Exhibitions

Benalla Art Gallery and Arts Project Australia proudly present Ethereal Portals — a Summer Gallery Shop exhibition by Fulli Andrinopoulos.

Fulli Andrinopoulos is an established artist whose work is characterised by soft, floating circular forms and saturated colours that exude an intensity through the build-up of dense layers of rich pigment.

Her small-scale paintings are tactile and ethereal, embodying an emotive quality akin to that of artist Mark Rothko. Recent textile works on ink-soaked fabric feature dense applications of coloured thread. Her collections – often presented en masse in grids or floating across a wall – are intimate, with a sense of transcendence and the unknown.

Andrinopoulos has worked at Arts Project since 1991. Public collections include Monash University Museum of Art. Her work is also held in national and international private and corporate collections.

Fulli Andrinopoulos: Ethereal Portals coincides with Benalla Art Gallery’s staging of Illusion and Gravity: 1960s and 70s painting and sculpture from the artist’s collection, an exhibition by Ron Robertson-Swann.

About Arts Project Australia
Arts Project Australia (APA) is a gallery and studio that represents and supports artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice.

For 50 years, APA has been recognised and celebrated for the quality of the work produced by the artists in its studio which is exhibited in the APA gallery and around the world and represented in multiple public and private collections.

The first full-time art studio in Australia for artists with an intellectual disability, APA has worked to develop a world-class creative program for Australian artists, enabling professional and lasting careers in the arts.

Learn more by visiting www.artsproject.org.au

All works in the Gallery Shop are available for purchase from Benalla Art Gallery,
or by contacting the Gallery on: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au

60% of sales go to the artists
20% of sales go to Benalla Art Gallery to support its dynamic exhibitions and public programs
20% of sales go to APA to support the studio and artists

Image:
Fulli ANDRINOPOULOS
Untitled, 2010
ink on paper
14 x 19 cm