LOUISE ZHANG // Yen STAEDTLER Female Art Awards and two group exhibitions

Artist Louise Zhang is interviewed in her studio in a short film edited and produced for Artereal Gallery by Fergus Wilson

It's been a busy few months for Artereal Gallery artist Louise Zhang, who is showing work in our current exhibition, Paint15, alongside Adrian Hobbs, Adam Turnbull and Yioryios.

This week, the artist has been announced a finalist in the Yen STAEDTLER Female Art Awards 2015. Louise joins 19 other finalists, selected from over 600 entries. The winner will be announced on 11 June.

She will also be part of two group exhibitions at Casula Powerhouse and Penrith Regional Gallery, both which open to the public in late May and June.

Opening Friday 22 May 2015, Louise Zhang is included in the exhibition entitled Biggie Smalls at Casula Powerhouse. She will also have work included in a group exhibition entitled RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, at Penrith Regional Gallery, which opens Saturday 6 June and continues until 23 August 2015. RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW seeks to introduce twenty Sydney artists who confront, challenge and agitate the traditions of painting to create bold, witty and unexpected results.

Most recently, Artereal Gallery commissioned videographer Fergus Wilson to produce a short film about Louise and her work, which you can view in the video above.

ANNA CAREY / HOLIDAY + MEMORY

Sneak preview of Anna Carey's new models in progress

From 23 November 2013, Penrith Regional Gallery will be exhibiting a group show Holiday + Memory.

"On show in the main Gallery are the works of twenty-nine visual artists, across various mediums including photography, painting, moving image and installation. The work includes the iconic beach images from Max Dupain, Anne Zahalka, and Narelle Autio, nostalgic homes and landscapes by Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa and Noel McKenna and vibrant contemporary works by Mini Graff, Joanna Lamb and Anna Carey."

Members of the public are also called to share their own memories of summer and holiday, via the Holiday + Memory blog. Over 200 photographs were submitted to the Gallery's public call-out for holiday snapshots, and they can be viewed on the community slideshow outside the main Gallery space.

Holiday + Memory runs until 23 February 2014.

Penrith Regional Gallery: 86 River Road, Emu Plains NSW

Anna Carey will be exhibiting new works at Artereal Gallery in May 2014.