Neolite Presents: THE HUM AND THE BUZZ Artists in Neon. Exhibition Catalogue

PRESENTS ARTISTS IN NEON

THE HUM
+ THE BUZZ

AN EXHIBITION OF NEON ART
BROUGHT TO YOU BY NEOLITE STUDIOS

3RD OF JUNE - 3RD OF AUGUST

SOIDUTS ETILOENTHE HUM AND THE BUZZ ZZUB EHT DNA MUH EHT

NEOLITE ACKNOWLEDGES
THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS
OF THE LANDS ON WHICH
OUR EXHIBITION IS HELD,
THE GADIGAL AND WANGAL

CLANS OF THE EORA
NATION, AND THEIR ELDERS,

PAST, PRESENT AND
EMERGING.

THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

The Hum and the Buzz is the inaugural exhibition of Neolite
Gallery, showcasing art that celebrates the electrifying
medium of Neon and the artist behind the glow.
Platforming an incredible line-up of artists, this unique

exhibition will feature works incorporating glass and light
to explore neon’s versatility as an artform and illuminate its

long and colourful history in our towns and cities. For a
unique experience of glass, fire and electricity, come visit

us at 19 May Street, St Peters.

Special thanks to our Artists who without their creativity and passion
this exhibition would not be possible.



Venue Production/Assembly/Funding & Management
Adrian Lauff of Neolite Neon

Arts Coordination/Curation/Assembly/Branding & Design
Emma-Kate Hart of Neolite Neon
Design and Production Assistance
Charlotte Gosling

Neon bending by Emma-Kate Hart, Min Sung & Han Yuan
Electrics by Insight Electrical

Build by Brownie's Building Group
Building production assistance by Greg Franklin

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN NEOLITE STUDIOS SU TUOBA

WHO ARE WE

Neolite is Australia's largest and oldest existing Neon light
company, having been trusted to service the countries

Neon needs since 1948. Since Neolite's beginnings we've
helped transform iconic Australian buildings into landmarks
and have helped bring to life some amazing art pieces for

Australia's most renowned artists.
In 2022, Neolite is launching it's own creative mission to
support Neon Artists and promote public awareness of this
rare, and specialised medium. Along with the launch of

Neon workshops and artists residencies, Neolite has
opened its own dedicated Neon Gallery space in St Peters.

OUR MISSION

To become a cultural and educational institution for Neon
Art and its craftsmanship in Australia. We hope to raise
public awareness of Neon; it's cultural and historical

significance in our country; the science and craft behind its
creation; and promote, support and embolden the Artists
working within the medium.
w: neolite.com.au
i: @neolite_neon

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MEET OUR TEAM

ADRIAN LAUFF GARY LINKS

OWNER NEON BENDER

SOIDUTS ETILOEN MIN SUNG EMMA-KATE HART MAET RUO TEEM

NEON BENDER NEON BENDER /
ARTS COORDINATOR

CHARLOTTE GOSLING AARON

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION WAREHOUSE AND STOCK

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN WHAT IS NEON? ?NOEN SI TAHW

Neon is named from the element Neon an inert
gas that makes up a small percentage of the air
we breathe. A Neon artwork, however, can be
made from many inert gases including Argon,
Krypton, Xenon and Helium.
A glass vessel is masterfully blown and bent by
artisans over fire to form the desired shape for
the work, an artisan skillset that takes over 10,
000 hours to master. It is then fitted with an
electrical terminal and filled with gas.
This gas, under vacuum, will ionize when an
electrical charge passes through the vessel,
emitting light. A similar effect happens when
you see lightning or the northern lights. Neon
is essentially lightning in a bottle !

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZDAMHA ILIAL AKITRAK

BABY LOVE LAMP

KARTIKA LAILI AHMAD

Kartika Laili Ahmad is an emerging lighting designer based in
Perth who blurs boundaries between commercial design and

art installation.

w: kartikalailiahmad.com
i: @kartika__laili__ahmad

ARTWORK TITLE Baby Love Lamp - Sky

SOIDUTS ETILOEN Love Lamp explores the use of Neon as a form of Lighting YKS - PMAL EVOL YBAB
Design. Ahmad uses exacting engineering and finishes to
imbue nostalgia and romance into her pieces which are sold
in limited editions or as unique pieces.

