Exhibition Opening of Elliat Rich & Jeffrey Sarmiento

Canberra Glassworks invites you to the official opening of solo exhibitions by Elliat Rich and Jeffrey Sarmiento on Saturday 26 October at 4pm with opening speaker Stephen Todd, Design Editor for the Australian Financial Review. 

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 the planet in this strange time that 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

Island Hopping embodies Jeffrey Sarmiento’s transnational identity and his experiences as a Filipino diasporic artist. Blending traditional glassblowing with printmaking and digital fabrication, Sarmiento visualises the complexities of cultural hybridity, showing how identities evolve through the intersection of different influences. Much like the Philippine archipelago, his artworks represent the experience of moving between spaces, cultures, and relationships. He examines how cultures, languages, and customs are both lost and gained through these movements.

This event also marks the closing celebration of Canberra Art Biennial, showcasing works by Erin Dickson, Emma Rani Hodges and Nabilah Nordon.

Pictured above: Elliat Rich, Shimmer cabinet, 2024 brass, glass, gold, acrylic.