Melbourne-based artist Gina Kalabishis is exhibiting a new unique collection of works based on the Japanese art of flower arranging, ikebana.
Called ‘Love and Limerence’, the artwork uses skeletal remains from animals and native Australian flora and fauna to show a uniquely feminine but edgy flower arrangement, all hand painted.
It loosely references the St Valentine’s Day narrative as immortalised in Joan Lindsey’s Picnic at Hanging Rock and re-examines the Australian landscape.
Featured in solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Spain and America, Kalabishis has won several awards, including the Hellenic Museum and Bank of Cyprus Art Award in 2010 and the Emanuel Hirsh Award.
Her work is held in international and Australian private and public collections and more recently, she has been invited to be part of a group exhibition at the Australian Consulate-General in New York.
She currently teaches Digital Imaging and Printmaking in the Diploma of Visual Art at Victoria University and was the gallery director for Level 17 Artspace at Victoria University.
The exhibition was launched on Tuesday, but on Saturday, 13 July, you can meet and greet the artist at 2pm till 4pm at Catherine Asquith Gallery, 48 Oxford Street, Collingwood, VIC. Drinks will be provided, and the event is free. The exhibition is on until July 27.