MATERIALS Clear Glass Pumped with Argon in
Custom Encasing

DIMENSIONS 500 x 195 x 130
PRICE
$1600
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for purchase
CREDIT
Neon by
PHOTOGRAPHER George Aitken of
CREDIT Write Light Neon

Kartika Laili Ahmad

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZOEGOEN

THE ONLY THING

LEFT STANDING II

NEOGEO-GEORGE AITKEN

SOIDUTS ETILOEN Starting his career in 1983 at II GNIDNATS TFEL GNIHT YLNO EHT
signage design and installation
company, Claude Neon, George’s
first job was airbrushing signage.
Three years later he found himself in
the glass room of the leading
signage design company. As his
career progressed George became
familiar with the intricacies of
reflective light and glass work,
exploring existing techniques and
experimenting with new ways. His
passion in this creative field saw him
take creative inspiration from the
likes of Mid-Century Modern
Architect Mies Van der Rohe, the
works in neon of 60s artist Stephen
Antonakos and contemporary artist
James Turrell renowned for his work
within the light & space movement.

w: writelightneon.com.au/

i: @writelightneon

ARTWORK TITLE "THE ONLY THING LEFT STANDING II"
Xanthorrhoea Preissi - Balga - Grass Tree

Neon Stylised response to the Perth Bushfires WOOROLOO &
surrounding areas North East of Perth February 2021

MATERIALS Neon Glass Tubing (10mm Neo-Ruby), Inert
gas fill(neon), ACP Backing, Electronic Neon
DIMENSIONS transformers.
PRICE
1100 x 1000 x 140

$11,040
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS All artwork, layouts, neon fabrication, neon
CREDIT processing and assembly by NeoGeo aka
george aitken.
ACP Backing Pan by DMI Signs - Neon
Transformers by F/ART Italy - Packing Crate
by my understudy Ben Kontoolas

PHOTOGRAPHER Kartika Laili Ahmad
CREDIT

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ ELOC NEVETS

TAKE FLIGHT

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ ELOC NEVETS

THE TREE

STEVEN COLE

SOIDUTS ETILOEN For almost 40 year, Steven Cole has
been honing the craft of Neon Glass
Bending. A master craftsman,
Steven Cole uses his skillsets to
express his creative self.
As an artist Steven creates symbolic,
heartfelt works. His inspiration is
drawn from his emotions and
experience living with a form of
anxiety. Steven also uses the
medium of Neon as an exploratory
device, pushing the medium through
experimentation in the possibilities
of glass and plasma. He is a vital
part of the Australian Neon
Community, generously sharing his
hard- earned knowledge and
supporting a new generation of
Artists in Neon.

w: stevencole.com.au/ THGILF EKAT
i: @stevencole_art

ARTWORK TITLE Take Flight, 2018

A visualisation of the emotions someone living with anxiety
experiences. The work illustrates the affliction of negative emotion

that can be triggered by stepping out of your comfort zone or
confronting a difficult situation. The first instinct being to take flight

and run.

MATERIALS Glass, Inert gas, Acrylic & electronics

DIMENSIONS 1000 x 800 x 800

PRICE $7,920
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS All work completed by the artist
CREDIT


PHOTOGRAPHER Charlotte Gosling
CREDIT

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STEVEN COLE

ARTWORK TITLE The Tree

Standing Strong & resilient, the tree requires all elements of nature to
maintain itself. The human race has lost the grasp this concept.

SOIDUTS ETILOEN MATERIALS Glass, inert gas, timber & electronics EERT EHT
DIMENSIONS
500 x 250 x 350
PRICE
$2,640
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for
CREDIT
purchase
All work completed by the Artist

PHOTOGRAPHER Charlotte Gosling
CREDIT

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ HSALF KCAJ

MULTICHROMATIC REPETITION

JACK FLASH

Jack is a Melbourne born neon artist. He began his neon
journey in 2017, being taught by master glass bender Steven
Cole at his workshop.
Jack now mostly works out of his home studio in Huntingdale
in Melbournes south east, creating artworks in between
completing neon or electrical work for people.

i: @jackflashneon Multichromatic
repetition, 2022
ARTWORK TITLE

Testing the depth of an infinity box

SOIDUTS ETILOEN MATERIALS 15mm classic glass tubing, neon gas, NOITITEPER CITAMORHCITLUM
DIMENSIONS argon gas, mercury, 2 way glass mirror,
acrylic mirror, Tasmanian oak, mdf, spray
paint, tung oil, electronic transformer,

