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aMBUSH Gallery
Phone: +61 2 8399 0707
Address: Botany Road 2017
Website: http://www.ambushgallery.com
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23.01.2022 Dr Judith Crispin is a Canberra-based poet, visual artist, creative director for cultural heritage projects, an academic, photographer and writer and is one of the six artists part of Where I Stand, the inaugural exhibition at the new public exhibition space at Kambri at ANU, produced by aMBUSH Gallery and curated in collaboration with Head On Photo Festival. Her work includes themes of displacement and identity loss, a reflection on her own lost Aboriginal ancestry, but prim...arily it is centred on the concept of connection with Country. "These Lumachrome glass prints have their genesis in my relationship with two Australian tribal groups the Bpangerang people, from whom I am descended, and the Warlpiri people who cared for me over the twenty years I spent tracing my family’s heavily concealed Aboriginal lineage. Their materials, drawn from Country itself, include cadavers, ochres, sticks, and grass. Exposed in natural light over many hours, these images honour native animals and birds killed on our roads. In making them, I am consciously engaging in a collaboration with Country." Martin Ollman Photography
23.01.2022 An unmissable display of all-female, all Indigenous artworks kicked off NAIDOC Week 2020 at Darling Quarter last week, with the new exhibition titled HERE I AM: Art by Great Women. The exhibition features Noni Cragg, Elizabeth Close, Jody Haines, Molly Hunt, Nici Cumpston, Kate Constantine, Bronwyn Bancroft, and Amala Groom, and is accessible to the public 24 hours, 7 days a week until January 30, 2021. HERE I AM: Art by Great Women presented by Darling Quarter is part of a...n overarching national art project connected to the NGA’s Know My Name and aMBUSH Gallery’s HERE I AM: Art by Great Women exhibitions and events being held in both Sydney and Canberra over the summer of 2020/21. aMBUSH Gallery are proud to be in a cultural partnership with the NGA for this groundbreaking project showcasing the work of emerging and established women artists from around the country. @photoenz
22.01.2022 Inspired by their First Nations, Scottish and Irish background, Noni & David Cragg painted their family’s past and their community’s future in a series of brilliant rainbow-coloured landscapes and portraits in the public art exhibition 'People. Places. Culture' on show at 388 George St in Sydney's CBD. It’s a beautiful collaboration between my brother and I. It's us showcasing some beautiful stories not just about people, but about places in Australia in relation to First... Nations people. - Noni Cragg. Sweeping North to South along the coast of New South Wales, they honour sacred mountains, valleys and waterways, depicted as idyllic places bursting with diamond pythons, wild flowers and soaring skies. They celebrate the lives of some of Australia’s brightest First Nations stars, including dancer and activist Amrita Hepi, renowned artist and surfer Otis Carey, and Bangarra dancer Waanagenga. This public exhibition is on display 24/7 and was curated and produced by aMBUSH Gallery, and presented by Brookfield Properties and Investa. @photoenz
22.01.2022 Join us at aMBUSH Gallery Kambri on Friday 20 November from 7pm-10pm for the launch of one of the most exciting group shows to date, featuring a stellar lineup of artworks created by over 30 women from across Australia part of the HERE I AM Project.
