Luciana Smith is a Sydney-based artist who graduated from UNSW Art & Design in 2015.

Luciana draws from her own observations and a range of references from the internet and art history, twisting her subjects into a world that exists somewhere between reality and the imagination. Luciana’s work is a collection of strange, anonymous portraits of people and mundane places.

Her recent body of work recontextualises scenes to offer new perspectives; it is a contemplation of the time we live in. Luciana reanimates her surroundings with bold colour as a way of analysing quotidian behaviours and environments.

The paintings are a collection of opportunistic snapshots. Luciana captures candid subjects in fleeting moments, finding humour in day-to-day life, and in looking at people and our settings in a skewed way.

A selection of major new works from the studio of Sandro Nocentini, winner of the Sir John Sulman Prize for painting in 2005. A classically trained Italian artist working in Sydney, Sandro's work has been described as Cubist / Futurist. Everyone is welcome to join us for opening drinks and viewing on Saturday, February 16 from 3pm. There will be an artist talk at 6pm.

This exhibition coincides with "PLASTIQUE" from Catherine Cassidy. Both exhibitions will run until Sunday, March 17.