Along with countless other exhibition-goers, we will again be lining up for a closer look! We can’t wait to see how her architectural considerations, from paintings to space design, come together at this location.

Next up, Esther will unveil new work at Gertrude Contemporary’s Glasshouse on March 7th. With her distinctive geometric works bordering on optical art, the VCA-trained creative has established herself as one of Australia’s most collectable and celebrated young contemporary artists. Among the high calibre of Australian artists represented, Esther and Sarah Cottier Gallery took out the inaugural YarraBend Stand Prize. The most buzzing stand was that of Sarah Cottier Gallery, exhibiting a solo exhibition of new work by Esther Stewart.įocussing not only on her canvases but the experience of the entire booth, Esther designed an innovative and extremely Instagram-able space, featuring structures that provided multiple discrete displays for complicated paintings and textile works. If you can live without making the work, live without it!’Īfter a two-year hiatus, Melbourne Art Fair returned as the flagship event of the 2018 Melbourne Art Week. ‘And the only way I can do this is just… f*cking heads-down and keep doing the best work that I can, day, after day, after day!’.įor young women aspiring to follow in her colossal footsteps, Del’s advice is simple: ‘give everything to the work, let the work sustain you. I am passionate about growing our undernourished cultural pride across all creative sectors!’ Del explains. ‘It has never been MORE meaningful for me to be an Australian female creative, especially in the context of showing more internationally. She’ll also be making films and caring ‘more for mental health!’. This year, she is looking forward to a solo show in Albertz Benda in New York City in February, followed by another solo exhibition in Sydney at Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery alongside a group show in London, both in October. Nevertheless, the highlight for Del has simply been ‘surviving while being a working Mum!’.

Last year, the Sydney-based painter exhibited The Highway Is A Disco at NGV’s Ian Potter Centre (from November 2017 to March 2018), and also unveiled a commercial show in New York, before focussing on art films. Changing hands for $378,000, this, among other six-figure sales, propelled Del into the elite echelon of Australia’s top 10-selling living Australian artists. Del Kathryn Barton’s artwork Of Pollen (2013) saw her bust through the glass ceiling, into what has historically been an exclusive boy’s club. Mid-May 2018 saw a historic moment for Australian Art.

Contemporary female portrait painters