Elizabeth Newman

1962 - 2025

Elizabeth Newman was born in 1962. Her work engaged with questions concerning the philosophical and social conditions of art and representation, using painting, installation and found objects to articulate an idiosyncratic subjective position. Her work is fortified by the weight of theory, but far from heavy-going, the tone in all of her work being warm, engaging and affective. Through the careful manipulation of her chosen materials, Newman pared each artwork to its bare essentials, eliminating what she regarded as unnecessary in order to reveal certain structural, abstract and epistemological truths.

Elizabeth Newman held regular solo exhibitions since 1986 and was included in group exhibitions around Australia and in New Zealand, Czech Republic, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.