Sawtooth Ari Gallery

First Space applications are currently open (always open). Many thanks to Bianca Templar (First Space Committee Member) for her words and for featuring in this video. - First Space has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, it’s principal arts investment and advisory body. Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania.

Sawtooth ARI joins our comrades around the country in calling for a permanent ceasefire. We are a group of artist-run initiatives joining the worldwide call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. In the face of genocide, we are coming together in solidarity against the state-sanctioned colonial violence of Israel towards Palestine. We strongly condemn the escalating violence in the region which continues to heavily impact innocent Palestinian families and civilians. We urgently call for humanitarian aid, to further prevent the loss of life, and to support those directly affected. We recognise the important role art plays in offering a mirror to the urgent issues of the world, and the role that arts organisations have in platforming artists and shaping culture. This is a duty that we, collectively, take seriously, operating on stolen lands. In our local arts community, we have seen artists who have courageously and bravely stood up in support of Palestine, even while facing threats of harassment and loss of opportunities and funding. As artist-run organisations, our solidarity will always be with artists, not with systems that suppress and silence artists. You inspire us with your leadership and advocacy, and our statement is written in this spirit. This statement is the first step for our collective, and we will be sharing more shortly. Signed, @busprojects @seventhgallery @tcb_gallery @un_projects @cathedralcabinet @trocaderoprojects @coolchangecontemporary @constance_ari @unassigned_gallery @runway_journal @bestsouppress @feltspace @wreckersartspace @tempcontemp @alt___house @theoldbargallery @fireescapecontemporaryart @readtheroom_ @recess.net.au @dogmilkfilms @honeybonesgallery @softstir @undone.ari @knulpknulpknulp @temporary.position @lantanaspace @watchthisspace_ari @caves.naarm @sawtootharigallery @haus_of_vovo @elevator_ari @s_a_l_u_h_a_n @138gallery @demure.mag @rubiconari @personbooks

26 artists have come together with Sawtooth to create limited edition prints for our 25th birthday fundraiser including: Alex Davern + Amber Koroluk-Stephenson + Angela Casey + Benjamin Baker + Bianca Templar + Bonnie Starick + Chee Yong + Clara Martin + Emily-Rose Wills + Emma Magnusson-Reid + Fernando Do Campo + Jo Chew + Joel Crosswell + Julie Gough + Katie Barron +Lex Palmer-Bull + Liam James + Neil Haddon + Olly Read + Rob O’Connor + Rod Gardner + Sarah Rhodes + Tony Curran + Tricky Walsh + Troy Ruffels + Zara Sully We are honoured and humbled to be working with such excellent creative practitioners associated with Sawtooth as we look to the next 25 years. Please support your local artist-run initiative and consider making a donation or purchasing a print online via link in bio. Every purchase will be dollar matched by Creative Australia. Curated by Clementine Blackman and Zara Sully. #sawtoothari25

Catherine Phillips will be taking over THE SPACE on 07.07 with her work titled ‘Egregious Encounters: A collection of post-modern narratives’. Our celebration will be running from 2-4pm on the 7th. We’re looking forward to seeing you there. RSVP via the link in our bio. - “Egregious Encounters delves into the visceral and often uncomfortable realities that challenge our perceptions of human connection, weaving together threads of emotion, perception and memory to create a visual chronicle of experience, an artistic “Burn Book” per se. This exhibition is a bold confrontation with the egregious—a term that historically signifies something remarkably good but has evolved to represent the shockingly bad. It is within this duality that the artworks presented here oscillate, offering a space for reflection on the vicissitudes of the human condition. Each artefact within this painted and sculptural assemblage is a testament to encounters that leave indelible impressions. The artist has employed a diverse array of materials, symbolism and layered meanings to manifest a discourse on the nature of experiencing the egregious, utilising the jarring dissonance of a mixed-media installation to compel the viewer towards an illumination of the more discomfiting facets of the human psyche.” - Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania. Image credit courtesy of the Artist.

Things are about to heat up at Sawtooth ARI. When we reopen on Sunday 7th July, we will be treated to a FIRST SPACE takeover from Vicki West with her work titled, ‘Ember.’ Join us on Sunday afternoon from 2-4pm. RSVP via our website, or the link in our bio. - Vicki West is a proud pakana artist of Lutruwita. She undertook a bridging course in art at riawunna Centre for Aboriginal Education in Launceston in the early 1990s, and completed her Bachelor Fine Arts in 1999, BFA First Class Honours in 2001 and Masters in 2008 with a scholarship UTAS. West has maintained a strong local, national and international exhibition record since entering the field – including solo exhibitions in Adelaide, Launceston and Melbourne, and numerous national touring exhibitions including Defying Empire, String Theory, Menagerie, tayenebe, Woven Forms, Native Title Business and The One Tree Project. Represented in collections of major institutions Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS, Australian National Museum, Canberra, ACT, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Campbelltown, NSW, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, NT, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT. West has worked extensively at the community level, presenting workshops and undertaking projects through schools and museums both within Tasmania and nationally. Currently the Children’s Arts and Culture co-ordinator for meenah neenah, a cultural arts program. West’s practice draws on traditional cultural practices and materials to create contemporary artworks that explore and celebrate cultural survival in the face of continuing colonial myths of the extinction of her people. - in her own words “we are still here". West is represented by Vivien Anderson Gallery St Kilda and Madeliene Gordon Gallery Launceston. - Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania. First Space has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, it’s principal arts investment and advisory body. Image credit: Andrew Leigh Green.

