Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial 2024 Digital Gallery
Claudio Kirac
b.1976 Queanbeyan NSW, lives Gold Coast QLD
Lady Starlight , 2024
oil, synthetic polymer and aerosol on stretched poly cotton canvas
Image courtesy of the artist
Artist Statement
I'm inspired by emotions in the world around me, and paint my world as I see it - in dreamscapes, gardens and miniature universes. Lady Starlight is a celebration of and a tribute to my wife, painted three days post the birth of our second son. After witnessing the power and resilience of the human spirit, I painted this depicting a transcendental movement of light and shape - pure emotion...trial, triumphs, tribulations. Our world had just got a whole lot brighter.
About the Artist
Claudio Kirac is a contemporary artist living and creating on the lands of the Kombumerri families of the Yugambeh Language Region. Through his work, Claudio explores concepts of nostalgia, harmony, memory, shared experience and joy.
He is known for his multidisciplinary approach to practice, working across painting, design, photography and installation. With his head in the clouds and two feet planted firmly on the ground, Claudio constantly investigates the crossover between analogue and digital processes, contemporary art and popular culture.
His career spans more than 25 years, with work in the HOTA Gallery Collection, The National Library of Australia, NYC State Library and Louis Vuitton Asia Pacific, as well as private collections around Australia and Canada. Most recently, Claudio has been named as a finalised in the Harden Landscape Prize 2024 and The Darling Portrait Prize 2024.
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