Mandi Whitten
Profile
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Into her third career, Mandi is a self-employed website designer and developer, print designer and photographer, (www.weensyweb.com) having re-trained in her thirties after seven years each as a partner in a furniture manufacturing business, and earlier as a picture framer.
Photography has been a passion for Mandi since a young child. Within the last few years, she has developed a distinctive style within her work, with original subject matter being most influenced by the
Fleurieu Peninsula, where she lived for four years.
Moving back to the city late 2008 has seen Mandi’s work change again, with subject matter ranging from urban decay, and more experimental work, looking at life after this “city-change”.
Artist’s statement:
“My passions in life pivot around the desire to feel, and give feeling to others.
Too many people live in isolation, sometimes physical, but mostly emotional. We all need people to make us complete. Human beings are designed to work best in tandem, not isolation.
The five senses – each of them stimulating the brain into action – are most acute when awakened by another being. The touch of skin on skin, taste a meal cooked with love, sounds of a baby crying, smell of sweat, and the vision of someone suffering in pain…
We should not deny ourselves the basic rights of our senses; feel every pain and every pleasure with an insatiable thirst.
For when you feel “in the raw” is when you are truly alive.”
Award:
Collaborative winner with Humna Mustafa of the inaugural “World Art Competition and Exhibition”
“Fire Within III”
$2000 prize money
Organised by the Multicultural Festival of SA Inc
October 2008
Exhibitions:
“Queer and Now“
November 2009
Group exhibition held in Peel Street, Adelaide
“Body & Soul“
November 2009
Group exhibition held at Edgewater Gallery, Ethelton
“Coup d’Oeil – Sweep of the Eye“
August 2009
Solo exhibition held at Azalia Boutique, Croydon
“The Elephant in the Room“
April 2009
Group exhibition held at The Urban Cow Studio, Adelaide
“In the Blink of an Eye“
January 2009
Group exhibition held at Freerange Gallery, McLaren Vale
“Breathing Space“
Feast Festival 2008 (November)
Exhibiting with Paul Tait, held at La Boheme, Adelaide
“World Art Competition and Exhibition“
Organised by the Multicultural Festival of SA Inc
October 2008
Group exhibition and competition, Fullarton Park Centre, Fullarton
“a thread ~ a web ~ a world; a photographic journey of Henna across cultures“
SALA 2008 (August)
Collaborative with Humna Mustafa held at The Rarest Gem, Kent Town
“Movement“
SALA 2008 (August)
Group exhibition held at The Austral Hotel, Adelaide
“Refuge“
July 2007
Group exhibition held at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Thebarton
“Bubblesite“
“flickr“
