Regardé Aqua
13 September - 27 October 2024
Regardé Aqua
Rhonda Stevens
Rhonda Stevens, Regardé Aqua (indicative installation), 2024. Photograph: Amanda Galea.
Regardé Aqua continues Rhonda Stevens’ ongoing artistic exploration into the primal elements of Earth, paying homage to water and the humbling immensity of nature. Stevens has taken inspiration from sacred spaces and organic forms in nature to create a contemplative installation. The artist’s rugged, boulder-formed cairn protects a precious, peaceful spring of water, highlighting the contrasting intersections and properties of renewal. Viewers will be drawn further into the work with activated reflections.
“Clarity arises in the spaces in between...”
~ Unknown
Exhibitions launch
6pm Friday 13 September. Full details here.
In Conversation
10am Sunday 6 October. Full details here.
Rhonda Stevens - Regardé Aqua is commissioned by Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts in partnership with the North Australian Festival of Arts.
Rhonda Stevens is a contemporary artist living and working on Yunbenun (Magnetic Island). She completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne in 1993, but has an arts practice spanning over 35 years. Stevens’ work is held in numerous collections, including the Victorian Teachers Union, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and national and international private collections. The artist was awarded the Pursuit of Excellence Award: Printmaking Award from the Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE Townsville in 2010 and the Victorian Teachers Union, Acquisition Award (Association of Sculptors of Victoria Annual Exhibition) in 1988. She has exhibited widely internationally, with strong connections to Naarm (Melbourne), Gadigal Country (Sydney) and North Queensland.
Stevens’s work has maintained core conceptual elements over the years, despite developing across forms, materials and mediums. Her work consistently reflects an innate interest in the interconnectedness of humanity, coupled with a deep regard for the primary elements of “our fragile, complex universe”. Stevens’ work is imbued with an acceptance of that which is transient and imperfect, examining the precarious state of the world in constant flux. The artist enjoys exploring these concepts across multiple disciplines, realised through gestural assemblages.
Also on display during this period
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Acknowledgements
Umbrella is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy, and by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, state and territory governments. | Umbrella is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funding from Creative Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. | Townsville City Council is a funding partner of Umbrella's program.
