Mark was commissioned by Tzannes Associates to mockup a painting for the 35 metre long bulkhead casino online in the Opera Bar, Sydney Opera House.
Scenic Crystal
Mark created an illustration that was transferred onto 9.5 metres of fixed and sliding glass panels for the Portobello restaurant on a new boat constructed in the Netherlands. The brief was to create loose sketches based on Tuscan landscapes.
Koala Land website and blog
Mark created the identity for Koala Land. Website by Pandora Nguyen. Blog and social networking by Adrian O'Doherty.
Koala Land identity
Mark created an identity for Koala Land.
Big Jesus Burger joinery
With Steve Smyth, Mark built a new area for the peeps to hang in a Sydney recording studio and production office.
Beginning End
Mark completed a new video piece to coincide with the launch of his Post Exhibition Blues exhibition. Featuring drawings that he created while travelling in the European summer, and video snippets that he filmed in Malta, Vietnam, Barcelona and Hill End, the video casino online contemplates the many passages we all travel through in life, from birth to death. Recorded by sound engineer and musician Josh Wermut, Mark created the soundtrack by utilising his own vocals.
New exhibition 'Post Exhibition Blues'
Opening at Gaffa on Thursday October 21, 6-8pmClosing November 16 281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD 2000 gaffa.com.au
Post Exhibition Blues Anticipating the Aftermath
Sydney artist Mark Gerada takes an at once ironic and serious look at the creative process in his latest series 'Post Exhibition Blues' showing at Gaffa from October 21st to November 16th 2010. Referring to the sense of disappointment or unfulfilled expectation that many artists experience following exhibitions, Gerada's 'Post Exhibition Blues' series sees him tackling his Post Exhibition Blues in the best way he knows how: with yet another exhibition.
As Gerada explains; "At first intended to be a joke, upon reflection I realised that this Post Exhibition Blues phenomena has parallels in all our lives. From post-natal, post-graduation, post-party, post-wedding or post-travel blues, to the deep grief after the loss of a loved one, we are often emotionally unprepared for the aftermath of monumental life experiences and the reality of loss and endings."
Exploring the innate connectedness of grief and loss with life and beginnings, Post Exhibition Blues takes a light-emitting underwater cave that links the Inland Sea and the Mediterranean Sea in Gozo, Malta, as its central image and motif. Alluding to the many passages we all travel through in life, paintings, light boxes, videos and sound pieces centre on softly glowing vortexes to create shimmering, pulsating reincarnations of Gerada's otherworldly experience in the cave.
Dancing between light and dark, life and death, comfort and discomfort, sanity and insanity, quiet and chaos, this series of over 40 works unite mediums and disparate concepts. Photocopies of found images and photographs from within the cave are subtly layered, while melodic and discordant vocals hauntingly amplify the rhythmic and mesmerising effect of the at once revelatory and concealing visuals.
Although based on a range of difficult experiences, a sense peace emerges from the works " I hope that by translating raw, confronting and terrifying ideas into simple meditative forms this series can inspire some peace and acceptance of these realities" says Gerada. Adopting an approach of awareness, anticipation and acceptance of Post Exhibition Blues, and an understanding that perfection is unobtainable, this powerful exhibition is an at once celebratory and cathartic gesture. However the question remains: will Gerada experience Post Exhibition Blues after Post Exhibition Blues?
Step into a STVDIO with Mark Gerada
See Mark at work in his studio, as he is being interviewed by SBS's STVDIO about his upcoming exhibition, Post Exhibition Blues. stvdio.com.au/article/2761/step-into-a-stvdio-with-mark-gerada/
Re-Generation
Mark has reworked 16 paintings from his 2007 Generation exhibition for the reopening of Gaffa.
Gaffa
Mark has designed and constructed new joinery for the shop, gallery front of house, workshops and classroom in Gaffa's new location at 281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD. Work also included coordinating the reconstruction of three levels of the heritage building, and designing signage.
7 Wharf
Mark has completed three large scale pencil drawings documenting a property at Watsons Bay. Dimensions 540x800mm and 800x1200mm.
Ibrahim Portrait
Garden of Health
Mark has completed a series of 14 illustrations depicting the proposed Garden of Health at the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide. Mark researched hundreds of species in order to create the images.
Mighty Mountains series
For 649 Mark created a series of lightboxes that mimic the peace and beauty of traditional Chinese landscapes. The two outer works are constructed of sticky tape and thousands of images of the People"s Liberation Army Type 59 tank, the same online slots tank that Tank Man faced down near Tiananman Square on June 5, 1989.
'649' exhibition
Mark curated an exhibition called 649 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests. 649 featured new paintings, drawings, video installation and zines by Locust Jones, Deborah Kelly, Chaina Productions, Pmfk, Brian P, Ryan Leech and Mark Gerada. www.649exhibition.com.
Qantas Illustration
Mark completed an illustration depicting the spate of economic stimulus during the economic meltdown for Qantas' The Australian Way.
Geralea
Mark has completed a 1200x2400mm commission about the Southern Highlands and Moss casino online Vale.
Redleaf
Mark completed a 1000x2400mm painted commission for an apartment in Darling Point. The composition is based on a combination of underwater and aerial shots of Redleaf pool in Double Bay.
Artwork for 4tracks by Steve Smyth
Listen to Steve's music here.
Wish
Mark created an illustration about sustainability for the November issue of Wish Magazine.
