CBD GALLERY RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH
To coincide with the launch of The Art of Nerine Martini, the CBD Gallery in Erskine St Sydney hosted a retrospective exhibition of Nerine’s work, curated by Nick Vickers.
The exhibition titled Voyage and Home ran between 8 July – 5 August 2023
HIDDEN 2019: ROOKWOOD SCULPTURE WALK
Exhibition Dates: 7 September – 7 October 2019.
Survival Strategies posthumously selected as finalist for Hidden at Rookwood 2019. The work was installed in the historic Elephant House building at Rookwood cemetery.
Sunday Telegraph article 25 August 2019.
HEROINE – CELEBRATION AND PROTEST IN WOMEN’S ART
Proud to be part of this exhibition to coincide with International Women’s Day 2019.
.M Contemporary hosts the inaugural Heroine Exhibition. The Exhibition brings together emerging and established Australian artists with a series of renowned international names, each a daring and adventurous identity in women’s art.
The small ink drawings included in this exhibition were created while I was in artist-in-residence in Finland in 2017. They are intimate observation of the plants that grew along the path to the lake I visited every day/night for a month.
GUNYAH
Thrilled to be undertaking the Gunyah creative residency with Paula Broom in June 2018. Gunyah is a unique artist’s residency located in the village of North Arm Cove, in the NSW Great Lakes region. Our residency presents an opportunity to explore experiences of the human body in the landscape and relationships between health, wellbeing and the natural environment. The process of walking in and through the landscape will contribute to the conceptual development of the artwork, by physically relating to the environment.
PRECARIOUS
A solo exhibition at M Contemporary, Woollahra.
Exhibition Dates: 18 – 31 January 2018.
An exhibition of installation, drawings, photographs and sculptures. My practice has involved oscillating between working with community and working in the studio: one informing the other. This body of works explores notions of home, migration and belonging.
ARTELES INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY, FINLAND
In July 2017 I had the pleasure of undertaking a studio residency at Arteles Creative Center in Finland. Arteles is one of the largest international studio residencies in Scandinavia.
During my time at Arteles I reflected on ideas of change and belonging. I created a series of charcoal drawings exploring the visual symbols and motives of the urban environment that for me represented ideas around change, growth, destruction and displacement: keys, cranes, ladders and scaffolding.
Also as a daily practice, I created a small series of ink drawings of the plants I saw on the side of the road.
DIASPORA-MAKING MACHINES
Blacktown Arts Centre.
Exhibition Dates: 29 September – 5 November 2016.
Diaspora-Making Machines is an exhibition that explores the systemic devices (the machines) that generate movement and the dispersal of communities (the diaspora).
Eight artists engage with Blacktown’s historic place as a centre of migration, our attitudes to newcomers, and notions of belonging and assimilation.
Blak Douglas, Jumaadi, Mehwish Iqbal, Nerine Martini, Susannah Williams and Warren Armstrong, Luping Zeng and Cheng Zeng.
UNRAVEL
An exhibition of drawings and sculpture.
AirSpace Projects.
Exhibition Dates: 3 June – 18 June 2016.
Unravel is an exhibition of drawings and sculpture. This body of work continues my interest in ideas of belonging, loss, displacement, migration, travel and home. It is both a response to the uncertainties of our time as well as a personal narrative, one that is still in the process of unraveling.
HARBOUR SCULPTURE 2015
My work has been selected for the Harbour Sculpture exhibition 2015.
Exhibition Dates: 30 July – 9 August 2015.
I created a new work entitled “In Transit“, constructed from bamboo for the outdoor exhibition. A small sculpture was also selected for the indoor exhibition. “In Transit” was awarded a stipend award courtesy of the Kirk Family.
“Harbour Sculpture is a unique exhibition of art, held annually on Sydney Harbour. Spread across Clarkes Point Reserve and through the Deckhouse function centre and surrounds.”
MIGRATION PUBLIC ART PROJECT 2014
In 2014 I was awarded a commission to create a significant public artwork to celebrate the contribution that migrants have made to the city of Wollongong. It was a great honor to have been selected to create a landmark sculpture that makes reference to boats, journeys and the steel industry of the Wollongong region.
In addition to funding from Wollongong City Council, many businesses generously contributed in-kind support to the fabrication and installation of the sculptures. The additional support allowed the project to expand to include a series of three artworks collectively called Dwellings. The project highlights the continuing contribution migrants make to the City of Wollongong.
