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Michael Zavros and Monica Rohan In Conversation with Amber Creswell Bell

Writers Revealed Public Program

Sat 5 Jul

Michael Zavros and Monica Rohan In Conversation with Amber Creswell Bell

Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring acclaimed contemporary artists Michael Zavros and Monica Rohan, facilitated by respected curator Amber Creswell Bell. This conversation will delve into the artistic practices, influences, and personal narratives that shape Zavros’s hyper-realistic explorations of luxury and beauty, and Rohan’s vivid, emotionally charged figurative works. The artists will reflect on the role of identity, environment, and imagination in their art, offering unique insights into their creative journeys and the evolving landscape of Australian contemporary painting.

If Writers Revealed exhibition ticket is bought in conjunction with talk ticket, the exhibition ticket is valid for the day of the talk. Visitors are advised to see the exhibition before the talk to allow adequate time for viewing.

Dates

Sat 5 Jul

Where

The Studio - HOTA Gallery

Duration

1 hr

Tickets

$20 Talk
$35 Talk and Writers Revealed exhibition ticket

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Times

Sat 05 July - 2:00pm

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Michael Zavros

Michael Zavros is a leading Australian artist. He has exhibited widely within Australia and internationally and his work is held in the collections of most major museums within Australia. He was won several prestigious prizes and been awarded five international residencies. He has served on Australia Council, Griffith University and NAVA boards. In 2017 Manuscript published the first Monograph on Zavros’ work. In 2023 QAGOMA staged a major retrospective of his work The Favourite and in 2025 Dunedin Public Art Gallery will stage a solo exhibition of his work.

Monica Rohan

Since graduating from the Queensland College of Art with Honours in 2011, Rohan’s work has attracted considerable interest. She has been a finalist in numerous major prizes including the Archibald Prize (2020 and 2016), the Dobell Drawing Prize (2019), Sunshine Coast Art Prize (2018) and the Sulman Prize (2017). In 2015, Rohan’s work was curated into a significant survey show of Queensland artists, Goma Q at QAGOMA. Her work is held in a number of private and public collections, including Artbank, University of Queensland Art Museum, QAGOMA, Rockhampton Museum of Art, Tweed Regional Gallery and the Griffith University Art Museum.

Amber Creswell Bell

Amber Creswell Bell is an art curator, an author of books on the arts, a lifestyle writer, a public speaker, an artist mentor and an enthusiastic creative hustler. With a passion for art, Amber is recognised for championing and educating emerging and unrepresented artists. She was the Director of Emerging Art for Michael Reid galleries, curating both the emerging art and ceramics programs from 2019-2025. In 2021 Amber established the National Emerging Art Prize (NEAP) in collaboration with Michael Reid. Amber has been curator of the NEAP since its inception.

Amber has published six art books with Thames & Hudson to date: Her first book, Clay, released October 2016, showcases over 50 contemporary ceramic artisans from Australia and abroad. Amber’s second book, A Painted Landscape, released in October 2018, profiles the diverse work of 50 of Australia’s landscape painters. 2021 saw the release of Amber’s monograph on artist Ken Done ‘Art. Design. Life’, as well as Still Life – a compilation of Australian still life painters which won Illustrated Non-fiction Book of the Year at the Indy Book Awards. Australian Abstract, was released in March 2023, and was awarded Illustrated Book of the Year at the Australia Book Industry Awards. Her most recent book, About Face was released in September 2024.

Her 7th book will be released in 2025.