17 March to 25 April 2022
Opening: Sunday, 20 March 2022 from 1 to 3 pm
” … I am awed by the region’s breathtaking natural beauty, a beauty in part altered and transformed by the overlaid colours and shapes of the European settler’s aesthetic. Yet, the natural world here, in all ways overpowers and proclaims its dominance and its refusal to be subjugated, even as its vulnerabilities are exposed … “
Donna Wright (PhD), has been a practicing visual artist and art educator for over 30 years, exhibiting nationally and internationally. Kiss the Sea is Donna’s first body of work to be exhibited since her move to Venus Bay in 2020, where she has also set up her working studio. The work and exhibition form part of a recently awarded Creative Victoria Art Grant.
Kiss the Sea exhibition and artist talks
A PhD in philosophy, Dr Donna Wright will be presenting two artist talks on her integrative experience of this shape shifting world.
Her exceptional exhibition of cross –medium works is Donna’s sensitive visual language response seeking to express the push and pull of the fragile shoreline environment of the Bunurong and Gunaikurnai People.
Her talks will be held at ArtSpace gallery Saturday 26 March and Saturday 9 April 1-3pm
