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portfolio 2014-2015
About the artist
Gabby Malpas is from Auckland, NZ,
a longtime resident of the UK and
has called Sydney home since 2003.
Gabby’s work has been exhibited
widely since 1987, in the UK, NZ and
now Australia. Her work is in private
and public art collections worldwide.
Originally trained in ceramics,
Gabby currently works as a digital
project manager for some of the
week and the rest of the time
is spent at her studio: the kitchen
table.
Although a world away from
her delicate watercolours,
it was a career path first stumbled
upon in London then chosen
as Gabby realized that a corporate
job would allow her to follow her
dream: to paint and create.
Photo of Gabby Malpas by Dylan Demarchi 2014
My story
I was adopted into a white family
as a baby. My parents were told
that my mother had been an artist
so it was decided that I would go
to art school.
I never questioned that decision
and feel extremely lucky that I had
my life goal mapped out for me
so early. However, dreams of
a full-time, artistic career on
leaving art school were put on
hold for a while as I worked
on learning skills and worked
my way up the corporate ladder
as the foundation for my creativity.
I still managed to paint and create
after hours, working towards
exhibitions and opportunities
to show.
In 2004, after a year in Australia,
I managed to trace and meet my
birth mother. This had a profound
effect on my work: after not
knowing my origins, I found out
I was ethnic Chinese.
Suddenly my work which had
always been colourful and
detailed, took on a serene, zen
and very Asian direction.
It was as if my world had turned
to create my full ‘zen circle’.
Ten years later, I continue to work
in this vein, refining and
experimenting as I go.
My creative process
My current materials of choice are:
watercolours, inks, paper and
sometimes canvas – I prefer the
watery delicacy that comes from
liquid colour – it’s a lot like working
with glazes (though a little more
‘controllable’). I call my technique:
‘moving the puddle’.
Influences in my work are diverse:
from Japanese woodcuts,
european chinoiserie and Indian
minatures to 17th/18th Century
Dutch still lifes, and the work of
Paul Klee, Henri Matisse,
Georgia O’Keefe and Elizabeth
Blackadder to name a few.
My works are images of things
I have bought, eaten and picked
in Sydney.
A joyful and chaotic assemblage
of blooms and fruit displayed with
a collection of ceramics from
anywhere and everywhere.
Although I revel in the beauty of
flora and fauna, I also I aim to put
a modern twist on the extravagant
Dutch still life genre: instead of rare
and exotic flowers, mine are blooms
picked and grown locally or
available from a greengrocer.
The priceless ceramics in Dutch
paintings are replaced with items
found in junk shops and yard sales
but painted with care and attention.
As watercolour is an unforgiving
medium, I plan my works by
drawing every single detail in
pencil first. This way, I am free to
‘move the puddle’ and concentrate
on colour and the effect of the paint,
rather than think about the drawing
or accuracy. There is a process of
research undertaken for each piece:
I try and accurately match insects or
birds to specific plants and study their
forms also to ensure accuracy.
I also include imperfections: insect
damage, discoloured or torn leaves/
fruit, to distance my work from the
purely ornamental.
I supplement my skills with regular
life drawing sessions.
