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

Hanging in the Queenscliff Gallery Vestibule

Soula Mantalvanos2024-03-08T13:54:40+11:00March 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.

A Fargo Stamp for my Creative Process
Me, Words

A Fargo Stamp for my Creative Process

Soula Mantalvanos2024-02-26T15:45:44+11:00February 26, 2024|Me, Words|

In 2013, when I began making progress with pain management, I had the idea to make a marionette of myself. Theo and I had just travelled to Italy (masks and Pinocchios everywhere!), and returning on the plane I watched the film, Marilyn. It dawned on me how seriously invisible many illnesses are. As much as I would have loved to make the [...]

The Greek Herald Soula Mantalvanos: Bridging art and design in Melbourne’s creative landscape
Media

The Greek Herald Soula Mantalvanos: Bridging art and design in Melbourne’s creative landscape

Soula Mantalvanos2024-01-08T15:36:44+11:00January 8, 2024|Media|

I am a very fortunate popet when it comes to media. The Greek community have been a huge support, especially the Greek papers and the Greek Australian Cultural League. Here’s the most recently published article in The Greek Herald, published in Greek and English. And look at me as a front-page snippet – it just makes you want [...]

Venice Inspired Woodblock Prints and Handmade Greeting Cards
Printmaking

Venice Inspired Woodblock Prints and Handmade Greeting Cards

soula2023-05-28T15:11:29+10:00May 28, 2023|Printmaking|

The print world has seriously become a graphic designer’s oyster. As a designer three decades ago when I wanted to present my ideas for events, tenders, or proposals that included die cuts and special papers or surfaces, printing with a material other than the usual paper stocks was limiting, and it was very expensive. But the mouse mats, [...]

Soula Mantalvanos Celebrates the Beauty of Venice
Exhibition

Soula Mantalvanos Celebrates the Beauty of Venice

soula2023-03-17T15:01:36+11:00March 17, 2023|Exhibition|

Q: What were some of the foundation ideas for this exhibition project? A: If I had to use one word, it would be ‘place’. And the relationship with it; what it means when you’re in it, how it impacts you when you’re away from it, what resonates after you’ve visited or lived in it. Perhaps it’s also respecting a place – I absolutely love Venice. But maybe also, I’m simply doing the artist thing; travelling, documenting, and communicating because that is a beautiful thing to do.

Venice 2022: Upcoming exhibition at Queenscliff Gallery
Exhibition

Venice 2022: Upcoming exhibition at Queenscliff Gallery

soula2023-02-04T10:49:30+11:00January 2, 2023|Exhibition|

Mark your diaries! I'm having an exhibition of paintings and etchings inspired by my most recent trip to Venice.You might also like to sign up for my news or to Queenscliff Gallery's news to receive the preview notification.Works have begun to sell - Queenscliff locals are popping in for regular previews, and three works have been acquired.The works will be published on social [...]

Italy 2022: A Refresher and Rejuvenator
Studio

Italy 2022: A Refresher and Rejuvenator

soula2022-09-20T15:20:24+10:00September 20, 2022|Studio|

I just returned from a trip to Italy! It was my third visit to Venice, a fifth visit to the Guggenheim, a second visit to Rome and the first-ever visit to Cortona, Milan, Verona, and a magnificent Venice Biennale. The most exciting 'first' was being able to draw more and prepare for my return to the studio, where I plan to explore [...]

My Happy 50th
Me

My Happy 50th

soula2020-12-28T10:35:56+11:00December 28, 2020|Me|

(Written 1 year later!) I had an absolutely glorious 50th. With all the social media outlets, I neglected writing a post about my special occasion on my own website. With this freshen up of the website, it is an optimum excuse to create the post now. This event is a significant one – not just because I marked my 50 years of [...]

Human Emotion Exhibition
Exhibition, Printmaking

Human Emotion Exhibition

soula2020-05-03T11:55:24+10:00May 3, 2020|Exhibition, Printmaking|

Exhibition dates: April 30 — June 1, 2020 Official opening online: May 3 from 3pm Titles as varied as Jane Austen’s Emma, Leigh Sales’ On Doubt and Hunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – selected by then-owners of The Bookshop at Queenscliff, Lisa and Mathew – are allocated to participating artists, whose hand-printed visual adaptations will go on display for the Human Emotion Print Exchange exhibition, alongside [...]

Splendacious
Exhibition, Printmaking

Splendacious

soula2019-10-17T11:20:23+11:00October 17, 2019|Exhibition, Printmaking|

Splendacious 23 November – 13 December 2019 Opening 2pm–4pm Saturday 23 November 2019 An exhibition of printmaking by: Emma Armstrong-Porter / Ute Braatz / August Carpenter / Matthew Clarke Elizabeth M. Cole / Dianne Colk / Paul Compton / Warren Cooke / Carlton Cox / Beth Croce / Ann Cunningham Rachel Derum / Philip Faulks / Kevin Foley / Sarah Gabriel / Alex [...]