Project 504

The Gay Art Group were invited to Project [504] a studio + gallery operating from 65 Berry Street, North Sydney, with a large portfolio of artists including regular finalists in the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran and the Sulman Prize.

Sponsored by Charter Hall, one of Australia’s leading property groups, Project [504] Gallery was established to provide an outlet for artist’s to showcase their work outside the mainstream gallery scene. The Project [504] Studio offers artists a supportive creative working environment, enabling collaboration across genres and mediums and fueling innovation and creativity.

GAG were treated to talks by three of Project [504] artists as well as able to get personal insights with individual converstions

• Marie Mansfield, a multi finalist in art prizes including Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award and the Archibald Prize.

• Michael Simms, multi-award winning artist, incldung including the Doug Moran, Black Swan and Kilgour prizes whose work is characterised by dream-like depictions of the human figure

• Nick Strathopoulos, a five-time Archibald finalist, who has become known for his hyper-realistic style, particularly his paintings of his childhood toy collection