https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/ 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/about 2026-03-20 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/night 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8b80e5534e3af74f3edf2076de08f257_hd.jpg Nicole Welch UNVEILING 1 – last quarter moon, 19°, 4th of March, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/afca1a7d49ee25221f9f2d15fd60290f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 2 – waxing crescent moon, 9°, 15th of April, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 2024 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/4f85736dbeb52371b6bac63ef111ba60_hd.jpg UNVEILING 3 – waxing gibbous moon, 9°, 14th of May, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/755f085cce31c492d0a80c9cbdfaf989_hd.jpg UNVEILING 4 - waxing crescent moon, 2°,3rd of June, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6604e0bf93881e0dc34ca0ab3a3c31d7_hd.jpg UNVEILING 5 - waxing crescent moon, 9°,23rd of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a7bf282ba69ff28bf96f578a4589c3d5_hd.jpg UNVEILING 6 - waxing crescent moon, 6°,26th of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8433786eab22fa37d883d2a3b2ff0a10_hd.jpg UNVEILING 7 – waxing crescent moon, 10°, 6th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/3e97d1364fa01b947a1ae05b6fd0322f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°,10th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/2442f1c76d215f09fe0c4b5aba87c445_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/66db163e0dc4b36c1b22799953cd4f2c_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b981af3e7b8b4c171ba96de6e112fb7a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6f8753094aee0e60c8bbd4e21996993a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b28a15b4c356b7992a43565bbe9b0198_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a754e0a12fda4bde5683cea7eef10739_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f841e5724ee266070e706d7aa9e9855e_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0d873e393ba41c226c732a9ad7499c8a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/89ed1fc6583984eaebbf259a4e77f5bb_hd.jpg https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/land 2026-01-23 weekly 0.5 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8b80e5534e3af74f3edf2076de08f257_hd.jpg Nicole Welch UNVEILING 1 – last quarter moon, 19°, 4th of March, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/85c22b368eb7cac675cf32e632c910a1_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - Yarrahapinni Yarrahapinni (video still) 2019 single channel HD infrared time lapse - 3:21mins, 50 inch screen, gilded frame edition of 3 Yarrahapinni (video still) 2019 single channel HD infrared time lapse - 3:21mins, 50 inch screen, gilded frame edition of 3 The Yarrahapinni time-lapse film records tidal flow into an estuary, symbolically referencing the rejuvenation and reawakening of a wetland environment. Recorded on location in the Yarrahapinni Wetlands National Park it is an affirmative work that celebrates our capacity to rebuild fragile ecosystems. The Yarrahapinni Wetland Restoration Project undertaken by the Water Research Laboratory team in collaboration with the NSW National Parks, has successfully rebalanced the hydrological and water quality conditions to naturally encourage the regeneration of what was a highly acidic wetland. It is now a thriving estuarine wetland with greatly improved bird and fish habitat and with regenerating mangrove and saltmarsh endangered ecological communities. The scientists use of remote and on ground monitoring and sensing techniques, including satellite and infrared mapping was of particular interest to me, as they are technologies that I have used in my arts practice to record landscape, and to extend and collapse time. For wetland restoration projects this visual data is collected to analyse changes in wetland distribution, vegetation, tidal inundation and health of the estuary over time. Constructed from 4800 high resolution photographs captured over several hours the Yarrahapinni infrared time-lapse film mirrors the use of these scientific methodologies to speak to the potential of environmental restoration and rejuvenation. Framed within an antique gilded frame, Yarrahapinni references the history of landscape painting, drawing parallels across time. The area is in the country of the Dunghutti and Gumbayaggir nations (a sharing place). I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and give thanks for the opportunity to make work at this significant location. Provenance: Sydney Contemporary Presents, online Art Fair 2020 Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley Hall Gallery, Kangaroo Valley, NSW 2020 Listening in the Anthropocene, H R Gallery, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2020 Yarrahapinni, MAY SPACE, Sydney 2020 The Manly Dam Project, Manly Art gallery & Museum, NSW 2020 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0361a5f51af6f5016980a5512db397d3_hd.jpg Mementos #1 - Fish River 2018 Mementos is a series of photographs of sceneries packaged as a set of small keepsakes, reminiscent of souvenirs. Photographed using infrared technology with minimal post production, the light and colour spectrum revealed is undetectable and unseen by the human eye, resulting in unnatural, hyperreal landscapes. These miniature scenes reveal lesser known areas of the Central West of New South Wales. The localities documented are on the Macquarie, Fish and Turon rivers; a triad of waterways that are the lifeblood of the Bathurst district. The artist acknowledges and gives thanks to the Wiradyuri people both