OIGÅLL PROJECTS is a gallery and conceptual testing ground located on Wurundjeri land at 122 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne (Naarm).
The gallery produces and host exhibitions, events and launches, celebrating and showcasing some of Melbournes best creative talents.
The versatile space presents a blank canvas for cyclical reinvention in collaboration with local creatives, unbound by history nor convention.
The gallery produces and host exhibitions, events and launches, celebrating and showcasing some of Melbournes best creative talents.
The versatile space presents a blank canvas for cyclical reinvention in collaboration with local creatives, unbound by history nor convention.
Pronounced ‘Oi-gul’ the project is named in honour of the late Gertrude Spilsbury aka Oigåll (1926 - 2018).
“Always highly creative, she never held back and gave everything a go. The combination of her attitude and the space being located on Gertrude Street – it just felt like the project had to be an homage to her.”
– Mitchell Zurek, Director
“Always highly creative, she never held back and gave everything a go. The combination of her attitude and the space being located on Gertrude Street – it just felt like the project had to be an homage to her.”
– Mitchell Zurek, Director
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Kate Wallace, Serena Cowie, Lachlan Stonehouse, Archer Davies
May 05 - 29, 2022
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May 05 - 29, 2022
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SIS COWIE
Sis Cowie completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 2020 from the University of Melbourne. Cowie won the Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture (2020), was a finalist in the Percival Prize for Portraiture (2020) and a semi-finalist in the Moran Prize for Portraiture (2018).
ARCHER DAVIES
Queensland-born, Melbourne-based artist Archer Davies completed his Honours in Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane (2010). Davies has exhibited in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Tokyo. In 2021, Davies was a finalist in the Kilgour Prize. He has also been a finalist in the Percival Portrait Prize (2020) and the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize (2019).
LACHLAN STONEHOUSE
Lachlan Stonehouse works primarily with wood, paper, fabric, and discarded matter to create contained installations and sculptures. Stonehouse has exhibited at Blindside, CCP Salon, and Platform Arts in Melbourne, and recently completed a residency at Melbourne University.
KATE WALLACE
Kate Wallace completed a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts (2018) during which time she received the Wingate Student Fellowship Art Prize. Later this year she will complete a N Foundation International Artist’s Residency in New York. Wallace is represented by LON Gallery, Melbourne.
Sis Cowie completed a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 2020 from the University of Melbourne. Cowie won the Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture (2020), was a finalist in the Percival Prize for Portraiture (2020) and a semi-finalist in the Moran Prize for Portraiture (2018).
ARCHER DAVIES
Queensland-born, Melbourne-based artist Archer Davies completed his Honours in Fine Art at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane (2010). Davies has exhibited in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Tokyo. In 2021, Davies was a finalist in the Kilgour Prize. He has also been a finalist in the Percival Portrait Prize (2020) and the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize (2019).
LACHLAN STONEHOUSE
Lachlan Stonehouse works primarily with wood, paper, fabric, and discarded matter to create contained installations and sculptures. Stonehouse has exhibited at Blindside, CCP Salon, and Platform Arts in Melbourne, and recently completed a residency at Melbourne University.
KATE WALLACE
Kate Wallace completed a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts (2018) during which time she received the Wingate Student Fellowship Art Prize. Later this year she will complete a N Foundation International Artist’s Residency in New York. Wallace is represented by LON Gallery, Melbourne.
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Harry Rothell
June 09 - June 26, 2021
June 09 - June 26, 2021
Paralysing Disproportions
Exhibition
Exhibition
Harry Rothel explores concepts of space and self in ‘Paralysing Disproportions’, his 2022 show with Oigåll Projects opening June 9th to the 23th. Drawing on the shared trauma and instability caused by current political and social landscapes, Rothel presents reflections of himself through this series of paintings and sculptures, exploring how the pandemic and isolation has impacted his relationship with himself and ability to connect with reality.
Paralysing Disproportions reports on Rothels parallel existence, placing us in a slightly obscured view to his emotional psyche. The confused and unsure expressions of Rothels self referential characters accompanied with his stripped down paint application evokes an unsettling yet familiar feeling, akin to being on the edge of waking from a dream only to be pulled back into some sort of paralysis.
Across the series Rothel allows the viewer to suspend disbelief and enter into his merky world filled with daja vu, guided by a cast of romantic Harlequins and melancholic Pierrot clowns Paralysing Disproportions is a deep dive into the human condition and the connective emotional ties that bind us all together.
Photography by;
Annika Kafcaloudis