GTO wire and aluminium



500 x 500 x 150



PRICE $3000
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for

CREDIT purchase

All work completed
by the artist

PHOTOGRAPHER Charlotte Gosling
CREDIT

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ FFILTAG EISOR

EYE CAN

ROSIE GATLIFF

Rosie Frances is a multi-media
artist who's studied in glass
and neon. Within her artistic
career Rosie has worked across
the spectrum of the Arts
including film, painting, glass
blowing and neon, sound
design and welding. These
experiences are a homage to
the way that she sees the
world, as it is, complex,
beautiful and a little bit funny.

i: @rosiefrances_gatliff

SOIDUTS ETILOEN ARTWORK TITLE Eye Can NAC EYE

Eye Can is inspired by the infamous soup can’s of Andy Warhol.
It plays with the pop sensibility of art to make a statement
through whimsy.

MATERIALS Glass, Inert gas, Acrylic
& electronics

DIMENSIONS 550 x 350
PRICE
$1800
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for
CREDIT
purchase

Neon completed by the artist,
assembly by Emma-Kate Hart of

Neolite Neon

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ TNARG SIUOL

THINKIN’ ‘BOUT THE
MAGIC IN ME

LOUIS GRANT EM NI CIGAM EHT TUOB' 'NIKNIHT

Louis Grant is a queer emerging
artist working within a glass
discipline. Grant’s practice explores
the paradox of the queer self,
searching for an authentic queer
voice between the exaggerated
‘performance of self’ and the
suppression of ‘true self’.
Graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor
of Visual Art (Honours) from the
Australian National University
School of Art and Design, Grant has
since worked professionally within
the Canberra arts community and as
a studio artist.

w: louisgrantcreative.com

i: @louisgrantcreative

SOIDUTS ETILOEN ARTWORK TITLE thinkin’ ‘bout the magic in me, 2022

The Artwork continues and extends the use of neon within my
sculptural glass practice. My work with neon combines studio glass

using the light and the glass to shift, amplify, blend and create new
colours.



MATERIALS kiln formed and cold worked glass, neon,
powder coated steel



DIMENSIONS 620 x 220 x 150 (each)

PRICE $2280 as pair
$1440 each

TECHNICIANS Design and kiln formed glass by the artist
CREDIT Neon produced by Emma-Kate Hart of
Neolite Neon

Backing and assembly by Adrian Lauff of

Neolite Neon

PHOTOGRAPHER Ash St George/PewP

ew
CREDIT Studios


Charlotte Gosling

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ TRAH ETAK-AMME

COLD CELL

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ TRAH ETAK-AMME

ARTEFACTS
OF NOW

EMMA-KATE HART

SOIDUTS ETILOEN w: neon-hart.com Emma-Kate Hart is a Traditional Neon LLEC DLOC
i: @neon.hart Artist, hailing from the Inner-western
suburbs of Sydney. Concurrently with
ARTWORK TITLE her artistic practice, Emma-Kate works
as a commercial neon sign maker, as
well as teaching Neon Glass Bending

both locally and internationally.
Having a direct relationship with the

medium is an essential part of her
artmaking, focusing on the relationship
between hand and material. Emma-Kate

utilizes the medium of Neon to make
poetic links between the lights that
illuminate our cities and the culture that
breeds beneath it. Drawn to a synthesis

of the dream-like aesthetic of
Capitalism and its cultural

repercussions, on individuals and our
societies at large.



COLD CELL, 2018

Cold Cell is a neon sculptural work that explores physicality and its
interpretation. The individual is objectified via representation of self through
physicality. The simplification is extended by dissecting the human figure into
contours and reconstructed in the neon light of commercial industries. The

work mimics the limiting perception of self when applying the lens of our
constructed society, the body becoming imprisoned in its own form, by its
own definitions. A critique on the hyper sexualisation and objectification of

women, or any form of physical based interpretation as reductive to the
potential and complexity of the individual.



