Melbourne artist Ash Keating will present a public lecture as part of his Artist Residency with the Centre for Creative Arts at La Trobe University.Keating will discuss his current work on the project Continuum and Urban Boundary Propositions, which he will discuss in detail in this upcoming lecture.

Ash Keating has exhibited extensively in galleries and created numerous large-scale, site-responsive art projects in Australia and internationally since 2004. He recently undertook a major painting commission in collaboration with RMIT University and Peter Elliot Architects in Melbourne for RMIT’s A’Beckett Urban Square. Recent projects include North Wall Billboard on the NGV International for Melbourne Now (2013), Continuum for Palimpsest at the Mildura Biennale (2013), West Park Proposition for Artist’s proof #1, Monash University Museum of Art (2012); Gertrude Modern and Namsan Plus for City Within the City, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, (2012) and Artsonje Centre, Seoul, Korea (2011) respectively; Gardensity, 6th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space, New Zealand (2010-2011); Activate 2750, C3West project for Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2009) and2020?, Next Wave Festival, Arts House Meat Market, Melbourne, (2008).

Keating’s three-screen video artwork West Park Proposition was recently judged the winning artwork of the inaugural 2013 Guirguis New Art Prize. His 2011 video artwork A New Lifelong Landscape was judged the winner of the 2012 Substation Contemporary Art Prize and he was the Victorian winner of the 2011 Qantas Encouragement of Australian Contemporary Art Award.

Venue: La Trobe University, Bundoora campus, Peribolos West (PW) - building, Room 219
Date: Wednesday 22nd Oct 2014, 10-11am