My PhD examination exhibition ‘Sacrificial Bodies’ is done and dusted and I am proud to say that I passed my oral exam. Pending a few minor amendments to my thesis I will soon be Dr Isaacs (the sixth living Dr Isaacs in my family, but the first non-medical Doctor Isaacs). Thanks so much to everyone … More Exciting Developments!
Disappearance, suffocation, collapse, and death. These are the sufferings of the alienated and depressed body. Or are they, perhaps, the means by which suffering can be overcome? Deprivation and self-harm are time-honoured tools used in spiritual disciplines from around the world and throughout history. They are also recurring motifs in the field of body art. … More PhD Exhibition: Sacrificial Bodies
For the past few months I have had the distinct pleasure of being a participating artist mentor as part of the School Contemporary Arts Mentoring Program (SCAMP), coordinated by Merryn Hull PhD and supported by CreateNSW. My fellow artist mentors and I have been meeting regularly (over Zoom) with our student mentees from high schools … More Cessnock Contemporary Catalogue
This March I am participating in a two day program of performance art by artists affiliated with base-metal. The performances will take place at Scratch Art Space over the weekend of March 5th & 6th (from 11 – 5pm) as part of the Marrickville Open Studio Trail. The address is 67 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville. I’d love for you to come … More Intercessions Open
My work Hypercube was recently included in the exhibition Colour, Line, Form at Articulate. It was accompanied by text explaining the work: Hypercube is a projection of a four-dimensional object which cannot be fully realised in three-dimensional space. By executing the hypercube in the style of Sol Lewitt’s open cubes I hoped to engage with his ideas about conceptual … More Colour, Line, Form
I was recently invited to perform For those who’ve come across the sea in the glass cube, at The Oxford Art Factory, over two nights for their Free Fall program. It was accompanied by text explaining the work: For Those Who’ve Come Across The Sea is an exploration of Australia’s troubled relationship to the sea and migration, … More Free Falling
I was recently invited to perform Prima Materia at Top Ryde City as part of the Hungry for Art Festival. It was accompanied by text explaining the work: Prima Materia is a performance piece that involves the simultaneous creation and destruction of the painting space. The old is continuously destroyed to make way for the new. The artist is … More Hungry for Art
I was recently invited to perform All Creation for Cementa 13, held in Kandos, NSW. My performance was accompanied by text explaining the work: As a Christian artist I draw my identity as a creator from God in whose image I was created. I believe that the true purpose of art is the same as … More Cementa 13
My work Eat, and live forever was recently exhibited in Eat Your Art Out at Articulate. It was accompanied by text explaining the work: In Greek mythology, golden apples were said to be found in the garden of the Hesperides belonging to the goddess Hera. These apples granted immortality to any who ate them, but … More Eat Your Art Out
I’m having a solo show at SNO: Alchemical Abstraction The opening is on Thursday, March 29 (from 6 – 8 pm) and the show runs until April 29th. The address is Level 1, 175 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville. I’d love for you to come along and check it out. The use and study of sacred geometry … More Alchemical Abstraction
Tom Isaacs 