Eliza Gwynne
Eliza Gwynne is a Sydney based printmaker who primarily works with woodblock, monotype and relief. Her current practice observes the disjunction between natural and synthetic suburban environments through woodblock, drawing together her passion for photography and architecture through linear, tonal studies.
Her practice is ultimately personal, exploring the notion of an interconnected, biotic response of the body within its external environment; hand carving and pressing prints to purposely place strain on affected areas of muscle tissue, playing with and testing the limits of the chronically ill body.
Gwynne completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts - majoring in printmaking - at the National Art School in 2020.
#19 | Almost There, 2020, woodblock print on Fabriano Rosaspina, edition 2 of 5. 55.5 x 66 cm. $580
#27 | Street 1, 2020, woodblock print on rice paper, edition 3 of 10. 38.5 x 44.5 cm. $250
My practice observes the disjunction between natural and synthetic suburban environments through woodblock and draws together my passion for photography and architecture through linear, tonal studies.
Heavily process-driven, my work is ultimately personal through my bodily engagement with the medium, exploring the notion of an interconnected, biotic-like response; carving and hand pressing prints to place strain on affected areas of muscle tissue. It's a method of processing the new limitations of my chronically ill body.
