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BIO:
After years of traveling to exotic locations around the world,
artist & designer Ellen Stapleton has returned to her home
town of Brisbane, Australia to dedicate her life to her craft.
Highly inspired by her travels, she has embraced imagery from
visually rich cultures, including asia & the middle east, as well
as her love for art nouveau, street art & tattoo design.
Ellen has a self taught, illustrative style. She combines acrylics,
aerosol & ink to create highly detailed, textured & layered work.
Her paintings give you a glimpse into her colourful world, full
of vibrance & passion.
Since returning home 18 months ago her hard work &
determination has so far led her to be included in publications
including Yen magazine's Curvy 6 & she has participated in over
15 group exhibitions around Australia, with paintings in private
collections around the world.
Along with her freelance design work, Ellen likes to take her
art to a variety of areas including collaborations with fashion
designers, photographers, writers & musicians.
In the future Ellen hopes to do further work with textile, interior &
fashion design, collaborate with animators & work on music videos.
With her passion, talent & determination, Ellen Stapleton is an
artist/designer to keep an eye on as she continues to develop her
own unique style & paves a way for herself in the art & design world.
Keep watching this space for news, new work & exhibitions!!
We are glad to announce the launch of the new Otaku Magazine issue, which has the theme “THE END OF THE WORLD” and encompasses various themes, from Godzilla and Gundam, to otaku survival methods. (more info: otakumag.com)
Brisbane outfit Toy Balloon will release their debut album Toy Division on November 8 through Lofly Records, and to celebrate will perform an east coast launch tour throughout November.
Formed in 2007, Toy Balloon was originally a fledgling two-piece made up by Nimai Etheridge’s uniquely melodic wall-of-sound guitar and Greg Cooper’s beautiful sequenced electronic compositions. The band have since matured into a four piece featuring Chloe Cooper (Mr Maps) on key boards and Ben Green on drums.
The album was recorded and mixed at the Lofly Hangar in Brisbane, a DIY performance space that Toy Balloon has been an integral part of creating. Fostering emerging artists and left-of-centre music, the Hangar acts as a performance space, recording studio, and meeting place; and has resulted in a record with a rich, layered sound reminiscent of New Order, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, and LCD Soundsystem.
Catch Toy Balloon launch Toy Division at a venue near you this Oct/ November.
TOY BALLOON TOUR DATES:
Brisbane- Thursday 29 October- The Zoo, Fortitude Valley w/ Moon Jog, Tin Can Radio and Doom Doom.
Sydney- Wednesday 4 November- ‘Upstarts’ at Spectrum, Darlinghurst w/ Convaire and Black Bear Brown Bear
Sydney- Thursday 5 November- Oxford Arts Factory, Darlinghurst w/ World Champion and others
Melbourne- Saturday 7 November- Pony, Melbourne w/ Love Connection and Aoi
Melbourne- Sunday 8 November- El Joyero, Melbourne
Toy Division is released November 6 on Lofly Records, with distribution through MGM.
More upcoming Punkfest shows 17th October-4zzz Carpark gigs that rule-2pm-Free entry-All ages Presented by 4zzz Punk Show and Live and Local The Go Set[Melb] Dementia 13 Brass Razoo
17th October-Jubilee Hotel-$15-7.30pm-18+ The Go Set[Melb] Mouthguard Kimbo[Melb] Brixton Rockers The Clap Guildofiends
24th October-Jubilee Hotel-18+ The Reignators[Melb] One Night Band[Canada] Dan Potthast[USA] The Meaniacs
30th October-Clarence Cnr Hotel-Free entry-18+ Kamikaze[Adeliade] The Vaginabillies more tbc
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