https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/ 2026-06-11 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/about 2026-07-06 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/night 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8b80e5534e3af74f3edf2076de08f257_hd.jpg Nicole Welch UNVEILING 1 – last quarter moon, 19°, 4th of March, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/afca1a7d49ee25221f9f2d15fd60290f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 2 – waxing crescent moon, 9°, 15th of April, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 2024 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/4f85736dbeb52371b6bac63ef111ba60_hd.jpg UNVEILING 3 – waxing gibbous moon, 9°, 14th of May, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/755f085cce31c492d0a80c9cbdfaf989_hd.jpg UNVEILING 4 - waxing crescent moon, 2°,3rd of June, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6604e0bf93881e0dc34ca0ab3a3c31d7_hd.jpg UNVEILING 5 - waxing crescent moon, 9°,23rd of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a7bf282ba69ff28bf96f578a4589c3d5_hd.jpg UNVEILING 6 - waxing crescent moon, 6°,26th of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8433786eab22fa37d883d2a3b2ff0a10_hd.jpg UNVEILING 7 – waxing crescent moon, 10°, 6th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/3e97d1364fa01b947a1ae05b6fd0322f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°,10th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/2442f1c76d215f09fe0c4b5aba87c445_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/66db163e0dc4b36c1b22799953cd4f2c_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b981af3e7b8b4c171ba96de6e112fb7a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6f8753094aee0e60c8bbd4e21996993a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b28a15b4c356b7992a43565bbe9b0198_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a754e0a12fda4bde5683cea7eef10739_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f841e5724ee266070e706d7aa9e9855e_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0d873e393ba41c226c732a9ad7499c8a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/89ed1fc6583984eaebbf259a4e77f5bb_hd.jpg https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/body 2026-07-06 weekly 0.5 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a16fa530c9818d223e583b8ea9287a99_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - WILD #1 - prelude Giclée print on archival fine art paper – 94 × 140 cm⁠ Editions 1-6 of 6 + 2AP⁠ Provenance: Purchased by Art Gallery of Ballarat Foundation for the Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection, Vic, April, 2020. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, September 2019. Private collections in Australia and New Zealand https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f78ab2935f35ea8670987a902f9c1c3e_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - TRANSFORMATION Transformation - journey Production still taken by Bill Moseley The moving image work Transformation is the latest instalment in Nicole Welch’s ongoing Self series, which was initiated as part of her Illumination works in 2012. In these cinematic works Welch uses her body as an apparatus and the landscape as a tableau. Undertaking performances in the wilderness Welch explores the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world to reveal the fragility and strength of both. As a continuation the Transformation footage sees the artist engage directly with the natural world through a journey undertaken (journey) , and a waterfall (arrival); a universal symbol of renewal, healing and ultimately, transformation. Filmed over several hours on location during the heart of winter in the lower Blue Mountains, Transformation exposes the artists body to the elements. While the figure is Welch, the symbolism is universal. She embodies a lineage of women through time as a homage to all women – past, present, future. The journey sequence is a celebration of our unique connection to nature, our shared strength and resilience, the cycle of life, mortality – the arrival scene is an act of transformation, both mythical and personal, local and universal. Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, NSW, 30 November 2019 – 8 February 2020. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, September 2019. Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 28 August - 15 September 2019. Naked & Nude Art Prize 2019, Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 7 September - 13 October 2019. Artstate Bathurst - 2018, Tremain's Mill, Bathurst, 31 October - 5 November 2018. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/eee3c15f388393c63a58bf3ac10d3007_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body 2017 (still) time-lapse film 10:34min edition of 6 Wildēornes (Old English): a land inhabited only by wild animals. The time-lapse film _Wildēorness Body_ reflects the inherent loss and uncertainty we now face for the natural environment, while simultaneously being a personal acknowledgement of the artist embracing her mortality and the autoimmune disease Lupus that inhabits her body and world. Swathed in a Victorian 1880s chantilly lace mourning shawl, the artist lay on a large mirror that reflects the sky and the canopy of trees above. Through the symbolism of the mourning shawl and the endurance of holding a pose over time, Welch aims to reveal the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world, and the fragility and strength of both. Welch spent several weeks at BigCi artist residency near Wollemi National Park where she researched and created this work. To view the film click on FILM in the main menu Provenance: 5th International Motion Festival Cyprus 2019, European University Cyprus, 2019 Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 24 October to 10 November 2018. Windmill Trust Scholarship 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Murray Art Museum Albury, 14 September to 22 October 2017. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 7 to 10 September 2017. Wildēornes Land, MAY SPACE, 22 August to 16 September 2017. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2017. Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 15 April to 7 May 2017. Cementa17 – Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos Museum, NSW, 6 to 9 April 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0eba8cab5a3e61decd03da83b7b7e349_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #3 - Grose Valley, 2017 “In Wildēornes Land #3 something has shifted. Nature is no longer secure. With climate change the big scary wilderness has lost its power. Welch occupies the same position as Casper David Friedrich’s confident wanderer, immaculate in 18th century gentleman suit, surveying the mighty realm. Welch by contrast, in mourning garb, offers herself, naked and sacrificial, to a world on the brink of being lost.” Dr Ann Finegan Wildēornes Land Catalogue essay pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith art award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/869da78dff03ae46d1d171d1b73c1022_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body 2017 (still) time-lapse film edition of 6 Provenance: 5th International Motion Festival Cyprus 2019, European University Cyprus, 2019 Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 24 October to 10 November 2018. Windmill Trust Scholarship 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Murray Art Museum Albury, 14 September to 22 October 2017. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 7 to 10 September 2017. Wildēornes Land, MAY SPACE, 22 August to 16 September 2017. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2017. Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 15 April to 7 May 2017. Cementa17 – Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos Museum, NSW, 6 to 9 April 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/4df90b660bb81c373f1867f3c6fcaa14_hd.jpg Shedding of Time Immemorial, Self Portrait self-portrait pigment ink face mounted 37 X 120CM 2012 edition of 4 "If humans were ever presented within the Romantic landscape, they remained anonymous silhouettes, most often with their backs turned to the viewer, so that she may freely identify with the landscape rather than human subject. In _Shedding of Time Immemorial_ the trees and the deathly still night encroach on a solitary vulnerable figure. Welch stands idly unveiling her body and removing a colonial dress. In _Terra Australia Incognita_ and _Deliverance_, the figure appears naked, exposing the black skeletal patterns that mark her flesh. She appears to be in between worlds - between now and then, between here and there, between life and death. Keeping her back turned to the audience, this mysterious figure imbues these images with a striking privacy and enigma. For while it is clear that we, the audience, are invited to look on, our capacities to read the image are contingent on our abilities to engage its details. The triptych is filled with a range of visual cues that compel us to activate a subjective narrative. We are prompted to ascertain a meaning by thinking through the relations between the mysterious naked figure, the skeletal drawing, the dark eerie forest, the gloomy lighting and the colonial dress. The refutation of didactic meaning, and the invitation to subjectively engage the image, is crucial for apprehending Welch’s art. It is also a common strategy of Romantic landscape painting." Anachronism, Romanticism and the Australian Landscape Today: Nicole Welch’s Illuminations (2012). 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