Erin Amor is a young Tasmanian painter landscape who depicts global warming. Using geological time as her starting point she shows the remains of extinct creatures that lived on Earth before us as well as the electromagnetic fields of the earth are used by birds to navigate.
Erin’s latest practice tilts towards abstraction through oil paint “pours” that months later are formalised by brushwork once the sticky layers have hardened. Her experiments with timber panels and liquid oils have borne fruit in gorgeous transparencies that change a conventional viewpoint into one that could be from a satellite or drone. The sapphire and earth layers of her glazes flow and pool, evoking estuarine tides and the results of heavy rain flowing out to the ocean from an inland river.
Exhibitions
2004 – The Salon, group show, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Celtic Art Awards, finalists’ exhibition, Westbury Town Hall, Westbury Tasmania
2007 – Petite Painting Prize, group show – Atrium, Tasmanian School of Art
– Silence & Sonance, group show, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
2008 – 2008 School of Art Graduate Show – Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart
2013 – Chime Hours – solo show Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, December
2014 – Internal Chaos – solo show – Inka Gallery Inc, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, April
2015 – Convergence – group show – Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, September
2016 – Freehand Gallery Opening Exhibition (group show), August
– Climate Change: Can Art Make a Difference? – Tasmanian Eco Film Festival Art Prize Exhibition
2017 – Roots – group show – Side Space Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre – September
– Waterways: Art Society of Tasmania Prize – finalists’ exhibition – Long Gallery, Salamanca
2018 – XX: Being a Woman (in the days of President Trump) – group show curated by Yilian Bai, Nolan Gallery, Hobart – June
– Nightlands – solo show – Nolan Gallery, Hobart – November
Education
2008 – Bachelor of Fine Arts – Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania
- Major: Painting, Drawing
- Minors: Art Theory, Photography, Business Management
Placed on the Deans Roll of Excellence (2008)
Prizes
Prizes
- 2016 – Third place – Tasmanian Eco Film Festival’s Art Prize
- 2017 – Finalists – Art Society of Tasmania Prize – Waterways
Erin Amor- Nightlands
Exhibitions
9 Nov 2018 - ongoing
Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Nolan Gallery and School of Art
Galleries
Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Erin Amor’s work is available here
https://nolanart.com.au/exhibitions/nightlands/
https://nolanart.com.au/artists1/erin-amor
