded to have a smooth texture.
Clay begins smooth but then it dries to become a crumbly dry mess in my hands.
Silicon is the scientific side to me the volume of mass which needs to be measured to ensure that the silicon sets. Silicon is stringy in the way it flexes and then snaps back into place.
Resin, is my hand warmer, my bundle of joy, glass but not glass and my favourite material to this point in time.
Why resin? Resin captures all the detail of the shape which I have created.
This is an attempt to explain my feelings and the touch which is created during to the process of creating the art work.
Artist CV
Education 2014 Bachelor of Design Arts, Academy of Design, Melbourne, Australia 2011 Life Drawing for Beginners, Centre for Adult Education, Melbourne, Australia 2010 Graduated from Pascoe Vale Girls College, Melbourne, Australia
Solo Exhibition 2014 Just Heads, Lumen Gallery, South Melbourne, Australia
Group Exhibitions 2016 Count your Blessings, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia 2016 40 X 40 Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia 2015 Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition, Toorak, Melbourne, Australia 2015 Group show Animalia, The Sung space, Northcote,Melbourne, Australia 2014 Graduation exhibition, Clement Meadmore Gallery, Academy of Design Australia, Port Melbourne, Australia 2014 Icarus, group exhibition, Lumen Gallery, South Melbourne, Australia 2014 Fawn Gallery, Small work show prize , Collingwood , Melbourne, Australia 2013 Ignite, Clement Meadmore Gallery, Port Melbourne, Australia 2013 Ekphrasis, Eckersley’s (Open Space Gallery), Melbourne. 2012 Invisible, Clement Meadmore Gallery, Port Melbourne, Australia
Work held in Collections Private Collections
Awards 2014 2nd place in the Fawn Gallery, small work prize show 2013 Certificate of Commendation, 1st and 2nd year student Invitational Exhibition, Academy of Design.
Other Relevant Experience 2014 curated Just Heads, solo show, Lumen Gallery, South Melbourne, Australia 2014 curated Icarus, group exhibition, Lumen Gallery, South Melbourne, Australia 2013 Assisted Sam Jinks in the creation of his current works