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Art Demand
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Art Demand

Soula Mantalvanos2024-08-23T22:34:32+10:00August 15, 2024|Curating, Exhibition, Gallery|

Demand is everything to every business person. I am a businessperson. I sell products, mainly art, so demand is everything to me. This is the one defining factor of a successful artist—demand. You might see artworks that are good, bad, excellent, and/or awful; none of that influences sellability. The buyer drives success. Commitment to an art piece—whatever its subject, execution quality, medium, size, shape, or form is what makes demand. This is how representation works. A gallery is a shop. The shop's audience calls the shots and defines the stable. If the audience doesn't buy the art, the shop closes. As an artist and gallery owner, I feel much pressure to perform and sell! I can't take up the precious space of another artist. This week, I received tremendous encouragement—I sold work before my December exhibition at Queenscliff Gallery (QG).

Hanging in the Queenscliff Gallery Vestibule
Curating, Gallery, Me, Painting, Portraits

Hanging in the Queenscliff Gallery Vestibule

Soula Mantalvanos2024-08-23T15:03:30+10:00March 8, 2024|Curating, Gallery, Me, Painting, Portraits|

I really like intimate exhibition spaces! Small spaces attract much attention, especially if they are great (if I may say so) and at the gallery entry and exit point like the Vestibule at Queenscliff Gallery (QG). I finally decided it was time to send Endurance out into the world. I'm working on a new body of work and feel a few of my self-portraits can finally face the world. After a few touch-ups, I also re-introduced Hare's Secret Keys. Both works incorporate the Fornasetti wallpaper that I live with and love and my two marionettes.

Vestibule Collection
Curating, Exhibition, Gallery

Vestibule Collection

soula2021-10-03T20:49:42+11:00October 3, 2021|Curating, Exhibition, Gallery|

A petit revolving collection in the Vestibule entry of the Queenscliff Gallery.

Resident artist – Streeton Prints Exhibition

soula2021-10-10T21:06:44+11:00April 22, 2017|Curating, Exhibition, Gallery, Me, Printmaking|

Am I Streeton inspired? Of course! And as the gallery Director of QG&W I not only had the privilege to place myself as part of the Streeton Prints artists in residence project but I also felt I needed to - a kind of practice to my preach. With Theo as my printer (and my little bit more) I'm finally looking forward to [...]

Streeton Prints – behind the scenes
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Streeton Prints – behind the scenes

soula2021-10-10T20:55:48+11:00April 9, 2017|Curating|

Streeton Prints Editioning the posthumous etchings by Sir Arthur Streeton... no pressure! Image above: fly landed on paper just as I reached for the blanket to run the print through the press. Image below, William Streeton, Sir Arthur Streeton's grandson signing the reverse of the edition of 50 prints. View more about Streeton Prints here. Acquire etchings here [...]

The Weekend Australian Magazine – Into the Light
Curating, Press

The Weekend Australian Magazine – Into the Light

soula2021-10-10T20:54:35+11:00April 9, 2017|Curating, Press|

A little media The Weekend Australian Magazine, Into the Light by Kate Legge.

An artist in my own residence
Curating, Me

An artist in my own residence

soula2021-10-10T21:05:39+11:00March 31, 2016|Curating, Me|

I'm in a huge transition period and it's quite unsettling. It really doesn't help with one's art practice - there's too much shifting and newness to allow me to document a body of work or even begin to tackle a subject. The only recognisable thing in life at the moment is Theo...(a very good thing!). I'm not complaining. I keep pointing out [...]

I own a gallery – Queenscliff Gallery (QG)
Curating, Exhibition, Me

I own a gallery – Queenscliff Gallery (QG)

soula2021-10-10T21:00:56+11:00December 18, 2015|Curating, Exhibition, Me|

True! The Opening (excerpt from QG's website) We couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful opening. View all our images at our Facebook page. Together with our artists, our families, short and life-long friends, and the Queenscliff community we celebrated art and printmaking in our refurbished Wesleyan church. A huge thanks to those who were able to attend and for those who [...]

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