Art Exhibition

Solo Exhibition: “As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END.” Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin

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I started 2019 with a solo exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin, here are some photos of the works, the opening, and the show.

You can read an interview I did for Another Magazine discussing the work.

Lucy Dyson: As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END

18 Jan – 23 Feb 2019

A respected artist, animator and music video director, we are thrilled to present Lucy Dyson’s first exhibition at Michael Reid Berlin, the opening of our 2019 program.

Lucy’s collages have been commissioned for numerous album covers, and to date, she has directed and produced over fifty music videos for clients including Beyoncé (Formation Tour Visuals), Gotye, Ray LaMontange, Courtney Barnett, Sarah Blasko, Paul Kelly and many others.

As much to tomorrow as to the past. THE END is a kaleidoscopic, humorous and psychedelic, exploration of a fictional future drawing upon material from the past. Lucy’s love for vintage print thus weaves together colour, pattern and image to create a visually compelling imagining of what is to come.

Gallery photos by Marijana Jocic

Solo Exhibition: Australian Embassy Berlin 2018

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In March 2018 I held a solo exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Berlin, the work spanned my art practise since first moving to Berlin in 2011, it also included a three channel video installation of my animations.

The opening reception was held on International Women’s Day and was opened by Dr Lauren Bain, Deputy Head Of Mission.

From the Australian Embassy Berlin:

Passend zum Internationalen Weltfrauentag eröffnen wir heute unsere neue Ausstellung mit fantastischen Bildern und Animationen der international ausgezeichneten australischen Künstlerin Lucy Dyson. Noch bis Ende April könnt ihr die Ausstellung bei uns in der Botschaft anschauen. #IWD2018
Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day with an exhibition opening of art works and animations by award-winning Australian artist and music video director Lucy Dyson. Come and see this fantastic exhibition at the Australian Embassy Berlin until the end of April. #IWD2018 

Many thanks to the wonderful and supportive embassy staff, especially Susanne Kalbantner and Julia Kaute

Animation Installation: Ableton LOOP 2017 – Funkhaus Berlin

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I created an installation version of my experimental animation “The History and Future of Listening” as part of Ableton’s Loop Summit at Funkhaus Berlin.

The animation was displayed across three walls in Foyer A, the main thoroughfare for attendees en route to see presentations by Goldie, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and many others.

Thanks to Abelton producer Craig Schufton for the opportunity and the programme write-up. 😎 🚀🎶👂

Landscape is a State of Mind – Group Exhibition, The Australian Embassy Berlin.

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From Dec 11, 2015 until Feb 26, 2016 I exhibited artworks at The Australian Embassy in Berlin as part of the group show “Landscape is a State of Mind”.

Here is some overdue documentation of the exhibition (photographed by Harriet Clare). The other artists included Anna Steele, who is a painter, Harriet Clare who exhibited photographs but also works in collage, and Shannon Murphy.

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View of my ten collages on display, and on the far right two photographs by Harriet Clare.

Lucy Dyson. Far right, Harriet Clare
Anna Steele paintings
Lucy Dyson collages detail
Lucy Dyson collages
Anna Steele paintings, Harriet Clare Photography

And here is an assortment of photos of the exhibition being set up and the opening night

Amanda Annamalay, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson
Harriet Clare installing her work
LR Shannon Murphy, Second Secretary Amanda Annamalay, Julia Kaute Public Relations and Cultural Affairs, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Susanne Kalbantner Public Affair, Anna Steele
Shannon Murphy, Amanda Annamalay, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Anna Steele
Shannon Murphy, Harriet Clare, Lucy Dyson, Anna Steele
Anna Steele and her paintings
Harriet Clare, Julia Kaute, Susanne Kalbantner, Anna Steele
Danke schoen Archim! The embassy’s technician installing my work.
Anna Steele

“Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland 1861 – 2008” Brooklyn Museum NYC

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In 2008 I made an animated music video for the song “Persist” by the Melbourne band All India Radio, the animation was based on the story of Topsy the Coney Island elephant electrocuted by Thomas Edison. My sister Marita provided illustrations and Isobel Knowles assisted me with the animating. The first time I watched the animation with an audience (at a music video program during the Melbourne International Film Festival), claps and cheers followed at the end of every video screened, however “Persist” was met silence so awkward I wanted to fall through the floor. Fast forward 7 years…

Last November I was in NYC for the opening of the exhibition “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland 1861 – 2008” at Brookly Museum, “Persist” had been curated in the exhibition, along with works by Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, and Joseph Stella.

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The animation was displayed on a screen, on a loop with the original and very graphic film by Thomas Edison “Electrocution of Topsy”, as a key part of the section that told the story of Topsy and her life at Coney Island. It was an honour to be part of the exhibition, and it was also wonderful to meet the curators from The Wadsworth Atheneum who had originally conceived of the exhibition and to hear how they came across my animated tribute to Topsy online.

The exhibition toured nationally showing at The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT, San Diego Museum of Art (July 11, 2015 – October 13, 2015) and McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, (May 11, 2016 – September 11 2016).

From April 2017 Persist will be included in an adapted version of the exhibition that over the next five years will travel to venues in underserved communities in the US.

A fully-illustrated, beautiful  304-page catalogue of the exhibition was published by Yale University Press, here is the write-up on my animation from its pages…