Lila Afiouni

Geometry in Motion

2012-01-10T12:46:00.000-08:00

Please click below to find some new paintings and an accompanying statement from the work made during my First Draft residency, in late 2011

Click to see more at First Draft Blog

Facades and Fading Press Release

2011-11-06T02:28:00.000-08:00

Facades and Fading originated as a research project into

the residential architecture of San Francisco’s Victorian and

Edwardian houses. The facades, sometimes pristine and

sometimes weathered, embodied a cognisance of the city’s

physical language that spoke of geometry, colour and the

metaphysical construct of balance and harmony.

These paintings were made at Root Division, San Francisco

where Lila was a resident studio artist and the Firstdraft Depot

residency, Sydney, 2011. The works are situated within the

spiritual context of the Bay Area’s west coast consciousness

and some of its artists who explored elements of the counter-

culture and both lyrical and formal abstraction.

The show continues until November 12, 2011

Factory 49 Gallery

49 Shepherd St, Marrickville

Australia

Ph: (612) 9572 9863

http://factory49.blogspot.com/

View Catalogue

Upcoming show at Factory 49, October 19, 2011

2011-08-12T21:44:00.000-07:00

Please come along to the opening of my show at Factory 49 on October 19. I'll be showing work made during my residency at Root Division, San Francisco, 2011.

Solo Show

2011-06-24T02:51:00.001-07:00

I will have a solo show for my San Francisco paintings here in Sydney later this year. Venue to be announced. Stay tuned...

New Statement

2011-06-06T23:17:00.000-07:00

My statement has been updated on Lila Afiouni.com to reflect the new work.

Artist residency at Firstdraft Depot, Sydney

2011-05-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

My feet have barely touched Australian soil and I will be part of another artist residency. The Firstdraft Depot in Sydney's historic Woolloomooloo is the new home of my studio for the next six months. I look forward to sharing news and paintings in progress with you.

Visit the two new rooms at Lila Afiouni . com

2011-04-15T17:16:00.000-07:00

Two new suites of work have been added to the Lila Afiouni website.

Both these rooms are a selection of new work made during the residency at Root Division in San Francisco from December 2010 to May 2011.

Click here to see Structures and Rhythms

Click here to see Structures and Paths

The Studio - San Francisco, April 2011

2011-04-04T21:57:00.000-07:00

The studio is ablaze with new work............documenting the timeline of paintings on the left wall with the smaller works from December 2010 to the larger works that have culminated during the early stages of 2011. Click on the photo for a larger view....

Artist designed wine bottle

2011-03-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

This wine bottle designed by Lila Afiouni will be part of the wine chest at Root Division's Taste event which takes place on April 14th at Root Division made especially for the event.

Root Division Fund Raiser is Tasty!

2011-03-30T23:36:00.000-07:00

I am so pleased to be on this years Taste committee for Root Division which raises funds to teach free art classes to San Francisco's undeserved youth. There will be fine cuisine served, cooking demonstrations by San Francisco's finest chefs, a silent art auction and wine chests to be won with artist designed wine bottles.

The event takes place at

Root Division

3175 17th Street (at S.Van Ness),

San Francisco, CA, 94110.

Ph 415.863.7668
on April 14, 2011
6.30-10.30pm

To purchase tickets to this special event please visit the

Root Division website.

The NeoConArtist: Interview with Lila Afiouni

2011-01-23T22:14:00.000-08:00

The NeoConArtist: Interview with Lila Afiouni: "Geometric Composition, Acrylic and collage on canvas, 2011 January 22, 2011 Lila Afiouni was born and raised in Australia. She studied fi..."

San Francisco Studio Residency in the Mission

2011-01-07T20:37:00.000-08:00

Currently in San Francisco making new work....

Installation shot from the Google Show

2010-10-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

Photographs courtesy of Hardware Gallery, Sydney.

Limited Edition Postcard

2010-09-24T17:50:00.000-07:00

To recieve your free limited edition double sided color postcard please email here with your details and we will post one out to you free of charge anywhere in the world! Limit one per person. Limited offer until November 10, 2010 or until stocks run out.

Sneak preview of the Google Show at Hardware Gallery

2010-08-24T16:44:00.000-07:00

Broadcast, 2010

Acrylic and collage on canvas

45 x 45 cm

to see more artworks visit the Hardware Gallery website
or simply visit The Radio Paintings

The Google show starts 7 September to 25 September, 2010.

The GOOGLE Show is here!

2010-08-09T16:38:00.000-07:00

Opening night Tuesday 7th September, 6 - 8 pm

Hardware Gallery

263 Enmore Rd, Enmore, NSW, 2042

The Medium Vinyl Show

2010-04-09T16:53:00.000-07:00

'l'invention de la roue' (the invention of the wheel), mixed media and found objects, 2010

by Lila Afiouni

The Medium: Vinyl show, at Hardware Gallery, 21st May - 12 June

Opening night 21st May, 6 - 10pm

Hardware Gallery

263 Enmore Road, Enmore

9550 4595

11am - 5pm Tues - Sat

The tables have turned

2009-12-30T16:14:00.000-08:00

Lila is incredibly excited to be in the upcoming Hardware Gallery show titled: Medium Vinyl.

