Exhibition Type: Art Fair

For the 2023 edition of Sydney Contemporary, 1301SW and Starkwhite jointly present a group of artists whose practices broadly explore painting. Offered as a richly aesthetic, conceptual and materially diverse presentation, featuring significant works by acclaimed artists, such as Billy Apple, Whitney Bedford, Tim Bučković, Petra Cortright, Mikala Dwyer, Robert Moreland, Jonny Niesche, Gerold Miller, … Sydney Contemporary 2023

Starkwhite is delighted to take part in the Aotearoa Art Fair from 2 – 5 March 2023. Taking an expansive double booth we’ll present major works from Whitney Bedford, Bill Henson, Fiona Pardington, Gerold Miller, Jonny Niesche, John Reynolds,  Gordon Walters and Michael Zavros among others.  Further details and additional works to be announced shortly. 

Australian artist Jonny Niesche will create a spatial, immersive experience for his Singapore Art Fair debut, featuring a monolithic sculpture and six new large-scale paintings. Offering attendees a portal from the busy commerce of a fair to an altered state, each element in this intentional composition contributes to the creation of a spatial ambience that … Jonny Niesche at Booth F34 | Art SG 2023

Starkwhite is delighted to take part in the Aotearoa Art Fair from 16- 20 November 2022. Taking an expansive double booth we’ll present major works from Bill Henson, Fiona Pardington, Gerold Miller, Jonny Niesche, Seung Yul Oh,  Gordon Walters and Michael Zavros among others.  Highlights include Arrow, a new work by Michael Zavros. Arrow shows the artist … Aotearoa Art Fair 2022

Booth F04 Collector Preview — Wednesday 7 Sep, 2 – 7pm General Admission – Thursday 8 Sep, 11am – 5pmOpening Night — Thursday 8 Sep, 5.30pm – 9pmGeneral Admission — Friday 9 Sep, 12noon – 5pmFriday Night Art Night — Friday 9 Sep, 5.30pm – 9pmGeneral Admission — Saturday 10 Sep, 11am – 6pmGeneral Admission — … Sydney Contemporary 2022

Starkwhite will present 1001 Nights, an installation by John Reynolds at The Armory Show, NY from 4 – 7 March 2010 Reynolds’ new work embraces 1001 Nights as a point of departure. Folding stories within stories, Arabian Nights tracks, among other things, the somnolence of daily life toward a contemplation of fate and destiny. These … John Reynolds | <em>1001 Nights</em> | The Armory Show 2010

Starkwhite is pleased to present a exhibition of new work by Whitney Bedford (Los Angeles USA), Jin Jiangbo (Shanghai CN) and John Reynolds (Auckland NZ) at Art Beijing from 29 April to 2 May 2010. Whitney Bedford The personal and the historical intertwine in Whitney Bedford’s work. Her subjects include Arcadian landscapes, shipwrecks, icebergs and … Whitney Bedford, Jin Jiangbo, John Reynolds | Art Beijing 2010

Starkwhite will present selected works by Jin Jiangbo (Shanghai), Hye Rim Lee (New York) and John Reynolds (Auckland), at ART HK, 14 – 17 May 2010. Other artists in the exhibition include Whitney Bedford (USA), Matt Henry (NZ) and Peter Stichbury (NZ). Jin Jiangbo In his recent series of photographs Jiangbo investigates the past twenty … Art Hong Kong 2010

Starkwhite will present Table of Dynasties by John Reynolds at the Hong Kong International Art Fair (ART HK), from 14 to 17 May 2009. This is a significant move on two counts for Starkwhite. First, despite the global economic downturn the gallery will continue to participate in selected art fairs during 2009. Starkwhite made its … John Reynolds | <em/>Table of Dynasties</em> | Art Hong Kong 2009

Starkwhite is pleased to present et al.’s altruistic studies_vote more than once at Art Unlimited from 4 – 8 June 2008, with the support of Creative New Zealand. The et al. installation methodology is utilitarian, looking for the value systems residing in readymade text, synthesised speech, sound bites, and incomprehensible, senseless or prosaic fragments – … et al. | altruistic studies_vote more than once | Art 39 Basel, Art Unlimited 2008

Starkwhite is pleased to present Conjuring Form by Dane Mitchell at Art Statements from 4 to 8 June 2008, with the support of Creative New Zealand. The critical acuity of Dane Mitchell‘s playful unravelings sees him collaborate with witches and psychics to explore the phantom inhabitants of art galleries, institutions, and sites of cultural significance. … Dane Mitchell | Conjuring Form | Art 39 Basel, Art Statements 2008

Starkwhite will stage a solo presentation by New York-based artist Martin Basher at The Armory Show from 8-11 March 2012. The presentation will feature new paintings and sculptures and will build on elements of recent sculptural projects including a recent Public Art Fund commission, titled MINIMAL CONSUMPTION / REFLECTIVE SUBLIME / ASPIRATIONAL SUNSET ART. In this … Martin Basher | The Armory Show 2012

