BONI CAIRNCROSS

ABOUT

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Boni Cairncross is an Australian visual artist and academic, currently based on Dharawal Country // South Coast, NSW.

Boni utilises time-based processes to explore the intersection of art, feminist histories and the human sensorium. Drawing on legacies of textiles and performance art, her art practice employs durational performance, slow textiles and experimental documentation methods to unravel socio-political ideologies of the senses.

Boni was awarded a PhD in Creative Practice from the University of New South Wales in 2019. Her creative work has been presented work widely throughout Australia, including at Jennings Kerr, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Artspace, Bus Projects, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, and Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA). She has shared her research at local and international conferences organised by the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand (AAANZ) and Performance Studies International (PSi) and in 2021-2024 is an international artist-in-residence (remote) with Arquetopia Foundation.

Boni is a Lecturer in Visual Arts: History, Theory, Practice at the University of Wollongong.

Recent experiments and processes

‘Actions for Sensory Disruption’, 2014-2015 durational performance, artist book, megaphone, imperial leather soap, mango, orange, mandarin, peach, passion fruit, blueberries, installation @busprojects dimensions variable. Between late 2
‘Actions for Sensory Disruption’ 2015, installation detail @busprojects Strategies for sharing food and increasing closeness, mango, orange, mandarin, peach, passion fruit, blueberries, artist book (sections 3 and 5). Between late 2014
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From the archive // installation details // hand felted wool spheres with cornflour, turmeric and paprika // as indexes of movement and time // ⚪️ 🟠
Thinking about these works with cross stitch and patchworked found fabrics, and looking forward to coming back to work like this later in the year. Boni Cairncross ‘Working Against no.3’, 2022 Cotton thread on cotton, 40 x 40 cm 📸 @do
Hand felted wool spheres ⚪️
Install photos of a very old installation of mine - ‘Negotiations’ 2011, exhibited as part of Hatched at PICA // printing & stencilling directly onto the wall surface with turmeric 🧡
🧵🧵🧵 Saturday morning studio view
Stitching & writing today // new work in progress
The first few weeks of teaching always bring up questions about ways of doing things and how ideas are explored through practice. With that in mind, here’s a throw back to a chalkboard mind-map that was fleshing out ideas for my 2015 performanc
This series of hand embroideries were created during 2021- a moment of trying to take time away from the screen, slowing down and experimenting with process. It felt right to return to a childhood process and play with cross stitch in an intuitive an
Subtle interventions with folding and stitching in silk. Boni Cairncross ‘Darting no.2’ 2022 Silk, 40 x 40 cm 📷 @documentphotography