Robyn BERNADT

Robyn Bernadt is a paper artist residing in Boorloo (Perth), on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, and graduated from Edith Cowan University with a Bachelor of Visual Art in 1999.

After completing university, Bernadt was without an art studio. Due to limited space, she began making postcard-sized collages from found paper and second-hand books. Further developing her practice, she began to experiment with pop-up techniques and structural packaging design.

In her current works Bernadt explores flesh and the aesthetics of sexual desire in a series of intricate hand-cut paper works that blend traditional needle lace patterns with Playboy centrefolds. The interplay of skin and pattern engage the viewer in a ‘reveal and conceal’ relationship, that mimicks the act of a peep show. Lace, a delicate web-like fabric that originally signified wealth and status, has become a material associated with erotica due to the relationship it has with the skin. 

Bernadt will be showing at KolbuszSpace in Feb 2023.

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Image: Lace I, 2022. Playboy Centrefold cut-out, 40 x 74cm

Work

X-Stitch Ladies 10

X-Stitch Ladies 10

X-Stitch Ladies 10

A$ 650

47 x 34.5cm (Framed)

X-Stitch Ladies 9

X-Stitch Ladies 9

X-Stitch Ladies 9

A$ 650

47 x 34.5cm (Framed)

X-Stitch Ladies 5

X-Stitch Ladies 5

X-Stitch Ladies 5

A$ 650

47 x 34.5cm (Framed)

Lace II

Lace II

Lace II

A$ 800

86 x 52cm (Framed)

X-Stitch Ladies 3

X-Stitch Ladies 3

X-Stitch Ladies 3

A$ 750

56 x 41cm (Framed)

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X-Stitch Ladies 4

X-Stitch Ladies 4

X-Stitch Ladies 4

A$ 750

56 x 41cm (Framed)

Doilies V

Doilies V

Doilies V

A$ 750

48 x 38cm (Framed)

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Doilies IV

Doilies IV

Doilies IV

A$ 750

48 x 38cm (Framed)

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Doilies I

Doilies I

Doilies I

A$ 750

48 x 38cm (Framed)

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