A sneak peak of what Annie Edney and Olarne Rye have been up to during their winter residency. 💙 @olarneryeart @annieedney

Sawtooth ARI will be closed from 20.06 - 07.07.   We will be reopening on Sunday 07.07 with a FIRST SPACE takeover by Vicki West, with Catherine Phillips in THE SPACE.  In the meantime, keep an eye on our stories as Olarne Rye and Annie Edney will be working on site as part of a winter residency. There may be a chance to pop in and see what they’ve been creating. Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania.

Fundraiser Finale MAY DAY MAY DAY MAY DAY! It’s the final week to get your dollars matched by Creative Australia for our 2024 Fundraiser. This year we turn 25 and to keep us going for another 25 years we’re aiming to raise $25k to support local artists and contemporary art. Browse works by 26 artists for sale and buy something special for yourself or someone you love today, all while giving back. Buy before May 31st to double your dollars 💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸 Visit: bit.ly/sawtooth25birthday

Join us on Thursday 16th May at 5pm over at the @universityoftasmania Inveresk Library for an art panel with Emmalyn Hawthorne (@emphaticallyem ) and Lex Palmer-Bull (@lexpalmerbull ) to hear them discuss their recent works as part of the UTAS x Sawtooth Vitrine series.

@crocodilecowboy painted us some fabulous hats for our 25th anniversary fundraiser. Available online now for $70 Every purchase will be dollar matched by @creative.australia Australia Get in quick before they go hats off! Buy now via bit.ly/storetooth Music: “I’m an Art Prize” by @teens_band_tas

On Friday the 10th of May, FIRST SPACE will become home to ‘Weaving A Waiata,’ work by the incredible J Davies. We’re looking forward to celebrating J’s work, as well as our other exhibiting Artists on Friday from 6-8pm. Grab a free ticket via the link in our bio. - “Weaving a Waiata (Echoes) is an assemblage of my own dreams, streams (of consciousness and subconciousness) and memories, utilizing found and familial objects and materials that explore contemporary connection to culture from a queer, neurodiverse, First Nations lens.”  - J Davies is a multidisciplinary Takataapui artist respectfully doing mahi on stolen lands of The Kulin Nation in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia).   Through ongoing archiving of contemporary queer existence in the city of Naarm, J cultivates connection to community and culture whilst considering themes of identity, intimacy and neurodiversity. With a uniquely personal perspective; J documents their own life behind-closed-doors and invites their audience and collaborators to collectively contemplate the ways in which we view and value intimacy within our lives.  J has been experimenting with photography since 2008, graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, in 2017. They have exhibited their work at The National Gallery of Victoria, Tomorrow Maybe (Hong Kong), Sol Gallery, Incinerator Gallery, Blak Dot Gallery, Centre for Contemporary Photography, c3 Contemporary Artspace, Seventh Gallery and is represented by James Making Gallery. - Image credit: Courtesy of the Artist.  Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania.

Hey, you RSVP’d yet? Oh you have? What a win for you. Even better, we have Georgia Hayward exhibiting in INNER SPACE with her work titled, ‘what grows at the water’s edge?’ See you on the 10th of May at 6pm.  Link in bio for those who need it. - ‘what grows at the water’s edge?’ is a participatory installation that explores how we can build and mobilise solidarity practices. Inspired by Country, the work imagines the braided river structures across Mardigan Country and surrounding waterways of so-called Australia, as a framework community building through storytelling, conversation and social practice. The work reframes the gallery space to offer forward a commons - inviting us to sit with each other, hold weight in our togetherness and critically understand our positioning both geographically and socially amongst the ongoing genocide in Palestine and rising Indigenous deaths in custody. ‘what grows at the water’s edge?’ asks us to reimagine what futures are possible through collaborative action and shared liberation. - Image credits: ‘garmu warani’ (detail image) 2024. chrome paint on acrylic. Image courtesy of artist. [B1] ‘what grows at the waters edge?’ (process image). Image courtesy of artist. [8A & 6A] Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania.