Emerging Contemporaries
Emerging Contemporaries 4 February - 20 March 2021 Akka Ballenger | Mika Benesh | Millie Black | Maitlan Brown | Ned Collins | Lea Durie | Annalise Fredericks | Daniel Leone | Christine Little | David Liu | Denni Maroudas | Olinda Narayanan | Bling Yiu | Jonathon Zalakos Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early-career artists. This exhibition plays a pivotal role in supporting and transitioning artists into professional practice and placing Australian artists in view of the national cultural collecting institutions, business and industry, and audience. We're always looking for new talent to nurture and add to our Craft ACT community. We have an Emerging Contemporaries Award that we give to emerging talent from a number of sources: Sturt School for Wood, Canberra Potters Society, Canberra Institute of Technology, University of Canberra, the ANU School of Art + Design, University of New South Wales and the CAPO Craft ACT Emerging Artist award.
Emerging Contemporaries
4 February - 20 March 2021
Akka Ballenger | Mika Benesh | Millie Black | Maitlan Brown | Ned Collins | Lea Durie | Annalise Fredericks | Daniel Leone | Christine Little | David Liu | Denni Maroudas | Olinda Narayanan | Bling Yiu | Jonathon Zalakos
Emerging Contemporaries is the Craft ACT National Award Exhibition for early-career artists. This exhibition plays a pivotal role in supporting and transitioning artists into professional practice and placing Australian artists in view of the national cultural collecting institutions, business and industry, and audience.
We're always looking for new talent to nurture and add to our Craft ACT community. We have an Emerging Contemporaries Award that we give to emerging talent from a number of sources: Sturt School for Wood, Canberra Potters Society, Canberra Institute of Technology, University of Canberra, the ANU School of Art + Design, University of New South Wales and the CAPO Craft ACT Emerging Artist award.
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Denni Maroudas<br />
Sturt School for Wood<br />
Artist statement<br />
I have always had a deep fascination with<br />
art, shape, form, the way things are made<br />
and the reason why.<br />
There is a burning desire in me to make<br />
and design. Creating objects - functional<br />
or not - brings me a great sense of<br />
purpose and fulfilment, that nothing else<br />
compares to.<br />
I can’t wait to continue creating for the rest<br />
of my life.<br />
Biography<br />
Denni Maroudas graduated from Sturt<br />
School for Wood in 2020, where he<br />
was awarded the Studio Woodworkers<br />
Australia Award. During which he took a<br />
particular interest in sculptural work. The<br />
limitless curves and intersecting lines<br />
made my brain wonder with creativity.<br />
Denni spent some time on the ‘artier’ side<br />
of woodworking, carving and shaping<br />
abstract pieces. he found himself heavily<br />
inspired by an Irish designer/maker<br />
named Joseph Walsh, who creates<br />
amazing abstract sculptures and pieces of<br />
furniture.<br />
Currently working out of Mittagong<br />
at Sturt School for Wood’s resident<br />
workshop has allowed Denni to play freely.<br />
At Sturt he discovered his love for all<br />
materials, not just wood. In the future, he<br />
hopes to work with many more mediums<br />
to create art in his own way. Denni has a<br />
real love for hand shaping, experiencing<br />
the satisfying ‘swoosh’ under his fingers<br />
while he is using a tool feels like home.<br />
Image: Twist Stool, 2020. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.<br />
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