22.01.2022 Inspired by the Know My Name movement and in a cultural partnership with the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), HERE I AM: Art by Great Women is a showcase of contemporary Indigenous and non-Indigenous women artists from multi-disciplinary backgrounds including street art, fine art, photography, illustration, digital, sculpture, film and more. Curated and produced by aMBUSH Gallery, with over 100 featured artists, the summer-long family-friendly festival aims to re-energise... our cultural landscape by showcasing some of Australia’s best female creative talent. Activations will include outdoor public art and gallery exhibitions, live art and music events, public talks, film screenings, ArtHack and more. Running from 16 November 2020 until 28 February 2021, HERE I AM: Art by Great Women will include three separate art exhibitions: an outdoor exhibition at Darling Quarter’s public art space OPEN, featuring work from eight Indigenous artists; a group show in aMBUSH Gallery’s Kambri space with diverse art from over 30 women from across Australia; and an outdoor exhibition at Exhibition Avenue, with large-scale works from 24 emerging and established women. For more information about the HERE I AM: Art by Great Women events and to view the festival program visit ambushgallery.com
22.01.2022 Located at the prominent site of 388 George Street in Sydney’s CBD, People. Places. Culture is a large-scale outdoor exhibition with featured works by siblings Noni and David Cragg. Inspired by their First Nations, Scottish and Irish background, the pair painted their family’s past and their community’s future in a series of brilliant rainbow-coloured landscapes and portraits. This public exhibition is on display 24/7 and was curated and produced by aMBUSH Gallery, and presen...ted by Brookfield Properties and Investa. @photoenz
21.01.2022 Join acclaimed Australian director Selina Miles at Kambri at ANU this Saturday 21 November for the screening of her award-winning documentary Martha a picture story chronicling the life of influential American street art photographer, Martha Cooper.
20.01.2022 Woroni 70 Years of Outrage and Activism is a multidisciplinary exhibition that takes a light-hearted look at student life at ANU over the past seven decades, through the lens of the student media organisation, Woroni Viewers will enjoy a fascinating and often humorous journey back in time, discovering the activism and outrage of different generations of students who have passed through the university. The retrospective covers topics like feminism, Indigenous rights, LGBTIQ+... issues, politics, free speech, sex, drugs, nudity, and profanity, as expressed in the Woroni magazine, website, radio station and television show. Join us for opening night at aMBUSH Gallery Canberra on Thursday 1 October from 6-9pm (3x 45min viewings, with 15min clean in between viewing sessions). Drinks from Capital Brewing Co.and Lerida Estate Wines Canberrawill be served, along with music from a Vessel Collective DJ. To attend the exhibition opening, guests will need to pre-register via Eventbrite as the gallery capacity is limited to a maximum of 48 people at any one time. Woroni 70 Years of Outrage and Activism is curated by current Woroni staff and presented by aMBUSH Gallery. The exhibition will continue daily from 10am-6pm weekdays and 12pm-5pm on weekends until Sunday, 1 November. Visit www.ambushgallery.com for more information.
19.01.2022 Where I Stand - The launch exhibition of Exhibition Ave, the new outdoor public art space at Kambri at ANU produced by aMBUSH Gallery featuring six iconic Australian photographers including Murray Fredericks. Murray Fredericks studied politics and economics at Sydney University before traveling in the Middle East and in the Himalayas. Spending large amounts of time in these powerful locations provided the basis for his essentially self-taught photography. His work is derived... from a perspective that views culture as something that cannot be wholly accounted for through social construct. "These artworks were produced at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre), South Australia as part of the Salt Project. Stay there long enough, and the landscape forces you to a place beyond the rational mind, beyond your sense of self. It’s a part of the human condition we experience when confronted by concepts of infinity, absorbed in meditation, or when confronted by our own mortality. The images are responses to that experience." Where I Stand is produced by aMBUSH Gallery and curated in collaboration with Head On Photo Festival Martin Ollman Photography
18.01.2022 Thanks to everyone who came to the opening of ‘Woroni - 70 Years of Outrage and Activism’ last night. Special thanks to Josie Ganko & Isobel Lindsay-Geyer from @woroni as well as @capitalbrewing , @lerida_wine and @vessel_djcollective . The exhibition is open daily from 10-6 on weekdays and 12-5 on weekends until November 1st. @martinollman
