Alexia Sinclair Explained

Alexia Sinclair
Birth Name:Alexia Anne Sinclair
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia[2]
Nationality:Australian
Field:Photography
Training:National Art School

Alexia Sinclair (born 1976) is an Australian fine-art photographer. She studied Fine Arts in Sydney at The National Art School (1995–1998). She majored in traditional photography and her studies in painting, drawing, sculpture, and art history were all influential to her work. She completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Newcastle (2007).

Early life

Sinclair was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. In high school, Sinclair became interested in various artistic endeavours, studied ballet for over ten years, and has used it as a source for the large amount of role-play in her work.[3] Sinclair attended the National Art School where she studied drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. Sinclair has attributed a lot of her creative success to her upbringing in her family restaurant, where she finds meditation in cooking.[4]

Career

Sinclair has exhibited in numerous galleries and museums including, but not limited to, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Portrait Gallery and the Australian Centre for Photography.[5] [6] [7] Her series The Regal Twelve in the Phantasia exhibition has toured to the Samstag Museum (University of South Australia, 2009), and the Biennale in Paris of 2009 where it exhibited at the Australian Embassy.[8] Her MFA series went on to win several national awards. The series celebrated the lives of twelve powerful women in history through over 2,000 plates of medium format film through hand illustration and digital montage. Overall, it took three years to finish the series.

In 2009, Sinclair exhibited alongside William Yang and Trent Parke at the Pingyao International Photography Festival.[9]

Sinclair's series 'A Frozen Tale', includes a set of photographs from within the Royal Palace of Stockholm in Skokloster Slott. It is on the frozen Lake Mälaren, and is considered the finalist examples of Baroque architecture in all of Europe. Inside of the palace, there is a large collection of rare books, artworks, and weaponry. To ensure that everything inside stays conserved, she added atmospheric elements that are typical of a life in a 17th-century castle, like smoke of large fireplaces or the geese of a castle kitchen. These artworks were exhibited in festivals in Seoul and Dubai.

Television appearances

On 7 June 2009, the ABC's Sunday Arts covered a story on the exhibition Phantasia curated by Alasdair Foster, the then Director of the Australian Centre for Photography.[10] In August 2010, the ABC's Art Nation covered a story on Alexia Sinclair.[11]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexia Sinclair . Biography at Design and Art Australia Online . Daao.org.au . 7 September 2012.
  2. Web site: About Alexia . Alexia Sinclair – Sydney, Australia . Artistaday.com . 7 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Alexia Sinclair: A Royal Feast . Rangefinder . Rangefinderonline.com . 7 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406070715/http://www.rangefinderonline.com/aftercapture/profiles/Alexia-Sinclair-A-R-6280.shtml . 6 April 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Pixel fusion . Idealog :: the magazine and website of New Zealand creative business, ideas and innovation . Idealog . 2 July 2009 . 7 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415054551/http://www.idealog.co.nz/magazine/22/pixel-fusion . 15 April 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Plenty of surprises in the prizes . Arts – Entertainment . smh.com.au . 4 April 2006 . 7 September 2012.
  6. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 . Portrait.gov.au . 7 September 2012.
  7. Web site: Past Exhibitions 2008 . Australian Centre for Photography . ACP.org.au . 7 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203190925/http://tmp.acp.org.au/archives/2008/index.php?obj_id=phantasia . 3 February 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: Photoquai Paris 2009 . ACP . 7 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120420024912/http://www.acp.org.au/international/events/2009_photoquai . 20 April 2012 . dmy .
  9. Web site: Pingyao 2009 . ACP . 7 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318053656/http://www.acp.org.au/international/events/2009_pingyao . 18 March 2012 . dmy .
  10. Web site: jbgallery . "Phantasia" on ABC Sunday Arts . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/P3V9BXdYGkk . 2021-12-21 . live. 7 June 2009 . YouTube . 7 September 2012.
  11. Web site: Alexia Sinclair . Art Nation . ABC.net.au . 6 August 2010 . 7 September 2012.
  12. Web site: Harpers Bazaar Fashion Awards – Canon Australia . Canon.com.au . 19 May 2008 . 7 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120623013302/http://www.canon.com.au/About-Canon/News-Events/Events/Harpers-Bazaar-Fashion-Awards . 23 June 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: University student wins national fashion photography award . 18 May 2007 . Archived News Articles . The University of Newcastle, Australia . 7 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523060419/http://www.newcastle.edu.au/news/2007/05/18/university-student-wins-national-fashion-photography-award.html . 23 May 2013 . dmy .
  14. Web site: Savvides . Lexy . Exposure Pro: Alexia Sinclair . Digital Cameras: SLR & Compact Cameras . Cnet.com.au . 16 April 2012 . 7 September 2012.
  15. Web site: 'Napoleon I – Emperor of the French' by Alexia Sinclair . ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . ABC.net.au . 7 May 2011 . 7 September 2012.
  16. Web site: Finalists . Hasselblad Masters (2012) . Hasselblad.com . 7 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006215914/http://www.hasselblad.com/Masters/2010/Finalists/alexia-sinclair.aspx . 6 October 2011 . dmy .

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