Small Print Show

Chicago Printmakers' Collaborative is pleased to present their 26th annual holiday sale in their beautiful new location at 4912 N Western Avenue. Featuring gorgeous new prints by over 60 artists, plus an array of hand made zines, notecards, jewellery, books and tees.

You know the drill people. You show up, pour yourself some hot spiced cider, grab an artist-made snack and start collecting beautiful, affordable prints from the walls while we attempt to keep up with the mass buying frenzy. We have new work and new artists, so prepare to be inspired. Bring your parents and children and friends. It's basically the hottest new spot on Western Avenue just north of the Lincoln/Western split in Lincoln Square. Looking forward to seeing you at our oasis of originality...!

Preview Friday 4 December 12 to 5pm

GRAND OPENING PARTY Saturday 5 and 6 Sunday December 11am to 6pm

Exhibition continues until 31 January 2016

Extended holiday hours Tuesday to Sunday 12 to 5pm from 8 to 20 December

Small print show artists 2015 include Grazvyda Andrijauskaite (Lithuania), Hiroshi Ariyama, Colleen Aufderheide, Chris Blume, Matt Bodett, George Bodmer, Eric Bremer, Jill Chittenden, David Driesbach, Christine Gendre-Bergere (France), Sanya Glisic, Karinna Gomez, Rachael Gressley, Dan Grzeca, Eric Hoffman, Eric Johnson, Phineas X Jones, Ryan Kapp, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Jon Keown, Scott Kiefer, Damon Kowarsky (Australia), Deborah Maris Lader, Stacey Landino, Jeff Lassahn, Kim Laurel, Andrea Lauren, Carrie Lingscheit, Barton Longacre, Dave Martin, Ray Maseman, Michelle McCoy, Bert Menco, Maria Mungai, Jillian Nickell, Betsy Ochoa, Duffy O'Connor, Dennis O'Malley, Sage Perrott, Kathryn Polk, Jaco Putker (Netherlands), Artemio Rodriguez (Mexico), Jay Ryan, Justin Santora, Robert Scheffler, Sarah Smelser, Starshaped Press (Jen Farrell), Randi Stella, Megan Sterling, Pam Wesolek, Scott Westgard, Nele Zirnite (Latvia) and more!

Suburban Therapy at Brunswick Town Hall

On Friday Hyun Ju Kim and I were part of the OK Collective's project Suburban Therapy at Brunswick Town Hall. Members of the public were invited to pose for a portrait and tell us something about their lives in Moreland. Thank you to Oliver and Kathy for organising this great event!

Made by Hand

Some photos from 'Made by Hand' at Solander Gallery in Wellington New Zealand. Exhibition continues until 24 December. 

This Friday in Wellington

'Made by Hand' at Solander Gallery New Zealand

218c Willis St
Te Aro, Wellington

Continues until 24 December

'Made by Hand' at Solander Gallery

Solander Gallery's annual cash and carry Christmas Show 'Made by Hand' opens on Friday 27 November from 4 to 7 pm.

Please come along to see hand made works by over 30 of Solander's talented artists. Exhibition continues until 24 December

Solander Gallery
218c Willis St
Wellington, New Zealand

Gallery hours 10 to 5 Tuesday to Friday and 10 to 4 Saturday

Rick Amor Print Prize

Montsalvat is proud to announce the finalists of the Rick Amor Print Prize 2015, sponsored by prominent Australian artist Rick Amor.

Congratulations to Elizabeth Banfield, Andrew Gunnell, Karen Neal, Susan Stamp, Wendy Black, Bridget Hillebrand, Sharron Okines, Anne Starling, Eolo Paul Bottaro, Tim Jones, Lucia Parrella, Jennie Stewart, Liz Caffin, Vesna Klacar-Nedimovic, Victoria Paterson, Georgia Thorpe, Laura CasteII, Damon Kowarsky, Jim Pavlidis, Louisa Wang, Simon Clarke, Anita Laurence, E Ratnam-Keese, Cleo Wilkinson, David Fairbairn, Suzie Lockery, Alison Raven, Joel Wolter, Jeff Faulkner, Diane Masters, Geoffrey Ricardo, Lindy Yeates, David Frazer, Megan McPherson, Phillip Sayers, Keren Zorn, Jorji Gardener, Yvonne Moloney-Law, and Melissa Smith.

Exhibition opens Thursday 3 December, 630 to 830pm and continues until 24 January

All welcome, light refreshments provided

RSVP on [03] 9439 7712 or to montsalvat@montsalvat com.au

'Wrap Up' at Port Jackson Press

Port Jackson Press is pleased to present its last show for the year, featuring works by artists including Jonathan Partridge, David Frazer, Dean Bowen, Pesky, Kyoko Imazu, Margie Sheppard, Kevin Foley, Anne Starling, Damon Kowarsky, David Fairbairn, and Sai Wai Foo.

