Eliza Gosse
엘리자 고스(Eliza Gosse)는 건축을 통해 삶을 탐구하는 호주의 현대 작가입니다.
시드니를 기반으로 활동하며, 2019년 시드니 국립예술학교(National Art School)에서 미술 석사 과정을 졸업한 그녀는, 이후 여러 공공 및 사설 갤러리에서 활발하게 전시하며 이름을 알렸습니다.
아카이벌드상(Archibald Prize), 윈상(Wynne Prize), 패딩턴 아트 프라이즈(Paddington Art Prize) 등 권위 있는 상들에도 다수 입상하며 평단의 주목을 받아왔습니다.
고스의 작품 세계는 전후(post-war)와 미드센추리(mid-century) 건축 양식에서 출발합니다.
그녀는 본인이 태어나기도 전 시대의 구조물과 디자인에서 영감을 받아, 정제되고 간결한 형태의 풍경을 캔버스에 담아냅니다.
그녀의 건축적 장면들은 단순히 건물의 외형을 묘사하는 것이 아니라, 그 공간에 살았을지도 모를 사람들의 기억과 정서를 불러일으키는 감성적인 ‘환기’의 회화입니다.
특히 고스는 부드럽고 절제된 색조를 사용하여 장면 전체에 짙은 향수와 잔잔한 정서를 부여합니다.
깔끔하고 세련된 스타일 속에는 과거에 대한 애틋함, 그리고 보편적인 삶의 정서가 담겨 있으며, 관객은 작품을 통해 그 시절, 그 공간의 삶을 자연스럽게 상상하게 됩니다.
그녀의 작품 제목은 종종 팝 컬처에서 차용되며, 이를 통해 시대의 공기와 감각적인 유희까지 포착합니다.
이처럼 고스는 단순한 건축화가를 넘어, 공간과 기억, 디자인과 감정이 교차하는 현대적 서정성을 구축하는 작가입니다.
엘리자 고스의 회화는 결국 공간에 담긴 시간과 감정의 흔적을 더듬는 작업으로, 관객에게 익숙하면서도 이질적인 정서적 울림을 선사합니다.
Kumquats in the Courtyard
acrylic on canvas, 137×112cm, 2024
Kumquats in the Courtyardacrylic on canvas, 137×112cm, 2024
Quietly Enjoying a Bowl of Breakfast Cereal
acrylic on canvas, 137×112cm, 2024
Quietly Enjoying a Bowl of Breakfast Cerealacrylic on canvas, 137×112cm, 2024
Kumquats in the Courtyard (study)
gouache on paper, 40×35cm, 2024
Kumquats in the Courtyard (study)gouache on paper, 40×35cm, 2024
Quietly Enjoying a Bowl of Breakfast Cereal (study)
gouache on paper, 40×35cm, 2024
Quietly Enjoying a Bowl of Breakfast Cereal (study)gouache on paper, 40×35cm, 2024
Warm Sachet Coffee and Arnott’s Sugared Shortbread
oil and acrylic on canvas, 46×55cm, 2024
Warm Sachet Coffee and Arnott’s Sugared Shortbreadoil and acrylic on canvas, 46×55cm, 2024
CV
EDUCATION
2019 Master of Fine Art, National Art School
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Entertainer’s Delight With Ocean Views, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2023 All My Friends Have White Walls And Beige Carpet, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2022 Pool Towels Are Softer At Tennis Clubs, Mars Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Bumpy Roads And Tip Top Sandwiches, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2021 You’re Poolside and Everything Is Perfect, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2020 Cabin Fever, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2020 Mini Mokes and Mini Skirts, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2019 Eggs On Soldiered Toast Buttered Well, May Space, Sydney
2019 Distance From Here, Edwina Corlette, Brisbane
2018 Mission Brown, Saint Cloche, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Naive Realism, Artspace Hohwa, Seoul, South Korea
2023 SPRING 1883 Art Fair, Melbourne
2023 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2023 Spring Group Show, Galerie Camille Pouyfaucon, Paris
2023 A Female Gaze, Mars Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Sydney Contemporary, Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2022 The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2022 Salon des Refusés Wynne Prize, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2022 National Art School in the NSW Landscape, NSW Parliament, Sydney
2021 After Dark, M2 Gallery, Sydney
2021 Sydney Contemporary, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Sydney
2021 Spring1883 Art Fair, Melbourne
2021 Going Home, Hugo Michelle Gallery, Adelaide
2020 The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2020 Auckland Art Fair, Edwina Colette Gallery, Auckland
2020 New Collectors, Hugo Michelle Gallery, Adelaide
2020 Adoration, China Heights, Sydney
2020 London Art Fair, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Business Design Centre, London
2019 Christmas Show, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2019 MFA Graduation show, National Art School, Sydney
2019 Sydney Contemporary, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Sydney
2019 June, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2019 The New Gallery Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2019 Strange Paradise, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
2018 Suburban Dreams, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney
2018 Sydney Contemporary, National Art School stand, Sydney
2018 On The Aussie Telly, Ambush Gallery, Sydney
2018 22.08.18, Home@735 Gallery, Sydney
2018 National Art School selected students, The Other Art Fair, Sydney
PRIZES AND GRANTS
2023 Finalist in The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2023 Finalist in The Kings School Art Prize
2022 Winner of Alan Gamble Award, Mosman Art Prize
2022 Finalist in The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2022 Finalist in The Salon Des Refuse, S.H Ervin Gallery
2022 Finalist in Grace Cossington Smith Art Prize
2021 Finalist in Paddington Art Prize
2020 Finalist in The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
2020 Finalist in The Mosman Art Prize
2020 Finalist in Ravenswood Female Art Award
2019 Winner of National Art School and Parkers Sydney Fine Art Award
2019 Finalist in Ravenswood Female Art Award
2018 Winner of William Fletcher Grant for Emerging Artists
2018 Finalist in Ravenswood Female Art Award
2018 Finalist in Waverley Woollahra Art Prize
2017 Winner of John Olsen Drawing prize National Art School
2017 Finalist in Mosman 70th Anniversary Art Prize
2017 Winner of Peoples Choice Award in Waverley Art Prize
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Pool Towels Are Softer At Tennis Clubs
limited edition book, self published
2022 Bumpy Roads And Tip Top Sandwiches
limited edition book, self published
2019 Eggs On Soldiered Toast Buttered Well
limited edition book, self published
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