MINDSTATE
Marguerite Tierney

I've always been an obsessive drawer for as long as I can remember. At some point this was diagnosed as ADHD. Now I'm an adult I think that's a fair call but I also think this kind of engagement is a state of mind.

'This' and my art practice coupled with currently working as an Early Years Art Educator has informed this current body of work. Mindstate is heavily influenced by what I hear and visualise in children's words, the way they pantomine the world, what they imagine, see and create in their dreams and nightmares.

- Marguerite Tierney 2022

Artist Bio

Marguerite is a Newcastle based artist, early childhood visual arts educator and co- owner of Blackstone Gallery Newcastle. Marguerite has exhibited in galleries in Newcastle, Maitland and Melbourne and her works to date are described as 'cute, whimsical, unsettling and dark' (art edit, artel, invurt.) This style led her to collaborate with Virgin Australia, Melbourne's Let Them Eat Cake festival and Casey Donovan for her music video 'villain'

Although highly active in her art practice, Marguerite's passions equally lie in teaching visual arts in early childhood education, collaborating with artists for community events and programming exhibitions for Blackstone Gallery Newcastle with her Husband and co- gallery owner, Tim Moran.

'Mindstate' is Marguerite's sixth solo exhibition.

MINDSTATE
Opens Friday 16 September. 6-9pm.
Sat–Thurs 22 September. 11am-4pm.

Onwards Gallery
6 Torpey Place, Hamilton