FEELINGS Art Show

FEELINGS is an exhibition of paintings by Carla Uriarte and Michael Delany.

Opening 6pm 22 March in the Verona cinema building at 17 Oxford Street, Paddington, possibly the last event in this much-loved site before its remodelling.

This will be a mad party and art happening.

Mike & Carla

“As an extension of our friendship and collaborations over the years we decided to stage an exhibition together around the subject of feelings, as we both make work about feelings, albeit from very different ends of the spectrum. We hope this tension will result in a positive experience for anyone else who has the feeling.”

Carla Uriarte (1990 Philippines > California > Madrid > Sydney) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice focuses on painting, design, writing and video.

Carla’s sporadic nature has caused her to cross paths with many sides of herself causing an exploration of themes such as evolution, ancestry, motherhood, and connection. Her work’s main objective is to externalize internal emotions allowing the viewer to feel a sense of belonging, comfort and camaraderie within their own journey. The symbols used within her art include: fire (the soul), tapestry folk-like borders (her Filipino heritage), waves (rebirth), birds (fleeting feelings and movement), horses (galloping with intense purpose), butterflies (metamorphosis), sun (stability, home, and warmth).

Her previous exhibitions include The Ladies Network 2014 - 2016, The Paramount House Solo exhibition ‘The Most Boring Story Part 1’ 2017.

The artist has worked with labels such as Romance Was Born, Ganni, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Incu, Art Helps Heaps and Vice. She was Head Curator at Down Under Gallery 2017 - 2020 and Co-founder and Head Curator of Abstract Thoughts Gallery 2020 - 2023.

Michael Delany is an aged emerging artist who would describe his paintings as being figurative, existential, romantic, and dadaist.

Although he will paint the human face, these paintings are not really portraits. Human forms are used as sympathetic tools to form a puzzle created in sync with the paintings’ titles.

These are visual poems that speak about optimistic mediocrity, public secrecy, mistaken empathy, euphoric hubris, and the exhilaration of doom... possibly many other themes.

His previous solo shows include “A WISH IS JUST A DREAM COME TRUE” The Kelvin Club Melbourne 2022, “HELLO ALWAYS ENDS IN GOODBYE” Abstract Thoughts Sydney 2022, “DELUSIONS” Motorik Atelier Sydney 2020, “DISAPPOINTMENT” Babekuhl Sydney 2019, “MEAN-SPIRITED SYMPATHY” Babekuhl Sydney 2018.