Moving Histories // Future Projections, 2017 -2019.
A d/lux Media Arts & Museums & Galleries NSW touring exhibition curated by Kelly Doley and Diana Baker Smith.
Artists: Kate Blackmore and Jacinta Tobin, Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Amala Groom, Deborah Kelly, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk, Angelica Mesiti and Caroline Garcia.
The exhibition toured to the following museums and galleries across 2017 -19: Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD, Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW, Latrobe Regional Gallery, NSW, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW.
Artists: Kate Blackmore and Jacinta Tobin, Mikala Dwyer and Justene Williams, Amala Groom, Deborah Kelly, Joan Ross, Soda_Jerk, Angelica Mesiti and Caroline Garcia.
The exhibition toured to the following museums and galleries across 2017 -19: Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD, Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, NSW, Latrobe Regional Gallery, NSW, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW.
MGNSW exhibition archive here.
Catalogue essay here.
Artlink review here.
Un Magazine Review here.
JANIS I
Alaska Projects, 6 - 24 February, 2013
Curated by Kelly Doley
Artists: Sarah Contos, Hannah Furmage, Zoe Robertson, Marian Tubbs and Justene Williams.
JANIS II
The Commercial and MCLEMOI Gallery, 26 July - 17 August 2013
Co-curated by Amanda Rowell and Kelly Doley
Artists: Bonita Bub, Jenny Christmann, Sarah Goffman, Gail Haistings and Sarah Rodigari.
Alaska Projects, 6 - 24 February, 2013
Curated by Kelly Doley
Artists: Sarah Contos, Hannah Furmage, Zoe Robertson, Marian Tubbs and Justene Williams.
JANIS II
The Commercial and MCLEMOI Gallery, 26 July - 17 August 2013
Co-curated by Amanda Rowell and Kelly Doley
Artists: Bonita Bub, Jenny Christmann, Sarah Goffman, Gail Haistings and Sarah Rodigari.
JANIS was a curatorial project focussed on critical discussion about female identified artists and writers that culminated in two exhibitions and publications.
The JANIS I publication, edited by Kelly Doley.
The JANIS II publication co-edited by Kelly Doley and Amanda Rowell.
Andrew Frost, The Guardian, 31
“Female-specific exhibitions and initiatives might be seen to be endorsing a gender divide, but their value and necessity lies in their ability to reaffirm the importance of women’s contribution to art in the past, the present and moving forward into the future."
Sammy Preston, Broadsheet, July 2013.
Exhibitions included:
'Colleagues and Peers (hokey-pokey)' (31 May -7 June 2009), which featured work by over 25 artists including: Sarah Goffman, Michelle Hanlin, Anna Kristensen, Elizabeth Pulie, Rachel Scott and the members of the Cosmic Committee
'+Air & More' by John Adair (25 September – 4 October 2009), which included a special light show by Robert Lake
'Bennelong Way to the Top' by Archie Moore, and 'Chicken Mole' by Sarah Goffman (18-25 April 2010)
'Happiness' (25 September–3 October 2010), which included work by Tim Barber, Christopher Hanrahan, Vanila Netto, Justene Williams and Diana Smith
'Eastern Seaboard', an exhibition at Artspace (2 March–10 April 2011), curated by Reuben Keehnan and Melanie Oliver, which brought together the work of three Australian artist collectives. End event at Cosmic Battle For Your Heart by Hannah Furmage
Images: Installation view 'Colleagues and Peers (hokey-pokey)' 2009, Installation view '+Air & More' by John Adair, Installation view, 'Bennelong Way to the Top' Archie Moore 2010, invitation to 'Happiness' and Sarah Goffman's presentation of 'Chicken Mole' 2010, installation view of Hannah Furmage's closing installation on the exterior of the house 2011.
'Colleagues and Peers (hokey-pokey)' (31 May -7 June 2009), which featured work by over 25 artists including: Sarah Goffman, Michelle Hanlin, Anna Kristensen, Elizabeth Pulie, Rachel Scott and the members of the Cosmic Committee
'+Air & More' by John Adair (25 September – 4 October 2009), which included a special light show by Robert Lake
'Bennelong Way to the Top' by Archie Moore, and 'Chicken Mole' by Sarah Goffman (18-25 April 2010)
'Happiness' (25 September–3 October 2010), which included work by Tim Barber, Christopher Hanrahan, Vanila Netto, Justene Williams and Diana Smith
'Eastern Seaboard', an exhibition at Artspace (2 March–10 April 2011), curated by Reuben Keehnan and Melanie Oliver, which brought together the work of three Australian artist collectives. End event at Cosmic Battle For Your Heart by Hannah Furmage
Images: Installation view 'Colleagues and Peers (hokey-pokey)' 2009, Installation view '+Air & More' by John Adair, Installation view, 'Bennelong Way to the Top' Archie Moore 2010, invitation to 'Happiness' and Sarah Goffman's presentation of 'Chicken Mole' 2010, installation view of Hannah Furmage's closing installation on the exterior of the house 2011.
Cosmic Battle for Your Heart was a domestic gallery in Rozelle, Sydney established in 2009 by Kelly Doley, Mitch Cairns, Agatha Gothe-Snape and Brian Fuata.
The gallery was situated in Agatha, Brian and Mitch's house, mainly their living room. Exhibitions were curated around the seasons and hosted pot luck dinners to open the shows.
After two years, four exhibitions, three performances and many dinners the project ended in 2011.
Read more here in runway magazine.
