Untitled , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Untitled , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Untitled 1 , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Untitled 2 , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Untitled 3 , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Untitled 4 , 2022, acrylic on board, 30.5 × 30.5 cm
Ceci n'est pas une orange, or the authority and failure of language , 2022, oil on cotton duck, 42 × 51 cm. Private collection, Canberra.
It escapes, irretrievable time , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 60 × 80 cm
Yellow, Red , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, front view, on wooden stand.
Robin Red , 2022, acrylic on board, 50 × 60 cm
Time heals and divides , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 80 × 60 cm. Private collection, Canberra.
Time flies , acrylic on board, 2022, quartz clock mechanism, 60 cm diameter
Entropy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm
Entropy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, front view, on wooden stand.
Entropy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, back view, on wooden stand.
Atrophy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm. Private collection, Adelaide.
Atrophy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, front view, on wooden stand. Private collection, Adelaide.
Atrophy Painting , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, back view, on wooden stand. Private collection, Adelaide.
a concrete poem (after Hansjörg Mayer) , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 80 × 60 cm
Small time, 2022, acrylic on cotton, 30 cm diameter. Private collection, Melbourne.
Saffron , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm
Anti-Entropy (LB Sainte Sébastienne) , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm
Anti-Entropy (LB Sainte Sébastienne) , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, front view, on wooden stand.
Anti-Entropy (LB Sainte Sébastienne) , 2022, acrylic on cotton duck, 150 × 200 cm, back view, on wooden stand.
Useful order , 2022, plaster and acrylic paint, wooden base, dimensions variable.
Disorder is more probable than order , 2022, plaster and acrylic paint, wooden base, dimensions variable
Untitled, 2022, paper on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection.
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection, Canberra.
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Untitled , 2022, letraset and ink on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection, Adelaide.
Untitled , 2022, ink and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm.
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection, Canberra.
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm
Untitled , 2022, letraset and pencil on paper, 30 × 30 cm. Private collection, Canberra.
Prosperina series 1 , 2020, acrylic on linen, 31 × 41 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Prosperina series 2 , 2020, acrylic on board, 41 × 51 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Prosperina series 3 , 2020, acrylic on linen, 51 × 41 cm
Prosperina series 4 , 2020, acrylic on linen, 46 × 61.5 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Prosperina series 5 , 2020, acrylic on linen, 46 × 61.5 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Prosperina series 6 , 2020, acrylic on board, 61 × 91 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
A Witness , 2020, acrylic on canvas board, 110 × 80 cm. Artbank Collection.
Sweet to delete , 2020, acrylic on canvas board, 47 × 42 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Sweet to delete , 2020, acrylic on canvas board, 42 × 40 cm. Private collection, Melbourne.
Happy day , 2020, acrylic on canvas board, 61 × 50 cm. private collection, Melbourne.
Limp lump letter , 2020, acrylic on canvas board, 61 × 50 cm
Spirax Dictionary 2 , 2020, ,
Spirax Dictionary 2 , 2020, ,
Spirax Dictionary 5 , 2021, ,
Spirax Dictionary 4 , 2021, ,
Ed-it con-tin-u-e , 2019, acrylic on canvas board, 125 × 95 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, I ’ll know my song well before I start singing , Acrylic on canvas board, 150 × 250 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, White and cream brick , Acrylic on canvas board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Coco , Acrylic on digital print canvas board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Bella , Acrylic on digital print canvas board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Red brick 2 , Acrylic on canvas board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Red brick 1 , Acrylic on canvas board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Upholstery painting 3 , Upholstery fabric and gesso on board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Upholstery painting 2 , Upholstery fabric and gesso on board, 120 × 90 cm
Darcey Bella Arnold, Upholstery painting 1 , Upholstery fabric and gesso on board, 120 × 90 cm
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Exhibitions
Further Reading
Darcey Bella Arnold in conversation with Tiarney Miekus for Cordite Poetry Review
Working within painting, drawing and sculpture Arnold’s practice is informed by experience and research. Beginning with the personal as a departure point, her work drifts between language, art history and pedagogical theses. Born in 1986 she is a graduate from The University of Melbourne and Monash University. She has an extensive exhibition history in solo and group exhibitions and has an interest in curation and collaboration.
Darcey Bella Arnold completed a BFA, Drawing at the Victorian College of the Arts (2007), and a BFA, Honours at Monash University (2009).
Select solo exhibitions: A Measure of Disorder, Gertrude Glasshouse, Melbourne (2022); me say edit be , ReadingRoom, Melbourne (2020); My Mother’s Labour , Sutton Gallery Project Space, Melbourne (2018); Folded brick , Neon Parc Project Space, 215 Albion St, Darcey Bella Arnold and Deimantas Narkevičius (LTU) curated by Paulius Andriuškevičius and Nicholas Kleindienst (2018); Talking with the Taxman About Poetry , Testing Grounds, Melbourne Arts Precinct (2017).
Select group exhibitions: Maternal Inheritances, La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo, Victoria (2023); The Churchie Award , Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2022); Geelong Contemporary Art Prize , Geelong Gallery, Victoria (2022); If Not At Arm’s Length , Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2022); Sikås Biennale , Sikås Art Centre, Jämtland, Sweden (2020).
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