Roz Avent

Roz Avent's Magical Realist paintings explore the images that lurk on the edge of consciousness. All is not what it seems in these works that at first appear to be whimsical or lighthearted illustrations of familiar stories. Animals, people and objects meet in a disquieting world where the sense of stability is fragile; a feeling of tension and darkness pervades the bright child like images that at first seem so beguiling.

Roz studied painting and printmaking in London in the 1970's and has since explored dance and design as well as continuing to paint.

EXHIBITIONS

2004

Artists' Own Registry - 10 World Artists, Online Exhibition
Qdos Gallery, Lorne - Group Exhibition
Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford - Group Exhibition
November 2004
Artholes, Gertrude St, Fitzroy

2003
Castlemaine Art Gallery Portrait Prize
Roz Avent and Liz Caffin, Artholes, Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Dreams and Whispers - The Pantechnicon Gallery, Daylesford
I Should Be So Bold - Bold Cafe Gallery, Castlemaine
Ministry of Delight Exhibition, Castlemaine Festival

2001
Ministry of Delight Exhibition, Castlemaine Festival

1995
Three Wild Roses - group exhibition, Togs Gallery, Castlemaine

1993
To the Guggenheim - mixed exhibition - Alchemy Gallery, Melbourne

1992
Exhibition, Togs Gallery, Castlemaine

1990
The Art of Knitting, Jerry Rodgers - knitwear featured

1979
Royal Academy Summer Show, London

Roz also directs Roz Avent Creative Dance, offering classes in Bendigo and Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. Visit www.rozavent.com/dance