Stand B76 Starkwhite will present a group show by represented artists at the 2012 Melbourne Art Fair, including: Billy Apple, Martin Basher, Whitney Bedford, Alicia Frankovich, Trenton Garratt, Glen Hayward, Gavin Hipkins (with Karl Fritsch), Matt Henry, Jae Hoon Lee, Dane Mitchell, Seung Yul Oh and John Reynolds. The Melbourne Art Fair is Australia’s premier … Melbourne Art Fair 2012

Starkwhite is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Jin Jiangbo at ART HK 2012 from 17 – 20 May 2012. The exhibition includes Rules of Nature, a landscape executed in the manner of traditional Chinese ink-and-wash painting and staged as a projection. The landscape imagery, however, is steered by the viewer, who by striking … Jin Jiangbo | Art Hong Kong 2012

This year Starkwhite will present a group show of artists at ART HK 11 including: Billy Apple (NZ), Whitney Bedford (US), Matt Henry (NZ), Jin Jiangbo (CN) Hye Rim Lee (KR/US), Jae Hoon Lee (KR/NZ), Seung Yul Oh (KR/NZ) and John Reynolds (NZ) John Reynolds’ Too Big to Fail is a further development of his … Art Hong Kong 2011

Starkwhite will present a new work by John Reynolds (NZ), commissioned for the fair, along with paintings by Peter Stichbury (NZ) and video by Grant Stevens (AUS) at Art Los Angeles Contemporary from 28 – 31 January 2010. John Reynolds: One Hand Read ‘It is good that the words which are least used, least written, … Grant Stevens, Peter Stichbury, John Reynolds | Art LA Contemporary 2010

Starkwhite will present an exhibition by Australian artist Michael Zavros at Art Basel Hong Kong from 15 to 17 March 2015. Zavros will show a suite of new paintings alongside a series of photographic works featuring male model superstar, Sean O’Pry. Zavros is an aesthete: he paints beautiful things beautifully. His subjects include fairytale palaces, … Michael Zavros | Art Basel Hong Kong 2015

Starkwhite will present a video by Grant Stevens (AUS) at Art Stage Singapore in the video section curated by Paul Greenaway, from 22 – 25 January 2015. In Thinking Feeling a camera zooms in and around an animated constellation of words that independently pulse and orbit an invisible nucleus. The slow movements of the words … Grant Stevens | Thinking Feeling | Art Stage Singapore 2015

Booth C103 In collaboration with Rolls-Royce, Starkwhite will present an exhibition by Australian artist Michael Zavros at the Melbourne Art Fair from 13-17 August (Booth C103). It’s a show with a novel point of difference, combining still life paintings with a performance featuring a Rolls-Royce Wraith and Australia’s superstar models the Stenmark twins. The suite … Michael Zavros | Melbourne Art Fair 2014

Starkwhite will present a kinetic work by Perth-based artist Rebecca Baumann at Art Basel Hong Kong from 15-18 May 2014. The work will be installed in Encounters, the section of the fair featuring 17 large-scale works selected by Yuko Hasegawa, chief curator of Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary and curator of the last Sharjah Biennale. Automated … Rebecca Baumann | Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters 2014

In partnership with the Walters Estate, Starkwhite will present pioneer abstract artist Gordon Walters at Art Basel Hong Kong from 15 -18 May 2014. The gallery will also present a large-scale, commissioned work by Perth-based artist Rebecca Baumann in the Encounters section of the fair, which has been curated by Yuko Hasegawa. Gordon Walters (1919-1995) is … Gordon Walters | Art Basel Hong Kong 2014

Starkwhite will participate in the 2013 edition of the Auckland Art Fair, which runs from 8 – 11 August in The Cloud on Auckland’s waterfront. This year the gallery will present a group show of works by artists including Billy Apple (NZ), Martin Basher (NZ/US), Rebecca Baumann (AU) Jae Hoon Lee (NZ/KR) Seung Yul Oh … Auckland Art Fair 2013

Starkwhite will present a group show at the inaugural edition of Sydney Contemporary 2012. The lineup of artists includes: Billy Apple (NZ/US), Martin Basher (NZ/US), Rebecca Baumann (AUS), Whitney Bedford (US), Jae Hoon Lee (NZ/KR), Ross Manning (AUS), Seung Yul Oh (NZ/KR), John Reynolds (NZ), and Caroline Rothwell (AUS). We will present a group show … Sydney Contemporary 2013

23 – 25 March 2017 Booth 1C03 Starkwhite will present a group show at Art Basel Hong Kong exploring various approaches to composing or choreographing color, motion and movement. It will feature the work of pioneer experimental filmmaker Len Lye, along with works by contemporary practitioners Rebecca Baumann, Daniel Crooks, Alicia Frankovich and Grant Stevens … Art Basel Hong Kong 2017

