Joe Biel is a visual artist working primarily in two dimensional media. He received an MFA in Painting from the University of Michigan and is currently on the faculty at California State University Fullerton. He was the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation award in 2003 and again in 2008. He lives and works in Los Angeles
Emma Godfrey is a Brisbane based contemporary artist. Her practice explores the construction of poetic forms that are abstract and dream like. Creating an objective position forcing the viewers to interpret the work for themselves. Organic and natural forms investigate her practice as she enhances the serenity of the world through purity and innocence.
Powerful thoughts are stimulated through her work, which are seen aesthetically pleasing as she emphasizes beauty through gruesome ideas.
This is done through molding materials with intricacy and structure in mind. This allows the work to stand strong, powerful and speaks for itself.
Emma’s practice is developed through play as she allows her imagination to break free, embracing her creativity, allowing it to be removed from her mind and to be viewed in society through her artistic works.
The inspiration and subject of my art practice has evolved as a result of the new concept that fuels the creation of my recent artwork- a subjective interpretation of fleeting thoughts and hierarchies within relationships.
Within the process of creating artwork, the physical attributes to my work encompass the idea of scattered or fleeting thoughts through the spontaneity of the unplanned initial drawing on the canvas, and adhering to the contradiction that these momentary thoughts may linger on the canvas. This idea is heightened by the immense use of negative space, exaggerating the image centred within each work.