Artist Resume
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
‘Where are you from?’, Platform72
October 2014
‘Bringing the Sydney Garden Inside’,
St Vincents Hospital
May 2013
Sydney Art Expo 2012/2013,
Fox Studios, Sydney
October 2012/2013
Sydney Art show 2011, Sydney
October 2011
‘Pictures to make you smile’
St Vincent’s Hospital,
March 2011
Art Sydney 2010,
Fox Studios, Sydney
November 2010
‘Sydney Pictures’,
Art at Home Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
February 2010
Art Sydney 2009, Fox Studios, Sydney
October 2009	
Liberty Store Art gallery,
Regent St London
Oct-Dec 1997
Gabby Malpas: Christchurch Society
of Art Gallery, New Zealand
February 1992
Awards:
Highly commended, Watercolour:
Blacktown City Art Prize
2011 & 2012
Selected to exhibit
James Kiwi Watercolour Prize
2012 & 2014
Highly commended
Westmead Hospital Art Prize 2012
Finalist
Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize –
Still life 2011
Selected to exhibit
National Trust Harper’s Mansion Art
Prize – Still life 2011
Hornsby Art Prize 2011
Press:
Gabby Malpas: Artist’s profile:
Australian Art Review:
Nov/Dec 2012: Issue 36
Artist’s profile
Lifestyle Asia Magazine 2012
Issue 200: www.xkb.com.au
Licensing:
Hale imports, Australia:
Placemat and coaster sets since
2012
Blue Island Press, Australia:
Stationery items and fine art
calendars since 2013
Armuseli, Spain
Fashion garments since 2014
Selected Group Shows:
Balmain Art & Craft Show,
Balmain, Sydney	
November 2011, 2012 & 2014
I’ll Bring cake:
Gordon public Library, Sydney	
July - Sept 2011	
Annual Plunket art exhibition
Aigantighe Art Gallery,
Timaru New Zealand	
June 1994, 2010 & 2012
Group Christmas show,
Pipper Graber, Dulwich, London
December 2002	
‘Underwater escapade’,
Amalgam Art, Barnes London
March 1996	
Amalgam Art Christmas show,
Amalgam Art, Barnes London
December 1993	
‘Brush and Spitsticker’,
West Oxfordshire arts association	
February 1993
Art and craft New Zealand,
Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran Wales	
August 1992
Summer show, Anna Mei Chadwick
Galleries, Parsons Green, London	
August 1990 & 1991
Amalgam Summer show,
Amalgam Art, Barnes London	
July 1991
Southland Potter’s annual
exhibition, Winton, New Zealand	
May 1991	
Timaru City Art Gallery annual
exhibition, Timaru, New Zealand	
May 1990
Represented in NZ by the Print Shop
Gallery, Auckland, since 1987
ceramics
dinnerware
dinnerware
botanical
patterns
textile
coasters,
placemats & melamine
tea towel
Artworks & design
Gabby Malpas’ design can be licensed for:
• Ceramics: dinnerware and giftware
• Textiles: tea towels, table cloths, bed linen, scarves, cushions, fashion
garments
• Homewares: coaster and placemat sets, trays and melamine products
• Wallpaper
• Stationery items: cards, calendars, notebooks
Contact the
artist
Gabby Malpas
email: gabby@gabbymalpas.com
website: www.gabbymalpas.com
Social media
facebook: Gabby Malpas - Artist
Pinterest: Gabby Malpas
Instagram: Gabby Malpas
blog: mangofrooty.blogspot.com
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www.gabbymalpas.com
gabby@gabbymalpas.com

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Gabby Malpas portfolio 2014-2015

  • 2. About the artist Gabby Malpas is from Auckland, NZ, a longtime resident of the UK and has called Sydney home since 2003. Gabby’s work has been exhibited widely since 1987, in the UK, NZ and now Australia. Her work is in private and public art collections worldwide. Originally trained in ceramics, Gabby currently works as a digital project manager for some of the week and the rest of the time is spent at her studio: the kitchen table. Although a world away from her delicate watercolours, it was a career path first stumbled upon in London then chosen as Gabby realized that a corporate job would allow her to follow her dream: to paint and create. Photo of Gabby Malpas by Dylan Demarchi 2014
  • 3. My story I was adopted into a white family as a baby. My parents were told that my mother had been an artist so it was decided that I would go to art school. I never questioned that decision and feel extremely lucky that I had my life goal mapped out for me so early. However, dreams of a full-time, artistic career on leaving art school were put on hold for a while as I worked on learning skills and worked my way up the corporate ladder as the foundation for my creativity. I still managed to paint and create after hours, working towards exhibitions and opportunities to show. In 2004, after a year in Australia, I managed to trace and meet my birth mother. This had a profound effect on my work: after not knowing my origins, I found out I was ethnic Chinese. Suddenly my work which had always been colourful and detailed, took on a serene, zen and very Asian direction. It was as if my world had turned to create my full ‘zen circle’. Ten years later, I continue to work in this vein, refining and experimenting as I go.
  • 4. My creative process My current materials of choice are: watercolours, inks, paper and sometimes canvas – I prefer the watery delicacy that comes from liquid colour – it’s a lot like working with glazes (though a little more ‘controllable’). I call my technique: ‘moving the puddle’. Influences in my work are diverse: from Japanese woodcuts, european chinoiserie and Indian minatures to 17th/18th Century Dutch still lifes, and the work of Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Georgia O’Keefe and Elizabeth Blackadder to name a few. My works are images of things I have bought, eaten and picked in Sydney. A joyful and chaotic assemblage of blooms and fruit displayed with a collection of ceramics from anywhere and everywhere. Although I revel in the beauty of flora and fauna, I also I aim to put a modern twist on the extravagant Dutch still life genre: instead of rare and exotic flowers, mine are blooms picked and grown locally or available from a greengrocer. The priceless ceramics in Dutch paintings are replaced with items found in junk shops and yard sales but painted with care and attention. As watercolour is an unforgiving medium, I plan my works by drawing every single detail in pencil first. This way, I am free to ‘move the puddle’ and concentrate on colour and the effect of the paint, rather than think about the drawing or accuracy. There is a process of research undertaken for each piece: I try and accurately match insects or birds to specific plants and study their forms also to ensure accuracy. I also include imperfections: insect damage, discoloured or torn leaves/ fruit, to distance my work from the purely ornamental. I supplement my skills with regular life drawing sessions.
  • 5. Artist Resume Selected Solo Exhibitions: ‘Where are you from?’, Platform72 October 2014 ‘Bringing the Sydney Garden Inside’, St Vincents Hospital May 2013 Sydney Art Expo 2012/2013, Fox Studios, Sydney October 2012/2013 Sydney Art show 2011, Sydney October 2011 ‘Pictures to make you smile’ St Vincent’s Hospital, March 2011 Art Sydney 2010, Fox Studios, Sydney November 2010 ‘Sydney Pictures’, Art at Home Gallery, Balmain, Sydney February 2010 Art Sydney 2009, Fox Studios, Sydney October 2009 Liberty Store Art gallery, Regent St London Oct-Dec 1997 Gabby Malpas: Christchurch Society of Art Gallery, New Zealand February 1992 Awards: Highly commended, Watercolour: Blacktown City Art Prize 2011 & 2012 Selected to exhibit James Kiwi Watercolour Prize 2012 & 2014 Highly commended Westmead Hospital Art Prize 2012 Finalist Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize – Still life 2011 Selected to exhibit National Trust Harper’s Mansion Art Prize – Still life 2011 Hornsby Art Prize 2011 Press: Gabby Malpas: Artist’s profile: Australian Art Review: Nov/Dec 2012: Issue 36 Artist’s profile Lifestyle Asia Magazine 2012 Issue 200: www.xkb.com.au Licensing: Hale imports, Australia: Placemat and coaster sets since 2012 Blue Island Press, Australia: Stationery items and fine art calendars since 2013 Armuseli, Spain Fashion garments since 2014
  • 6. Selected Group Shows: Balmain Art & Craft Show, Balmain, Sydney November 2011, 2012 & 2014 I’ll Bring cake: Gordon public Library, Sydney July - Sept 2011 Annual Plunket art exhibition Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru New Zealand June 1994, 2010 & 2012 Group Christmas show, Pipper Graber, Dulwich, London December 2002 ‘Underwater escapade’, Amalgam Art, Barnes London March 1996 Amalgam Art Christmas show, Amalgam Art, Barnes London December 1993 ‘Brush and Spitsticker’, West Oxfordshire arts association February 1993 Art and craft New Zealand, Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran Wales August 1992 Summer show, Anna Mei Chadwick Galleries, Parsons Green, London August 1990 & 1991 Amalgam Summer show, Amalgam Art, Barnes London July 1991 Southland Potter’s annual exhibition, Winton, New Zealand May 1991 Timaru City Art Gallery annual exhibition, Timaru, New Zealand May 1990 Represented in NZ by the Print Shop Gallery, Auckland, since 1987
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  • 15. Artworks & design Gabby Malpas’ design can be licensed for: • Ceramics: dinnerware and giftware • Textiles: tea towels, table cloths, bed linen, scarves, cushions, fashion garments • Homewares: coaster and placemat sets, trays and melamine products • Wallpaper • Stationery items: cards, calendars, notebooks Contact the artist Gabby Malpas email: gabby@gabbymalpas.com website: www.gabbymalpas.com Social media facebook: Gabby Malpas - Artist Pinterest: Gabby Malpas Instagram: Gabby Malpas blog: mangofrooty.blogspot.com