Eleanor Amiradaki

Referencing themes of isolation experienced as an artist and mother, these works seek to evoke a sense of the underlying beauty and discomfort of the mundane and daily acts of living. The stains left on white dish clothes inspired the works, and this common place imagery was mimicked through accessible and rudimentary printmaking methods. Medicinal herbs and flowers from the garden were used to create the botanical motifs, and hand-stained paper, soaked and pressed with various plant matter, was then overlaid to form a dreamlike and muted quality. The natural and simplistic essence of the imagery references the marks and customs of the everyday, as well as the suspension of time during periods of perceived stillness. 

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Eleanor Amiradaki is a Sydney-based multi-disciplinary artist and educator. Her work seeks to unearth certain dualities, rather than creating unifying codes, which point to the complexities of the feminine experience in relationship with self, society and the land. Through a mythic lens she explores the relationship between the transcendent and the mundane, notions of agency and gendered roles. Studies in generational trauma, birth and archetypal psychology also underpin her practice.

Amiradaki holds a Bachelor of Visual Communications (Hons Class 1) and has recently completed her Masters of Art at UNSW, receiving the Industry Award for Printmaking. Recent exhibitions include: Take Care of the Living Things First, AIRspace Projects (2019), Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (2019), Hornsby Art Prize (2019), Modern Ritual, BSA Project Space (2018) and No Mans Land, Gallery Lane Cove (2020). Her work is held in private collections in Australia, Europe and the USA.