MATERIALS Argon-filled 9mm Clear
Glass Neon Tubing
on Wooden Tray

DIMENSIONS 1200 x 1700

PRICE $5500
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for purchase

CREDIT All work completed by the Artist

PHOTOGRAPHER Peter Crane
CREDIT Johannes Gross




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EMMA-KATE HART

ARTWORK TITLE Artefacts of Now, 2022

SOIDUTS ETILOEN The work aims to express an inarticulable sense of loss experienced as WON FO STCAFETRA
a society within our current situation. A confusion of materials is

presented to draw contrast between the baroque framework evoking
notions of sentimentality and the starkly artificial portrait within. The
face looks out through the frame, like peering out at the world through
a screen. A sense of nostalgia for the future, longing for humanity in a

forcibly disconnected and digital world.

MATERIALS 15mm Argon Pumped Glass Tubing, 20mm
DIMENSIONS Glass Tubing, Painting printed to

PRICE transparency film, Found Baroque Frame
TECHNICIANS
1200 x 1400
CREDIT
$5500
*email [email protected] for purchase

All work completed by the Artist
Special thanks to my Dad for finding and

salvaging the second-hand frame

PHOTOGRAPHER NOT
CREDIT


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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZNHAJ SEILENNA

GROUNDED RHOMBOID

ANNELIES JAHN

SOIDUTS ETILOEN Annelies Jahn has a Master of Fine DIOBMOHR DEDNUORG
Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts
(Honours) from the National Art
School Sydney. Her work has been
exhibited in Australia and overseas,
with solo shows and residencies in
Sydney and Paris. She has work in
the National Art School Archive and
in private collections. Annelies has
previously held a professional career
in graphic design, art direction and
publishing. She was a director of the
artist-run-initiatives STACKS
Projects Inc. and ES74 Gallery.
Annelies is currently a Sessional
Lecturer at the National Art School,
Sydney.

I: @anneliesjahn

ARTWORK TITLE grounded rhomboid, 2022

This work was developed from a conceptual working drawing and
intervention that was done for an exhibition with my fellow artist and
colleague Sara Morawetz in 2018. It acts as a motif of my memory of
the space and time working there. As a drawing material neon alters
form as the light activates the line and our perception of it shifts with
our position and the ambient light. There is a sense of impermanence,

which matches the tenuousness of memory

MATERIALS 8mm Phosphor coated glass pumped
Argon/Mercury
DIMENSIONS
PRICE 500 x 597

TECHNICIANS $1080
CREDIT *email [email protected] for purchase

Neon and assembly by Emma-Kate Hart of
Neolite Neon

PHOTOGRAPHER Robin Hearfield
CREDIT

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ GNUEL ALEMAP

BE WATER

PAMELA LEUNG

SOIDUTS ETILOEN W: pamelaleung.net/ Pamela Leung is a Hong Kong RETAW EB
I: @instapamit Sydney-based artist, with a Master
of Fine Art from the National Art
School, 2016.
With her installation, video, sound,
sculpture and painting, Pamela
explores the routines of everyday
life, relationships, connections,
displacement and the diaspora. She
shares her personal migratory
experience with the audience,
allowing them to reflect on ideas of
identity and displacement. The
colour red takes on a significant
symbolic status in her work,
representing the differing
perspectives of Western and Eastern
cultures; it is also the colour that
runs through all people, no matter
the colour of their skin and is used
as a unifying force.

ARTWORK TITLE Be Water, 2022

“Be Water” was a famous saying of Hong Kong martial art artist Bruce
Lee. To empty your mind, be shapeless, formless like water; change,
grow and be able to adept to the circumstances we are put into. It also
became a mantra of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement in 2019.
The leaderless movement adopted this idea and embodiment it as their
slogan. The protests were fast and fluid, they arrived very quickly like

flood and disperse like steam. This made it hard for the police to
predict their movement. This neon work pays tribute to those who still

being persistent.

MATERIALS 10mm White Phosphor coated glass pumped
Argon/Mercury
DIMENSIONS

PRICE 673 x 1009

TECHNICIANS $3800
CREDIT *email [email protected] for purchase

Neon and assembly by Emma-Kate Hart of
Neolite Neon





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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ SAJAJAM ATIKIN

CYCLOPS

NIKITA MAJAJAS AKA
DOODAD AND FANDANGO

SOIDUTS ETILOEN W: doodadandfandango.com/ Nikita Majajas is a visual artist who SPOLCYC
I: @doodad_and_fandango trained as a silversmith and
metalworker and graduated with an
Advanced Diploma of Jewellery and
Object Design. Ten years ago she
gravitated from metal work and into the
medium of colourful acrylics and
laminates. Her brand Doodad +
Fandango is where you can find her
witty, irreverent, and wearable pop art
pieces that have become a cult
favourite all over the globe, loved for
their humour and kitschy pop art
aesthetic and all produced in her Darug
and Gundungurra based studio. Nikita
has been recently upsizing her output
and her acrylic pieces have been
expanding in scale and is excited to be
working with Neolite on a one-of-a-kind
neon acrylic mash up. Nikita is
continually on a mission to breathe the
energy of performance and the passion
of pop into the personality of objects.

