Artists
Meet the artists that have shown at Lanside Gallery and taken the reins of their careers.
Alexandra Zorbas
I photograph as though moving through the world with the eyes of a foreigner - arrested by the romance of strange streets, by lonely breathing in the oldest corners of the night, by the imaginal possibilities concealed inside ordinary light. I am drawn to the surrealist lust of cinema, to what can be conspired emotionally and atmospherically within a frame before language arrives.
My work searches for what lies beyond the parameters of usual sight.
Through layering, shadow, distortion and omission, I try to suggest that reality is never singular or fully visible - that something else always presses against the edges of perception. I am interested in the subtleties of light that tantalise and awaken; the poetry of fog that transforms things; the poetry of night that transforms the city.
Photographs become less a document than an extraction - something pulled from the ether of nothingness.
A dark deco sensibility runs through my images: echoes of 1940s film noir, geometric forms dissolving into shadow, moments suspended between seduction and disappearance. I am a lover of pure form in sculpture - drawn to objects where structure, mass, and negative space speak without ornament, where meaning is carried entirely through shape and presence.
I am deeply influenced by the stark spiritual geometry of Kazimir Malevich, the spectral abstractions of Man Ray, the experimental forms and perspectives of László Moholy-Nagy, and the psychological fragmentation and visual daring of Dora Maar.
Elements of Futurism and Bauhaus geometry also inform my work visually - the tension of ordered space.
Photography, for me, is where I surrender and breathe, where impulse and restraint coexist simultaneously. Behind the lens I experience a rare moral composure and clarity of intention - / witness myself wholly from the inside out, and through the viewfinder I taste a quiet exaltation.
Luke Storrier
Lives and works in SYDNEY, NSW, Australia
Sydney based multi media artist, Luke Storrier graduated from the National Art School in 2013 and was awarded the student scupture award in his final year. He has exhibited for the past decade in Sydney and has been included in a number of major public and private collections. In 2015, he exhibited in the Chelsea Flower Show in London.
The essence of Storrier’s practice is in his embodiment of the human form and emotions, manifested both physically and metaphorically. Recent works highlighted in this exhibition are characterised by the beautiful simplicity of their core form, enriched with moments of eccentric detail.
Storrier’s artistic process is a deeply personal, ritualistic and meditative act, providing a constant source of comfort for the artist. A hyper-focus on colour, figurative lines and materials underlie his introspective practice. As a result of their intense physical making, Storrier’s sculptures become like living artefacts, each presenting an offering to their audience and asking, “What can be offered in return?” It is a conversation between the audience and the artist, channelled through his aesthetic forms.
Lives and works in Sydney, NSW, Australia
EDUCATION
National Art School, Bachelor of Fine Art, 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Offerings”, Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney
2021 “Ode”, Olsen Gallery, Sydney.
2019 “Fine Lines”, Olsen Gallery, Sydney.
2017 “Remnants”, Olsen Gallery, Sydney.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
2025 Panel, Nanda\Hobbs, Sydney
2015 Chelsea Flower Show in collaboration with Charlie Albone.
2014 “Bildhauen” Dominik Mersch Gallery. Rushcutters Bay, Sydney.
2014 “Autumn/Winter” MLC Centre, Sydney.
2012 “Beauty Revealed” BMW Chatswood, Sydney.
2012 “Extra Cheese” Design Week for Saatchi & Saatchi.
PRIZES
2019 Finalist, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize.
2015 Silver Gilt Winner, Chelsea Flower Show, London.
2013 Sculpture Award, National Art School, Sydney.
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Chris O’brien Lifehouse Cancer Research Centre, Sydney.
Private Commission. Harry Seidler Building Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Private Commission. Kangaso House, Southern Highlands.
Private Commission. Robertson, Southern Highlands.
Private Commission. Double Bay, Sydney.
Private Commission. Potts Point, Sydney.
Private Commission. Darling Point, Sydney.
Barangaroo House, Sydney,
Founder and CEO of Laneside Gallery.
More to come in the future
We are on the look out for new artists that want to take charge of their artistic career. Contact us today.