25 November to 23 December 2015

Port Jackson Press
84 Smith Street
Collingwood VIC 3066

Opening hours
Tuesday to Friday 10 to 530
Saturday 11 to 5
Sunday 11 to 4

Rick Amor Print Prize

Datia has been shortlisted for the 2015 Rick Amor Print Prize opening at Montsalvat on 3 December.

'Flway Print Exchange' and 'Birds Without Borders'

Birds Without Borders returns to PBP along with the Flyway Print Exchange for our annual Upwelling Festival exhibition. The exhibition also invites local artist to contribute works inspired by migratory birds. It's a great opportunity to catch up and learn more about the project and the artists. All welcome!!!

Opening Friday 30 October at Portland Bay Press, Julia Street Portland. 

Exhibition continues until 25 November

For more information click here.

"Blue Ways' video from Aesop Garosugil

Thank you to Hyun Ju Kim and the team at Aesop Korea for all their help and support.

Drawings from the War Remants Museum

Damon Kowarsky was recently interviewed by TV Vietnam while drawing at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Australian Print Triennial

'Udaipur', one of the prints I made at Portland Bay Press in June, has been selected for the 2015 Australian Print Triennial Print Prize at The Art Vault Mildura opening on October 30.

Artists include Tony Ameneiro, Raymond Arnold, Rosalind Atkins, Jacqueline Aust, Alberto Balletti, Elizabeth Banfield, Susan Baran, Kathy Boyle, Deirdre Brollo, Diana Orinda Burns, Marion Chapman, Neilton Clarke, Sue Cooke, Wim De Vos, Graeme Drendel, Leanne Emmitt, Amanda Firenze Pentney, Dianne Fogwell, David Frazer, Floki Gauvry, Janet Goldman, Jackie Gorring, Rona Green, Robert Hague, Rew Hanks, Nicci Haynes, Sonja Hodge, Clare Humphries, Roslyn Kean, Kim Hyun Ju, Martin King, Maureen King, Damon Kowarsky, Jo Lankester, Dianne Longley, Larissa MacFarlane, Nongirrnga Marawill, Anne McMaster, Megan McPherson, Milan Milojevic, Graeme Peebles, Catherine Pilgrim, Geoffrey Ricardo, John Ryrie, Olga Sankey, Heather Shimmen, Melissa Smith, Andrew Southall, Anne Spudvilas, Georgia Thorpe, Peter Ward, Judy Watson, Cleo Wilkinson, Patricia Wilson-Adams, and Barak Zelig.

Exhibition continues until 17 November

The Art Vault
43 Deakin Ave
Mildura VIC 3500

Drawings from Seoul

Gyeongbokgung, Changgyonggung, Gyeongbokgung, National Museum of Korea, and Bukchon. 

Gippsland Print Award

'Embarcadero', a print I made at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base in 2014, has been included in the first Gippsland Print Award. Congratulations to Martin King for his winning entry 'Dawn Survey - Indigo'.

Exhibition continues 26 September to 22 November. Admission is free.

Gippsland Art Gallery
Port of Sale Business Centre
64-66 Foster Street
Sale VIC 3850

Haja Center Seoul

All set for tomorrow's opening at Haja Center. 'The Memory of Flowers' with prints by Damon Kowarsky and Hyun Ju Kim. 

Riddoch Art Gallery Mt Gambier

From the launch of 'Birds Without Borders' and 'Flyway Print Exchange' at Riddoch Art Gallery Mt Gambier on Friday night. 

'The Memory of Flowers'

Sooda and Haja Center are pleased to present

'The Memory of Flowers'

Prints by Hyun Ju Kim and Damon Kowarsky inspired by plants, flowers, and the natural and man-made world.

23 September to 8 October 2015

Opening Wednesday 23 September 1 to 3 pm

Herb Gallery, Haja Center

200 Youngsinro
Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul, South Korea

For more information see here

Birds Without Borders

Riddoch Art Gallery presents

Flyway Print Exchange and Birds Without Borders

The Flyway Print Exchange is an international environmental art project featuring 20 artists from 9 different countries, linked by the East-Asian Australasian Flyway.  The Flyway describes the route flown twice-annually by Australia’s migratory shorebirds, to and from their breeding grounds
above the Arctic Circle.

'Flyway Print Exchange' Artists

Alexis Beckett, Kate Gorringe-Smith, Radhika Gupta, Cui Xiao Hua, Kyoko Imazu, Feng Jiaming, Ni Jianming, Garry Kaulitz, Helen Kocis Edwards, Edwin Mighell, Amanda O’Sullivan, Syahrizal Pahlevi, Vida Pearson, Tham Pui San, Kavita Shah, Hyun Tae Lee, and Celia Walker.

'Birds Without Borders' Artists

Libby Altschwager, Julie Bignell, Therese Dolman, Kate Gorringe-Smith, Monique Keel, Damon Kowarsky, Raelene Mibus, Anne Miles, Heather Richardson, Catherine Schmidt, Julia Wakefield, Jenn White, Diana Wiseman, and Stephanie Yoannidis.

