JULIE STONEMAN

Julie Stoneman’s practice www.fluxstudio.space explores the Tasmanian landscape as a repository of geological and collective memory to amplify them as abstracted visual narratives.

Her experience in ceramics, public art and landscape architecture deepens her understanding of materials, processes and place formation. 

Residencies in France and Tasmania have generated several recent exhibitions including DISSOLVE - a climate change parable and FLOATING WORLDS a journey through 1.6 Billion years. 

Julie’s work is represented in Government buildings, TMAG, UTAS, ArtBank and in numerous private collections. 

Julie works from her Flux Studio Space in Kettering.

ROLAND GABATEL

Local timber sculptor Roland Gabatel is known for creating eye-catching, large-scale pieces: reaching skywards, women release birds in a gesture of peace at Friend's Park in Hobart, whilst further down the Channel at the Oyster Cove Inn, Neptune stands tall above the marina and in Huonville, commemorative Federation and Boer War figures highlight moments of the past. With over 30 years of experience teaching Art to students, Roland is well-versed in many facets of the art curriculum.

Roland was born in Switzerland to Italian parents. He left Switzerland at the age of eight and then lived in Italy for around a year. Roland then immigrated to Australia at the age of nine. Achieving an Art Certificate and a Bachelor of Arts at the University of N.S.W., he moved to Tasmania in 1997 and started sculpting timber, initially at the Oyster Cove Inn, Kettering. He has since created numerous public sculptures at a variety of locations throughout southern Tasmania.