Andrina Manon is a French-Australian visual artist based in Sydney. Her practice is largely centred around watercolour painting and drawing, influenced by a background in graphic design, textiles, ceramics and illustration. She finds inspiration in the small joys of everyday life - such as dancing while waiting for the kettle to boil, patting a dog and watching the sunset.
Manon’s work is a celebration of colour, community, nostalgia and things that tickle her funny-bone. Centred around joy, she examines the world through the lenses of absurdity and playfulness.
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Andrina Camille Manon
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Education:
2013, Bachelor of Design in Animation, University of Technology, Sydney
2014, Textiles Print Making, Ultimo TAFE, Sydney
2018, Bachelor of Design with Distinction, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
Selected solo exhibitions:
’Manon’s Kitchen, Itoshima’, Studio Kura, Japan, 2023
’Goodbye House’, Goodspace Gallery, 2019
Selected group exhibitions:
’Budlife’, Tiliqua Tiliqua, 2023
’PALAVA: Buffet, A Visual Feast’, Mothership Studios, 2023
‘Budlife’, Goodspace Gallery, 2022
‘PALAVA: Buffet’, Mothership Studios, 2022
‘Love Me, Love Me Not’, Goodspace Gallery, 2021
‘From My Studio’, Bendigo Bank Leichhardt, 2020
’Not For The Brief’, Kudos Gallery, 2020
’Buzz Sonnet’, Create or Die, 2020
‘Cultural Textiles’, AD Space, 2017
’Lucky I’m A Lady’, Goodspace Gallery, 2017
’Designed By’, Kudos Gallery, 2016
’Ten Years of Gaffa’, Gaffa Gallery, 2015
Awards & Residencies:
Second place, PHP x 4 Pines Brewery Mural Comp, 2023
Studio Kura Artist in Residence. Itoshima, Japan, 2023