05 Sep Kirsty Lillico Tylee Cottage Residency News
Tylee Cottage Residency News
Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery is pleased to welcome Kirsty Lillico as the Tylee Cottage artist-in-residence at until early December.
Pushing at the edges of the craft / object arena, Lillico’s practice has drawn on a range of diverse materials such as building paper, house and office loads of unwanted and new carpet, fabric, rope and recycled leisure wear. Her work resides at the hinterland of craft, sculpture and drawing. In 2017 she won the Parkin Drawing Prize for a carpet piece.
Lillico says, “the design products of architecture and fashion are inspirational source material for my textile sculptures. Both clothing and buildings protect the body and exert control over it. My work embodies the discord between the aspirations of design and the function it serves for its users.”
Lillico has a Bachelor of Design, majoring in Visual Communication Design from Victoria University, Wellington and a Master of Fine Art from RMIT University, Melbourne. She has been included in many solo and group exhibitions, including the group exhibitions Demented Architecture, 2015 and Unravelled, 2019 at City Gallery Wellington.
We are also delighted to announce that our 2025 residents will be Ming Ranginui (Te Ati Haunui-a-Pāpārangi) from February to June, and Isabella Loudon from July to November. Both their residencies will be something of a homecoming, with Ranginui growing up in Whanganui and Loudon in nearby Marton.
Ranginui holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) degree from Massey University, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She continued her studies at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, specialising in raranga (weaving). Loudon is a 2016 Fine Arts graduate of Massey University, Wellington and since that time she has been making a name for herself as one of Aotearoa’s most interesting sculptors. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions and in December 2023 the Sarjeant worked closely with Loudon on her expansive site specific project in Marton two years|one building.
Senior Curator & Programmes Manager Greg Donson says “All three artists will be working on their first solo artist projects in public galleries and we’re looking forward to seeing how their work engages with the brand new gallery spaces of Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery”
The next call for Tylee Cottage applications for the residency programme will be in mid-2025.
The gallery’s artist-in-residence programme is generously supported by Creative New Zealand through its Toi Uru Kahikatea Investment Programme.
Artist talk: Kirsty Lillico
The current Tylee Cottage artist-in-residence will give an illustrated talk about her work.
Date: Wednesday 25 September 2024
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Venue: Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street
Free all welcome. Bookings not necessary.
Kirsty Lillico is the current artist-in-residence at Tylee Cottage until early December 2024. Pushing at the edges of the craft / object arena, Lillico’s practice has drawn on a range of diverse materials such as building paper, house and office loads of unwanted and new carpet, fabric, rope and recycled leisure wear. Her work resides at the hinterland of craft, sculpture and drawing. In 2017 Kirsty won the Parkin Drawing Prize for a carpet piece. Hosted by Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery.