About this podcast
Come along for the ride with curious artists Julie Nicholson, Fiona Verity and host Gary Seller, as they talk about their creative journey. Hear them interviewing artists, curators, gallery owners, teachers and creatives to guide them, and the listeners, within the arts community. Enjoy the banter whilst they navigate through all the Art W**k. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Episode 276 - David Fairbairn: Proof of Identity · 53 min · Season 15 Episode 276David Fairbairn is a Zambian-born Australian artist renowned for his powerful and psychologically charged portraits. Born in 1949, he studied at the West Surrey College of Art…
- Episode 275 - Artist Shanti Shea An on painting, translation, and the art of ambiguity · 1 h 20 min · Season 15 Episode 275In this episode, Gary and Fiona were joined by Shanti Shea An, a Sydney-based artist whose painting practice explores the complex relationship between images, language, memory…
- Episode 274 - Tomislav Nikolic: Painting on the Edge · 1 h 14 min · Season 15 Episode 274This week Gary talks to acclaimed Australian artist Tomislav Nikolic for a fascinating conversation about colour, perception, identity and the transformative power of art. Known…
- Episode 273 - Loribelle Spirovski: Painting the human condition · 1 h 8 min · Season 15 Episode 273In this episode, we sit down with Loribelle Spirovski, one of Australia's most distinctive contemporary painters. Born in Manila and raised between cultures, Spirovski's work…
- Episode 272 - From the Yellow House to the frontlines of Indigenous rights: Juno Gemes on a life behind the camera. · 1 h 8 min · Season 14 Episode 272Juno Gemes is a Hungarian-born Australian photographer, publisher, and social justice activist. Her photographs are held in major Australian collections, including the National…
- Episode 271 - Inside the studio of Paul Connor: art, process and persistence · 56 min · Season 14 Episode 271Paul Connor is an Australian painter whose practice centres on landscape, observation and environmental engagement. Originally trained in architecture, he later completed a…
- Episode 270 - Kirtika Kain: Dalit Voices · 1 h 4 min · Season 14 Episode 270Kirtika Kain is an Australian artist of Dalit heritage whose work explores identity, culture, migration, memory and belonging. Through her art and conversations, she brings…
- Episode 269 - Gary Deirmendjian: Thought into Shape · 1 h 12 min · Season 14 Episode 269Gary Deirmendjian is a Sydney-based contemporary artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, video, and site-specific intervention…
- Episode 268 - Margaret Olley: Australian Intimiste · 43 min · Season 14 Episode 268In this episode of Art Wank, we speak with Katrina Cashman, Gallery Manager and Senior Curator at the National Art School, about the exhibition currently on display at the NAS…
- Episode 267 - Peter Stevens: Song Between The Trees · 59 min · Season 14 Episode 267In this episode of Artwank, we talk with Australian artist Peter Stevens about his practice, career, and connection to landscape. Stevens has worked as a professional artist for…
- Episode 266 - Exploring the land through the eyes of artist Dan Kyle · 1 h 2 min · Season 14 Episode 266Australian artist Dan Kyle joins the podcast to discuss his painting practice and his long connection to the landscapes of the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury regions of New South…
- Episode 265 - 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize Winners - Scott Duncan & Nahum Mclean, Ben Styles and Stefan Lie · 33 min · Season 14 Episode 265We interview the winners of the 2026 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, presented at Manly Art Gallery & Museum in August 2026. Ceramicist Scott Duncan took out…
- Episode 264 - From Elite Sport to a creative life - a convseration with Sophie Cape · 53 min · Season 14 Episode 264In this episode of Art Wank, we chat with artist Sophie Cape about the winding path that led her from elite sport to a life in contemporary art. Before establishing herself as an…
- Epiosde 263 - Sandi Hester: Painter, teacher, and creator exploring art, creativity, and a new life in England · 1 h 13 min · Season 14 Episode 263In this episode, artist Sandi Hester discusses her career as a painter, teacher, and YouTube creator. She shares the story behind her move from the United States to Exeter…
- Episode 262 - John Peart: Remembering an Australian Master with artists Euan Macleod and Joe Frost · 58 min · Season 13 Episode 262John Peart (1945–2013) was one of Australia's most respected abstract painters. Across a career spanning almost five decades, he developed a deeply personal visual language…
- Episode 261 - Osvaldo Budet: What do we preserve, what do we question, and what do our monuments say about us. · 45 min · Season 13 Episode 261Osvaldo Budet: Upriver Downriver Maitland Regional Art Gallery opens July 11th 2026, opening night 24th July and 25th July a talk and Q & A with Dr Nancy Cushing from University…
- Episode 260 - Inga Dalrymple: Paint, Perception and the Fleeting Moments Held Within Abstraction. · 56 min · Season 13 Episode 260Inga Dalrymple is a visual artist whose practice explores painting and drawing as a dialogue between material, gesture and perception. Working between abstraction and…
- Episode 259 - Chris Horder: The Dynamic Force of Paint · 57 min · Season 13 Episode 259Australian artist Chris Horder joins Art Wank to discuss a painting practice shaped by intuition, chance and decades of experimentation. Known for his atmospheric stain…
- Episode 258 - Rosemary Lee on drawing, detail, and the Dobell Prize · 46 min · Season 13 Episode 258Australian artist Rosemary Lee joins Art Wank to discuss the quiet power of observation, the language of drawing, and finding beauty in the everyday. Awarded the 2025 Dobell…
- Epiosde 257 - Joe Furlonger: Four Decades of Painting · 53 min · Season 13 Episode 257In this episode of Art Wank, we sit down with acclaimed Australian artist Joe Furlonger, @joefurlonger one of the country’s most respected and enduring painters of landscape and…
- Episode 256 - Andrew Jensen, Fox Jensen Gallery · 58 min · Season 13 Episode 256In this episode, we speak with Andrew Jensen, founder and director of Fox Jensen, one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries and Fox Jensen Mccrory, alongside Emma Fox…
- Episode 255 - Mason Kimber: Material, Architecture and the painted surface · 1 h 1 min · Season 13 Episode 255In this episode of Art Wank, we speak with Mason Kimber, a Sydney based artist represented by N.Smith Gallery and Sophie Gannon Gallery. Kimber’s practice moves between textural…
- Episode 254 - Lustre: Artistic Responses to the ANZAC Campaign in Greece and Crete 1941 · 53 min · Season 13 Episode 254Lustre is a new temporary exhibition that explores the Allied campaigns in Greece and Crete in 1941 through the works of contemporary artists who walked in their footsteps in…
- Episode 253 - Bonus Episode with artist and Art Wank host Julie Nicholson · 25 min · Season 13 Episode 253Gary has a chat with artist Julie Nicholson about her show, Nostalgia, opening May 21st at CBD Gallery in Sydney. Julie has recently exhibited with CBD Gallery at the Aotearoa…
- Episode 252 - Brett Mcmahon: A Poetic Repsonse to Landscape · 1 h 2 min · Season 13 Episode 252Brett McMahon is a Newcastle-based painter whose work explores the structures and rhythms of the natural and built environment. Represented by Nanda Hobbs, McMahon has built a…
- Episode 251 - Joe Frost - Between Stations · 1 h 14 min · Season 13 Episode 251Send us Fan Mail Joe Frost is an Australian artist. He was born in Sydney in 1974 and has exhibited consistently since 1999. His visual thinking evolved in the urban environment…
- Episode 250 - Painting, motherhood and the poetry of everyday observation with Sally Lee Andersen · 1 h 3 min · Season 12 Episode 250Send us Fan Mail Sally Anderson’s work is strongly influenced by her personal life, including her experiences of home, motherhood and relationships, as well as second hand…
- Episode 249 - Nikky Morgan Smith · 45 min · Season 12 Episode 249Send us Fan Mail Nikky Morgan Smith is an Australian artist whose practice explores the intersection of memory, place, and emotional resonance through a refined visual language…
- Episode 248 - Edward Inchbold - Painting, Endurance Made Visible · 1 h 4 min · Season 12 Episode 248Send us Fan Mail In late 2025, we met with artist Edward Inchbold in his studio in Sydenham. A self-taught painter, he is deeply interested in the surface and texture of paint…
- Episode 247 - Alex Wisser, co-founder of Cementa Festival: How a small cement town became one of Australia’s most unexpected contemporary art destinations. · 1 h 9 min · Season 12 Episode 247Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we speak with Alex Wisser, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Cementa Festival, a unique contemporary arts festival held in the rural town…
- Episode 246 - Art, Country, and Community: The Journey of Meagan Jacobs. · 1 h 9 min · Season 12 Episode 246Send us Fan Mail We spoke with artist @meagan.jacobs.art about her life and work in Ampilatwatja, a remote Indigenous art centre. The conversation looks at daily creative…
- Episode 245 - From managing legends to championing artists: James Erskine, founder of Liverpool St Gallery. · 1 h 11 min · Season 12 Episode 245Send us Fan Mail James Erskine is the Founder and Director of Liverpool St Gallery in Sydney, bringing to the role a distinguished career that spans sports management and global…
- Episode 244 - Tim Johnson: Where Indigenous Knowledge Meets Contemporary Art · 59 min · Season 12 Episode 244Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the life and work of Tim Johnson, one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary artists. Known for blending Western art history…
