Studio 26 is an artist run initiative founded and directed by Petalia Humphreys.
Studio 26 creates opportunities for critical exchange through curated conversations, panel discussions, exhibitions, and professional development to support regional and interstate artists working in non-objective, geometric, and reductive abstraction.
In 2022-23 Studio 26 delivered twelve mentored discussion groups and peer-critique studio sessions on the Sunshine Coast, complemented by group exhibitions at Outer Space, Noosa Regional Gallery and The G Contemporary.
View Studio 26 programming and events on Instagram @studio26art
Sharing Space is a beautifully designed colour publication presenting twelve essays that were commissioned by Studio 26 documenting two years of mentored critical conversations and peer critique. Attended by emerging artists partnered with industry mentors these dialogues are captured in essays that reveal insight into abstraction, materiality, space, and the practice of art making.
Sharing Space features artists Michael Ciavarella, Jasmin Coleman, Brady Cooke, Jaime Kiss, Petalia Humphreys, Jack MacRae, Pippa Makgill, Carole Roberts, June Sartracom, Alex Walker and Prita Tina Yegenah; mentored by Lincoln Austin, Paul Bai, Simon Degroot, Ian Friend, Jacinta Giles, Andy Harwood, Sebastian Moody, Michael Phillips, Hamish Sawyer, Arryn Snowball and Phil Smith.
Essays written by Dr Dominique Baines, Paul Bai, Felix Cehak, Taylor Hall, Simone Hine, Miranda Hine, Louise Martin-Chew, Zali Matthews, Dr Louise R Mayhew, Hamish Sawyer, Dr Kevin Wilson and Megan Williams; photos by Cooper Brady, Petalia Humphreys, Louis Lim, Pippa Makgill and Mica Schettini.