Starkwhite will present video works by Grant Stevens (AUS) and Clinton Watkins (NZ) in Video Contemporary, the section of Sydney Contemporary curated by Mark Feary. Grant Stevens Supermassive, 2013 Four-channel video Colour and sound 11 mins, 19 secs Grant Stevens is known for his pithy text-based videos exploring vernacular and mass media truisms and recalling … Grant Stevens, Clinton Watkins | Video Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2013

Starkwhite will present a group show at Art Los Angeles Contemporary from 26 – 29 January 2017. The artists include Billy Apple® (NZ), Martin Basher (NZ/US), Rebecca Baumann (AUS), Daniel Crooks (AUS/NZ), Richard Maloy (NZ), Laith McGregor (AUS), Seung Yul Oh (NZ/KR), Gordon Walters (NZ) and Michael Zavros (NZ). Further information will be posted closer to … Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2017

Seung Yul Oh: Huggong (Variation 1) “Seung Yul Oh transforms childhood memories into surreal, large-scale installations. His whimsical works experiment with colour, materials and movement as he reanimates games and toys by exaggerating their familiar scale.” 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney. Seung Yul Oh will present one of his oversized inflatable sculptures in … Seung Yul Oh | Huggong (Variation 1) | Installation Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2013

Starkwhite will present an evolving group show at Booth C9 at the Auckland Art Fair focusing on artists with a strong record of participation in international art fairs and national and international exhibitions. Rotating artists through the course of the fair allows the gallery to feature a wider range of work without resorting to an … Auckland Art Fair 2016

Starkwhite is delighted to announce that the gallery will participate in the first edition of Art Basel Hong Kong 2013, which runs from 23-26 May 2013. Starkwhite has a long association with the Hong Kong’s international art fair having participated in five editions of ART HK. Starkwhite will present THE IMMORTALISATION OF BILLY APPLE, a … Billy Apple® | THE IMMORTALISATION OF BILLY APPLE | Art Basel Hong Kong 2013

Grant Stevens is represented in Pacific Real Time, the inaugural edition of Auckland Art Fair Project Programme curated by Jarrod Rawlins, curator at MONA, Hobart, and Simon Rees, Director, Govett Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth. They selected works for the Project Programme “that are addressed to the dissociative rupture of being … Grant Stevens | Auckland Art Fair Projects 2016

Starkwhite will present Gavin Hipkins’ experimental screen narrative, This Fine Island, at the inaugural edition of Armory Film, 8-11 March 2012. Curated by Moving Image, the screenings will take place during The Armory Show in a dedicated Media Lounge on Pier 94. Hipkins’ background is in contemporary art photography and experimental video art. In 2010, he … Gavin Hipkins | <em/>This Fine Island</em> | The Armory Film 2012

RICHARD MALOY: YELLOW STRUCTURE  ENCOUNTERS (E4) Auckland-based artist Richard Maloy will present a large-scale sculpture in Encounters, the curated section of the 2016 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Yellow Structure is one of seventeen works selected by curator Alexie Glass-Kantor (also the director of Artspace Sydney) for this high-profile exhibition in the fair featuring … Richard Maloy | <em/>Yellow Structure</em> | Art Basel Hong Kong Encounters 2016

BOOTH:  LEVEL 1, CO3 Starkwhite will present an exhibition at Art Basel Hong Kong, from 23 – 26 March 2016, along with a project by Richard Maloy in Encounters, the section of the fair curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor (see separate release). It will be the gallery’s fifth participation in the fair. The exhibition looks back … Arnold Manaki-Wilson, Gordon Walters, Fiona Pardington | Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 

Michael Zavros is an artist who paints beautiful things beautifully. His subjects include European palaces, gardens and follies; up-market men’s fashion, flowers, luxury cars and jewellery; Lipizzaner dressage horses and Japanese pedigree onagadori chickens. It is often said that Zavros’ subject is beauty itself, but it is more generally the symbols of status. His canon … Michael Zavros | Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2016

BOOTH DO4 Mirroring Sydney Contemporary’s positioning as an emergent international art fair, Starkwhite will take a more international approach this year, presenting work by artists based in China, Germany, Korea and the United States as well as New Zealand and Australia. And the gallery will present more work than usual in a booth partitioned into … Sydney Contemporary 2015

Starkwhite will present an artist’s project by Laith McGregor (AUS) in Installation Contemporary, which has been curated by Ivan Muniz Reed, Glenn Barkley and Holly Williams for this year’s edition of the fair. McGregor will float three large tarpaulins over an aisle in the main hall at Carriageworks – works he made during a twelve-month … Laith Mcgregor | Installation Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary 2015

‘The scientist tries to name things, the artist tries to avoid naming things.’ Alan Lightman John Reynolds will run a soap box symposium at the Auckland Art Fair where visitors can engage in one-to-one encounters and conversations with the artist in a booth designed with architect Malcolm Walker. The conversations will be fuelled by ‘The … John Reynolds | <em>Soap Box Symposium</em> | Auckland Art Fair 2018