Greetings from the Mongrels — Amanda Stuart

One of the terrific people and artists we met at Pambula Lake is Amanda Stuart, a Coordinator of the ANU Field Studies program (along with Heike Qualitz and Amelia Zaraftis). I had the pleasure to see a presentation of her haunting work and was able to visit her studio at ANU to see some of her working process. The following is taken from her page on the Craft ACT website:

Amanda Stuart's sculptural art practice explores human relationships with the Australian natural environment, with a particular focus on "outsider" species. In particular, Stuart seeks to explore the tensions that arise when domestic and wild animal and human communities co-habit a terrain — specifically within the Australian landscape and psyche, making an effort to consider issues of land, culture and identity. She also aims to open dialogue between regional and urban communities and visually explore human connections to myth and place.

The images below represent her work in the Palmer Sculpture Biennial 2010.