25/02/2015
Contemplation series, 2015
Exhibited in PWCK: 7EAVEN at Nyisztor Gallery 26 September - 18 October 2015. This was the 7th year of the annual exhibition Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge curated by Ron Nyisztor.
15/02/2015
Veil, 2015
This painting is part of a body of work which began in the Czech Republic while visiting my mother’s homeland. Immersed in its beauty and history full of dark passages I developed a further interest in the notion of self. How the individual is constructed,
14/02/2015
Sometimes a moment is just a moment, 2015
Caught between the past and future; programmed by culture and genetics we orientate and organise our lives using underlying stories which are threaded together moment by moment. Catagorising and compartmentalising as we go. Most experiences forgotten before they reach consciousness. Others shoved to the side
13/02/2015
100 Days to Create a Narrative series (solo exhibition), 2015
Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University - Mount Lawley, Western Australia. 15 - 28 May 2015. In 100 days Mel Dare finds many questions and some answers. Through her work the artist has delved into many different but interrelating subjects including subjectivity, psychology, identity, time and perspective.
25/02/2014
Florid series, 2014
This body of work began in the Czech Republic while I was visiting my mother’s homeland. Immersed in such a long history full of beauty and dark passages I developed a further interest in the notion of self. How an individual is constructed, threaded together
25/02/2014
Points of reference series, 2014
Whether by choice or without conscious moment by moment we are continually gathering and discarding points of reference throughout our lifetime. Ways of understanding who we are; determining how we relate to the world. Influenced by our family, culture, geography, and biology. Effecting the way
25/02/2014
Traces of the Past, 2014
Versions of the past imprinted on the facades of the buildings of Perth. The decorative remains of bygone eras. Decorations constructed, borrowed, transplanted from other eras, other cultures, other lands. Reading the stories of white settlement I began to see distorted patterns which became white
25/02/2014
Beginnings are Endings, 2014
Exhibited in Mel Dare's solo exhibition A Momentary Considerations at Art Collective WA 20 August 2015 – 12 September 2015.
25/02/2014
Mine, 2014
Humans are social animals. We feel the need to identify, to belong. An extension of this is ownership: setting up fences, laws and etiquette to define, contain and guard what is mine, what is yours, what is ours. We conquer nations; assimilating culture, customs and
25/02/2013
Le Salon Scintillant exhibition series, 2013
Ideas rarely come out of thin air. One should be so lucky. Mostly they seep from the gutter, hide in the cracks of pavement, linger around street corners, reflect in neighbours’ windows, in the space between day and night, in shadows resting on window ledges, out of