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Crispin Akerman

Born in Prague
Lives and works in Sydney

LLB Sydney University Law School
Life Drawing Studies, Sculpture and Jewellery Design at East Sydney Tech
1994 Julian Ashton, Sydney
1983-1991 Study Tour of Europe and USA. Painted in Bali
2004 Charlie Sheard Studio School
2005 Charlie Sheard Studio School
2007 Drawing Study, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

Marcela works in oils on linen and focuses on the beauty and repetition in nature, freezing the moments and imprisoning, concentrating on refining and perceiving light and dark through the 17th century techniques of opaque layering with transparent glazing. The paintings are tapestries of colour and tonal studies jutting out of receding dark spaces.

The paintings are a study of complex tonal variations, with an emphasis on color relationships, the study of changeability and the delicate nuances of color. The proportional scales invite the viewer into exotic cocoons, switching the focus onto beauty, stillness and meditation.

"There is an obsession in my work with the ephemeral nature of flowers and how they reflect the transient nature of life. There is also a constant fascination with the transparency of water, and the play of light, colour, temperature and atmosphere that makes up the subject".

 

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Apart from significant private collections in Australia. New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong King, USA, Switzerland, France, Canada, UK and Czech Republic, Marcella Kaspar has been involved in architecture and design leading to numerous commission works.

 

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2010 John Leslie Art Prize Finalist, Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC
2010 36th Alice Art Prize Finalist, Alice Springs, NT
2009 President's Prize, Florence Biennale
2005 Paddington Art Prize- Peoples Choice Award
2005 Waverley Art Prize-Highly Commended
2005 Shoalhaven Contemporary Art Prize-Winner
2005 Northbridge Oil Painting Prize-Winner

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2009
Light and Shade, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne

2008
Mono No Aware, Charles Hewitt Gallery,Sydney

2007
Peonie Series', (Charles Hewitt Gallery), Renault New Generation Art Sydney07

2007
New Works, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney

2007
Layers, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne

2006
Transience, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney

1999
Flowers, Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne

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2010
Think Big, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Festivite, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Small Images / Grand Visions, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Contemporanea, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra
Contemporanea, Smartartz Gallery, Melbourne
About Flowers, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Riverview Art Show, Sydney
Collectors Choice, Wagner Gallery, Sydney
Ready, Willing and Able, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Art Melbourne, Melbourne
SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Something Personal, Project Australia, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
36th Alice art Prize finalist, Alice Springs, NT
Summer Exhibition, group show, Wagner Gallery, Sydney

2009
Florence Biennale, Fortezza da basso, Florence, Italy
800/50,Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney Festivite, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Xmas Show, Wagner Gallery, Sydney Towards the Light, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Collectors Choice, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Night With The Stars, Westmead Hospital Cancer Fundraising, Sydney
RedArt, Reddam House Art Show2009
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne

2008
Festivite, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Charles Hewitt Gallery Xmas Show, Sydney
Annual Summer Show, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Yodifee Fundraiser,Sydney
Small Images/Grand Visions, Wagner Art Gallery, Sydney
Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
35th Alice Art Prize Finalist, Alice Springs, NT
Linden Postcard Show,Melbourne

2007
Mosman Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Sydney
Art Commission Show, Abu Dhabi, UAE Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Shoalhaven Art Prize, Nowra
Art Commission Show, Dubai,UAE
65 Roses Day Art Auction, Sydney Woollahra Public School Art Auction, Sydney
Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery,Sydney
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne

2006 Festivite, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Treasure Trove, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Drawcard" National Art School, Sydney Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Northbridge Art Prize Finalist, Sydney Storyteller, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Shoalhaven Art Prize, Sydney
Blake Art Prize Exceptions Exhibition, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
Art Sydney 2006, Sydney
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne Melbourne Art 2006, Melbourne

2005
Paddington Art Prize Finalist, Sydney - (Peoples Choice Award)
Exchange Square Fundraising, National Art School, Sydney
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne Melbourne Art 2005, Melbourne
Fonas Infusion Exhibition, Cellblock National Art School, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Sydney - (Highly Commended)
INTERLUDE, Charlie Sheard Studio School Group Show, MLC Gallery, Sydney Shoalhaven Art Prize,Nowra -winner of Contemporary Art Prize
Art Sydney 2005, Sydney
Northbridge Art Prize, Sydney - (Winner of Oil Painting Prize)
North Launceston Art Prize, Tasmania Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney

2004
Shapiro Gallery, Sydney Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Waverley Art Prize Finalist, Sydney
Art Sydney 2004, Sydney

2003
October Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
March Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Art 2003, Sydney
Leukemia Fund Raising Art Auction, Sydney

2002
Mosman Art Prize Finalist, Sydney
Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Grammar Art Show, Sydney
Tudor House Art Show, Sydney

2001
Group Show,Frances Keevil Gallery,Sydney
Ephemera, Salmon Gallery, Sydney

2000
October Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
March Group Show, Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney
1999
Solo Show at Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne