Studio 4: 14b Blinco Street
Ian de Souza
www.iandesouza.com.au
Ian de Souza is a full time practicing artist and educator with an exhibition history spanning over 33 years. His approach to his practice is highly disciplined and includes weekly figure drawing sessions and teaching commitments.
The sustained force of Ian de Souza’s artistic exploration is the fluid connection between light, line, colour and movement, visual elements that are present in his living studio space. Represented in private and public collections worldwide, including Cathay Corporation Singapore, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Dept Culture and the Arts WA, the City of Fremantle, Town of East Fremantle, Voyager Estate, Evans and Tate, Pilbara Iron and Fremantle Ports.
Photos by Simon Cowling.
guests include
Tom de Souza tells stories. He has dedicated his life to the written word and captured image, seeking personal and professional freedom by pursuing a different kind of life along the road less travelled. Stories from the Scenic Route is his virtual home.
Tom believes storytelling has the power to change the world, and he works to spark positive change through his stories. He travels regularly to capture unique yarns that inspire us to consider our relationships with one another, and to explore the world we inhabit.
On a trip to Morocco, aged 18 years, Tom began writing seriously and in 2016 he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Journalism. A dedicated student, he honed his craft under the guidance of Walkley Award winner Adam Shand.
Tom's written work has also been published in leading national and international publications: The Australian, The BBC, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, and his work as a journalist has earned him multiple WA Media Awards. His photography has been featured on ABC Television and various advertising campaigns, and garnered the international recognition of the Monster Children Photo Competition. A keen linguist, Tom is fluent in Italian and Indonesian. He is based in Margaret River in Western Australia.
Graduating from the Central Institute of Technology Northbridge in 2015, with a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts, George Howlett works with neon and paint. His arts practice involves public murals and interventions and more recently, in neon sculpture and light installations in collaboration with George Aitken. Aitken's lengthy experience in neon and lighting coupled with Howlett's drawings and whacky imagination has formed an electrifying alliance with Aitken exploring his own artistic 'bent' in the process. The two Georges came together when Howlett's one-line pen drawings were converted into minute wire broaches that caught Aitken's eye on Instagram. He made a neon version larger than scale [1:1000] and surprised Howlett. It was a 'light bulb' moment for the two Georges as to forming a creative alliance.
George Howlett's studio is based at Artsource in Fremantle. His work is held in private and public collections. He enjoys an Art and Business mentorship and internships with Trevor Richards. This is George Howlett's second AWF event.