16.01.2022 aMBUSH Gallery, in partnership with Kambri at ANU, is seeking works from Australian-based visual artists, graphic designers, and digital agencies for their upcoming poster prize and exhibition, The Hero’s Journey, a time capsule exhibition and social experiment in one that explores the turbulent times of 2020 featuring a $3,000 cash prize. The Hero’s Journey promises to be a compelling artistic examination of how the world has responded when unprecedented historical events forced us all to be heroes. Visit https://bit.ly/THJAGAP to view the Artist Callout document and more information. Entries close: 10th September 2020 Poster artwork by @markchesterharding
14.01.2022 Join us at aMBUSH Gallery Kambri on Friday 20 November from 7pm-10pm for the launch of the HERE I AM: Art by Great Women gallery exhibition at aMBUSH Canberra. One of the most exciting group shows to date, the show features a stellar lineup of artworks created by over 30 women from across Australia including street art, fine art, photography, illustration, digital, sculpture, film and more. Many of the featured artists will be in attendance at this dynamic event it’s a ‘no...t to be missed’ evening on the Canberra social calendar and will include live music from Vessel Collective DJs, Niamh and Maleika, plus complimentary drinks from Lerida Estate Wines Canberra and Capital Brewing Co. Inspired by the Know My Name movement and in a cultural partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , HERE I AM is a summer cultural arts festival hosted by Kambri at ANU and aMBUSH Gallery from 20 November 2020 until 28 February 2021. Learn more and register here: http://ambushgallery.com//here-i-am-art-by-great-women-ga/
12.01.2022 Last week saw the launch of HERE I AM: Art by Great Women; A festival inspired by the Know My Name movement and in a cultural partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra showcasing female creatives from around the country. The launch saw the opening of the outdoor public art exhibition along Exhibition Avenue Kambri’s newest cultural space featuring 24 diverse contemporary artists from across Australia. Their large-scale works span multi-disciplinary pra...ctices including street art, fine art, photography, and illustration, and are displayed on exhibition cubes along University Avenue at Kambri at ANU. The summer-long family-friendly festival aims to re-energise our cultural landscape by showcasing some of our best female creative talent, in the heart of our nation. For more information about the HERE I AM: Art by Great Women events and to view the festival program visit: http://ambushgallery.com/even/here-i-am-art-by-great-women/ Martin Ollman Photography
11.01.2022 The Hero’s Journey Art Prize 2020: A time capsule art exhibition and social experiment in one. Click here for more info on how to enter: http://ambushgallery.com/events/thj/
11.01.2022 Time flies, but you’re the pilot! The good news is we’re extending the deadline for submissions to aMBUSH Gallery’s The Hero’s Journey Art Prize 2020 to 30 September, to take the pressure off those currently finishing their submissions or still contemplating entering. Thanks to everyone who’s entered aMBUSH Gallery’s The Hero’s Journey Art Prize 2020 we’ve been overwhelmed with responses and are excited about the quality, diversity and contemplation evident in all the contr...ibutions. Simply capture the essence of this unprecedented year in the form of a poster, using elements of The Hero’s Journey as a guide a character ventures out to get what they need, faces conflict, and ultimately triumphs over adversity. There’s a AU$3,000 cash prize to be won! So show us what your hero’s journey has looked like in 2020. Visit www.ambushgallery.com for the artist callout information Poster artwork by @MarkChesterHarding
10.01.2022 HERE I AM: Art by Great Women was launched on Friday night with the gallery exhibition at aMBUSH Canberra; a dynamic showcase of work from over 30 incredible women all contemporary emerging and established Australian artists. Inspired by the Know My Name movement and in a cultural partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra , HERE I AM: Art by Great Women is a major cultural arts festival at the Kambri at ANU precinct throughout the summer. For more information and program details, visit: http://ambushgallery.com/even/here-i-am-art-by-great-women/ Martin Ollman Photography
