Suzie Idiens

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women
Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

Suzie Idiens is interested in the subjective nature of perception and the paradox that arises when viewing reductive abstract art - the effects are self-referential and rational while simultaneously evoking a visceral experience. By methodically questioning the effects of adjusting geometric form, repeatedly manipulating its shape or frontal plane, and restricting the use of applied colour, she asks how the sum of these actions will impact the viewer's experience.

Untitled #2, 2017, MDF, polyurethane, 60 x 54 x 5cm.

Suzan Buret

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women
Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

Stolen Geometry

'On a clear autumn day, I walk along a cypress-lined ridge into a garden filled with a riotous discord of roses, marigolds, dahlias and zinnias. Sunlight glints on the water jets of rows of fountains. I walk on paths patterned with inlaid stones and continue on to find myself inside the richly tessellated surfaces of the Nasrid Palace. These walls within the red fortress, El Alhambra, in Granada, Spain are covered with the geometric pattern.

My works are informed by stolen geometry from these gardens of love that I continue to visit in my dreams.' Susan Buret, July 2021

Emma Langridge

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women
Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

'I make paintings and take photographs of the urban environment.

I am interested in glitch, fracture and malfunction, particularly within regimented and meditative processes.

As John Cage said, "I welcome whatever happens next."'

‘Repeater’ installation, Five Walls, Melbourne. L-R right wall, Beacon I-IV, Tocsin, each acrylic on wood, 2019. 

Suzan Shutan

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women
Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

‘Conceptually non objective, my work explores sensory stimuli such as water, and while material driven, it also examines psychological space informed by color field, geometric abstraction, pattern movement, and shapes and colors I find in nature and our built environment. I think of color as a cornucopia of visual pleasure. It is light but also stimulates an array of emotions that shape our perceptions of an ever-changing environment.’ Suzan Shutan

Suzan Shutan received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, and a MFA from Rutgers University Mason Gross, NJ. Her work has been shown throughout the United States, South America, Eastern & Central Europe, Australia and in 23 solo exhibits and 190 group exhibitions.

Suzan has taught at RISD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Nebraska, Quinnipiac University and continues to teach Sculpture at Housatonic Community College and with low residency MFA students in programs including Lesley College at Harvard, MA. www.suzanshutan.com

Ooze Tar Paper, 2019.

Karen Schifano

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women
Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

Karen Schifano is a reductive abstract painter who lives and works in NYC. She has shown work in the USA and Internationally. Exhibitions in Australia include Sydney Non-Objective, and Suzie Idien’s Project Space in Sydney, and the Reductive Non-Objective Project at Five Walls in Melbourne. The strong abstract painting tradition in Australia has been a big influence and artistic connection over the years, both online and through the artists visiting New York. Cheers to my artist friends down under! Karen Schifano 2021.

Mortal Coil, 2021, flashe on canvas, 71 x 91 cm (28 x 36").

Rose Moxham

6th international biennale of non objective art
Que des femmes/Only women

Melbourne virtual satellite
Hosted by Art Thoughts AU at Yarra Bend Gallery
September 22 - 19 November

My work is based in nature, specifically the mangrove, living where I do on Moreton Bay with the mudflat at my door. It is a boundless subject, my only subject, and there are myriad ways of seeing and approaching it. I have chosen to not settle on any one approach (although the one informs the other), partly because it would be untrue to both the mangrove and to how I work, and also because it gives me scope to investigate in many forms not only the physical, conceptual and emotional content of the subject, but also that of the materials I use.

At the beach, 2021, oil on wood, 12 x 20 cm.