Video unveiling of The Boat Sculpture.
Pictured with Tom Gallo from the WGE Group at the official opening. Photo: Kirk Gilmour.
SAWMILLERS SCULPTURE 2014
Exhibition dates 8 – 16 March 2014.
I am very pleased to have won the non-aquisitive emerging artist award at Sculpture at Sawmillers for my work entitled Ascend. The prize was awarded by Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir AD, CVO.
GLENWOOD COMMUNITY HUB PUBLIC ART PROJECT 2013 – 2015
I was commissioned by Blacktown City Council to create a series of public artworks for the Glenwood Community Hub in Western Sydney.
“Cultivations” is a series of 8 laser-cut corten steel artworks displayed along a 20m glass wall of the banquet hall. Text relating to each artwork is printed on the glass. The project involved a community engagement process to inform the imagery and text developed for artworks. During a series of workshops conducted in the local community people were to identify a plant that is significant to them. From the plants identified a selection was made to inform the creation of the artworks. The variety of plants selected demonstrates the cultural diversity of the Glenwood community.
To support the commission I was awarded a visual arts residency in Blacktown in 2014, courtesy Blacktown Art Centre.
CHANGE MARKERS ART PROJECT
In late 2012 I was commissioned to work on the Newleaf Bonnyrigg Change Markers Art Project.
Stage 1: Community Workshops and development of concepts and maquettes.
Commissioned by Guppy & Associates for the Developer: Becton.
BLAKE PRIZE 2012
Exhibition Dates: 9 November – 16 December, 2012
Shelter is selected as a finalist for the Blake Prize 2012. This year the Blake Prize received over 1100 entries.
Venue: The S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Sydney, NSW.
FISHERS GHOST ART AWARD 2012
Exhibition Dates: 27 October to 24 November 2012.
Hold has been selected as a finalist for the Fishers Ghost Art Award.
Venue: Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.
HIDDEN 2012: ROOKWOOD SCULPTURE WALK
Exhibition Dates: 1 September to 14 October 2012.
Applause was selected as a finalist for the HIDDEN outdoor sculpture exhibition at Rookwood Cemetery.
TRACES
Exhibition dates: 11 – 29 July 2012.
A solo exhibition of sculpture, installation and works on paper by Nerine Martini.
Opened by Nick Vickers, Co-Ordinator Alumni Relations, UNSW College of Fine Arts.
Incinerator Art Space 2 Small Street Willoughby NSW 2068.
PAPER NOW
Incinerator Art Space 2 Small Street Willoughby.
Exhibition Dates: 28 January – 4 March 2012.
A group exhibition of works by eleven Australian artists: Sally Aplin, Bronwyn Berman, Marguerite Derricourt, Melinda Le Guay, Brigiat Maltese, Nerine Martini, Helen Mueller, Maryann Mussared, Jenny Pollak, Liz Shreeve and TianLi Zu.
A Willoughby City Council curated exhibition. Curator: Alison Clark.
SCULPTURE IN THE VINEYARDS 2011
My series of sculptures, entitled “Departures“, were selected as a finalist for Sculpture in the Vineyards, 2011: an outdoor public sculpture exhibition which takes place along the Wollombi Valley Wine Trail in the Hunter Valley, NSW.
HIDDEN 2011: ROOKWOOD SCULPTURE WALK
“Departures” was also selected as a finalist for the HIDDEN outdoor sculpture exhibition at Rookwood Cemetery.
THE PAPER MILL RESIDENCY
11 November – 22 December 2010.
Located at 1 Angel Place, Ash St, Sydney CBD, The Paper Mill is an artist run space supported by the Sydney City Council. The Paper Mill is committed to providing an inclusive environment to facilitate all aspects of paper based art.
ADELAIDE PERRY PRIZE FOR DRAWING
Exhibition 26 February – 27 March 2010.
My drawing is selected as a finalist for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2010.
Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney.
BLACKTOWN VILLAGE GREEN
In 2008 I was commissioned as artist and art planner by Blacktown City Council to create significant public artworks for the Village Green: a new urban space in the heart of Blacktown (see ARTWORKS for details). The public artworks were launched on 9 September 2010.
LIFE BOAT / THUYEN CUU ROI
“Life Boat/ Thuyen Cuu Roi” was purchased by artsACT and is now permanently installed in the Civic Library, Canberra.
Article: Canberra Times, 26 September 2009
