Exhibition Openings: Kai Wasikowski and George Calvelo
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Join us for the opening of The Bees and the Ledger by Kai Wasikowski & An Satong Kawaran by George Calvelo.
Date: Thursday, 15 May
Time: 6-8pm
Event artists
George Calvelo
George Calvelo is a documentary photographer with 12 years of experience in photojournalism. His early work covers a broad range of subjects, including news, natural and man-made disasters, social issues, politics, sports, entertainment, and daily life. His work has been featured in major news outlets and publications across Asia, America, Europe, Australia, and the UAE, among others. In the latter half of his career, George has focused more on producing photo stories and long-form documentary work. His pictures have been exhibited in various countries, including the Philippines, Japan, and most recently Canberra, where he is currently based. He has recently signed with Getty Images Australia as one of their stringers under an independent contract, covering news and feature stories in Canberra and Sydney. His personal work is an attempt to write poetry with his images reflecting on years of unprocessed thoughts, stemming from witnessing systemic disinformation and the simmering societal disorder in his native country. To support his documentary and personal projects, George works multiple jobs as a wedding and lifestyle photographer, and support worker in the Australian Capital Territory.
Kai Wasikowski
Kai Wasikowski currently lives and works on Gadigal Land / Sydney, Australia. His practice encompasses photography, video and sculpture. Wasikowski’s projects use photography to question western visual/political systems of knowledge, and aim to spark feelings of curiosity and connectedness towards the powerful lives of images. Wasikowski received his BVA from the University of Sydney in 2016, and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2023. His work has received notable awards including the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Fellowship from the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2017); the AusArt Scholarship from the American Australian Association (2020); and the Marten Bequest Scholarship from Creative Australia (2021). He has participated in residencies at the Three Shadows Photography Centre, China (2019) and ran educational workshops at the Australian Centre for Photography, the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre; and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney.
