micro-galleries River Festival, Nowra

River Festival, Nowra

This was it.

The Shoalhaven River Festival invited Micro Galleries to launch their upcoming Micro Galleries (Nowra) at their local community festival. Over 20,000 people attended throughout the weekend. Featuring our core international artists, many of the works were interactive including Mim Golub’s Mail Art Project (for which she is still receiving art posted back to her in the USA from Nowra!) and Erlend Depine’s sound tour under the bridge can still be heard via QR codes. Chuck Scalin’s major work that plastered the plinths’ under the iconic Nowra bridge can sometimes be seen partly immersed under the water.

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Our Artists

Nowra Launch Participating Artists

Kianoush Ramezani (Iran/France)

Political Cartoonist and Curator

Artist and activist in exile, he is living and working in Paris since 2009. He gives educational lectures in the colleges and universities since 2010. Kianoush’s editorial cartoons appears regularly in Courrier International French magazine and other national and International media in France and other countries. He chose “Cartooning: The Art of Danger” for his TEDx talk in 2014, months before the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. He has been curating and directing International cartoon expos since 2011 in Europe [France, Sweden, Germany etc. ], and is the founder President of the United Sketches International Association supporting freedom of expression and Cartoonists in Exile.
Kat Roma Greer (Australia/Hong Kong)

Urban Disruptor, Curator, MG Artistic Director

Kat is a curator, urban disruptor and creator of public art interventions that focus on positive change. Kat creatively leads the global arts initiative Micro Galleries, is writer and curator for women-identifying initiative, Urban Nasty, is an Advisor for French-based global arts initiative United Sketch Freedom, and was named as one of Australia’s 100 Women of Influence for Culture. She has recently returned from the prestigious The Arctic Circle Residency where she continued her research and activations on climate disruption art and the role of artists in this vital issue.
Bonnie Greene (Australia)

assembler/collector/collagist/domestic curator/painter

From the school of abstract expressionism, part time collagist, procrastinator, see-er of beauty in decay & domestic curator. Bonnie is also the Artistic Producer of Micro Galleries (Nowra)
Erlend Depine (Austria)

Sound/Multimedia Artist/Curator/Creator

Erlend is a sound artist and sound curator. He likes to work with sound in combination with art and space. He has a fascination with sounds, music, the interpretation of those and the impact on society and culture. Beside collecting and exploring music he hosts a (more or less) regular radio show in Graz, Austria.
Noël Wilson (Scotland/Thailand)

Photographer

“Buddha Nature is not something we have, it is what we are.”
Teresa Schebiella (Germany / Hong Kong)

Graphic Design & Illustration, MG Visual Identity Director

A multi-disciplinary designer who likes colours and find beauty in most things.
Mim Golub (USA)

Maker/ Mail Artist

Teacher of creativity, communication and self-discovery through Mail Art using various mediums, primarily collage. Collage is her medium, and the postal system is how she shares it.An active member of the International Union of Mail Artists, which connects her with people throughout the world.