artisan IN RESIDENCE | Regi Cherini
Regi Cherini at artisan
AUGUST 26TH – SEPTEMBER 20th 2024
EVENTS and DATES:
30 August 2024: Knit and Natter: Welcome Event
7 September 2024: Hyperreal Embroidery Design Workshop
1 November: Exhibition opening - Residency outcome
1 November 2024 - 1 March 2025: Exhibition at artisan
Interested in visiting Regi's residency studio or sharing the cozy craft space to work on your own craftwork in progress? Regi and artisan team would love to see you in the studio!
Location: Right next to artisan Store
Visit Hours: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, Wednesday - Saturday (until 20 September 2024)
Selected artist, Regi Cherini has been awarded a residency with artisan. Regi Cherini is a contemporary artist who has chosen to spend most of her adult life in regional and remote northern Australia, including the Northern Territory, the Kimberley region of Western Australia, and most recently Far North Queensland.
Cherini's work delves into the shared experiences of women within the frame of societal pressure, expectation, and gender inequality. Inspired by the contemporary needlecraft movement, she utilises embroidery to create still life compositions that challenge traditional notions of craft and fine art. Regi's approach subverts the domestic medium of embroidery, traditionally associated with femininity, to express seemingly incompatible subject matter.
With a post-modern sensibility, Cherini's work references yet rejects traditional contexts, demonstrating that embroidery can be an unconventional and subversive medium for examining and challenging issues of gender, equality, class, and culture. Her pieces are bold statements that blur the lines between craft and fine art, inviting viewers to reconsider imposed boundaries and hierarchies of creativity.
Regi's experiences in remote living have provided her unique perspectives on unconventional characters and lifestyles, which infuse her work with a distinctive voice. By elevating embroidery from its traditional utilitarian or decorative intent, she creates pieces that are both visually striking and conceptually rich.
In a world where craft and art intersect, Regi Cherini's work stands as a testament to the power of reimagining traditional mediums to address contemporary issues. Her embroidered compositions invite viewers to question societal norms and explore the complexities of gender and culture through a new lens.
The Artisan Residency Program is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. These residencies have been developed by artisan to elevate careers and offer opportunities for emerging and established artisans to expand their practice create new works and engage with new communities. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Arts Queensland for their invaluable support in fostering Queensland artistic talent and innovation. We extend out thanks to residency selection panellists Barbara Heath, Elizabeth Shaw, Aimee Frodsham and Edwina Corlette for their time and expertise.
artisan is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Event sponsor: The Little Yarn Store
Image 1: XXXX, 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on patterned cotton.
Image 2: XXXX (work in progress detail), 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 3: Bernadette, 2020, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on calico, 38 x 30cm.
Image 4: Roadhouse Diet, 2017, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on cotton, 38 x 35cm.
Image 5: Thongs, 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 6: Haribo Goldbären, 2022, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on beige cotton, 32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Image 7: Golden Gaytime, 2022, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Image 8: Beauty (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 9: Maintenance (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 10: Toilet (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 11: Business Breakfast, 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 12: Hannah, 2020, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on calico, 38 x 30cm.
Image 2: XXXX (work in progress detail), 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 3: Bernadette, 2020, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on calico, 38 x 30cm.
Image 4: Roadhouse Diet, 2017, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on cotton, 38 x 35cm.
Image 5: Thongs, 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 6: Haribo Goldbären, 2022, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on beige cotton, 32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Image 7: Golden Gaytime, 2022, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 32.5 x 32.5 cm.
Image 8: Beauty (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 9: Maintenance (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 10: Toilet (hers), 2021, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on pink cotton, 43.5 x 33.5 cm.
Image 11: Business Breakfast, 2024, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss.
Image 12: Hannah, 2020, Regi Cherini. Embroidery floss on calico, 38 x 30cm.
Image courtesy of Regi Cherini.