ARTWORK TITLE Cyclops, 2022

The myth of Cyclops, one eyed human like monsters, is commonly
known from Greek folklore where they were thought to embody the sun

and represent peace and power. Evidence of similar creatures
symbolizing sun worship has been found in many ancient cultures. One

interpretation of the Cyclops in Homer’s Odysseus was that it was
concerned with teaching the importance of self-control. Nikita’s

Cyclopean icon is beaming out her neon rays as a reminder to stay
smart and calm and be a humble vessel for change. Not be an idiot who

starts wars or slaps people at award ceremonies.

MATERIALS 8mm Phosphor Coated Glass pumped
DIMENSIONS Argon/Mercury & Neon, Coloured Laser-Cut

Perspex

600 x 750

PRICE $3288
TECHNICIANS Acrylic Work by the Artist
Neon by Emma-Kate Hart
CREDIT Assembly by Emma-Kate and
PHOTOGRAPHER Adrian Lauff

CREDIT KATHERINE GRIFFITHS

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ HSRAM TTOCS

DICK WINGS

SCOTT MARSH

Scott Marsh is one of Australia's most iconic and infamous street artists.
With a deep history in graffiti culture, he’s recognised internationally for
his signature, politically inspired and newsworthy mural pieces. From
tagging Sydney trains at 12 to becoming a finalist in both the Moran
Portrait Prize and Archibald Prize, Scott confronts the common
perceptions around street art and graffiti, using traditional art
techniques to prove that fine art can exist and succeed beyond oil and
canvas. While some of his interpretations may be contentious, the
overwhelming majority of Australians admire and encourage his work,
with each piece attracting droves of spectators and transforming
mundane buildings into shrines of hope, resilience and social change.
Scott’s work has made news headlines globally with his iconic pieces
including Kanye Loves Kanye, Saint George, Trump Obese Turtle, Merry
Crisis and A Symbol of Pain and Frustration.

W: scottmarsh.com.au/
I: @scottie.marsh

SOIDUTS ETILOEN ARTWORK TITLE Dick Wings, 2022 SGNIW KCID

MATERIALS 8 + 9mm Neon and Argon Pumped
DIMENSIONS phosphor-coated glass on black acrylic

PRICE 2500 x 1230
TECHNICIANS
*email [email protected] for
CREDIT purchase

Neon produced by Emma-Kate Hart & Min
Sung of Neolite Neon & Han Yuan for
Neolite Neon

Assembly by Min Sung, Charlotte Gosling,
and Emma-Kate Hart



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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ TON

A SOUVENIR TO PROVE
THE WORLD WAS HERE

NOT

NOT is installation artist and curator based in Sydney, his
solo exhibition will be later in the year with KRONENBERG
MAIS WRIGHT in East Sydney

w: notonline.com.au
i:@artist_not

ARTWORK TITLE A souvenir to prove the world was here
(spring) 2022
)GNIRPS( EREH SAW DLROW EHT EVORP OT RINEVUOS A
Through the very sleight of hand of the materials and their

transformative qualities that are manifested here in crystal

glass, ultramarine kiln-formed glass and ultramarine neon

tubing with coloured plexiglass cover - an alternative hand of

is revealed; that of the artist, to illuminate the eye and invite a

different way of seeing.

