Elizabeth Banfield studied printmaking at the South Australian School of Art (Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, 1984), and now lives and works in Melbourne.
Her work is held in many private and public collections, including the State Libraries of Queensland, NSW and Victoria, as well as many Regional Galleries throughout Australia. She has been selected as a finalist in many prestigious juried exhibitions such as the National Works on Paper, the Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, the Rick Amor Print Prize, the Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints and the Libris Award for Artist Books.
Elizabeth's current practice continues to centre around the use of Japanese tissue papers. She is able to make use of their delicate structural qualities to facilitate layering, translucency, pattern and colour mixing. The seemingly ephemeral nature of the paper contributes to her on-going themes of the ever-changing landscape, and our ever-changing memories of it and its associations. (Link to CV)
Her work is held in many private and public collections, including the State Libraries of Queensland, NSW and Victoria, as well as many Regional Galleries throughout Australia. She has been selected as a finalist in many prestigious juried exhibitions such as the National Works on Paper, the Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, the Rick Amor Print Prize, the Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints and the Libris Award for Artist Books.
Elizabeth's current practice continues to centre around the use of Japanese tissue papers. She is able to make use of their delicate structural qualities to facilitate layering, translucency, pattern and colour mixing. The seemingly ephemeral nature of the paper contributes to her on-going themes of the ever-changing landscape, and our ever-changing memories of it and its associations. (Link to CV)
Finalist - 2017 Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards
Geelong Gallery
14th August to 8th October
image: epistolary, 2017, linocut artist book, kozo tissue (crumpled), thread, 38cm x 58cm (closed)
Photograph by Matthew Stanton
14th August to 8th October
image: epistolary, 2017, linocut artist book, kozo tissue (crumpled), thread, 38cm x 58cm (closed)
Photograph by Matthew Stanton
Gippsland Print Award Exhibition - Gippsland Art Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
2nd September to 19th November
image: the pale light assemblage, 2015, linocut, kozo tissue, thread, 40cm x 38cm
2nd September to 19th November
image: the pale light assemblage, 2015, linocut, kozo tissue, thread, 40cm x 38cm
prints and artist books available through:
PG Printmaker Gallery
227 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
image: on reflection, 2016, linocut, Rives BFK, 25.5cm x 57.2cm
Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop
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Douglas Stewart Fine Books
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image: written within, 2015, linocut, kozo tissue, thread, 33cm x 32cm
Current Exhibition - Relief Printmaking |
image: Shyness, 2013, linocut carousel artist book with phase box enclosure, 10.7cm x 17cm (open) Photograph by Jeremy Dillon |