past and present who are the traditional custodians of the land and waterways depicted in Mementos. giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 140cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/934ce1dc36b15a1588a93fa894ad88ce_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #1 - Capertee Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Wildēornes Land Wildēornes (Old English): a land inhabited only by wild animals. The Wildēorness Land series reflects the inherent loss and uncertainty we face for the natural environment, through the installation of an 1880’s mourning shawl and projections of historical illustrations in the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Parks. Combining installation, photography, moving image, sound and drawing upon archival records to explore the landscape through a historical, cultural and ecological lens, Welch aims to reveal the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world, and the fragility and strength of both. Welch spent several weeks at BigCi artist residency near Wollemi National Park where she researched and created this work on location. Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Adelaide Perry Gallery, NSW, 29 April to 24 May 2019 (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, NSW, 3 to 24 November 2018 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, 1 April to 7 May 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/57e3984b2c7dda9709761c6714df8a4b_hd.jpg Frightful Tremendous Pass #1 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 200cm (also available 65 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes. 2015 In 2015 the Bicentennial year of the settlement of Bathurst (1815) and the subsequent opening of the eastern interior of Australia to exploration, Nicole followed the early pathways journeyed by european explorers, stopping at significant locations to enact installations in the landscape. The region as a whole is richly represented in Australian historical collections, from explorers’ journals, to drawings, prints and paintings. The English explorer Thomas Mitchell depicted these regions in his journals of discovery titled, ‘Three expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia, 1835’ from which the title of the project is borrowed. The placement of the mirror and text is a symbolic of history and perception, an invitation to the viewer to reflect on the numerous historical paradigms that inform our present-day relationship to country. .”I acknowledge the Wiradjuri, Gundungurra, Ngarigo and Dharug nations who are the traditional custodians of this land on which I have made this work and pay my respects to Elders both past and present” – Nicole Welch https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/d1c696f005cafa0f8390d2a8dc5749f3_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Apparitions #1 - - Mount Arapiles and the Mitre Rock 1863, Nicholas Chevalier pigment ink, face-mounted 95 x 200cm (also available 61 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes (Projected image - Mount Arapiles and the Mitre Rock 1863, Nicholas Chevalier, courtesy of the National Gallery of Australia) In this series of photographs of media installations in the Australian landscape, projected images emerge from the terrain and escarpment, appearing and receding simultaneously. Working on location in the Australian wilderness Welch has projected circular fragments extracted from iconic Australian landscape paintings using a high resolution media projector and recorded them photographically. These works reveal the embedded cultural history and idealism projected onto this land since colonisation, centering on the Australian Romantic landscape painters who brought a European sensibility and vision to their depictions of this 'new' world. Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. BRAG 200x200, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 27 March to 14 June 2015. Purchased by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2014. MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/ab1051199d8b66e2718e65798be02fd8_hd.jpg Illumination #2, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 47.5X120 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Purchased by Art Gallery of Ballarat Foundation for the Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection, Vic, April, 2020. (Finalist) Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, 6 July to 25 August 2013. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/afca1a7d49ee25221f9f2d15fd60290f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 2 – waxing crescent moon, 9°, 15th of April, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 2024 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/aa399f195040b04d47c73bdff4bbdb1f_hd.jpg Mementos #2 - Fish River 2018 infrared photograph giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 140cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6061d0991387e5d01431eef2c4624304_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #2 - Capertee Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: Adelaide Perry Gallery, NSW, 29 April to 24 May 2019 (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith Art Award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, NSW, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW, 1 April to 7 May 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/86345e604477d52df9f7b9370f1a7eb3_hd.jpg Magnificent Prospect #1 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 200cm (also available 65 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes. 2015 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. Silence & Solitude: select works from Eastern Interiors, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, 12 October to 2 December 2018. Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Purchased by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/d1edc57b300ada633175f972e9007d2f_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Apparitions #4, Projection - The Upper Nepean, 1889, WC Piguenit pigment ink, face-mounted 95 x 200cm (also available 61 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes (Projected image - The Upper Nepean, 1889, WC Piguenit, Courtesy Art Gallery of NSW) Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. (Finalist) MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize 2016, Murray Art Museum Albury, NSW, 21 May to 7 August 2016. MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/8428b543784e87886b78a3dd446ac8f4_hd.jpg Illumination #4, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment Ink facemounted 47.5 X 120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/1618e82ed5c03fec1a162721a3e13dd2_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Illumination Blue Mountains permanent public art commission Blue Mountains Cultural Centre giclée print on Hahnemühle photo rag 125 x 600cm 2013 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/4f85736dbeb52371b6bac63ef111ba60_hd.jpg UNVEILING 3 – waxing gibbous moon, 9°, 14th of May, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/1e42fa1f679711f231ea06cc98bff37e_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - Yarrahapinni Yarrahapinni (video still) 2019 single channel HD infrared time lapse - 3:21mins, 50 inch screen, gilded frame edition of 3 Provenance: Sydney Contemporary Presents, online Art Fair 2020 Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley Hall Gallery, Kangaroo Valley, NSW 2020 Listening in the Anthropocene, H R Gallery, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2020 Yarrahapinni, MAY SPACE, Sydney 2020 The Manly Dam Project, Manly Art gallery & Museum, NSW 2020 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/e8f79bff32543614a96ffa40d61a1fe3_hd.jpg Mementos #3 - Macquarie River 2018 infrared photograph giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 140cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/1075d48cdcc7b8ab0e89602c56936c1d_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #3 - Grose Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch “In Wildēornes Land #3 something has shifted. Nature is no longer secure. With climate change the big scary wilderness has lost its power. Welch occupies the same position as Casper David Friedrich’s confident wanderer, immaculate in 18th century gentleman suit, surveying the mighty realm. Welch by contrast, in mourning garb, offers herself, naked and sacrificial, to a world on the brink of being lost.” Dr Ann Finegan Wildēornes Land Catalogue essay pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith art award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b8c67589efbe16261a2a023a739d31cf_hd.jpg Magnificent Prospect #2 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 200cm (also available 65 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes. 2015 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. Silence & Solitude: select works from Eastern Interiors, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, 12 October to 2 December 2018. Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/cae60a9c647691a517a08dd03ed81196_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Apparitions #3, Projection - Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Victoria, 1860s, Nicholas Chevalier pigment ink, face-mounted 95 x 200cm (also available 61 x 130cm) edition of 6 in two sizes. (Projected image - Pulpit Rock, Cape Schanck, Victoria, 1860s, Nicholas Chevalier, Courtesy Art Gallery of NSW) Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Purchased by Artbank 2014 MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/3b71d5e35635a26e46920e7d03d8e18b_hd.jpg Illumination #3, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink, facemounted 47.5 X 120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2012 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/52a059dca5318ba5463dbcfc943938a7_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Permanent Public Art Commission Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2013 'Illumination, Blue Mountains' permanent public art commission Blue Mountains Cultural Centre giclée print on Hahnemühle photo rag 125 x 600cm 2013 Commissioned to create an artwork for the foyer of the newly built Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Nicole Welch installed a lit chandelier above the sublime vista of the Jamieson Valley. The resulting six-metre long panoramic photograph is reminiscent of early Australian Romantic painting with dramatic vistas of cascading light and wild ‘untouched’ wilderness. The presence of the chandelier interrupts the scene; at once a poetic vision and a powerful comment on colonial representations of the Australian landscape. