Simone Eisler

BIO
Simone Eisler is a Brisbane/Sunshine Coast based artist and has exhibited her work internationally in the Philippines, Indonesia, New York, Belgium, Paris, Berlin and within Australia. Her work is focused on space, time, form and structure and she moves from large scale sculptural multimedia installations through performative photographic works to individual sculptural objects that reference concepts of physical transformation, species evolution and biodiversity within the overarching notion of a changing technological and natural world. Her practice also covers drawing, painting, video and sound and she is well known for a wide range of public art works.
Whilst her broader art practice (from fine art gallery practice to public art practice) deals with the idea of physical and natural transformation, her public art practice is first and foremost site specific. It is inspired by the natural and urban aesthetic elements of the site, as well as drawing on the site’s function and historical past. There is a balance between robust materials and a sense of elegance and beauty. She work’s with patterning and form enhanced by lighting but also offers an artwork that says something about the social use of place. During the last 14 years Eisler has completed a wide variety of public artwork including permanent and temporary activations within parks and gardens, urban pedestrian corridors and streetscapes and bridge under crofts. She aims to create iconic works.
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Artist, Photograppher
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I too was directly involved with several QLD ARI projects as an exhibiting artist during this 1980s, 1990s and 2000s era including:
- Carbon Based Studios at Adelaide Street, Brisbane –where I exhibited kinetic sculptural works
- Modus Studios at Pro Street, Fortitude Valley – where I exhibited sculptural works
- Process Gallery – where I exhibited sculptural works
- Soapbox Gallery, Fortitude Valley – where I participated in a curated video and photography show and other exhibitions.
Collections
Various Private Collections
CV
(W) www.simoneeisler.com
EDUCATION / ARTIST TRAINING / EMPLOYMENT
2000 Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Sculpture, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
1996 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sculpture, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Progeny, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2014 Alter, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
Allure, The Vault Artspace, Bundaberg Regional Gallery
2013 Fracture, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2012 Underground, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2010 New Skin/Old Ceremony, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane
2010 New Order, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2009 The Armoured Forest, 2009 Arc Biennial of Art, Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Tradition Now: Contemporary Views of Family History, State Library of Queensland
2015 Con/struct: Contemporary Queensland Sculpture, Caboolture Gallery
2013 15 Artists, Acquisitive Art Prize, Redcliffe Art Gallery, Brisbane
Mythopoetic: Women artists from Australia and India, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane
Re-Picturing the Feminine: New and Hybrid Identities’ – A Survey of Indian and Australian Contemporary Female Artists. Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Gallery OED, Cochin, India
Youth in Transit, Redland Art Gallery, Capalaba, curated by Dominique Macedo
2012 Out of the Darkness, Gallerysmith, Melbourne, Queensland
Transform, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Art in the Grasslands, Tambo Regional Gallery, Queensland
2011 Nature Interrupted: Contemporary Australian Sculpture, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Berlin Laughter Project, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Churchie Emerging Art Award – Commendation Award Winner, GUAG, Brisbane
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2014 Sentinel, East Shores Maritime Precinct, Gladstone Port Corporation, Queensland
Growing Up Reaching Down, Kin Kin, Queensland
2013 Portal, Marcoola Streetscape, Marcoola, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2012 Cleveland Point Playground, Redland Shire Council, Brisbane
2011 Berlin Laughter Project, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
2016 Artist in Residence, Karawatha Forest, 6 month studio/workshops, Brisbane City Council
Artist in Residence, Clayfield College, Term 1 and 2, mentoring Year 12 Art Students
2014 Winner, Noosa Art Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery
2012 Artist in Residence, Art in the Grasslands, Tambo/Central Queensland
2011 Commendation Award, Churchie Emerging Art Prize, GUAG
2010 Artist in Residence, Gozo Contemporary, Malta
2009 Arts Queensland Development and Presentation Grant
2008 Arts Queensland Career Development Grant
Artist in Residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS
2013 Queensland’s 50 Best & Brightest People, Courier Mail, November 30
2011 Craven, O, (2011), Artist Profile, Simone Eisler (Process), August Edition, Issue 16
2010 O’Riordan, M, (2010), Photofile, Garden of Earthly Shadows, August-November Edition, Vol 90
Schwarzman, C (2010), Artlink, Dealing with the Past, Vol 30 #3
2006 Ham, S, (2006) Artworkers Alliance Summer Edition, Emerging Artist Profile
2004 Campbell, J, (2004) Local Art Issue #17 December 2004 Re>Growth Imagining Nature,Brisbane
Lehmann,S,(2004) Absolutely Public Crossover: Art and Architecture, Images Publishing,Australia
Gibson, L (2004) Monumental Queensland, University of Queensland Press, Australia
Maclean, S, (2004) Shell of a House December 10 Courier Mail
Sorensen, R, and Aldred, D, (2004) City Ignites September 1 Courier Mail
COLLECTIONS
Moreton Bay Council, Mater Mothers Hospital, Gadens Laywers, Redland Art Gallery, Noosa Regional Gallery,
Brisbane City Council, Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Queensland Government, Consolidated Properties, Novotel Hotel Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, Private collections in Australia, the Philippines Berlin and Paris.