Panacea – Dale Cox

Where landscape, history and human impact collide.

Contemporary Artist Dale Cox addresses issues of climate, the precarious imbalance of man altered environments, and the ancient rhythms of the Australian landscape.

His paintings and sculptures explore history and fractured contextual timelines, cultural hybridisation, religion and globalisation, subverting the prevailing narratives of post-colonial Australian history.

Artist Bio

Castlemaine-based contemporary artist Dale Cox works across film, painting and sculpture, often appropriating found objects for alteration and reinvention. His recent paintings and sculptural works addressing bushfires examine climate change, the precarious imbalance of human-altered environments, and the ancient rhythms of the Australian landscape.

Dale completed a Bachelor Fine Arts at RMIT University in 1990. His works have been exhibited in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. And are represented in numerous collections across Australia, including Deakin University, Melbourne; Artbank, Sydney; Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria; Parliament House, Canberra; and the National Australia Bank Corporate Collection, among others.

Other Program Highlights

Alongside the Acquisitive Award Exhibition in the main galleries, a series of additional exhibitions and installations will activate spaces throughout Burrinja Cultural Centre during the Burrinja Climate Change Biennale #4.

Acquisitive Award Exhibition
Saturday 22 August – Sunday 25 October - Burrinja Gallery
40 artists from across Australia have been selected to participate in exhibition. Featuring both local and nationally recognised artists, the Acquisitive Award Exhibition sits at the heart of BCCB#4, showcasing an inspiring and thought-provoking collection of works that respond to the urgent conversations surrounding climate change and the environment.

Liz Magor — Roll-up
Saturday 22 August – Sunday 25 October - Airlock Gallery
Canadian artist Liz Magor presents sculptural and photographic works that explore the latent and affective qualities of familiar materials, images and objects. Her dramatic installations encapsulate the chaos of contemporary life, assembling everyday objects into confounding and unsettling narratives.

Sharon Field — The Scrolls – 3,000 Days…and Counting
Date TBC - Foyer Space
Beginning on Earth Hour Day (26 March) 2022 and continuing through to Earth Day 2030, award-winning Canberra-based botanical artist Sharon Field creates a daily drawing or painting of a species directly onto her scrolls, building an evolving visual narrative intended to leave a lasting impact.

Beth Arnold and Katie Lee — Oyster Shells Amongst Bricks (Smelling of Dust)
Dates TBC - Foyer Space
This interactive installation draws on a database of material contributions from artists across the Climate Aware Creative Practice Network. Challenging administrative structures and systems, the work brings into focus the care, attachment and material knowledge artists hold.

Catherine Gough-Brady, W. Sze Tsang and Cassandra Tytler — ARia: Song Unseen
Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 October - Café Forecourt
WA-based collective artists Catherine Gough-Brady, W. Sze Tsang and Cassandra Tytler use augmented reality and sound as narrative tools to reveal the hidden destruction of Perth’s urban canopy caused by the polyphagous shot-hole borer in Hyde Park/Boodjamooling. Working collaboratively, the award-winning artists create site-specific works using emergent technologies and participatory arts practices to explore the interconnections between people, place, history and the current ecological crisis.

Main Artwork by Dale Cox, Cradle Mountain Extract 2, 2024, acrylic on gold enamel on board.