SUPERCUT - PROJECT 4

12 September - 23 October 2022

Anita Holtsclaw, Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi, Danish Quapoor, Anna Litwinowicz, Cara-Ann Simpson

Nadeem Tiafau ESHRAGHI / enter other 2022 / digital image / dimensions variable / © Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi

SUPERCUT - Project 4 brings together the practices of Anita Holtsclaw, Nadeem Tiafau Eshraghi, Danish Quapoor, Anna Litwinowicz and Cara-Ann Simpson. The exhibition explores the computer as a method of observation and imitation of the physical environment. ⁠

Anita Holtsclaw grew up on the volcanic shores of Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailai country. Her works explore our relationship to the poetic coastal landscape both real and imagined. Embracing the emotive qualities of moving-image media and sound, she creates embodied installations that offer an expanded field of vision for the viewer to navigate.  Holtsclaw’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues including: The Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Citè International des Arts, Paris; The Institute of Modern Art; Brisbane, The Museum of Brisbane, Bus Projects, Melbourne; 54 International Young Artists Fair, Beijing; and, the Canberra Contemporary Art Space. She has undertaken residencies in Tissardmine, Morocco, the Citè International des Arts, Paris and No.W.Here lab, London. Holtsclaw lives and works in Meanjin.

Nadeem Tiafau Eshrāghi is a Samoan/Iranian artist, designer, and community organiser working at the intersections of sound, sight, language and light to offer sensory experiences, explore the human condition and invite states of empathy and contemplation. Their practice is multidisciplinary and experimental, spanning written, digital, print, textiles, installation and music to dissect expectations and create new frames of feeling and perceiving. With an emphasis on texture and intention, their work often explores the human experience through a deeply personal lens; drawing meaning from lived experience, and nurturing opportunities for emotional and spiritual growth. Reacting to the abundance of indiscriminate noise in modern life, they also create ephemeral spaces for ritual immersion, movement and performance—community vessels that challenge spatial assumptions, hold space for developmental modes, and platform social cross-pollination.

Danish Quapoor is a multidisciplinary visual artist based on Gurambilbarra (Townsville). He works across drawings, illustrative paintings, ceramics, textiles, murals and animations. The artist predominantly employs flat colours and sparse compositions which unify these ostensibly disparate mediums. Balancing personal and familial dichotomies has been a consistent thread in the artist’s life and work. Quapoor has completed numerous solo, collaborative and group exhibitions and studio residencies throughout eastern Australia. He holds a Master of Arts & Cultural Management (University of Melbourne), a Bachelor of Creative Arts, Honours and a Bachelor of Visual Arts (with Distinction) (both University of Southern Queensland). He has works held in the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery collection and private collections in Australia, the USA and Germany. The artist is also a curator with interests in recontextualising collections and forging collaborations. 

Anna Litwinowicz (she/her) is an emerging artist living and working on unceded Gubbi Gubbi land. Her practice investigates her experiences with altered states of consciousness through the material explorations of video, light, space and sound. Anna completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art) with Distinction in 2018 at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). In 2019 she was one of the finalists for the National Graduate prize, Hatched, annually held at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA). Anna has been in a number of national group exhibitions and held her first solo show at Outer Space ARI in 2019 as a result of an artist residency in Lutruwita (Tasmania). More recently, Anna was in the group exhibition, Her Beauty and Her Terror, at the Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, where she had the privilege to engage in discussions about the Australian Landscape.

Cara-Ann Simpson is an artist, curator, cultural heritage expert and consultant, with a background across arts, culture, heritage, and land management sectors. Her practice is multidisciplinary and engages with sensory perception and participation. From breath-controlled installations and open-air active noise cancellation through to sound releases, immersive spaces and photomedia, Cara-Ann’s practice has enabled her to exhibit broadly and collaborate across science and technology. As an artist she has exhibited across Australia, as well as in New Zealand, United States, Canada, and United Arab Emirates. Her work is held in public and private collections within Australia and internationally. Recent recognitions include being a finalist in the Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize 2022, Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 2022, Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2021, Clayton Utz Art Award 2021, Queensland Regional Art Awards 2020 & 2021, and Stanthorpe Photography Prize 2021, among others. 

SUPERCUT is supported by the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government Initiative and is presented in partnership with Artspace Mackay and Northsite Contemporary Arts, Cairns.