The collective are accomplished mid-level exhibiting visual artists from disciplines including painting, printmaking, textiles and sculpture, who have come together to jointly open and manage a combined gallery space. Fiona Chandler who came up with the idea for the gallery said, “Artists are collaborators, it takes many people to see original artworks on walls. We want to acknowledge the coming together of patrons as well as stylists, interior designers and architects who create unique and aesthetically beautiful spaces, places to live and work.”
“What we wanted to create is a conversation, developing relationships with the people that buy our works.”
Sydney Road Gallery's objective is to create a business around relationships: artists with artists, artists with customers and artists with stylists and interior designers.
“Every artist in the collective see buyers of art as patrons of the arts rather than simply a transaction. When you spend hours or even months creating a piece, each painting or sculpture has a story woven into it.”
“We want to tell those stories to our ‘patrons’ and the people who change spaces with our art such as stylists and interior designers. The feeling that comes from making something and then seeing that made item in a living or work space, and knowing that it was specifically chosen, can be life changing for an artist.”
Each artist contributes 10 per cent of each sale as well as a small monthly fee which goes towards the running of the gallery. The gallery will feature a diversity of artwork that will inspire and appeal a wide audience of art lovers alike, including paintings, textiles, sculptural and wall hanging pieces to suit different tastes, themes and settings.