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/755f085cce31c492d0a80c9cbdfaf989_hd.jpg UNVEILING 4 - waxing crescent moon, 2°,3rd of June, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/c0ac76e4f426b85d1fd639a31521721d_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - Yarrahapinni Yarrahapinni (video still) 2019 single channel HD infrared time lapse - 3:21mins, 50 inch screen, gilded frame edition of 3 Provenance: Sydney Contemporary Presents, online Art Fair 2020 Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley Hall Gallery, Kangaroo Valley, NSW 2020 Listening in the Anthropocene, H R Gallery, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2020 Yarrahapinni, MAY SPACE, Sydney 2020 The Manly Dam Project, Manly Art gallery & Museum, NSW 2020 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0d145c81428122a830dc32afd22775f9_hd.jpg Mementos #4 - Macquarie River 2018 infrared photograph giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 140cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/25580de17089bff5df1893d99bfb7ed7_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #4 - Grose Valley, 2017 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/9b45c28da758a07c9573b6d09bd23943_hd.jpg Magnificent Prospect #3 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 130 x 60cm edition of 6 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. Silence & Solitude: select works from Eastern Interiors, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, 12 October to 2 December 2018. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/aacfe09609f6aa59d8c680ee85e6d7cf_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Apparitions #2, Projection - Fern Tree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, 1857, Eugene von Guerard pigment ink, face-mounted 130 x 61cm edition of 6. (Projected image - Fern Tree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, 1857, Eugene von Guérard, Courtesy National Gallery of Australia) Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/9b5a397b21e55880ff4f72ab21dfcb5d_hd.jpg Illumination #5, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 47.5 X 120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Finalist) The Wilson Visual Arts Award, Trinity Catholic College, 23 to 25 Aug 2013. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/5340cf20e77e88b6c31db0e96f9e87a6_hd.jpg Nicole Welch 'Illumination, Blue Mountains' permanent public art commission Blue Mountains Cultural Centre giclée print on Hahnemühle photo rag 125 x 600cm 2013 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6604e0bf93881e0dc34ca0ab3a3c31d7_hd.jpg UNVEILING 5 - waxing crescent moon, 9°,23rd of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/472fa7eb87347ab1bcdb315b97377d58_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - Yarrahapinni location photoshoot 2019 Nicole Welch on location shooting Yarrahapinni 2019 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/64d8de5fb0a36e6a8831f593bed4bae0_hd.jpg Mementos #5 - Macquarie River 2018 infrared photograph giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 140cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/16e943a86f6d3fb5ca55ac2cc7222a34_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #5 – Wollemi, 2017 Nicole Welch pigment print on premium photo paper, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/f4dd0a26a65b35347861dc0f0038000d_hd.jpg Silence & Solitude #3 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 130 x 60cm edition of 6 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 10 to 13 Sept 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/bf0fa03994d2d8cbe83ff04c02c903e8_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Apparitions #5, Projection - Mount Olympus, Lake St Clair, Tasmania, 1875, WC Piguenit pigment ink, face-mounted 130 x 61cm edition of 6. (Projected image - Mount Olympus, Lake St Clair, Tasmania, 1875, WC Piguenit, Courtesy Art Gallery of NSW) MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/4fc3ae72864b5f7194dc20e3c7cea0f6_hd.jpg Lightscape #1, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 60x120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Plan B: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collect, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 17 May to 7 July 2013. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2012 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a7bf282ba69ff28bf96f578a4589c3d5_hd.jpg UNVEILING 6 - waxing crescent moon, 6°,26th of July, 2024 giclée print 107 x 60cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/e859d5f22b298c0b53a7f3076fbbea48_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #6 – Wollemi, 2017 pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/35b3b3a95ec273ef88981ea7a21c5e2a_hd.jpg East West Time-lapse video 3:30 (day) Time-lapse Video Still (mirror installed on the ground to reflect the sky over a 12 hour period) https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/3a1ce7bf9a82d6a0d57c46e24fa2251e_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Tondo #2, Low Tide by Moonlight pigment ink, face-mounted 60cm diameter edition of 6 MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/24e238b6a09656ac2d1b82dd64265d87_hd.jpg Lightscape #2, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 60x120 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Plan B: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collect, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 17 May to 7 July 2013. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/8433786eab22fa37d883d2a3b2ff0a10_hd.jpg UNVEILING 7 – waxing crescent moon, 10°, 6th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/5be9208a450c378339f185c60827516c_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #7 – Wollemi, 2017 pigment print, face-mounted  80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/8c9f65da4e2a55b894a3379a1f536382_hd.jpg East West Time-lapse video 3:30 2015 Time-lapse video 3:30 (day) Time-lapse Video Still (mirror installed on the ground to reflect the sky over a 12 hour period) https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/c1c0bbb41ddc4237197ae5641e9826b2_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Tondo #3, Kanangra Wall Lookout pigment ink, face-mounted 60cm diameter edition of 6 Provenance: Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. Purchased by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2014. MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/4a335aadc96c6c1698bbee8e6b13b12b_hd.jpg Lightscape #3, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 60x120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, 30 November 2019 - 8 February 2020. