Flying Arts Alliance

Art for Life

Location, location, location - Art in Public Spaces with Lincoln Austin

23nov10:00 am4:00 pmLocation, location, location - Art in Public Spaces with Lincoln AustinArtist and Artsworkers Workshop

Time

(Saturday) 10:00 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+10:00) View in my time

Location

Lapunyah Art Gallery

80-86 Heeney Street, Chinchilla QLD 4413

Event Details

23 November 2024

10am – 4pm

Begging with a discussion around Lincoln Austin’s experiences of making art for public spaces, the group will then be presented with a Public Artwork Brief, outlining the parameters for the possible production of a public artwork in a specific location around Chinchilla. A group discussion to identify possible creative approaches, public safety issues, concepts, histories and any questions around the brief will guide us into a day of research, discussion, drawing and model making, either in small groups or individually. The workshop will conclude with each creative proposal being presented to the group for further discussion. Lincoln’s approach to teaching is as advisor and facilitator, the group is encouraged to negotiate the progression of the workshop. Lincoln will be present to offer candid advice, technical knowledge, and assist participants in expressing and refining their creative ambitions.

What to bring

  • Writing material
  • Hat
  • Sunscreen
  • Enclosed footwear
  • Water bottle
  • Lunch/snacks

Venue

Lapunyah Art Gallery Chinchilla

 86 Heeney St, Chinchilla QLD 4413

Cover image: Lincoln Austin

Additional Information

Your facilitator:

Lincoln Austin is known for their sculptural and multi-media works employing geometry, optics and scale to playfully explore the blurred boundaries between Ideal and Physical realities.  Austin employs art to investigate ideas circulating around notions of perception and preconception.  Specifically, how perception and situation effect understanding, and how interaction might alter perception.  This analysis has prompted them to make art that encourages the movement of the viewer to activate optical potential within their work.

Lincoln Austin has held solo exhibitions in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, including at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2009), Caloundra Regional Gallery (2016) and Bundaberg Regional Gallery (2018). Their work has been featured in group exhibitions including ‘Open, Closed’ Queensland University of Technology Art Museum (2012) and ‘Light Play’ University of Queensland Art Museum (2015).  Their work has been included in group exhibitions in Italy, Switzerland, the UK and Japan.

Austin’s work is held in many public collections including QAGoMA, the UQ Art Museum, QUT Art Museum, and Artbank. Austin has completed 21 Public Art commissions around SE Queensland since 2005. In 2015, Austin undertook an Australia Council residency at the British School at Rome. In 2017 and 2020 Austin received project funding through Arts Queensland to develop new work.  In 2021 Austin presented a 20-year survey exhibition ‘The space between us’ at Ipswich Art Gallery. In 2023 they won the ‘Art for life” category of QFAA’s Queensland Regional Art Awards. In 2024 Austin returned to the British school at Rome for a 1 month residency, supported by the RADF, and received project funding through Arts Queensland to develop an exhibition for Rockhampton Museum of Art in 2025.

Lincoln Austin is represented commercially by Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.