Artists announced for NORTH pt3
Giuliana Sommantico
"Giuliana Sommantico was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1974.
It was in 1991 when she took her first photography course in Martinez Public Library, BUE, when she discovered the "laboratory world." So, after school, she spent long hours confined in the lab. She also participated in the group exhibition in Universidade de Caxias do Sul and in Universidade Religiosa de São Paulo, both in Brazil.
In 1993 she started her degree in Journalism. A year after she enrolled in the Photojournalism Course in the Asociación de Fotógrafos Profesionales de la República Argentina (AFPRA) -Professional Photographers Association-, in Buenos Aires.
In 1999 she met the international photographer Maria Zorzon www.mariazorzon.com who became her teacher and Maestro. With Zorzon, Giuliana learnt photograph as fine art and history of photography."
Adele Stevenson
"My work explores the visual perception of people and how that is altered by opinion, preconceptions and bias through news reports and images in the media. It examines how different forms of representation within the media (both televised and still photographs) can affect, alter, re-define and often mask the 'true' self.
The disappearance of Shannon Matthews caused a media frenzy when the abduction of a small girl turned into a different horror of a mother's abuse. As the story unfolded the masks stripped away and figures warranting compassion and help emerged sinister and cold when their true selves became visible."
Kate Stobbart
"My work revolves around the "everyday": the mundane, monotonous, ordinary, objects, situations, language and frustrations that most of us know. I use photography, film, sculpture and performance to subvert some of these experiences. I often use humour, partly as a personal defense mechanism but also because it provides a context in which to explore acute human experiences indirectly. I tend to use materials that are peripheral: fruit labels, clothing, orange peel, phrases, toilets and crockery."