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery, 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/3e97d1364fa01b947a1ae05b6fd0322f_hd.jpg UNVEILING 8 – waxing crescent moon, 8°,10th of September, 2024 giclée print 60 x 107cm edition of 6 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b85826559c73ea95a4bc01a35eb42839_hd.jpg Tondo #5, Projection - Swift Parrots from 'The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes', John & Elizabeth Gould, 1848, giclée print, face-mounted, 60cm diameter, edition of 6 pigment print, face-mounted  60cm diameter edition of 6 Provenance: MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/869f4c46fdd4904d2c7de088fa258eed_hd.jpg Silence & Solitude #2 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 100cm 2015 Provenance: Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/ba3140c77ba5f6c768839d21734d3b3f_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Tondo #1, Smoke Haze over the Central Plains pigment ink, face-mounted 60cm diameter edition of 6 MAY SPACE Sydney 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/91553a21d8109fb03645c060efe518e0_hd.jpg Illumination #6, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 60x120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Green, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, 30 Aug to 16 Nov 2014. Illumination, Brenda May Gallery 2013 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/c3e0d69c5472050fe9fa99adf1d6de4b_hd.jpg Tondo #4, Projection - Regent Honeyeater from 'The Birds of Australia: in seven volumes', John Gould, 1848, 2016 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment print, face-mounted  60cm diameter edition of 6 Provenance: Adelaide Perry Gallery, 29 April to 24 May 2019. MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/a9bd15fad74b5ee53809ed8ee2d893b6_hd.jpg Frightful Tremendous Pass #2 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 100cm 2015 Provenance: Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 10 to 13 Sept 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/2b8b840d5601d518f269065b6cec267a_hd.jpg Nicole Welch 'Apparitions' installation Brenda May Gallery 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/632aaf618ae3fb41af9988aec3117d4b_hd.jpg Lightscape #4, 2013 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch pigment ink facemounted 60x120cm 2012 edition of 6 Illumination, Brenda May Gallery, 2013 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/5c536097a00f7e7ec3539d411dab3336_hd.jpg Silence & Solitude #1 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 100cm 2015 Provenance: Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 10 to 13 Sept 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/c2146e53184b5a49f51bb15993b6fce9_hd.jpg Nicole Welch 'Apparitions' installation Brenda May Gallery 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/9baf7cde4dc17063b5921a27417d9369_hd.jpg Illumination #1, 2012 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch Pigment Ink Face Mounted 47.5 X 120cm 2012 edition of 6 Provenance: Brenda May Gallery 2013 Illumination: New Work by Nicole Welch, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 10 Aug to 23 Sept 2012. (Finalist) Contemporary Landscapes in Photography Award, Perth Centre for Photography, 25 May to 24 June 2012. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/2442f1c76d215f09fe0c4b5aba87c445_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/b059f0f64749725ef962e86779621e2e_hd.jpg Frightful Tremendous Pass #3 giclée print on archival Hahnemühle fine art paper 100 x 100cm Provenance: Go West, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, 13 October to 3 December 2017. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 1 July to 14 Aug 2016. Eastern Interiors: explorations from Bathurst to Albury, Murray Art Museum Albury, 12 Nov to 13 Dec 2015. Purchased by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2015. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/7a18136c4b605505a47e0ea86f37f084_hd.jpg Nicole Welch 'Apparitions' installation Brenda May Gallery 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/66db163e0dc4b36c1b22799953cd4f2c_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/c1387ad3565719569571d24364f87fce_hd.jpg Eastern Interiors - installation location Table Top Mountain Albury, 2015 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/b6e8fd24d3ec308448f7e11eb628acff_hd.jpg Nicole Welch 'Apparitions' installation Brenda May Gallery 2014 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f63a4bedce15e6a2f4a7c8ebe29d096d_hd.jpg Eastern Interiors installation Bathurst Regional Art Gallery https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/c280af46f1b3ff4f1527973baab3b3af_hd.jpg Eastern Interiors installation Bathurst Regional Art Gallery https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b981af3e7b8b4c171ba96de6e112fb7a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/33ffae389d91ecd801993c973a64931c_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a9a86f4d34bf840dca5fa250436804e5_hd.jpg Eastern Interiors exhibition installation Bathurst Regional Art Gallery