Andrea Higgins & Elizabeth Dobrilla

ANDREA HIGGINS
Memento Mori

Andrea Higgins investigates aspects of family heritage, memento mori, collecting/collections, the feminine and the domestic, via two series of traditionally created archival, black and white, photogram images.

Andrea Higgins has worked in Sydney assisting well-known fashion photographers as well as London based antique dealer, Charles Edwards. She co-established the Queensland Centre of Photography (QCP) and was an active board member for the first three-year period. Andrea exhibits her photographic artwork regularly both in public and private galleries. Her works are in public and private collections and have been featured in both photographic and mainstream publications.

This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

ELIZABETH DOBRILLA
Mizu-Nami-Rising

Elizabeth Dobrilla, an Australian artist of Yugoslavian origins, lived in Japan for seven years. In Japan, she developed a unique perception of the symbols and icons around her, from the sacred Chrysanthemum, representing the Imperial seal to pop-cultural icons and a collective obsession with Cute (‘Kawaii’).

Elizabeth Dobrilla was a finalist in the Shell Fremantle Print Award in 1997, 1999 and 2000, the Silk-Cut Award for Linocut Prints in 1998 and 2000 and the Swan Hill National Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards in 2000. In 1999 Port Jackson Press commissioned her to create a series of etchings for the Park Hyatt Hotel Melbourne, and the Westin Hotel, Sydney. This year her work has been seen in the Linden Postcard Show and in Fair and Square at Charles Sturt University Gallery, N.S.W. Her work is represented in several public and private collections nationally and internationally including the Australian War Memorial, Monash University, BHP Billiton, Artbank, Port Jackson Press and Forbo-Krommenie, Amsterdam.