Some of you already know that Lila worked in a record store during the 1990s for ten years, amassing a large vinyl and cd collection. She painstakingly watched the transition of vinyl to cd and still keeps her vinyl collection in pristine condition to this day.

Each artist is given a 12 inch vinyl piece to make an artwork. The results will reveal themselves May 2010. Stay tuned for more.....

The Vilnius Project, Lithuania

2009-12-16T14:45:00.000-08:00

Pacifica 1, 2009
Mixed media on canvas
5 x 7 inches

Pacifica 2, 2009
Collage, charcoal and pastel on paper
31 x 23 inches

After meeting Ausra Petroskiene during her Paris residency in 2007, Lila was invited to show at the Sostines oras exhibition in Lithuania, 2009. The project touched on topical news of the country each artist represented. Lila chose to highlight the ongoing topic of the Japanese slaughter of whales for commercial use and Australia's involvement to stop this practise in Japananese and Australiasian waters. Shown above are the painting and drawing she submitted for the show.

Aluminium and Tin

2009-11-02T18:32:00.000-08:00

type 1: machine. relocation of the subconscious

mixed media on canvas

Hardware Gallery celebrates their 10th anniversary of being in the art business with their seminal show titled Aluminium and Tin. Lila was invited to help celebrate with the submission of this painting.

Visit the Hardware Gallery at 263 Enmore Rd, Enmore. Ph: 9550 4595 Open Tues - Sat, 11-5pm.

Big Aussie Icons

2009-08-04T04:02:00.000-07:00

A work by Lila Afiouni will be at Hardware Gallery as part of the Big Aussie Icons exhibition. Aug 8 to Aug 29.

Australian Ceramics Triennale 09

2009-06-08T16:20:00.000-07:00

Platter by Lila Afiouni, 2009 - Courtesy Delmar Gallery

CERAMICISM
20.06.2009 - 26.07.2009
Delmar Gallery-Trinity Grammar School - Ashfield, Sydney
Official Opening:
Saturday, 20th June

CERAMICISM
30 artists to paint a platter for an exhibition called CERAMICISM – as if there were not enough “isms” in the history of the visual arts – CERAMICISM features those artists who have a predilection for painting on platters.

Artists:

Adam Rish
Alan Healey
Anita Lever
Anne Kearney
Anthony Cahill
Anthony McDonald
Anthony Sillivan
Barbara Licha
Bernard Ollis
Carole Ruff
Chris Downie
Daniel Pata
Deborah Beck
Denese Lithgow
Dmitry Kuznichenko
Euan McLeod
Garry Foye
Garry Shead
Greg Weight
James Gilmour
Jodi Stiles
John Maughan
Kate Briscoe
Jeannette Lansteadt
Laraine Deer
Lila Afiouni
Peter Griffen
Peter Hardy
Phillip Martin
Pierre Cavalan
Polly Joannou
Seraphina Martin
Stephanie Sheppard
Stephen Coburn
Steve Clark
Susan Andrews
Wendy Sharpe
Yvonne Boag

Venue

Delmar Gallery-Trinity Grammar School
144 Victoria Street, Ashfield
Ashfield, Sydney, 2131

Contact details:
Director/Curator:
Nick Vickers
Convenor of the Society of the Arts
Phone: 02 9581 6070

Currently abroad

2009-04-22T10:34:00.001-07:00

Lila Afiouni is currently on three week trip in the USA, absorbing the museums, galleries and happenings in San Francisco, L.A. and Boston and drawing inspiration for a new body of work.

Transferring the Image

2009-04-04T14:05:00.000-07:00

The etchings Astral Talk and The Meeting will both be in an exhibition titled "Transferring the Image: print in many forms" from
8 - 26 May 2009 / opening 6 - 8 pm Friday 8 May at
Kerrie Lowe Gallery, 49 King St, Newtown.

StarGazing Group Show

2009-04-04T13:36:00.000-07:00

The new painting "Constructed Dream no 1" is currently in a show called StarGazing at
Hardware Gallery, Enmore. From April 3 to April 19.

The Google Show

2009-01-25T00:22:00.000-08:00

Lila Afiouni will participate in the third annual Google exhibition to be held at Hardware Gallery, Enmore Rd, Enmore, NSW. Artists were asked to Google the word 'Bushwhacked!', all on the same day at the same time and draw inspiration from the same webpage to make the artwork. Lila will show two new works in the show. The exhibition runs from 7th - 21 st Febuary, 2009.

For more information, visit The Hardware Gallery Website

January 2009 in the studio

2009-01-24T23:36:00.000-08:00

New work arising from the studio. This is an excerpt from a piece that is currently underway.

Works in Progress

2009-01-16T14:28:00.000-08:00

New work from the studio. Pictured here is a work in progress from the Paris series of paintings inspired by Miro, Leger and Picasso at the Pompidou Centre.