SOIDUTS ETILOEN ‘Water’ passes up through the glass and trickles down the

back, the figure in ultramarine symbolizes that we too are

comprised of almost 70% water




MATERIALS crystal g
lass, ultramarine kiln formed glass

and ultramarine neon tubing with plexiglass

cover painted base transformer

DIMENSIONS 380 x 170 x 190
PRICE
$1,600
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS Work completed by the artist with
CREDIT assistance from David Cooper

PHOTOGRAPHER NOT
CREDIT

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ NOODARTAP TARIJ SEMAJ

SPEED FREAK

JAMES JIRAT PATRADOON

SOIDUTS ETILOEN James Jirat Patradoon’s work is
informed by a wealth of cultural
references. From 80s aesthetics and
90s fashion, to comic books and
tattoo design, he renders his ideas
in flashes of neon and monochrome.
Creating captivating animated gifs,
murals and paintings, Patradoon’s
arcane obsession with the occult
seeps through every pore of his
pieces. Fusing Japanese anime with
pop-horror and searing luminous
colours - he conjures visions of a
neon gothic paradise. A standalone
style has led to work with high
profile international clientele,
including collaborations with the
likes of Coca Cola, Facebook, HBO,
and Microsoft.

W: jirat.jp/ KAERFDEEPS
I: @jamesjirat

ARTWORK TITLE Speedfreak, 2022

I wanted to create a camp hyper-masculine deity, combining a Hannya
mask from traditional Japanese tattooing with hotrod flame motifs from
custom car culture, finished off with the addition of neon to create the

ultimate representation of this spirit I call the Speedfreak.

MATERIALS Digital Illustration, 8mm Phosphor-coated
glass pumped Argon/Mercury, Perspex
DIMENSIONS

PRICE 673 x 1009

TECHNICIANS $4100
CREDIT *email [email protected] for purchase

Neon produced by Emma-Kate Hart of
Neolite Neon

Assembly by Emma-Kate Hart and Adrian
Lauff



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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ RESRUP EKUL

FACE FLIPPER

LUKE PURSER

SOIDUTS ETILOEN Luke is a neon artist based in 10# REPPILF ECAF
Austinmer, NSW. His work is inspired
by playful design and the idea that art
should be multi-use, accessible and
fun. Working as a graphic designer for
most of his career, he discovered neon
in early 2020 while living in Los
Angeles. After participating in Neon
workshops, he became hooked on the
intersection of the glass artform and
how it could complement his graphic
design expertise. He has continued his
learning since returning to Australia
under Steven Cole, and moved to the
South Coast of NSW to set up a small
neon shop and teaching studio.

i: @heyneon.studio
w: heyneon.com.au

ARTWORK TITLE Face Flipper #01

Face Flipper #01 is designed to make you smile whichever way you
look at it. Inspired by drawings where you can see a face upside down
and right way up, this abstract, geometric character can be displayed

two ways by flipping it 180 degrees.

MATERIALS 12mm Clear Glass pumped Neon, 15mm
Clear Glass pumped Argon/Mercury,
Aluminium, Epoxy Resin

DIMENSIONS 480 x 300 x 80
PRICE
$4,199
TECHNICIANS *email [email protected] for purchase
CREDIT
Assembly and Neon Glass work by the
PHOTOGRAPHER artist
CREDIT
Signarama Wollongong Illawarra –
Aluminium cabinet

Neolite – Processing of glass



Luke Purser

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ AHAMAS NAHTE

GREEN RED GREEN

ETHAN SAMAHA

Ethan Samaha (b. 1999, Pittsburgh, PA) is a light and space
artist, utilizing neon and sculpture to get an understanding of

time, space and perception in large installations.
Ethan Samaha holds a BFA in Art + Design, focus in Sculpture
and Dimensional Studies, with minors in Performance Design
and Technology and Dance, from the New York State College

of Ceramics at Alfred University.



W: ethansamaha.com/

I:@ethan_samaha

ARTWORK TITLE Green Red Green, 2022

Green Red Green is based off an article from 1925 sign

design and a curiosity on how compact four tubes can be

SOIDUTS ETILOEN together. Specifically triple tube combinations used to fill a NEERG DER NEERG

space with an atmospheric glow. Green Red Green attempts

to mimic the atmospheric feel of a cinema/theatre foyer.




