This show belongs to the Fringe2019 season. This season is now over.

Symbitinerant

In her first solo show, local Perth artist Anjilene Phoenix examines the life of the itinerant artist and performer. This body of work is inspired by her experiences of working as a pavement artist, and as a living statue who grants wishes. Her work explores the interplay of autonomy and restraint, and freedom and commitment within relationships, and how symbiotic relationships can play a crucial role in the pursuit of one's dream to travel and make art.

Presented by: Shopfront Gallery NMTAFE

Anjilene Phoenix started working as a pavement artist in Sydney in the early 1990s. Feeling that more people would see and enjoy her work if she made art in the street, she was content to practice outdoors and shied away from offers to exhibit in galleries. It wasn't until she did a visual arts degree in 2010 that she realised the benefits of exhibiting within four walls. Since then Anjilene has participated in eighteen group shows, and curated two exhibitions that involved thirty artists. She continues to make art in public spaces and has worked on the pavements of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Broome, Boston, and Perth. Every time Anjilene makes art in the streets she creates an outdoor solo exhibition, now she is pretending to take life seriously and having a solo show indoors!