Wollongong based painter India Mark will present a selection of new still life paintings at Sydney Contemporary 2023. This will also be the very first exhibition of her work with Michael Reid Gallery.

India Mark joined the Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin stable in 2022 and brought with her an abundance of career achievements, including being shortlisted for the Archibald Prize on two occasions.

For more information about works of art by India Mark please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

Following the spectacular news of his 2023 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards win (bark painting category), anticipation for Owen Yalandja’s newest works of art is at an all-time high. Yalandja’s NATSIAA win for Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk has amplified the artist’s profile and further validates the outstanding vision that Yalandja possesses. On view at Sydney Contemporary will be a large selection of new Yawkyawk sculptures, each adorned with painted embellishments, surgical in precision. Our installation will dazzle audiences and is set to be a fair highlight in 2023.

Works of art by Owen Yalandja are currently available to preview on request. Any person interested in collecting new work by Owen Yalandja is strongly encouraged to be in touch. Please email tobymeagher@michaelreid.com.au for more information.

Yolŋu artist Gaypalani Wanambi returns to Sydney Contemporary in 2023 with a presentation of new works on metal. Wanambi is the leading female practitioner within the ‘found movement’, which sees roadside material found in East Arnhem Land repurposed as contemporary art. Gaypalani Wanambi’s incomparable vision was guided by her late father, Mr Wanambi, and has positioned her as one of Australia’s most coveted new contemporary artists.

Examples of Gaypalani Wanambi’s work have been recently acquired by The Powerhouse Museum collection and later this year she will exhibit in a major exhibition at Bundanon Museum. Gaypalani Wanambi is also a current finalist in the 2023 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA).

For a preview of new works by Gaypalani Wanambi, please email tobymeagher@michaelreid.com.au

At Sydney Contemporary 2022, Tamara Dean awed audiences with her Palace of Dreams presentation, a milestone series of photographs composed with the use of an underwater photographic studio. This body of work was directed with acute precision, affirming Dean’s reputation as one of the world’s most respected photographic innovators. For this year’s Sydney Contemporary art fair, Dean further explores this technique by exhibiting new work of figures suspended in space and time.

Tamara Dean’s participation at Sydney Contemporary 2023 follows 12 months of rigorous studio practice, a major museum exhibition and cross-discipline collaboration. The Suspended Moment, Dean’s exhibition that is on view at Michael Reid Sydney until 31 August, saw the artist develop the magic concept of ‘kinetic’ still life compositions. This exhibition also debuted the artist’s delicately designed fragrance, produced in collaboration with Ainslie Walker. Tamara Dean’s major monograph was published by Thames & Hudson in late 2022, coinciding with Leave Only Footprints, Dean’s mid career survey exhibition at MAPh: Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne. Tamara Dean is also a current finalist in the 2023 Bowness Photography Prize.

For a preview of Tamara Dean’s new work, please email tobymeagher@michaelreid.com.au

To stare into the surface of a Betty Chimney artwork is to witness an adoration of Country, direct from the artist’s heart. Delicately choreographed and altogether mesmeric, every moment captured in a Betty Chimney painting is an autobiographical ode to a life wedded to Country.

At this year’s Sydney Contemporary art fair Michael Reid Sydney + Berlin will exhibit a collection of new Betty Chimney paintings, supplying collectors with an opportunity to acquire a work by one of Australia’s most coveted contemporary painters.

Earlier this year Betty Chimney presented a solo exhibition at Michael Reid Sydney in which all paintings were acquired prior to commencement. This was followed by her selection as a 2023 Wynne Prize finalist at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. More recently, Chimney was a finalist in the Hadley’s Prize in Hobart. Betty Chimney will participate in Sydney Contemporary for the first time in 2023.

For more information about paintings by Betty Chimney, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au