Artist in Residence: Yvonne East
Yvonne East's practice is predominantly drawing and painting. She has a wide-ranging drawing practice from refined observational still life to large installation works on fabric. Her painting practice is primarily located around the human figure and portraiture, and she currently have work hanging in the 2024 Mosman Art Prize and the 2024 Kennedy Art Prize. A finalist in many national portrait prizes including the Archibald Prize and Portia Geach Memorial Award, Yvonne also has work in the National Portrait Gallery collection.
During her residency Yvonne plans to develop of a new body of work based on a deep immersion with the landscape of the Lower North Shore of Sydney where she lives and works. This work explores the embodied experience of mindfulness within the environment, visual phenomena including the Troxler's Fading and the psychological benefits of Shinrin Yoku (forest bathing).