Callum Docherty
STORY BEYOND
April 1 - June 4, 2023
Exhibition launch Saturday May 13 at 5pm
This exhibition is part of the History Festival
Gallery 1
An exhibition of new work by Tarntanya/Adelaide-based multidisciplinary artist Callum Docherty constructs a layered intersection of local histories and site-responsive observations.
Drawing upon the museum collection at the Hahndorf Academy, the exhibition will reveal and document local historical objects and artifacts through contemporary arts practice.
Along with documenting historical material STORY BEYOND captures impressions and details of the current site and space, forging a narrative from the past to present and beyond.
‘Daylighting’ Window, Gallery One, Hahndorf Academy, 2022. Digital Image, Dimensions Variable. Courtesy the Artist.
Artist Bio
Callum Docherty (b.1981) is an Tarntanya/Adelaide-based multidisciplinary artist who has predominantly worked and exhibited throughout New South Wales and South Australia.
His experimental approach includes working with a range of mediums such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, installation and more recently collaborating in performance-based, site-specific live works and sound art.
For Callum, the notions of reinvention and circularity are at the core of his creative arts practice, with a focus on incorporating abstraction to express personal narratives, new perspectives and responses to social issues.
In 2022, Callum completed the Artist in Residence program at Sauerbier House culture exchange, culminating in his site-specific solo exhibition titled IN PLACE, opened by Gillian Brown, Curator at Samstag Museum of Art.
He was awarded Major Prize Winner of the 2019 Gallery M Open Contemporary Art Prize for his work ‘Intermission’. He was a finalist in the 2019 4th Biennial RSASA Portrait Prize Exhibition and the 2017 Tatiara Art Prize. Since moving to South Australia in 2017, Callum has also exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions, along with festivals including the Adelaide Fringe and SALA festivals.
Callum Docherty (@callum_docherty) • Instagram photos and videos