Gestural expressions
Miranda Russell is an artist who explores form and movement through confident, artistic gestures. We ask the regionally based artist about her approach, influences and home life.
Melbourne Art Fair releases a jam-packed program
Having been on hiatus for a year, the 2022 edition of the Melbourne Art Fair is full of inspirational installations, performances and talks – and Habitus will be there as a proud media partner.
Subscribe to Habitus magazine and you could win a work of art!
Valued at $9,200, this gorgeous painting by Miranda Russell will go home with one lucky person who subscribes to the magazine, thanks to Studio Gallery.
A Journey To Find Her Voice
For Malaysian artist Chong Siew Ying the siren call of Paris proved to be not just irresistible, but also transformative.
How Can We Make Our Obstacles Work For Us?
Nature informs and inhabits every aspect of visual artist Joshua Yeldham’s work. It’s in his use of animal totems and in the echoes of the Aboriginal art and traditional Chinese landscapes that illuminate his paintings. It’s in his use of wood and cane and his tireless exploration of the world around him, so that every field, creek and river can be seen afresh.
Landscapes that Celebrate the Asia Pacific
Jennifer Tyers has painted everywhere from Borneo to Melbourne’s Botanic Gardens. Naomi Russo finds out where she’s heading next.
Skye Jefferys Explores the World, Through Both Art and Her Life
“I’m interested in this idea of limitations, whether real or imagined, and how we respond to these,” says Skye Jefferys, an Australian-born artist who now calls Singapore her home. Naomi Russo writes.
habbot Celebrates Artist Collaboration
In a habbot first, habbot designer Annie Abbott has collaborated with Western Australian-based artist Emma Lipscombe to design a capsule fashion shoe collection launching habbot’s inaugural artist collaboration series.
This artist draws the intricacies of the natural world
Tané Andrews is a Sydney based artist whose work is drawn from the natural world but it is never constrained by it.
Artist Profile: David Batchelor
Not a light artist, but with work in Light Show, currently showing at MCA, Tess Ritchie talks to David Batchelor about what really grabs him. A love for cities is just one thing.
An Architectural Eye and An Artistic Mind
Michael Lowe is a graduate architect and fine artist based in Wellington, New Zealand. We talk to him about the “fantastic position” he is in between the designing and painting, how they cross over and one can teach the other.
Formwerkz House
Houses are usually built quite quickly in Singapore, but an extended timeframe can be an advantage. Chu Lik Ren visits a home designed by Formwerkz Architects for an artist friend and his family, which allowed many details to develop organically throughout the process.