https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6f8753094aee0e60c8bbd4e21996993a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/94e0c51ae2df4db6cd7d5dd99cbefb01_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Installation Nicole Welch Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 Nicole Welch https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/b28a15b4c356b7992a43565bbe9b0198_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/48e9e3f3461d75d3e6bec0195513c343_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land installtion Nicole Welch Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 Nicole Welch https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/e315864fc3248db935fc991227d84fa6_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a754e0a12fda4bde5683cea7eef10739_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/64aeba28975a2d25d12efe52f68c273c_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/14cbc924ab280d8037f8e803b062f2a3_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f841e5724ee266070e706d7aa9e9855e_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/1ab9f15e1ec80eb8eb8c6a8b04f718f0_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land Blue Mountains Cultural Centre 2017 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0d873e393ba41c226c732a9ad7499c8a_hd.jpg https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/bbd2afa3e6472f059441522be7c1be54_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land locations 2017 Nicole Welch Nicole Welch Collecting sound recordings at Mt Lagoon, Blue Mountains for the Wildēornes Land series. Photoshoot at Ganguddy Swamp, Wollemi National Park https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/89ed1fc6583984eaebbf259a4e77f5bb_hd.jpg https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/body 2026-01-23 weekly 0.5 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/a16fa530c9818d223e583b8ea9287a99_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - WILD #1 - prelude Giclée print on archival fine art paper – 94 × 140 cm⁠ Editions 1-6 of 6 + 2AP⁠ Provenance: Purchased by Art Gallery of Ballarat Foundation for the Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection, Vic, April, 2020. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, September 2019. Private collections in Australia and New Zealand https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/f78ab2935f35ea8670987a902f9c1c3e_hd.jpg Nicole Welch - TRANSFORMATION Transformation - journey Production still taken by Bill Moseley The moving image work Transformation is the latest instalment in Nicole Welch’s ongoing Self series, which was initiated as part of her Illumination works in 2012. In these cinematic works Welch uses her body as an apparatus and the landscape as a tableau. Undertaking performances in the wilderness Welch explores the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world to reveal the fragility and strength of both. As a continuation the Transformation footage sees the artist engage directly with the natural world through a journey undertaken (journey) , and a waterfall (arrival); a universal symbol of renewal, healing and ultimately, transformation. Filmed over several hours on location during the heart of winter in the lower Blue Mountains, Transformation exposes the artists body to the elements. While the figure is Welch, the symbolism is universal. She embodies a lineage of women through time as a homage to all women – past, present, future. The journey sequence is a celebration of our unique connection to nature, our shared strength and resilience, the cycle of life, mortality – the arrival scene is an act of transformation, both mythical and personal, local and universal. Provenance: Altered States, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, NSW, 30 November 2019 – 8 February 2020. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, September 2019. Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 28 August - 15 September 2019. Naked & Nude Art Prize 2019, Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 7 September - 13 October 2019. Artstate Bathurst - 2018, Tremain's Mill, Bathurst, 31 October - 5 November 2018. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/eee3c15f388393c63a58bf3ac10d3007_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body 2017 (still) time-lapse film 10:34min edition of 6 Wildēornes (Old English): a land inhabited only by wild animals. The time-lapse film _Wildēorness Body_ reflects the inherent loss and uncertainty we now face for the natural environment, while simultaneously being a personal acknowledgement of the artist embracing her mortality and the autoimmune disease Lupus that inhabits her body and world. Swathed in a Victorian 1880s chantilly lace mourning shawl, the artist lay on a large mirror that reflects the sky and the canopy of trees above. Through the symbolism of the mourning shawl and the endurance of holding a pose over time, Welch aims to reveal the symbiotic relationship humans have with the natural world, and the fragility and strength of both. Welch spent several weeks at BigCi artist residency near Wollemi National Park where she researched and created this work. To view the film click on FILM in the main menu Provenance: 5th International Motion Festival Cyprus 2019, European University Cyprus, 2019 Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 24 October to 10 November 2018. Windmill Trust Scholarship 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Murray Art Museum Albury, 14 September to 22 October 2017. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 7 to 10 September 2017. Wildēornes Land, MAY SPACE, 22 August to 16 September 2017. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2017. Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 15 April to 7 May 2017. Cementa17 – Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos Museum, NSW, 6 to 9 April 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/0eba8cab5a3e61decd03da83b7b7e349_hd.jpg Wildēornes Land #3 - Grose Valley, 2017 “In Wildēornes Land #3 something has shifted. Nature is no longer secure. With climate change the big scary wilderness has lost its power. Welch occupies the same position as Casper David Friedrich’s confident wanderer, immaculate in 18th century gentleman suit, surveying the mighty realm. Welch by contrast, in mourning garb, offers herself, naked and sacrificial, to a world on the brink of being lost.” Dr Ann Finegan Wildēornes Land Catalogue essay pigment print, face-mounted 80 x 142cm edition of 6 Provenance: (Finalist) Grace Cossington Smith art award 2018, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 3 to 24 November 2018 MAY SPACE Sydney, 2017 Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 1 April to 7 May 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/869da78dff03ae46d1d171d1b73c1022_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body 2017 (still) time-lapse film edition of 6 Provenance: 5th International Motion Festival Cyprus 2019, European University Cyprus, 2019 Black Box Projects, MAY SPACE, 24 October to 10 November 2018. Windmill Trust Scholarship 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Murray Art Museum Albury, 14 September to 22 October 2017. Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, 7 to 10 September 2017. Wildēornes Land, MAY SPACE, 22 August to 16 September 2017. Acquired by Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 2017. Wildēornes Land, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, 15 April to 7 May 2017. Cementa17 – Contemporary Arts Festival, Kandos Museum, NSW, 6 to 9 April 2017. https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/4df90b660bb81c373f1867f3c6fcaa14_hd.jpg Shedding of Time Immemorial, Self Portrait self-portrait pigment ink face mounted 37 X 120CM 2012 edition of 4 "If humans were ever presented within the Romantic landscape, they remained anonymous silhouettes, most often with their backs turned to the viewer, so that she may freely identify with the landscape rather than human subject. In _Shedding of Time Immemorial_ the trees and the deathly still night encroach on a solitary vulnerable figure. Welch stands idly unveiling her body and removing a colonial dress. In _Terra Australia Incognita_ and _Deliverance_, the figure appears naked, exposing the black skeletal patterns that mark her flesh. She appears to be in between worlds - between now and then, between here and there, between life and death. Keeping her back turned to the audience, this mysterious figure imbues these images with a striking privacy and enigma. For while it is clear that we, the audience, are invited to look on, our capacities to read the image are contingent on our abilities to engage its details. The triptych is filled with a range of visual cues that compel us to activate a subjective narrative. We are prompted to ascertain a meaning by thinking through the relations between the mysterious naked figure, the skeletal drawing, the dark eerie forest, the gloomy lighting and the colonial dress. The refutation of didactic meaning, and the invitation to subjectively engage the image, is crucial for apprehending Welch’s art. It is also a common strategy of Romantic landscape painting." Anachronism, Romanticism and the Australian Landscape Today: Nicole Welch’s Illuminations (2012). Veronica Tello https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/304ffffa98ec86e36372dc5a697efe6b_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body installation Kandos Museum, CEMENTA 17 Contemporary Arts Festival Kandos https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/31e385aee03ca4a4861dd90f8e5dea64_hd.jpg Terra Australis Incognita self-portrait pigment ink face mounted 37 X 120CM 2012 edition of 4 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/42a8dcd5d47ed73e52085988b827be6e_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body installation Kandos Museum, CEMENTA 17 Contemporary Arts Festival Kandos https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/6552606bf93f86a55144e59d09d908d1_hd.jpg Deliverance self-portrait pigment ink face mounted 37 X 120CM 2012 edition of 4 https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/c32dabcdc372e2ff65c0d967185cac68_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body installation Kandos Museum, CEMENTA 17 Contemporary Arts Festival Kandos https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/88a657d00bbdb3dc3e8101ad6ec63d5d_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body installation Kandos Museum, CEMENTA 17 Contemporary Arts Festival Kandos https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6ffe2af3150d9bddfe317243a37bceaa_hd.jpg Nicole Welch Wildēornes Body installation Kandos Museum, CEMENTA 17 Contemporary Arts Festival Kandos https://imageproxy.viewbook.com/42532/6364ece7da0f152a6e71ea7e86012196_hd.jpg https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/film 2026-03-20 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/news 2026-03-20 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/contact 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/portfolio-2020 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/portfolio-2020b 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/yarrahapinni 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/night-2024-preview 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5 https://www.nicolewelch.com.au/night-2024 2025-02-10 weekly 0.5