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'HEADCASE' by NANAMI COWDROY • SOLO ART SHOW

'HEADCASE' by NANAMI COWDROY @ DISORDER GALLERY.  HEADCASE is a collection inspired by the craziness in the world over the last 2-years and a desire to escape into the playfulness, curiosity and love of nature we feel as children. Stuck inside and unable to travel, and being bombarded with daily images of illness, waste, displacement and suffering has turned many of us into ‘headcases’. Working as an artist on your own, in a private space can sometimes only add to this sense of anguish and isolation. I’ve really needed to break away from an overwhelming sense of adult complexity and return to the simple essence and innocence of a child’s mind. In particular the innate, inquisitive and playful love we have...

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EU 'From Habitat to Community' - Stop Wildlife Trafficking

I am very excited and proud to share most recent project collaboration, a short animated film "From Habitat to Community”. A film aimed at Stopping Wildlife Trafficking around the world.  Below are some work-in-progress Artwork images, as well as some image stills from the final Approved motion animation.     

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"Smoking Souls" RISE Exhibition 2020

Very excited and honoured to be part of RISE EXHIBITION. An exhibition to benefit those impacted by the Australian bushfires. The exhibition is taking place at The Carriage Works, Sydney. 11th - 20th March 2020.  An epic line-up of local and international Artists are all creating works for an online silent auction - using charcoal collected from the burnt trees.The concept behind my piece "Smoking Souls" reflects the spirits of the lost wildlife (kangaroo’s) fleeing the fires in the form of smoke. The burnt corner of my canvas symbolises the fires, the thick / thin charcoal strokes and splatters symbolising the charred trees and ash filled winds carrying their souls away. "Smoking Souls" is a mixed media composition using charcoal, Japanese Ink (black and...

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Peace Pin - Donating to the Australian Bushfire Emergency Fund

Like many, I have been so overwhelmed and deeply heart broken witnessing the recent catastrophic bushfires which have been engulfing Australia from coast to coast...  which, even now, continue to burn out of control. The devastation these fires are causing is unprecedented. People have lost loved ones, their homes and the WWF has reported that thousands of native Australian wildlife have died during these fires, their natural habitats having been wiped out and destroyed. It staggers belief, that one of our most famous animals - the Koala - could now be facing extinction. According to the World Wildlife Fund, Australia : ".. It’s been estimated that around 1.25 billion animals have been killed across Australia to date. This includes thousands of koalas and other iconic species such as kangaroos,...

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Mingei Memory

New piece Ive been working on references many of the antique, hand-made toys my mother collected and brought with her to Australia from Japan. "Mingei" is the Japanese word for 'Folk Toy', hand-crafted art. Lately, Ive been missing my family in Japan. It's been 8 years since I've been back to see them, so I really wanted to make a piece which was playful and embraced  many of the vintage toys and Shinto charms mum collected from different prefectures around Japan. She has kept them since my childhood and continues to display them lovingly around our house. Daruma dolls, Kokeshi dolls, Inu-Hariko (Papier-mache Puppy Doll), Kendama, Miharu-Goma (horse doll) etc.  I think it's time for a long overdue HARRO! with my family in Tokyo ;) 

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