Directors
Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco are committed artists with an extensive and diverse exhibiting history both in Australia and internationally. They have established and continue to maintain successful independent artistic practices. They have also contributed significantly to arts education through their academic work in various Australian and international Universities, most recently at RMIT University, working in research, painting and drawing and with national and overseas postgraduate supervisions at PhD level. Both Wilma and Irene have participated in RMIT’s offshore program in Hong Kong since 1999.
Irene and Wilma have known each other since 1986, have been lecturing colleagues since 1992 and have collaborated on several exhibitions including a major travelling exhibition, Saying it with Flowers shown at the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Geelong Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, The University Gallery, Launceston, Albury Regional Art Gallery, RMIT Gallery (1998-99).
Their new adventure, to establish and operate Langford 120, resulted from many discussions about what they perceived to be limited opportunities for established artists like themselves to exhibit more frequently than is currently possible in professionally run galleries and to exhibit a variety of experimental works.
Irene and Wilma have known each other since 1986, have been lecturing colleagues since 1992 and have collaborated on several exhibitions including a major travelling exhibition, Saying it with Flowers shown at the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Geelong Art Gallery, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, The University Gallery, Launceston, Albury Regional Art Gallery, RMIT Gallery (1998-99).
Their new adventure, to establish and operate Langford 120, resulted from many discussions about what they perceived to be limited opportunities for established artists like themselves to exhibit more frequently than is currently possible in professionally run galleries and to exhibit a variety of experimental works.
Dr Irene Barberis is an artist and the Founding Director of Metasenta Projects® Pty. Ltd, an international arts research 'satellite'. The Metasenta projects are supported internationally through universities, arts organisations, galleries and artists. She has initiated many international arts projects in collaboration with artists and institutions in the UK, USA, the Middle East and the Far East and curated large exhibitions, the latest being Contemporary Australian Drawing 1, at the RMIT Gallery, Melbourne. Each of the Metasenta projects consists of exhibitions, publications and filmed documentaries. Some of the recent projects include: The Centres Project, London, The Chicago Project, Chicago, 'Across the Gulf', Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Artists in Leadership, Lucerne, and Moving Cultures, China/Tibet. Each project brings together multiple Universities, artists and arts organizations. Born in London, Irene holds a PhD from Victoria University, Melbourne, has initiated and directed two University galleries and helped in the setting up of an independent Arts School. Apart from Directing Metasenta, she is currently working in the RMIT School of Art in research and as a Senior Lecturer. As a painter, installation and new media artist, she has held over forty solo exhibitions in Australia and abroad, and participated in over seventy group exhibitions. Her work is held in many public and private collections - the Sol Lewitt Collection, New York, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. Irene also works in Public Art and has completed and won large commissions both in Australia and in the UK. She runs Metasenta Publications, which works with international artists and arts writers. [Irene Barberis CV] [IreneBarberis.net] Irene's other projects: [www.globalcentrefordrawing.com] [www.metasenta.com] [tapestryoflightproject.com] |
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