Exhibition Opening of Elliat Rich & Jeffrey Sarmiento

Canberra Glassworks invites you to the official opening of Elliat Rich: Mythica Ignota & Jeffrey Sarmiento: Island Hopping, as well as the closing party for Canberra Art Biennial

Saturday 26 October at 4pm

Mythica Ignota: Artefacts of the Oscillocene and the Warawana Mythologies
a solo show by Elliat Rich at Canberra Glassworks
3 October to 15 December 2024

Through a deep-conceptual and value-driven philosophy, Alice Springs designer Elliat Rich taps into ancient and future ways of seeing the world. Mythica Ignota uses mythology as a framework to nest scientific observation and more-than-human orientated values with artefact and narrative. From the mythologies of a world unseen but present, Mythica Ignota presents a collection of portals to other ways to belong to and with planet in this strange time Rich dubs the Osciliocene. Through science, story and the artefacts that hold them, myth becomes daily ritual through objects that tether you to other ways of seeing, thinking, knowing, being. This exhibition showcases new work developed during her residency at Canberra Glassworks throughout 2024.

Island Hopping
a solo show by Jeffrey Sarmiento at Canberra Glassworks
3 October to 15 December 2024

Jeffrey Sarmiento is known for his creative practice exploring cultural identity and the graphic image in glass, Sarmiento embeds layers of information in his intricately constructed objects, sculptures and public commissions. An expert in kiln formed and digital fabricated glass, he uses cutting and pasting of printed glass lenticular imagery and within the transparent medium, allowing imagery to swim within the pieces. He thinks of glass as a literal lens with optical qualities, as well as a metaphorical lens into culture which helps him to expose complex narratives and create new ways of seeing.

Pictured above: Elliat Rich, artwork detail, 2024