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Emilie Syme-Lamont
Emilie Syme-Lamont (b. 1990) is a painter and multimedia artist currently based out of Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.rn
Artist Profile
Emilie Syme-Lamont (b. 1990) is a painter and multimedia artist currently based out of Naarm / Melbourne, Australia.
Borrowing genre tropes from literary Gothic and cinematic traditions, her work explores ideas of temporal overlap, (mis)remembered happenings and psychologically charged spaces. Emilie draws upon collected materials; images and debris from the mundane and physical world, reshaping them so they become infused with an odd, dreamlike quality.
Belief systems, psychology and recurring cultural phenomena all provide a catalyst for the strange narratives that become her paintings and installations.
Emilie’s practice implies a perspective that is humanistic, yet unsettling and surreal; an exploration of what it feels like to be human in one’s darkest or strangest hour.
Emilie Syme-Lamont graduated from The National Art School in Sydney and holds an MFA in Drawing and a BFA in Painting. She has held solo exhibitions at M Contemporary (Sydney), Edwina Corlette Gallery (Brisbane) PINCE projects (Budapest) and Incinerator Gallery (Melbourne). Her body of work includes painting, drawing, ceramics, and more recently, sound, silicone, and bookmaking.
Her work is held in private collections in Australia, the USA, and Europe, and in the National Art School Archives in Sydney.
Career Highlights
- Solo Exhibition 'Moving Images' at Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane (2018)
- Extended residency in Budapest (2019-2020), working with international artists as a program assistant meanwhile developing solo exhibition 'Out, Damned Spot' with Caitlin Hespe at PINCE Projects (Budapest)
- Solo Exhibition 'Who's Afraid' with Safak Gurboga at Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne (2022)
