BioPak is proud to support and promote the arts community with the BioCup Art Series. Every three months we will print artwork of at least six Australian and New Zealand artists on our 8oz and 12oz single wall BioCups. Our curator Kate Armstrong seeks out artists who explore environmental themes at the core of their practice. Delight and engage your coffee customers with this changing series that looks at sustainability issues involved in building a house, the beauty of Australian bush flowers or, in the next series, review the urban environment through the eyes of graffiti artists.
BioPak is proud to support and promote the arts community with the BioCup Art Series. Every three months we will print artwork of at least six Australian and New Zealand artists on our 8oz and 12oz single wall BioCups. Our curator Kate Armstrong seeks out artists who explore environmental themes at the core of their practice.
Delight and engage your coffee customers with this changing series that looks at sustainability issues involved in building a house, the beauty of Australian bush flowers or, in the next series, review the urban environment through the eyes of graffiti artists.
BioPak Art Series – Limited edition prints are available, for more information or any enquiries about the artists please contact our curator Kate Armstrong from OKYO. Likewise, if you are an artist interested in participating please give Kate a call: T 0466 915 986 | www.projectokyo.com.
Have a read through the artist's motivations for each work:
Sustainability by Mark Gerada
“Everything we use in our homes comes from somewhere. Yet everything can be designed and used in a way which minimises the footprint we leave. We hear talk about this all the time, but do we really stop and think about what this actually means? In this drawing, I wanted to create a complete awareness picture of where all building materials and contents come from, and how they are transported to a building site. It encourages us to think of buildings as an integral part of the landscape – if we are using timber for construction, for example, we should be replacing it as we use it."
Acacia by Annie Everingham
“I see the world in its most embryonic state, the conflict between nature’s fragility and endurance with links between life and death; tranquillity and terror; beauty and ugliness. My work is crafted around childhoods spent in the country, a love for colour and a deep affection for the native flora of the Australian bush.”
Brickworks by Thomas Wilcox
“Using waste to make art is an amazing transformation for me. Recycling materials creates a need for a different way of thinking about painting.” Via Art Pharmacy.
Australian Dream by Lily Rose Dambelli
“The unique and diverse flora found on this continent is not stereotypically soft, feminine and manicured; like a common English Rose. Instead, wild and slightly eerie. Here, a Kangaroo Paw bloom is entangled with a Parsons Band Orchid, a visual comparison which honours the individuality of the Australian aesthetic.”
Swimming in the Sky by Jessica Bee
“I bring my imagination to life using 35mm film and vintage toy cameras. Reusing otherwise defunct equipment means my practice is sustainable. The film allows me to connect with my surroundings and bring to life a world that couldn’t otherwise exist, a place where we can swim in the sky or walk on roads of water.”
Coastline by Jennie Holtsbaum
“My drawings evolve from observation of the detail of the land’s deterioration...The abstracted images of my art practice evoke an environment suggesting strata, erosion, loss and decay as well as implying emotion, memory and atmosphere; the visibility of the paper ground and the merest trace of line strengthens my ability to suggest a fragile and crumbling landscape. My drawings depict a metaphorical reminiscence of geological and personal memory.”