MATERIALS 12mm Ruby Red, Emerald Green,
and Clear glass tube pumped

with argon

DIMENSIONS 1400 x 480

PRICE $5,802
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS Neon and assembly by Emma-Kate
CREDIT Hart of Neolite Neon


PHOTOGRAPHER
CREDIT Ethan Samaha

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SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZKCORZRAWHCS YRRAH

BETWEEN MOVEMENT
AND STILLNESS;
ENCIRCLEMENT

HARRY SCHWARZROCK

SOIDUTS ETILOEN As a visual artist interested in biological TNEMELCRICNE :SSENLLITS DNA TNEMEVOM NEEWTEB
systems and connectivity, Schwarzrock’s
practice has recently embraced creating
neon and plasma elements. This vibrant form
of illumination has developed in-step with
her material knowledge of glass. Drawn to
the ability of glass to contain and give form
to the invisible, her recent explorations have
embraced interactive illumination to describe
the subtle electricity within our bodies.

Schwarzrock’s practice draws upon cycles of
respiration and circulation, embodied yet
often invisible. She is magnetically drawn to
the material language and plasticity of
molten glass for its ability to give form to
these intangible cycles. Fascinated by its
ability to contain the ethereal, while
continuing to investigate this exacting
material, it has become a catalyst for
Schwarzrock to explore interactive
illumination.

w: curtisglassart.com
i: @harryschwarzrock

ARTWORK TITLE Between movement and stillness;
Encirclement, 2021

These mesmerising illuminated forms have captured my ima
gination. They offer an

opportunity to contemplate connection. They respond to our proximity, our closeness

draws the light toward us, it affects us, and we affect them. This exploration relies upon

an interplay between the visible and the invisible. The interaction between blown glass,

inert gases, electricity, and the viewer, combine in an ever changing array of

mesmerising and pulsing fields of colour and energy.

The chosen form of the heart speaks of vital functions, whilst also being regarded as our

emotional and spiritual centre. Arranged in this circular rosette or mandala, akin to a

flickering stained-glass window, the hearts offer a meditation upon how intrinsically

connected we are. Of how we are influenced and affected by the unseen, how our

beliefs and understandings shape our lives. Reflecting upon how connections near and

far nurture and sustain us even through uncertainty. Moreover, the variations in form

and light serve as a celebration of how similar we are. Despite small differences we can

generate connection and understanding, with the capacity to be in awe of one another.




Blown glass, ionised gas, phosphors (argon,

MATERIALS krypton, neon, xenon, phosphors, electrodes,
electrical current).

DIMENSIONS 2000 x 2000

PRICE Ranging from $2640 - $3, 360 each
*email [email protected] for purchase

PHOTOGRAPHER Mark Mohell
CREDIT Hilary Wardaugh




THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ EREILUOS EDNALOR

SLANG: SEX, DRUG
TALK AND OTHER
RELATED MATTERS

ROLANDE SOULIERE

Rolande Souliere’s works across painting, site specific installation, temporary SRETTAM DETALER REHTO DNA KLAT GURD ,XES :GNALS
and permanent public art and social art. Souliere’s art practice explores the
social, political, and cultural aspects of Indigeneity in contemporary society

and its linkages in western art. Utilizing repetitive processes of wrapping,
binding, and layering, Souliere’s artworks incorporate mass produced items

such as reflective road signage, automobile headlights and brake lights,
variable message boards, construction materials and domestic items. These
universal materials are stripped from their usual contexts, manipulated, and

repurposed into dynamic installations.



Souliere is a member of Michipicoten First Nation, born in Toronto, Canada and
is also an Australian citizen, residing in Sydney. She has a BVA (Honours), MVA

and a PhD, from Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney.



w: rolandesouliere.com.au

i:@rolande.souliere

ARTWORK TITLE Slang: Sex, Drug Talk and Other
Related Matters, 2017-2021

SOIDUTS ETILOEN The slang vocabulary included in this exhibition incorporates group-
identifying functions, ephemerality and systematic relationships with other
lexemes. New words and new meanings are formed from old words that are

flippant and ephemeral. At times, they create cultural creations such as
“frybread girl”, “gubbamen”, “teepee creeper” and “BINT” that burst open

the silence and bring new ways of seeing into existence. These popular
expressions were learnt from art residencies in rural and urban areas in

Western Australian and Northern Territory and my own First Nation
communities.



MATERIALS Neon and Argon Pumped phosphor-
coated glass, electronics

DIMENSIONS neon words range in size from 30cm x 70cm
PRICE long x 7-25cm high

TECHNICIANS $1200+ for indi
vidual signs
CREDIT *email [email protected] for purchase

Neon produced by
Gary Links

and Min Sun of
Neolite Neon

Assembly by Emma-Kate Hart



THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ GNUS NIM

DOUBLE-SPEAK

MIN SUNG

Min Sung is a Korean, Australian Artist who has been working
in Neon for 35 years. Australia's only female glass bender for

the majority of her career, Sung got her start in Neon at
Neolite Neon after arriving in Sydney from South Korea. Prior
to her career in glass, Sung studied the artisan craft of wood-
burning illustration. Sung is deeply passionate about drawing,

and spends her free time creating digital illustrations.