Opening Friday 18 September at 6 pm. Continues until Sunday 25 October

Opening hours

Monday to Friday 10 to 5
Weekend 11 to 3

CLOSED Tuesdays and most Public Holidays

Riddoch Art Gallery
1 Bay Road
Mount Gambier
South Australia

ART4ALL at Fairfield Primary School

Fairfield Primary School is pleased to present

ART4ALL 2015
with over 80 exhibitors and nearly 220 framed and unframed artworks for sale.

Fairfield Primary School
5 Langridge Street
Fairfield Vic 3078
9489 2966

Gallery Hours
Friday 11 September 6 to 9
Saturday 12 September 10 to 3
Sunday 13 September 10 to 3

Online at Asia Contemporary Art Buyer

Asia Contemporary Art Buyer is now hosting my work online. You can see it here.

Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop

This summer the Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop will open on Hesse Street in the centre of Queenscliff.

The opening exhibition will feature artists including Andrew Gunnell, Anita Iacovella, Clayton Terrett, David Fraser, Damon Kowarsky, Deborah Klein, Deb Williams, Effie Mandalos, George Raftopoulos, Hyun Ju Kim, Jackie Hocking, Jim Pavlidis, John Waller, Julie Keating, Kate Hudson, Melinda Harper, Michelle Caithness, Paul Compton, Rona Green, Sharon Okines, Sheridan Jones, Silvi Glattaeur, Stephanie Jane Rampton, and Yvette Coppersmith.


Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop
81 Hesse Street
Queenscliff VIC 3225
0438 866 068

Australian National Brooch Show 2015

This is the eighth annual Contemporary Art Society Australian National Brooch Show - an exhibition small wearable artworks made by established and emerging contemporary artists. Last year's exhibition featured 278 art brooches from 84 artists, and 2015 looks set to be bigger and better again.

6 August to 25 September

Official opening Sunday 9 August from 3 to 430pm

Artists include Ricardo Alves-Ferreira, Elizabeth Andalis, Odette Arrieta-Shadbolt, Cheryle Bannon, Mary Elizabeth Barron, Tessa Benn, Helen Bird, Anne Boardman, Sande Bruch, Emma Bulpit, Kylie Castan, Caron Cavalier, Sue Codee, Betty Collier, Amanda Croatto, Beth Croce, Adrienne Crouch Baigent, Valda Cuming, MaryAnne Cunningham, Jan De Mattia, Doreen Dyer, Deirdre Edwards, Margaret Fischer, James Ford, Cressida Fox, Tracey Glasser, Minky Grant, Aleta Groves, Kristine Hanson, Kes Harper, Sara Hellsing, Lee Hirsh, Meredith Hoult, Ilse Hummeling, Philip Jopson, Elizabeth Just, Glenda Kent, Hong Kim, Heather King, Damon Kowarsky, Ann Krause, Lily Langham, Amanda Lawrence, Robert Lee, Denise Martin, Patricia Martin, Hannelore McDaniel, Karen McKenzie, Andrea McKey, Edit Meaklim, Rose Michell, Robert Miller, Angela Morrissey, Alison Mortiss, Barbara Nanshe, Julie Niekamp, Monika Poray, Amanda Purkiss, Anne-Marie Randall, Wendy Roche, Jan Roebuck, Lauren Ryan, Vida Ryan, Rona Sissons, Myra Staffa, Neda Starac, Gail Stiffe, Jan Verouden, Susannah Watts, Dawn Whitehand, Therese Wilkins, Teri Wright, Jill Yelland, and Yvette Young.

Fitzroy Library
28 Moor St  Fitzroy

Masterclass - Observational Drawing and the Art of Collaboration

Join artist Damon Kowarsky on the final exhibition day of Hybrid II at the IMA for an exclusive Masterclass in Observational Drawing and Collaboration.

Learn the techniques applied by Damon in this exclusive drawing class in the creative studio space at the museum and participate in a hands on session of creative collaboration.  

Cost includes a 3 hour exclusive workshop with Damon, museum entry and some materials provided. Please bring your sketchbooks and favourite pencils, charcoal etc.

This class is suitable for beginners and intermediate but ALL are WELCOME. 
Spaces strictly limited. To book see this link

Saturday 8 August 2015 from 11am to 2pm
Islamic Museum of Australia
15A Anderson Road
Thornbury VIC 3071
Cost $40

Collaboration with Kathy Heyward

The beginnings of a new collaboration with Kathy Heyward from KathyKoo Design. Her amazing colours and my etchings of Udaipur in Rajasthan. 

Artist Salon at Islamic Museum of Australia

The Islamic Museum of Australia is pleased to present an artist salon featuring Damon Kowarsky and Atif Khan discussing their collaborative project 'Hybrid II'.

Friday 31 May at 7pm
Islamic Museum of Australia
15A Anderson Rd
Thornbury VIC 3071

Regular museum entry fee applies. Contact admin@islamicmuseum.org.au or 1300 915 171 for more information.

Residency at Portland Bay Press

Proofs and prints from my current residency at Portland Bay Press.