Penelope Aitken
Painting, installation
www.penelopeaitken.com
22 Beattie Street, Montmorency (zone 1)
Penelope Aitken makes paintings and installations about relationships between culture and nature, reflecting on reincarnation, rust, decay and new life, and informed by history, religion, botany, taxonomy and poetry.
Aitken lives and mostly works on Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Country in Montmorency and has held regular solo exhibitions since 1995 including shows in public and commercial galleries, artist run spaces, outdoor projects and festivals in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Cyprus.
She’s also undertaken residencies at Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne and an Australia Council Studio at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan.
CONTACT
Location: Montmorency
https://www.penelopeaitken.com
Email: penelope.aitken@gmail.com
Studio Amenities: tea, coffee, toilet
Child friendly: yes