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Artist Statement:
SUNLIGHT AT THE END OF AN
AFTERNOON....
Sunlight in the late afternoon
is a catalyst for intense
feelings...a longing and an
elation at the same time.
SNOW
The landscape of my childhood
was covered with snow all
winter, but I longed for the
sea. Today I am at home ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
2008 NG ART GALLERY, "Food for
Thought"
2007 THE PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL
AWARD, SH Erwin Gallery
2006 NATIONAL PORTRAIT
GALLERY, Canberra, recent
acquisitions
2006 CHARLES HEWITT GALLERY,
'Four views', landscape show
2006 WILLOUGHBY ART PRIZE
2006 THE PORTIA GEACH MEMORIAL
AWARD, SH Erwin Gallery
2005 ARTHOUSE HOTEL, SYDNEY,
PAA EXHIBITION
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Artist Galleries:
Charles Hewitt Gallery, 300
Glenmore Rd, Paddington 2021,
Sydney Australia...
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Artist Reviews:
'Yoli is a serious artist,
with a soft but distinctive
touch...'
John McDonald, Art writer,
Sydney 2003
'Yoli Salmona harponne
l'invisible qui se love au
sein du visible. Elle montre
l'attente, le secret, en se
maintenant sur la ligne de
crête d'un réalisme qui,
finalement...
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Collections:
National Portrait Gallery of
Australia
Dayko Group
Ferrier Hodgson collection
Waverley Council
Pacific Bank, USA
Mariott Hotels, USA
Private collections,
Australia, Europe, Tahiti,
Japan, USA
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Commissions:
20 paintings for Dayko Group,
commissioned
Editions Flammarion, Paris
Ferrier Hodgson, Sydney
Poster Editions, Sydney
Edition Habit Press, Sydney
Private portrait commissions,
Australia, France...
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Yoli Salmona Biography:
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French-born Yoli Salmona was at first a Fashion designer and illustrator who studied at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. From 1985, her original work on paper became known through print and card publishers in France and the USA, where she lived for two years. In Australia, her prints were published by Poster Editions and Habit Press.
Soon after migrating to Sydney, she took up oil painting and portraiture and later studied advanced oil techniques at the Charlie Sheard Studio School, and new printing techniques at Waringah Printmakers.
She has been a finalist for the Mosman Art Prize, the Waverley Art Prize (first Prize), Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, Salon des Refusés, Blake Prize, Toyama Poster Triennale.
This year is her sixth selection for the Portia Geach Memorial Award. Her 2001 entry is in
The National Portrait Gallery.
Her work has been featured in TV programs ( FR3 France, ABC TV) as well as printed media.
Reviews include The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Australian Art Collector, Brisbane Courrier Mail, and various French publications, National Portrait Gallery website.
She has written a story on Matisse and Byzance for the inaugural issue of East-West Arts |
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