Joanna Williams

Joanna Williams is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist based in Sydney and who works as a Gallery Assistant and Studio Technician, art teacher and independent Arts Facilitator. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia she studied locally having graduated with a Bachelor (Hons) of Visual Arts majoring in Print from Sydney College of the Arts, Arts Administration and Cultural Development Certificate from St George School of Fine Arts and Certificate 2 in Screen Printing from Ultimo TAFE. Groups showings Pound of Flesh Gaffa Gallery (2012), Replay Verge Gallery (2013), Young Artists Initiative M Contemporary (2015), Tasty Divine Skyfire Studios (2015), Subjective Suburbia 107 Projects (2017), alongside her solo show at Folonomo Gallery (2016). Jo’s practice explores her interest in architectural and city space, permanency and perspective. Consistently throughout her practice is a manifestation of the fold, a process-based response to the limits that regulate our urban spaces and provoke alternate strategies for addressing the way city spaces are constructed, regulated and negotiated.

#33 | Cockatoo Island Study, 2021, solar plate etching, 18 x 13 cm, $70.

Cockatoo Island has been the setting for several my works, I love the site- I find the architecture and industrial nature the perfect breeding ground for creativity. In the work Cockatoo Island Study I have experimented with combining the sites architectural history with the natural marks of a stringy bark tree. The marks are a perfect example of mother nature’s own mark making and through this work I aspired to combine the two themes. Unfortunately, the underexposure of the solar plate meant that the lines were faded in most areas and present in others. The ink has unintentionally gathered in the top right-hand corner, a mistake- a misprint.