Simone Maynard

For those in Adelaide next month, check out Schaffas 2, which opens on 6th August.

Simone and about 100 other artists have hand painted, or creatively manipulated these funky little wooden creatures for a great cause called Close the Gap.

For more information of the exhibition and the cause visit http://screamdance.com/

Linton & Kay Contemporary
123 Hay Street, Subiaco WA
Ph. 08 9388 0067
www.lintonandkay.com.au/contemporary

Showcasing the latest works from Yvonne Zago, Amanda Shelsher and Simone Maynard, Femme Folk and Fable see’s individual talents and styles unite to produce engrossing artworks which reflect themes of childhood, self discovery, oblique views of reality … and the endless possibility of it all.

Exploring the ethos of fable and fantasy with authority and conviction, and with award winning author Alice Nelson as guest speaker, Femme, Folk and Fable is an exhibition set to leave you begging for just one chapter more.

Opening – Thursday 20th May 2010, from 7.00pm – 8.30pm

RSVP essential to 08 9388 0067
or pip@lintonandkay.com.au by 18th May 2010

The exhibition continues until 3rd June 2010

Linton and Kay Contemporary
123 Hay St, Subiaco WA 6008
Tel: (08) 9388 0067

Gallery Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday 9.30am – 5.00pm
Sundays 11.00am – 4.00pm

view works online at
http://www.lkgalleries.com.au/

above image:
Welcome to the Dollhouse
acrylic and hand stitching on canvas
45 x 45cm

Simone’s painting ‘Food and Desire – Conflict 1′ has won the People’s Choice Award at the Prospect Portrait Prize, Prospect Gallery – South Australia. Thank you to all those who voted, and thank you to Fenwicks Real Estate for donating the prize money.

Kitsune – The Hunter (pictured above) is currently part of Dark Pop 2.0 at Last Rites Gallery in New York. The exhibition can be viewed online here.

Currently re-working the website in an attempt to make it easier to update and navigate.

‘In the Language of Angels’ opened in Brooklyn on 24 October. The above piece, Doe-a-Deer I, painted exclusively for the exhibition, sold last week to a collector in Brooklyn.

A special thanks from Simone goes out to Andrew Michael Ford, Ad Hoc’s director, for his tireless efforts and ongoing communication with the artists with updates on the show – and also for this link, where Ad Hoc and ‘In the Language of Angels’ get a mention from the Washington Post.

Exhibiting along with Simone is Sarah Joncas (Canada), Camilla d’Errico (Canada), Mijn Schatje (France), Lisa Alisa (Russia) and Mia (USA).

The exhibition is currently showing at Ad Hoc Gallery and will run until 23 November.

Doe-a-Deer II (pictured above).

Thanks to Mark Jamieson from Brunswick Street Gallery, a selection of Simone’s ‘Food and Desire’ series paintings will be on exhibition at Art Sydney from 23-26 October.

Click here for more details on the event.

A selection of works from Simone’s ‘Food and Desire‘ series will be exhibited at Brunswick Street Gallery from October 10-23.

Opening night will be held at the gallery on Friday 10 October from 6-8pm.

Simone’s painting: ‘Food and Desire – conflict 1′
has been selected to hang in the finalists exhibition
of the 2008 Kilgour Art Prize at Newcastle Region
Art Gallery in NSW.

More details on the exhibition to come.