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curator's choice: introduction to selected works
The beauty in Zom Osborne's figurative works lies in what is unspoken. Her exquisitely rendered watercolours are entryways into dream states. As a painter she has always been interested in art as a way to access the interior world of spirit. This has lead to an interest in dreams as a threshold into these realms. The oil paintings are about transition. This could be the transition from childhood to adolescence or maidenhood to motherhood. These are shifts on a physical level, but physical changes can also be symbolic of transitions of the psyche and the soul. Zom's works are beautifully made with layers and layers of paint, built up over a period of months. The small scale of each work invites the viewer to be drawn into their content, and to contemplate what might have just occured, or is about to happen. Edwina Corlette Director, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbanebiography
Born Oregon, U.S.A., 1959.
education & training
| 1991-1995 | Certificate of Achievement in Classical Painting and Drawing at the Studio Art School, Lismore NSW |
| 1989 | Post-Graduate Degree in Visual Arts from the City Art Institute, Sydney |
| 1978-1981 | Major in Fine Arts at the University of Washington; Seattle Wa USA |
solo exhibitions
| 2009 | In Between; Tweed Regional Gallery |
| 2008 | Pinch me to see if You're dreaming; Grafton Regional Gallery |
| 2006 | Stories of My Second Life; Lismore Regional Gallery |
selected group exhibitions
| 2009 | the Winter Show; Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane |
| 2007 | The Summer Show; Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney |
| 2006 | Local Art; the Lismore Regional Gallery at the Byron Bay Writer’s Festival |
| Relationships Australia; the Lismore Regional Gallery | |
| 2004 | My Garden: postcard paintings at the Piece Gallery |
| 2003 | Pandora’s Box; PAN |
| 2002 | Tall’s Exhibition; Waywood Gallery |
| Pandemonium; PAN | |
| 2000 | Regional Women’s Artist Diary; Waywood Gallery |
| 1999 | Regional Women’s Artist Diary; Waywood Gallery |
| Tweed Valley Art Prize; the Tweed Regional Gallery |
awards & residencies
| 2007 | the Border Art Prize, H.C. |
| Byron Bay Art Prize | |
| 2000 | Easter Art Classic, Painting |
artist profile
I am a narrative artist working mainly in oils and drawing.
Much of the initial inspiration for my images arise in a semi-waking state. These inspirations are then interpreted through a theme. The next stage is small idea sketches that I use as a starting point to take reference photos of figures, landscapes, etc. I then work up to more formal sketches of the final compositions. The works consist of many layers of paint, with up to ten paintings being worked on at the same time.
I try to create work that makes the invisible realms real to people again; as real as it is in indigenous cultures. With a part native american heritage, but raised outside that heritage, I feel the conflicting views of an innate experience of being surrounded by Spirit yet the negation of that experience. I am moved to explore this realm that has been so disowned by our recent western culture with its worship of the mind and the material to the exclusion of the mysterious and deeper levels of perception.
