Vanila Netto
Australia Council for the Arts Residency
2009
Born in Salvador, Brazil in 1963, Vanila Netto has lived in Australia since 1987. Her practice includes photography, sculpture, drawing and video. Her work is influenced by Modernist design and architecture, nature, science fiction and technology. Through her practice Vanila explores the depth of the relationship between pleasure and austerity in the context of today’s excessive consumption and waste production.
Vanila’s recent exhibitions include: Time and Vision, Bargerhouse Oxo Tower, Southbank, London, 2012, Open Atelier Paintings – New Works, 1800 Roeden Atelier 0.15 Hal B, Amsterdam, 2012, Project February 29th 2012, Kunsthale Hannover, Germany, 2012, In Advance, UTS Gallery, Sydney, 2010, and The Isolated Object, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007.
Australia Council for the Arts
Since 1992, the Australia Council for the Arts has partnered with Acme to provide London work/live residency opportunities for Australian visual artists. These residencies are located at Acme's Fire Station in Poplar, E14. Application and selection is undertaken directly by the Australia Council for the Arts.
For more information visit australiacouncil.gov.au
