Yavuz Gallery, Redfern

Yavuz Gallery, Redfern, Sydney

 

Artist; Marikit Santiago – “My Father’s Son” exhibition: October 9, 2020 – November 7, 2020

 

Just off Redfern Street, Yavuz Gallery recently hosted the “My Father’s Son” Exhibition by Filipina-Australian Artist Marikit Santiago who, during the Exhibition’s run, won the Sulman Prize

 

Near Danny Eastwood on Renwick Street, Scottie Marsh on Redfern Street, Redfern Station, Young Street, Cleveland Street, Louis Street, Glover Lane, St Peters Lane, Phillip Street, Turner Street, Wells Street

Near Tin Humpy, Hunter’s Corner, 107 Projects, Duckrabbit, Curatorial + Co, Atomic Beer Project, Quirk’s Cafe, The Dock, Henry Lee’s, Misfits, the milkbar by Cafeish, Moya’s Juniper Lounge, Wild Flour, Rogue Pop-Up Gallery, Nussinov Gallery, Vandal, Urban Piccolo, Sabbia Gallery, Yavuz Gallery, Norfolk Hotel, The Block, Reconciliation Park, Three Williams, Coffee Tea & Me, Baffi & Mo Espresso, Breadfern Bakery, Scout’s Honour, BART Jr, La Coppola, Noble Hops, Ron’s Upstairs, Arcadia, Bloc145

Take our Redfern (South) & Redfern (North) Self-Guided Walks or check out all of Redfern’s Galleries, Cafes/Bars, Street Art and Sites

Marikit Santiago - Website
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Marikit Santiago, Yavuz Gallery, Redfern

Yavuz Gallery Redfern Galleries Sydney Art Out Live (1)

Marikit Santiago, Yavuz Gallery, Redfern

Working across painting and assemblage, Marikit Santiago (b.  1985, Australia) draws on a rich array of sources – borrowing from Australian and Filipino contemporary culture, Western Art Canon, as well as biblical symbology. Her work employs traditional figurative oil techniques alongside unconventional mark-making of pyrography, combined with playful collaborations with her children’s drawings.

Santiago interrogates and critiques the tensions that exist between her intersecting social, cultural and religious experiences. Through her practice, she considers the ways in which her Filipino heritage and Australian nationality intersect with her socially assigned roles as a woman and mother, and how these are framed within the context of being raised within the Catholic faith. Through the articulation of her own experiences, Santiago’s works reflect the simultaneous acceptance and rejection of her interweaving ethnic, cultural and social identities. They expand on a multigenerational tradition of story-telling, in hopes of passing down Filipino culture to her own children who are being raised within a contemporary Australian context.

Santiago currently lives and works in Sydney and is the winner of the 2020 edition of the Sir John Sulman Prize.