Umbrella Floortalk
10am Sat 2 November
Umbrella Floortalk
Ben Tupas
Ben Tupas. Photograph: Danica Cheetham.
Join Umbrella and exhibiting artist Ben Tupas for an enlightening discussion centred around layering–both literally within the artist’s moving image works, and metaphorically in the context of cultural and familial histories. Ben will also discuss more broadly his multidisciplinary arts practice and the trilogy of video works which comprise his latest exhibition, Mindanao Story Cycle.
Mindanao Story Cycle is on display alongside People, Culture & Country from 1 November - 15 December 2024. See full details for the exhibitions launch here.
Ben Tupas is a Filipino Australian artist based in Toowoomba. His arts practice is largely focussed on video and sound, although Tupas is also an advocate for making the arts experience accessible through community engagement, public programming, and arts education. His first public art commission Social Fabric was installed in four Toowoomba CBD laneways in February 2023. From 2018 to 2020, Ben was the Artistic Director for LIT Festival: Stories In Light, a public arts festival that presented light-based art in Toowoomba spaces. His work has been exhibited at Rosalie Gallery (2024), Brunswick Street Gallery (2023), University of Southern Queensland (2023), Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts (2022), Crows Nest Gallery (2022), Outer Space Gallery (2022), Metro Arts (2018), and Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery (2018).
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Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts respectfully acknowledges the Wulgurukaba of Gurambilbarra and Yunbenun and the surrounding groups of our region - Bindal, Gugu Badhan, Nywaigi, Warrgamay, Bandjin and Gudjal - as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather, share and celebrate local creative practice. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia. They have never ceded sovereignty and remain strong in their enduring connection to land and Culture.
Umbrella is a Dealer Member of the Indigenous Art Code. This means we are committed to fair and ethical trade with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, and transparency in the promotion and sale of artwork. As a Dealer Member and signatory to the Code we must act fairly, honestly, professionally and in good conscience in all direct or indirect dealings with artists.
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.
