Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Artist Profile

    JOHN ASLANIDIS

    Mar 15, 2019 5 minutes
    STORY H.R. HYATT-JOHNSTON
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    MIA MCDONALD

    JOHN, WHEN I THINK OF YOU, I THINK WRESTLING and then painting.

    Wrestling was my other identity. I like wrestling in martial arts because it’s really brutal and hard. After moving to Melbourne in 1998 I trained in Aikido for nine months. I dabbled in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and in more recent years have been training in Thai boxing mainly for fitness.

    You studied at City Art Institute (now UNSW Art and Design) in Sydney in the late 1980s. Have you ever thought about doing a research degree?

    I wasn’t really interested in being in an institution again. I prefer doing research myself. I don’t like to frame my work within the context of conventional art history or having to continually validate what I’m doing.

    What made you start painting?

    I was always painting regardless of

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Artist Profile

    Artist Profile3 min read
    BOOK A Pilgrim in the Artist’s Studio
    Irene Barberis’ work ranges from the monumental The Tapestry of Light, 2006-2019, which combines nanotechnology with Christian apocalyptic imagery, to a variety of minimalist chromatic and formal statements characterised by a conceptual rigor. These
    Artist Profile4 min read
    Nicola Moss Surface And Pattern
    Nicola Moss’ home-studio sits at the top of an alarmingly steep, twisting driveway overlooking a peaceful, hidden valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Just minutes from the ever-growing suburban sprawl of the city’s northern suburbs, this old dairy f
    Artist Profile5 min read
    Tangential Ian Gentle
    The screenwriter and film director David Roach, a Clifton local, discovered a photograph of the late Ian Gentle (1945–2009) in the Clifton School of Arts (CSA) archives. In the photograph, Gentle is sitting in a room at the CSA, where he lived and ha

    Related