Simone Darcy
Flesh
Simone Darcy | 2022
Title: Leather Back Seat Shag
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Title: Leather Back Seat Shag
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Flesh
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Simone Darcy | 2022
Title: Body Spirit
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Title: Body Spirit
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Tell us about yourself and how your career as an artist began?
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I grew up in a small rural farming community in Australia, and from an early age art was my escapism. The influence of this landscape and its colours has always stayed with me. I then left and went to the city to study at Sydney College of the Arts. From the beginning motherhood was a major part of my work, my daughter Taliah was a baby when I started at SCA in my early 20’s and then my son Jasper came along during my studies. My children have always been a presence in my work in body and spirit. I was a young mum, we didn’t have much money so my studio was always a home studio, this has always been my normal.
Photography has always been my passion, and from the first moment I stepped into a darkroom I was hooked, these were pre-digital days so experimenting with alternative photographic processes was embraced and nurtured. I spent many hours alone each week in the university darkroom. This way of working has stayed with me, it stills my busy mind, and the darkroom is somewhat of a healing space. |
Simone Darcy | 2022
Title: Leather Back Seat Shag
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Title: Leather Back Seat Shag
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Have there been any primary influences in your work, either from the art world or beyond?
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How did the fascination with camera-less, alternative photography begin for you?
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Simone Darcy | 2022
Title: River, Mud & Silver Studded Boots
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Title: River, Mud & Silver Studded Boots
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Can you describe the process of creating these works and what has led you to develop this practice?
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Simone Darcy | 2024
Title: Flesh #023
Unique Gelatin Silver Chemilumen
110 x 78cm
Title: Flesh #023
Unique Gelatin Silver Chemilumen
110 x 78cm
What is the most challenging aspect of creating these works in the studio?
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How do you see your work evolving in future?
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Simone Darcy | 2023
Title: Gun Metal Moon
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
Title: Gun Metal Moon
Silver Gelatin Chemigram
Reproduced - Archival Inkjet Print
165 x 135cm
All images ©Simone Darcy
Bio
Born in Bedgerabong (NSW) on Wiradjuri land. Living in lutruwita / Tasmania.
Simone is a contemporary photographic artist who uses experimental processes including cameraless techniques to make unique photograms, chemigrams and light paintings onto photo-sensitive materials to depict the physical and psychological effects on the body. Simone’s work continues to reference her experience as a woman, artist and mother, often using performance strategies within the still image to construct ideas of abstraction, embodiment and self.
Simone’s work has been shown in Australia and Internationally, this has included Point North at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography in Iceland; Verge Gallery Sydney; Arts System Wickham and selected as part of the Gaffa Experimental Photo Festival Award Sydney; Other notable exhibitions include Embody at Cement Fondu Sydney; Light Objects – Photography in the Expanded Field at Perth Centre of Photography; The Bus Stop Project at Maitland Regional Art Gallery and Absence at Span 1,2 & 3 Melbourne
Simone has been finalist in the Gosford Art Prize; Mullins Conceptual Photo Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre; The National Photographic Portrait Prize, The Portrait Gallery Canberra; Head On Portrait Prize, Australian Centre of Photography; The Portrait Prize, Queensland Centre of Photography; The New York Photo Prize; The Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photographic Prize; MAMA National Photography Prize; Melbourne Photobook Image Award and was the recipient of the Ilford Salon Portrait Award at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. Simone has been an invited artist in residence at All That We Are, Rosny Farm Arts Centre and AIRspace Oatlands (Tasmania); Studio Kura (Japan); NES Artists (Iceland); Devfto Printmaking Institute, (Ubud Bali) and QBank Gallery, Queenstown (Tasmania)
Simone is a contemporary photographic artist who uses experimental processes including cameraless techniques to make unique photograms, chemigrams and light paintings onto photo-sensitive materials to depict the physical and psychological effects on the body. Simone’s work continues to reference her experience as a woman, artist and mother, often using performance strategies within the still image to construct ideas of abstraction, embodiment and self.
Simone’s work has been shown in Australia and Internationally, this has included Point North at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography in Iceland; Verge Gallery Sydney; Arts System Wickham and selected as part of the Gaffa Experimental Photo Festival Award Sydney; Other notable exhibitions include Embody at Cement Fondu Sydney; Light Objects – Photography in the Expanded Field at Perth Centre of Photography; The Bus Stop Project at Maitland Regional Art Gallery and Absence at Span 1,2 & 3 Melbourne
Simone has been finalist in the Gosford Art Prize; Mullins Conceptual Photo Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre; The National Photographic Portrait Prize, The Portrait Gallery Canberra; Head On Portrait Prize, Australian Centre of Photography; The Portrait Prize, Queensland Centre of Photography; The New York Photo Prize; The Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photographic Prize; MAMA National Photography Prize; Melbourne Photobook Image Award and was the recipient of the Ilford Salon Portrait Award at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne. Simone has been an invited artist in residence at All That We Are, Rosny Farm Arts Centre and AIRspace Oatlands (Tasmania); Studio Kura (Japan); NES Artists (Iceland); Devfto Printmaking Institute, (Ubud Bali) and QBank Gallery, Queenstown (Tasmania)