the garden of time – artist biographies and websites

EVELYN MALGIL IS AN EMERGING ARTIST FROM WARMUN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. EVELYN IS THE SENIOR TRADITIONAL OWNER OF A SACRED SITE SOUTH OF WARMUN CALLED WINNIPER SPRINGS, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF MOST OF HER WORK. EVELYN IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW ARTISTS AT WARMUN ART CENTRE WHO COMBINE BRIGHT ACRYLICS WITH THE MORE SUBDUED PALETTE OF NATURAL OCHRES. @WARMUNART

ADAM NORTON WAS BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. HE GREW UP IN LAGOS, NIGERIA AND NAIROBI, KENYA. IN 1984 HE WAS AWARDED A BFA FROM THE RUSKIN SCHOOL OF DRAWING AND FINE ART, OXFORD UNIVERSITY. HE HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN GADIGAL country/SYDNEY, SINCE 2002. ADAM HAS EXHIBITED WIDELY IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS AND HIS WORK SPANS PAINTING, INSTALLATION, VIDEO AND PUBLIC ART. @ADAMNORTON64

VIVIAN COOPER SMITH IS A PHOTOMEDIA ARTIST WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN NAARM/MELBOURNE. HE WAS BORN IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND, AND LIVED IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA BEFORE MOVING TO AUSTRALIA. RECENT INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE RETURN TO NATURE, MONASH GALLERY OF ART (2022), AND FROM IMPULSE TO ACTION, BUNDANON ART MUSEUM (2022). @VIVIANCSMITH

ANIQUE WEVE IS BASED IN ROTTERDAM AND HER WORK IS FOCUSED ON PHOTOGRAPHY, BOTH STILL AND FILM, AND INSTALLATIONS/INTERVENTIONS WITH AUDIENCE INTERACTION. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE KRACHT VAN ROTTERDAM PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE, AND THE AVRO SELF-PORTRAIT PRIZE. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED WIDELY IN PUBLIC GALLERIES AND ART FAIRS IN THE NETHERLANDS, AS WELL AS IN SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS IN LOS ANGELES. @ANIQUEWEVE

DAAN DEN HOUTER IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST FROM ROTTERDAM WITH A 20 YEAR EXHIBITION HISTORY IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BEYOND, INCLUDING SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS IN LOS ANGELES. HE IS ALSO INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUCH AS GALLERY DE AANSCHOUW AND BCADEMIE, A POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE THAT COACHES RECENTLY GRADUATED ART STUDENTS. @DAAN_DEN_HOUTER

SANNE BAX IS AN EMERGING ARTIST FROM THE NETHERLANDS. SINCE GRADUATING FROM THE GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE, AMSTERDAM, IN 2017, SHE HAS EXHIBITED CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WAS AWARDED AN ARTIST START GRANT THROUGH THE MONDRIAAN FUND IN 2021. SANNE’S SCULPTURAL WORKS ARE INSPIRED BY NATURE AND ARE MADE FROM SHEEP’S WOOL THAT SHE DYES AND SPINS HERSELF. @_B_A_X_SANNE

DAVID WILLS IS AN ARTIST WHO WRITES. WORKING PREDOMINANTLY WITH PHOTOGRAPHY, HE TENDS IDIOSYNCRATIC ARCHIVES THAT MAP, MEASURE AND CATALOGUE SOCIETY’S DETRITUS. DAVID COMPLETED HIS PHD AT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. HE LECTURED IN PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL ART SCHOOL, SYDNEY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO THE NETHERLANDS. HIS EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDE UNSEEN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND.COM, SUPERKALEIDOSCOPE, ART GUIDE AUSTRALIA AND MUSE.