When: Saturday 20 January, 11.00am - 12.30pm

Where: MAMA, 546 Dean Street, Albury

Price: FREE

Panel: Grant Stevens, Jo Davenport, Marley Dawson, Bree Pickering, Tyler Grace, Michael Moran (Panel Moderator)

EXPLORING PAINTING EXTREMES THROUGH KATHARINA GROSSE | Katharina is concerned with tangible, immersive spaces combined with the accumulation of painted gestures – taking the medium far beyond its traditional domain. Her spatio-temporal musings allude to imaginative panoramas, complex narratives and empirical space. This confident control of color and orchestration of spaces finds parallels with the artist’s own personal assurance and composure when discussing her work. [READ MORE]

- Freunde von Freunden

Jo Davenport was announced as a finalist in the 2017 Paddington Art Prize this month along with Tim Allen, Suzanne Archer, Jo Bertini, Yvonne Boag, John Bokor, Matthew Bromhead, Tom Carment, Catherine Cassidy, Claire Cavanna, Gary Christian, Dino Consalvo, Lottie Consalvo, J Valenzuela Didi, James Drinkwater, Lorraine Droga, Heather Egan, Jody Graham, Eva Hampel, Geoff Harvey, David Hawkes, Belynda Henry, Sam Holt, Pamela Honeyfield, Todd Hunter, Susan Jacobsen, Dinah Johanson, Alan Jones, Jason Jowett, Michelle Kirk, Graham Kuo, Peter Lankas, Janice Liley, Genevieve Kemarr Loy, Laura Matthews, Paul Miller, Stephanie Monteith, Justine Muller, Niahjuella, Wayde Owen, John Petrie, Charmaine Pike, Marisa Purcell, Ben Rak, John Reid, Jennifer Riddle, Peter Sharp, Tony Sowersby, James Stephenson, Peter Stevens, Margaret Ellen Turner, Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty, Emma Walker, Greg Warburton and Anthony White.

Reflections in the ripples of the river of lush foliage, glimpses of gilded landscapes, an emotive sky and the play of dappled light, Jo Davenport’s gestural paintings speak of her relationship with nature and experiences with her environment.

It has been said that the mega-rich know from experience that everything is for sale; you just have to name the right price. But when most of us visit a public art gallery or museum we assume that we can’t buy the artworks exhibited there, no matter how much we might like to. Artworks in public galleries are not for sale. Or are they? READ MORE

Featured works in the recently published book The Tailored Interior by Australian interior designers Greg Natale.

Greg Natale champions the use of bold colour and pattern and the creation of warm, layered, liveable spaces, and the paintings of Davenport encompass exactly this. With their bold layering of oil paint, warm palettes and visceral forms, the works aesthetically enhance any space, as revealed by the beautifull photography of Natale’s precisely edited interiors.

Greg Natale, The Tailored Interior, Sydney: Hardie Grant Books, 2014.

In August this year, Jo Davenport's Sunshine and Rain, 2015, was acquired by Artbank.

In addition to the Artbank Collection, Davenport's work is held in Hong Kong's Norman Foster Club House Tai Po; the Permanent Collection of Wangaratta Regional Art Gallery; the University of Melbourne; Mercy Hospital, Albury and ArtStream Investment Group, as well as private collections in Australia, UK, France, Canada and Japan.

JO DAVENPORT’S ROOTS run deep by the Murray River, near the NSW Riverina city of Albury. This was her birthplace and the surrounding countryside her childhood playground. And it was here that she later met her husband Ken. As she established herself as an artist, the hills and river scenery were often her inspiration... READ MORE

An interview with Natalie Walton, The Daily Imprint

Boarder artist Jo Davenport will exhibit her latest artwork this month at a solo debut show in Sydney called Remembered... READ MORE