about

tc overson

TC Overson is artist in residence at The Foundations in Portland NSW,
mentored by renowned sculptor Harrie Fasher.

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summary of practice

_{TC Overson’s art is a hybrid of sculpture and drawing. Her process uses directed 'chance' to work more closely with natural elements and forces, integral to the work.}

_{Interconnected qualities and marks of existence, on all scales, are investigated in her practice. Organic shapes and textures are fed visually by her long-term interest in astronomy, geology and biology. Overson allows the viewer a glimpse of existence on macro and micro scales, highlighting how alike they are.}

_{The enormity of deep time evolution is aligned with the mundanity of breakfast materials, suggesting how close the numinous is to the commonplace.}

exhibitions & awards

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_{.M Contemporary Solo Exhibition – edge
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre – Collector’s Edition #9
Harvey Galleries/National Art School – Graduate Award Exhibition 2023
The Annexe, Portland – Group Show with R.R Pascoe and Le Grizz
The Foundations, Portland, Artist in Residence}

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_{.M Contemporary Gallery – rise – first solo show
Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
Lithgow Art Trail 2022
The Squatters Cottage – The Foundations Art Residency Award
National Art School – MFA Postgraduate Exhibition 2021}

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_{Drawing Gallery National Art School – 1+2 Exhibition}

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_{Scratch Art Space, Marrickville – Contingency
Library Stairwell Gallery, NAS – Decameron}

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_{National Art School – BFA Graduate Exhibition 2019
Library Stairwell Gallery, NAS – Exhibition for Lonely People}

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_{TAFE QLD – Diploma of Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition – 1st Prize, Ceramics}

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artist statement

_{Very big looks very much the same as very small.}

_{The milky haze of Venus is not so different from the hazy microbes in milk. This is because all matter comes from one source and force. My work explores such interconnectedness, suggesting the affinity between life and non-life. Using Earth’s evolution as foundation, I aim at cosmic, geologic and biologic ambiguity.}

_{In my practice, materials and processes are elemental. Every day I eat breakfast while surrounded by the universe and so I use eggshell and tea in my work to speak of that mundane experience on the brink of eternity, and to provide artistic limits to a limitless subject. Plaster, cotton and rice-paper are other material voices that help me whisper a story of deep time planetary evolution.}

_{Art can offer, I believe, a form of time travel. Ultimately, I would like my work to provide, at a glimpse, aesthetic satisfaction, and with lingering contemplation, a conceptual journey into beyond-human time and space.}

a bit about

_{There's a lot to say and do in the time we have.}

_{After many years in performing arts management, I committed
to a long-held desire to make art, and now hold a BFA in Sculpture
and an MFA in Drawing from the National Art School, Sydney.}

_{Currently my studio and my work is at The Foundations Portland NSW.}

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