Join three of our February exhibiting artists – Guy Louden, Stephen Armitstead and Devon Ward – for an afternoon of discussion regarding their respective solo exhibitions from 3:30pm Saturday 9 February at Cool Change.

The Cool Change bar will be in operation.

Guy Louden is an artist and curator based in Sydney. From 2014 to 2016, Louden was a director of Moana Project Space. In 2015, he co-founded and managed Success, a largescale art space in Fremantle. He has curated exhibitions for the Perth International Art Festival, Moana, and Success. Since 2017, he has exhibited his own artwork, notably at Bus Projects (VIC), Firstdraft (NSW), and Polizia (WA). Louden holdsan MA in Art History from the University of Manchester (2013) and a BA from the University of Western Australia (2011). Network Archeology is his first solo exhibition.

Continuing an art practice for over 20 years, Stephen Armitstead works with experimental installation, video, photo-media, architecture, objects, interactive elements, and sound.
Armitstead’s work concentrates on playful interrogation of process and unconventional use of materials. He creates elaborate setups that are moments extracted for observation, contemplation and to various levels, understanding. Based in Western Australia, Stephen Armitstead is originally from New South Wales and studied at COFA, UNSW. Armitstead’s work has been a finalist in the Mid West Art Prize (2018, 2015) and for the Joondalup Invitational Art Award (2010, 2012). He has collaborated on site-specific temporary artworks for the City of Fremantle (2013) and for the City of Subiaco (2011).

Devon Ward is an artist who creates living and digital systems to explore notions of time, place and identity. His work takes the form of installations, sculptures, video, books and sound. Ward has exhibited in Australia, Japan, the UK and US. Ward earned a Master of Biological Arts from SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia in 2014 and a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Florida in 2010.