RICKY MAYNARD: PORTRAIT OF A DISTANT LAND

Museum of Contemporary Art
Sydney
4 June - 23 August 2009
Panel Discussion: Ricky Maynard, Judy Annear and Robert Macfarlane Wednesday 24 June 2.30pm

Going Professional: Ricky Maynard will be discussing professional practice, with a focus on documentary photography Saturday 27 June 2.30pm

The largest survey show to date of Ricky Maynard's work, curated by Keith Munro, MCA, has been touring throughout the Pacific region since first opening in the Australian Embassy, Paris during the Photoquai Biennale 2007. Featuring work from 6 photographic series including The Moonbird People (1985-88), Returning to Places that Name Us (2000) and his most recent work Portrait of a Distant Land (2005) this exhibition reflects the breadth of Maynard's practice from portraiture, to social documentary and landscape photography.

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LITTORAL DRIFT: RICKY MAYNARD

University Technology Sydney Gallery
Opening 6 - 8pm June 2
2 June - 3 July 2009
This group exhibition draws together the work of 6 artists who are exploring representation of place, in particular focusing on the land and seascapes of shores and rivers. A number of Ricky Maynard's Portrait of a Distant Land series are featured in this show, they document sites in Tasmania that hold cultural and historical significance for his people.

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BITE ME: CROFT & RILEY

Flinders University Art Museum
Adelaide
8 May - 19 July 2009
Being held as part of Reconciliation Week, this exhibition featuring recent additions to the Flinders University Art Museum Collection includes works by Brenda L Croft and Michael Riley. Other artists included in the show are Jonathan Jones, Destiny Deacon and Leah King Smith.

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EUROPEAN RESIDENCIES: HICKS
2009 - 2010

Having won the 2008 ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award which included a round the world ticket and residency, Petrina Hicks is undertaking a series of artist residencies in Germany and The Netherlands. Hicks is scheduled for a solo exhibition at Stills gallery in 2010 that will feature work she creates during this period in Europe.

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THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME THE CLOSER I GET

University of Queensland Art Museum
2 March - 20 November 2009
Video works, Mutatis Mutandis and Uncanny Others by Dorota Mytych are featured in this program of 9 exhibitions, which considers how contemporary screen-based practices reflect and explore the emotional depths of the human condition. Mytych, whose imagery is created with slowly disappearing tea leafs, exhibited 3 video works entitled Tea Leaf Reading at Stills in February this year.

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INHERITANCE

Australian Centre for Photography
Sydney
1 May - 6 June 2009
Martin Smith is one of 11 artists exhibiting in this group show, exploring family relationships and dynamics. Including works by Tracey Moffatt, Tamara Dean and Bindi Cole, Inheritance offers intimate insights into the way our families inform who we are and our place in the world. Smith's approach is highly personal, mining his own collection of past photographs before painstakingly cutting into them, letter by letter, with disconnected stories from his childhood.

THE ARRESTING IMAGE

Plimsoll Gallery
University of Tasmania
16 May - 5 June 2009
Roger Ballen is exhibiting a large selection of work in this group exhibition, curated by Pat Brassington and Fiona Lee. Ballen's challenging and darkly humorous photographs are selected from 3 series Outland, Shadow Chamber, and the more recent Boarding House.

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THE MUSEUM EFFECT

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
14 May - 28 June 2009
Gallery Floor Talk 16 May 1pm
Robyn Stacey is exhibiting Leidenmaster II & Entomology, in this exhibition examining the aesthetic influence of museological conventions on contemporary art. Stacey works closely with historic collections, surfacing artefacts and specimens in compositions that ring true to their original context and breath life into their subjects.

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A CHILD'S EYES: VAN SOWERWINE

Western Plains Cultural Centre
Dubbo
23 May - 23 June 2009
This solo exhibition of Van Sowerwine's work encompasses her interdisciplinary practice featuring video, photography, sound and interactive installation. Creating young, seemingly innocent, animated subjects her works explores how childhood behaviour and experience blur the distinction between the real and imaginary.

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