Residency Programs
ANU Emerging Artist Support Scheme
M16 Artspace is pleased to announce that Narrabundah Family Medical Practice is supporting two six month residencies in our Studio 22 for 2024. This studio has long been dedicated as a space to help establish emerging artists, curators and arts writers.
Narrabundah Family Medical Practice will provide two emerging artists with the opportunity to develop their artistic practices in a supportive and professional environment.
The residencies are awarded to two graduates from the ANU, as part of the ANU Emerging Artists Support Scheme and in 2024, Sophie Dumaresq and Asil Habara are the awardees.
In 2016, the estate of the late Pete Smith generously donated $2600 to fund M16’s Emerging Artist Residency Program. The recipients were Clare Solomon, a mixed media artist; and Mei Wilkinson, who specializes in painting and mixed media.
If you are interested in supporting the studio program or the exhibition program at M16 Artspace please contact the Director, Dr Kirrily Jordan on (02) 6295 9438 and/or email: director@m16artspace.com
Here’s what Romany Fairall had to say about her residency with us in 2018
Being awarded a residency at Studio 22 was exactly what I needed as a freshly graduated emerging artist.
Having a work space kept me grounded whilst navigating the post-art school world, and allowed me to continue the creative momentum I gained during my Honours year.
24 hour access to the studio meant I could paint around my casual jobs, or whenever I was itching to make something. A studio made preparing for exhibitions much smoother, and introduced me to new artists and creative opportunities.
Studio 22 truly helped me find my footing in the art world, and I am infinitely grateful for the support and extended opportunities it has afforded me.
2024 Emerging Artist Support Scheme Recipients
Sophie Dumaresq
Sophie Dumaresq
Sophie Dumaresq, is an interdisciplinary artist who brings perspectives of absurdity, queerness and humour to creative and critical robotics. Working across photography, video installation, sculpture and performance, her work explores what it is to try and share joy, love, laughter and communicate in a universe filled with beings whose brains, existence and or bodies are built inherently differently to that of your own. Her artistic practice seeks to bring voices of difference to the emerging cultures of robotics and computation.
Her work explores the politics of care and mischief making through symbiotic cycles of consumption, destruction, and creation, which demonstrate how as a species we relate, show empathy, learn, and evolve with and within our surrounding environment.
Sophie graduated from ANU honours first in her year in 2023, winning the Peter and Lena Karmel Anniversary award for the most outstanding body graduating body of work from the Australian Nation University’s School of Art and Design. She was also awarded a Peter and Lena Karmel Visual Arts Honours Scholarship during her honours candidacy, as well as three 2023 Emerging Artist Support Scheme Awards. In 2023 she also undertook a Digital Leadership Fellowship through the Australia Council for the Arts and Creative New Zealand. During this fellowship she began a mentorship with the world renowned performance artist Stelarc. 2023 is also the year in which she was selected and participated in the Queer Development Program through Performance Space. Her work is in the Macquarie Group Collection as well as several distinguished private collections.
Asil Habara
Asil Habara is a multidisciplinary artist, with printmaking as their primary medium, complemented by installations. Immersing audiences in the exploration of Australian Arab diaspora culture, employing low-brow approaches to unravel intricate narratives. A synthesis of maximalism and tongue-in-cheek humour she attempts to create a vibrant tapestry that weaves internet aesthetics with political contemporary dialogue. Her work acts as a living commentary, a discourse transcending visual boundaries.
At the core of Asil's multidisciplinary practice is the transformative use of collage, employing familiar imagery to construct narratives that grapple with the experimental and contradictory nature of the contemporary climate. With a deliberate focus on the unsettling aspects of our surroundings, she utilises collage to establish a new relationship between the familiar and the unfamiliar. This prompts viewers to contemplate the peculiarities of our rapidly evolving world. She positions collage as a dynamic space of undecidability and indeterminacy, encouraging thoughtful reflection on the perplexing intricacies of our contemporary existence.
Asil invites audiences to reflect on the profound intersections of culture and technology, creating visually arresting and immersive experiences. Seeking to engage, to question and to be part of a larger dialogue shaping the cultural landscape.
Asil Habara courtesy of Jack McEvoy
Asil Habara, WhatsApp Ma, 2023. Image courtesy of Brenton McGeachie.
Asil Habara, Whatsapp Ma; Video Collage, 2023 Photo courtesy of Artist.
Asil Habara, Whatsapp Ma; Video Collage 1, 2023. Photo courtesy of Artist
2024 Enviromental Artist Residency announced!
Previous Residency recipients
2023
Clementine Belle McIntosh
Jonathon Zalakos
Saskia Haalebos
2022
Lucy Chetcuti
Rosie Armstrong
2021
Bronte Bell
Adrian Olsen
2020
Kristina Neumann
Antoinette Karsten
2019
Kayla Piris
Ziggy Davey
2018
Romany Fairall
Dean Cross
2016
Clare Solomon
Mei Wilkinson