Mesha Sendyk | ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mesha Sendyk | ARTISTS STATEMENT
‘I believe that in the present work by Mesha Sendyk, we are offered an opportunity to access the realm of the eternal where space and time are informed by consciousness. These works seem to act as a portal into a deeper view of the world beyond action and reaction, I perceive them as devotional works referencing the primal essence of existence.’
Robert Bleakley
Founder & Former CEO Sothebys Australia and former director of the Tribal Art Department, Sothebys London.
Worlds Within Words
an article by Adam Boyd
At first glance it’s clear that there are two main themes to Mesha Sendyk’s painting; her text works and her more abstract ‘koans’. Clearly there are significant stylistic differences and conceptual concerns that separate the two projects, but beneath the patina of difference they are actually quite closely linked.... the two streams of Mesha’s work come together, at the point of transformative potential.
Language based thought dominates our view of the world, filters our understanding and often truncates our spatial and intuitive mental processes. The natural art of the mind is alluded to and open to an experiential understanding through a suspension of common thought (paradoxically using words as the vehicle), as taught in the practice of Zen. My text works aim to demonstrate both the bars and the spaces afforded by our self-constructed mental prison. The very act of deciphering renders a momentary suspension of judgment in the mind of the viewer, the mental place where no language ever existed is just to the right.
c. Mesha Sendyk. September, 2009.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Galerie Art Seiller, Mas D’Artigny, Saint Paul de Vence, FR
2008 ALH Group Corporate Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
2007 Astarte Gallery, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 ART SYDNEY, Sydney, Australia
2009 Byron Bay Art Diary Launch Exhibition, Byron Bay, Australia
2009 ART MELBOURNE, Melbourne, Australia
2009 An Exhibition of ART, Byron Bay Theatre Company, Australia
2009 Galerie Art Seiller, Saint Paul de Vence, France
2008 Byron Bay Art Diary Exhibition, Evolve Arts Festival, Byron Bay
2008 Byron Bay Art Diary Presents, ART BRISBANE, Brisbane, Australia
2008 FEHVA Festival of Visual Arts, Bangalow, Australia
2008 Astarte Gallery, Paris, France
2008 Galerie Art Seiller, Saint Paul de Vence, France
2008 Galerie Charlevoix, Saint Jean de Luz, France
2008 La Galerie, Marbella, Spain
2008 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Barebones Artspace, Bangalow, Australia
2008 Amnesty International Exhibition, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008 Retrospect Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
2008 In Good Company, Byron Bay, Australia
2007 Astarte Gallery, Paris, France
2007 Art Seiller Galerie, Saint Paul de Vence, France
2007 Galerie Charlevoix, Saint Jean de Luz, France
2007 La Galerie, Marbella, Spain
2007 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Canterbury Art Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Barebones ArtSpace, Bangalow, Australia
2007 ‘Artful Abstraction’, Byron Bay, Australia
2007 ‘Byron Bay Art Diary Launch Exhibition’, Byron Bay, Australia
2007 FEHVA Festival of Visual Arts, Bangalow, Australia
2007 Affordable Art Sale, Bangalow, Australia
2007 ‘Flash in the PAN’, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
2007 ‘Smalls Exhibition’, Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
2006 Affordable Art Sale, Bangalow, Australia
COLLECTIONS
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Private and Corporate collections in France, Spain, Kenya, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
2010 Featured Artist, Australia Art Journal
2010 Featured Artist, Byron Bay Art Diary
2009 The Arts: Interview ‘Mesha Sendyk is Passionate about Art’, Northern Star Weekender
2009 VOGUE 50th Anniversary Edition, featured by Charlie Brown Designs (pg.157)
2009 ART Review, Northern Star Weekender
2009 ‘L’Art Vient de Loin’ article, Nice-Martin Journal, France
2009 ‘Local Artist Mesha Sendyk’, Byron & Tweed Echo Newspapers
2009 Byron Bay Art Diary
2008 Artists to Watch, artwhatson.com
2008 SPAN News, Featured Artist “Women in the Arts”
2008 Art of Healing Magazine
2008 Byron Bay Art Diary
2008 Echo Newspaper
2008 Northern Star Newspaper
2008 Byron Shire News
2007 Art of Healing Magazine
2007 Front Page Byron Shire News
2007 Cover Artist FEHVA Catalogue
2007 Featured Artist, artwhatson.com
2007 Featured Artist, byronbayartists.com
PRIZES
2009 Selected Artist: The Studios, ART SYDNEY, Australia
2009 Selected Artist: Off the Wall ‘Artist’s Studios’, ART MELBOURNE
2008 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Australia
2008 Commended: Art Almanac ‘Off the Wall’ Showcase, Art Brisbane
2008 Freedom Art Prize, TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007 PAN Byron Bay Art Prize, Byron Bay, Australia
2007 Border Art Prize, Gold Coast International Art Gallery, Aust
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Friends of the National Art School (FONAS) Alumni Member
Queensland Artworkers Alliance
University of Southern Queensland B.Sc. (Psych). Alumni
REPRESENTATIVE GALLERIES
Anthea Polson Art, Mariners Cove, Main Beach, Gold Coast, Australia
Barebones Art Space, Bangalow, Australia
Alex McColloch, Metro Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
McGee’s Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Gallery Astarte, Paris, France
Galerie Art Seiller, Saint Paul de Vence, France
Galerie Charlevoix, Saint Jean de Luz, France
La Galerie, Marbella, Spain
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