CALLY LOTZ

Cally Lotz is a Melbourne based artist who studied at The University of South Africa (UNISA) that recently completed a MFA (Master of Fine Arts) at RMIT. Her practice incorporates painting and drawing. Utilising highly articulated still life oil paintings and symbolic motifs her work examines how painting can be used as a methodology to convey psychological states. Painting in an analytic style, Lotz often chooses mundane objects and a muted colour palette to convey an elegiac mood.

Her work has been exhibited in South Africa, Germany, India, and Australia. Lotz has been the recipient of numerous residencies including St Vincent’s Melbourne 2014-1015, AIR Vallauris France, 2017, and recently Sandbox Studios Melbourne 2019-2020. Her work is held in public collections including Sasol and UNISA in South Africa, St Vincent’s in Melbourne and AIR Vallauris in France.

Submitted by West End Art Space