ARTWORK TITLE Double-Speak, 2022

SOIDUTS ETILOEN Double-Speak talks to the parallel of perception between KAEPS-ELBUOD
how I am perceived versus how I am truly feeling. There is a

mirroring and connection between the two, but a distinct
difference, with a shadow self hidden in plain sight. I invites
you, the audience, to understand this second authentic self

through the work.

MATERIALS 9mm Argon Pumped phosphor-
coated glass, electronics

DIMENSIONS 600 x 540 x 80

PRICE $2500
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS All work completed
CREDIT by the Artist

PHOTOGRAPHER Charlotte Gosling
CREDIT

THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZSAGEV SAL ADIRF

FLORIENTALS FOREVER

FRIDA LAS VEGAS AKA
STAVROULA ADAMEITIS

FRIDA LAS VEGAS aka Stavroula
Adameitis is a Sydney-based
artist and designer known for her
striking Pop Art aesthetic across
visual art and fashion. Inspired by
her memories growing up in
suburban Australia during the
technicolour 1980s, Stavroula’s
FRIDA LAS VEGAS universe
remixes nostalgia with glamour to
create a colourful and humorous
statement of the bold & the
beautiful.

SOIDUTS ETILOEN w: fridalasvegas.com REVEROF SLATNEIROLF
i: @fridalasvegas

ARTWORK TITLE Florientals Forever, 2019

Top notes are Daiquiris and Decadence; middle notes are Alpine
Menthols and Lobster Thermidor; base notes are Supreme
Glamour and Really Big Hair. Spritz a cloud before taking a
water taxi through the harbour to high heaven, coz
Baby...you're a star.



MATERIALS Neon and Mirrored Acrylic

DIMENSIONS 800mm diameter

PRICE $4200
*email [email protected] for purchase

TECHNICIANS Made in collaboration with Angus
CREDIT Adameitis

Neon produced by Gary Links & Min
Sung of Neolite Neon

PHOTOGRAPHER Steven Woodburn
CREDIT

THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

SOIDUTS ETILOEN THE HUM AND THE BUZZ IIVZTRAUQ

BLACK HOLE SUN
BLOOD MOON DREAM

QUARTZVII

[QUARTZVII] is a trans-media
experimental creative based in
South-West Sydney (AUS) unfolding
through the methods and vessels of
traditional illustration, photography,
graphic design, animation + video
games - aiming to visually subvert +
explore the ideologies of hyper-
sensationalised imagery, artificial
identity, surrealist erotica + digital
psychedelia/alternative reality.

w: quartzvii.bigcartel.com/ MAERD NOOM DOOLB NUS ELOH KCALB
i: @quartzvii

SOIDUTS ETILOEN ARTWORK TITLE Black Hole Sun Blood Moon Dream, 2022

BLACK HOLE SUN BLOOD MOON DREAM draws from the dimensional
bleeding and interlacing contained symbolically in day-to-night phase

and rhythm of life and reality. Forms and characters transmute and
morph between divine symbols of birth, bloom sleep and death in
hieroglyphic scroll panels, where in between the violent surreal noise
of ever pulsating waking and dream life folds in on itself saturated with
hyper vibrancy and chimeric shapes of self and other. That reality is a

confusion – of oppositions that melt together in graphic poetic
beautiful repulsion, like the lotus that rises from putrid mud or the
mutilated corpse that gives energy and nutrients to its fellow animal to
grow, and that we are all subject to the chaotic principles of existence
that is witnessed under the rise and fall of the sun and moon and

breathes in our subconscious.

MATERIALS Digital Illustration Printed to perspex in
alluminum light box with neon underlay
DIMENSIONS
PRICE 1500 x 300

$2000

TECHNICIANS Aluminum lightbox produced by
CREDIT Adrian Lauff of Neolite Neon



PHOTOGRAPHER Charlotte Gosling
CREDIT

THE HUM AND THE BUZZ

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