Bronze by Ilona Lasmanis
Educated in Melbourne and Canberra
1965-1968 Graduate of the National Art School and Alexander Machie Teacher's College, Sydney
1969 - 2007 Full time and part time teaching Visual Arts in various Canberra High Schools and Colleges
My art interests and
explorations are like those of a polyglot, that is I work with both 2 and
3 dimensional forms. The scope of my work ranges from Bronze Casting,
painting, printmaking, book art construction right through to working with
textiles.
My artistic curiosity is often aroused as much by a new technique as a new
subject matter. Most frequently the landscape or specific places are the
basis for my inspiration but equally the simple pleasures of suburban
life, the garden, the pets feature in my work.
Riverland Matters
The Waterhole Series - November 2010
The Murray River and the Riverlands of Victoria are great Australian
icons; symbolic of it’s wealth, it’s strength, and prosperity; a way of
life. To an outsider, at least, this is a way of life which now appears
to be under attack. The mighty Murray is in trouble; more is
needed from it and less is to be had. With the draught and the
climate change debate come memories of a different Australia. An
older Australia; a more relaxed place where there was enough for all and
some to spare.
The waterhole series taps into this notion of nostalgia. Long hot
summer days, the river, cool waterholes, swimming, splashing, floating,
freedom, laughter, children playing. A bygone era; an age of
innocence perhaps? The bowl shape seemed an appropriate form to
represent a waterhole, the white on white imagery was a simple and
convenient metaphor for loss. Echoes of the past, half remembered,
half forgotten no longer clearly visible. I like the fact that a bowl
is also a vessel that holds liquid, I think this gives symmetry to my
idea.
2009
Magpie Exhibition, Group show at Gallery 12, Pialligo, ACT
Dialogue; Mika Group Exhibition, Anca Gallery, Watson, ACT
2007
Drawn Onward, Mika group exhibition , ANCA
2005
Reflections on a Looking Glass, Mika group exhibition, ANCA
Explorations,
solo exhibition, Waratah Galley
2004
Collective
Diversity, Mika group exhibition, ANCA
2000
CMAG,
ACT Group exhibition in conjunction with Helen Geier's
1995
Participant, Wearable Art show, Goulbourn Regional Gallery, NSW
Exhibitor
Calvary Hospital Art Show, ACT
1994
Wearable
Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
1993
Floriart,
co-exhibitor, Rydges Hotel, ACT
1991
Floriart,
co-exhibitor, Rydges Hotel, ACT
1989
Women
and Their Art Exhibition, Sister Trust, Gorman House, ACT
1986
Solo
Exhibition, textile art, Tilley Devine's Cafe ACT
Participant Alice Springs Craft Exhibition, textile work
1985
Participant
Alice Springs Craft Exhibition, textile work
1984
Participant
Alice Springs Craft Exhibition, textile work
Participant in the Functional Craft Show ACT
Crafts Council, ACT Annual Exhibition
1983
Fabrica Crafts Council, ACT
In
addition my work is represented in the Kangaroo Press 1991 publication,
"Silk Painting