(W)ORDSPIL(L)
july - august 2021
Marissa Rodriguez Schimizzi at Denmark House, Melbourne
All photos courtesy of Juan Carlos Norregaard Arroyo
Website: juancarlosnarroyo.com
The Tarot Card Series
It may have been Banksy's influence which led the artist to be more overt with expressing her political and social views. This is none more obvious than in the 'Tarot Card' series. The series was inspired by the Waite-Smith tarot deck, designed by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909. Colman Smith illustrated over 20 books, wrote two collections of Jamaican folklore, edited two magazines, and ran the Green Sheaf Press, a small press focused on women writers.
The Tarot Card series highlights various women who have used their voice to help enact change. By juxtaposing strong women who have been deliberate and purposeful in their actions, alongside the imagery associated with a passive, fate-based way of living, the artist calls on the viewer to make a decision: will you be silent while injustices occur? Or will you do your part and use your voice for change?
PATHS
october 2018
Published in be:longing online magazine: https://belongingmag.com/2018/10/21/paths/
AND THEN TIME BECAME LINE...
august 2010
Las Meninas at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, Canberra
TEJIDOS
september 2009
Las Meninas at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, Canberra
GRADUATING EXHIBITION
december 2008
ANU School of Art, Canberra
LA PIAZZA
october 2008
An exhibition as part of Italian Language Week
ANU Foyer Gallery, Canberra
ITALIA ED IL MARE
september 2007
An exhibition as part of Italian Language Week
ANU Foyer Gallery, Canberra
LUNG FISH AND THE BOG RAT
june 2007
An exhibition of 2nd Printmedia and Drawing student work
ANU School of Art
HEADSPACE 5
october 2003
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra