An exhibition of new work by Schaeffer Library Artist in Residence Simryn Gill
Simryn Gill, Insider Trading, 2025, etching ink, acrylic, colour pencil, water colour on pages of volumes of Anand Coomarasamy, History of Indian and Indonesian Art (1st edition, 1927 and reprint of 1st edition, 1965).
This exhibition includes two new works were produced by Simryn Gill as part of her residency at the Schaeffer Fine Arts Library in 2024-25. This program highlights the work of contemporary artists whose practice is grounded in research, and to open the Schaeffer Library’s unique and rich collection to new exploration and experimentation.
The Residency is made possible by a generous individual gift to the Power Institute.
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Simryn Gill
Simryn Gill is an artist whose work spans photography, drawing, printing, object making and writing. Gill articulates the poetics of history, power and identity that striate the places and environments between which she lives and moves. With Tom Melick she runs Stolon Press, a small publisher of books and pamphlets in Sydney. In 2023 Gill's work was shown at MCA, Sydney; Barbican, London; Singapore Art Museum; Linnaen Society, London. Gill has participated in numerous international exhibitions, including the Singapore Biennale (2006), documenta (2007, 2012), Istanbul Biennial (2011, 2022), Venice Biennale (2013) and Dhaka Art Summit (2018), Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (2024).