The Blue Blah & Other Works
Huseyin Sami
The first in a series of solo exhibitions at Kunstprojects’ KPR
Opening Friday 10th July 2009 at 6.00 pm
Exhibition 11th July – 31st July 2009 (By Appointment Only)
In 2003 Sami completed an MA at Sydney College of the Arts Sydney, University of Sydney. Since then he has participated extensively in numerous exhibitions both domestic and internationally. In 2004 he was selected for Primavera exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, which showcases emerging Australian artists. 2005 saw him short-listed and highly commended for the Helen Lempriere Traveling Art scholarship and in the same year was also short-listed and awarded the Fauvette Louriero Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship. In 2006 he was selected to participate in the CCA Kitakyushu residency program in Japan and 2008 awarded the Australia Council New Work grant and also participated in the Artspace residency program Sydney as part of a curated international exhibition, which included artists DORA ECONOMOU, CEAL FLOYER, and TARAS POLATAIKO. In 2009 he will present a solo exhibition accompanied by a residency at the Fremantle Art Centre, Perth Australia.
“Currently my interests are centred on the deconstruction of systems within the Painting tradition, not to demystify the activity, but to develop new ways of approaching how to produce work. Stemming from this central theme my interests include usage of different materials and exploration of unconventional methods of painting. Complimenting this runs an underlying challenge focused on examining my role as an art producer. As a result, conceptual parameters for developing my own idiosyncratic expressions of different formal and artistic approaches are emancipated.”
Huseyin Sami lives and works Sydney, Australia and is represented by Sarah Cottier Gallery Sydney
http://www.sarahcottiergallery.com/
