Guinevere Isla
Guinevere Isla is a Sydney-based artist born on Dharug and Gundungurra Country in the Blue Mountains. Her practice is materially driven, using printmaking and drawing to explore the themes of nostalgia and grief. She examines the notions of memory and loss through her interactions with objects, time and place. She grapples with her personal experiences with the feeling of absence, utilising the inherently illustrative feel of etching to further communicate and depict this human experience. Interested in the relationship between the body and clothing, Guinevere examines how identity and memories can be revealed through the tactile and visual qualities of clothing. Her works create an entryway into a certain feeling, time and place sparking nostalgia through the universal experience of grief and remembrance.
Education
2023 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, National Art School
2020 - Higher School Certificate, St Columbas Catholic College
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - Solo Exhibition - Bake House Theatre, Glebe, NSW, AUS
2022 - Solo Exhibition ‘Eucalyptus’ - Kings Cross Theatre, Potts Point, NSW, AUS
Group Exhibitions
2023 - The Grad Show - National Art School
2023 - Group Show ‘Forced Parameters’ - LSG, Darlinghurst, NSW, AUS
2020- SCCC Showcase, Springwood, NSW, AUS
2018 - Blue Mountains Portrait Prize, - Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW, AUS
Collections (alphabetical)
Curtin University, Perth, WA, AUS
Kindlehill, Wentworth Falls, NSW, AUS
National Art School, Sydney, NSW, AUS
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic, AUS
The Hermitage, Mittagong, NSW, AUS
University of South Queensland, QLD, AUS
Private Collections, AUS, UK, US