10.01.2022 Telling visual tales captured simply but powerfully in single frames, Where I Stand takes viewers into realms of transformation, rebirth, identity, history, nature, connection and the Dreamtime. One of the six featured artists is Barbara McGrady, a Gamilaroi/Gomeroi Murri Yinah (Woman) and a passionate advocate for telling the true stories of contemporary Aboriginal life, documenting her mob’s achievements, humanity and beauty through a unique lens. As both an observer and pr...otagonist in the ongoing conflict between Aboriginal culture, spiritual connection to country and Australian colonial sensibilities, McGrady clearly defines the implications of this disconnect in her work. "Ngiyaningy Maran Yaliwaunga Ngaara-li (Our Ancestors Are Always Watching) shifts my work into a new phase. It is an opportunity to delve into my archive, to curate my lifetime’s work and re-present it as a kaleidoscopic compendium of Aboriginal contemporary history within a gallery setting. The work is a de/colonising intervention into traditional colonial archival spaces: the museum, the library, the art gallery. Where I Stand is produced by aMBUSH Gallery and curated in collaboration with Head On Photo Festival and is on display 24/7 until October 31st along University Ave, Kambri at ANU Martin Ollman Photography
10.01.2022 We sat down with RISE Canberra to talk about Where I Stand, our latest public art exhibition down at Kambri at ANU in Canberra, and what makes it such a significant project. https://risecanberra.com//five-questions-with-ambush-gall/
07.01.2022 Where I Stand is a stirring photographic display currently on show at Exhibition Avenue, the new initiative of Kambri at ANU that provides an ever-changing ‘walk of art’ for staff, students, locals and visitors to Canberra alike. If you’re unable to get there in person, you can now enjoy the works of these six iconic Australian artists in this 4-minute online video that guides viewers through the outdoor exhibition. The 24 intensely personal works explore realms of transforma...tion, rebirth, identity, history, nature, connection and the Dreamtime, telling visual tales captured simply but powerfully in single frames. Where I Stand is produced by aMBUSH Gallery and curated in partnership with Head On Photo Festival, and will be showing at Exhibition Avenue, Kambri at ANU until 31 October. Featuring Michael Cook, Dr. Judith Crispin, Sarah Ducker, Murray Fredericks, Barbara McGrady and Michael Jalaru Torres.
06.01.2022 Calling all Australian artists! aMBUSH Gallery Kambri invite you to design a poster reflecting your experiences of this extraordinary year for The Hero’s Journey Art Prize 2020. One winner will receive an AU$3,000 cash prize, with all finalists featured in an online and physical exhibition later in the year (subject to restrictions on gatherings). Use the classic narrative arc of The Hero’s Journey to illustrate the conflicts and triumphs you’ve encountered, and be part of th...is unique time capsule art exhibition and social experiment in one. Visit ambushgallery.com for more information and how to enter. Artwork by @markchesterharding
03.01.2022 Where I Stand is the inaugural exhibition of Exhibition Ave, a new 24/7 public exhibition space at Kambri at ANU showcasing a free year-round program of multidiscplinary exhibitions and activations, to support emerging and established artists and provide an ever-changing 'walk of art' for staff, students, locals and visitors to Canberra alike. Produced by aMBUSH Gallery and curated in collaboration with Head On Photo Festival, Where I Stand is a stirring photographic exhibiti...on featurting six iconic Australian artists Michael Cook, Dr. Judith Crispin, Sarah Ducker, Murray Fredericks, Barbara McGrady and Michael Jalaru Torres, that tells visual tales captured simply but powerfully. Sarah Ducker has a creative life that’s evolved through a number of different media, from theatre direction to documentary filmmaking, before finding its most eloquent expression in photography. "The burnt landscape stood bare before me, still defiantly magnificent in the face of devastation. A testament to the majesty of the bush. Over a summer of terrifying fires, ferocious winds, suffocating smoke, I felt heartbroken. Unable to come to terms with my sense of unfathomable loss, I drove into the bush. As I walked across the earth still pungent with the firestorm, surprisingly, I was uplifted by the transcendent glory of the naked trees. In the midst of this apocalypse emerges not just the possibility of transformation, but the insistence of it. Sparking potential for radical changes in culture and consciousness." Martin Ollman Photography
02.01.2022 We sat down with Mark Chester Harding the Sydney artist who designed the poster for The Hero's Journey Art Prize 2020 to talk about his experiences during this extraordinary year, his inspiration, and why artists should get involved in this unique time capsule art exhibition. For more information about entering and how you could win the AU$3,000 cash prize, visit www.ambushgallery.com
