PREVIEW

EMMA LANGRIDGE & LACHLAN STONEHOUSE

August 2nd – 24th, 2024

Opening this Friday is our Sydney Contemporary preview show, “Preview”. This exhibition presents an opportunity for a Melbourne audience to view the work of Emma Langridge and Lachlan Stonehouse before we make the long trek north in September. 

Emma Langridge 

Emma Langridge is a Melbourne-based artist.
She acquired Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Western Australia in 1996. This was followed by a practice-led PhD from the Australian National University in 2022, the subject of which is the investigation of irregular outcomes arising from regimented painting systems, with a particular focus on glitch and fracture.

Her work is held by the Janet Holmes à Court Collection, Artbank, Bankwest, Benalla Art Gallery, Geelong Art Gallery, the Edith Cowan University Collection, and the Centre for Contemporary Non-Objective Art in Brussels.

She has held numerous solo and two-person exhibitions, and participated in curated group exhibitions across Australia, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, United States of America, in the fields of both painting and drawing.

Lachlan Stonehouse 

Lachlan Stonehouse was born in Scottsdale, Tasmania, in 1999. In 2023 he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art (with Honours) from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.

Lachlan has participated in group shows at artist-run-spaces and galleries throughout Melbourne including: Caves Ari, Blindside Ari, Oigall Projects, George Paton Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Photography and Arts Projects Australia. He has also participated in group shows in Tasmania, at Sawtooth Ari and Poimena Gallery.

In 2021 he received the George Paton Gallery Artist’s residency award, Melbourne University. His work is held in the collections of UMSU Melbourne University, Parkville and Melbourne University, Southbank and private collections throughout Australia.