- Episode 243 - Todd Fuller drawing legend, animator and draughtsman extraordinaire.. · 1 h 8 min · Season 12 Episode 243Send us Fan Mail With a practice that integrates sculpture, moving image, performance and painting, Sydney based artist Todd Fuller is, at his core, a draughtsman. Underpinning…
- Episode 242 - Sanné Mestrom - Sculpture, play, and the politics of space. · 1 h 3 minSend us Fan Mail Sanne Mestrom’s sculptural practice explores the politics of the body and the shifting nature of value in the art world. Drawing on the female form, her work…
- Episode 241 - Sky's the limit with Sulman prize Winner, Gene A'hern · 60 min · Season 12 Episode 241Send us Fan Mail Join Australian abstract artist Gene A’Hern, winner of the 2025 Sir John Sulman Prize, for a laid-back conversation about colour, atmosphere and the feeling of…
- Episode 240 - Inside the Archive: Curating The Boyd Women at Bundanon with Curator Sophie O'Brien · 1 h 10 min · Season 11 Episode 240Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Artwank, we visit Bundanon to discuss the current exhibition, 'The Hidden Line The Art of the Boyd Women', with curator Sophie O’Brien. The…
- Bonus Episode 239 - Fiona Verity the National Art School years · 42 min · Season 11 Episode 239Send us Fan Mail Today we’re bringing you a special bonus episode of Art Wank to celebrate the graduation exhibition of our very own co-host, Fiona Verity. Fiona has been…
- Episode 238 - Art and the Unscripted World of Zoe Young · 1 h 4 min · Season 11 Episode 238Send us Fan Mail Zoe Young is an Australian painter whose work spans still life, portraiture and abstraction. She studied at the National Art School in Sydney and earned her BFA…
- Episode 237 - Harrie Fasher - Bending metal and breaking rules · 1 h 10 min · Season 11 Episode 237Send us Fan Mail We interviewed Harrie Fasher, sculptor and artist, at her large studio in Portland NSW in November 2025. She is a permanent artist in residence at The…
- Episode 236 - Decoding ‘Australian Abstraction’ with Rhonda Davis and Kon Gouriotis — Macquarie University Gallery · 46 min · Season 11 Episode 236Send us Fan Mail This week Art Wank met Rhonda Davis, Curator of Macquarie University Gallery, and Kon Gouriotis, curator and editor of Artist Profile magazine. They recently…
- Episode 235 - Aida Tomescu - Patience over time · 1 h 4 min · Season 11 Episode 235Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we chat with the extraordinary Aida Tomescu, one of Australia’s most respected abstract painters. Born in Romania and based in Sydney, Aida has…
- Episode 234 - Meditation and beauty with Aaron Aryadharma Matheson · 1 h 5 min · Season 11 Episode 234Send us Fan Mail Aaron Aryadharma Matheson is an artist living and working at Lennox St Studios, Sydney. He’s been a finalist in the Mosman, Waverley and Waterhouse prizes, and…
- Episode 233 - From Colour Theory to Creative Practice - Inside the Albers Foundation Residency with Peter Sharp and Michelle Cawthorn · 1 h 11 min · Season 11 Episode 233Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Art Wank, we focus on Australian artists Michelle Cawthorn and Peter Sharp and their recent creative residency at the Josef and Anni Albers…
- Episode 232 - Talking Landscape, Materials and Meaning with John R. Walker · 58 min · Season 11 Episode 232Send us Fan Mail In this episode we explore the work and world of Australian artist John R Walker, a painter who invites us to experience the land as a living and layered…
- Episode 231 - Michael Cusack: Painting, Abstraction and Building the Byron Bay School of Art · 53 min · Season 10 Episode 231Send us Fan Mail In this episode we speak with Michael Cusack, an accomplished abstract painter, educator, and co-founder of the Byron School of Art in Mullumbimby. Michael’s…
- Episode 230 - Inside the World of Artist Gina Bruce · 53 min · Season 10 Episode 230Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Art Wank Podcast we chat with Sydney-based artist Gina Bruce, known for her haunting, dreamlike paintings that play between strength and…
- Episode 229 - Gallery Lane Cove - Repair/Replace with Gary Gregg, Gary Deirmendjian and curator Miguel Olmo · 58 min · Season 10 Episode 229Send us Fan Mail We spoke with artists Gary Gregg and Gary Deirmendijan, together with curator and director Miguel Olmo, about Repair/Replace, the current exhibition at Gallery…
- Episode 228 - Michael Kempson: Mastering Printmaking, Mentorship, and the Art of Collaboration · 46 min · Season 10 Episode 228Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Art Wank Podcast, we sit down with Michael Kempson, one of Australia’s leading master printers. With a career spanning over three decades…
- Episode 227 – Ana Pollak: Art Inspired by Dangar Island and the Natural World · 53 min · Season 10 Episode 227Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Art Wank Podcast, we talk with acclaimed Australian artist Ana Pollak, whose practice is shaped by the natural beauty and quiet rhythms of…
