Mandi Whitten
Brompton, AUSTRALIA
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”.
See more of her work on her blog – mandiwhitten.com
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.”
Awards:
- Collaborative First Prize – Inaugural World Art Prize and Competition held by the Multicultural Society of SA, 2008
- Silver Award – Open Section – Abstract/Illustrative – International Aperture Awards, 2009
- 2 x Bronze Awards – Open Section – Weddings – International Aperture Awards, 2010
- Bronze Award – Open Section – Science & Nature – International Aperture Awards, 2010
- 6 x Bronze Awards – Landscape – The Landscape 500, 2010
- Bronze Award – Creative Asia – Bride and Groom Together, 2010
- 4 x Bronze Awards – Nature – Pano Awards, 2011
- Bronze Award – The Built Environment – Pano Awards, 2011
Exhibitions:
Greenhill Galleries Adelaide
I am a Camera
Group exhibition
June 2011
Rising Sun Hotel, Kensington
Throughout 2009 – 10
Group exhibitions, rotating works curated by Harvey Schiller
“OffSpring”
October 2010
Mother / Daughter exhibition with Renee Sage held at Bliss Organic Cafe, Adelaide
Rising Sun Hotel, Kensington
SALA – August / September 2010
Group exhibition curated by Harvey Schiller
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
