Interview with Nathan Beard ('the churchie' 2020 finalist)
b'Join Nathan Beard, finalist in the churchie emerging art prize 2020, in conversation with exhibition curator Talia Smith, exploring the themes and ideas embedded within his practice. \\n\\nNathan Beard is a Perth-based interdisciplinary artist whose work addresses the complex interplay of culture and memory in the shaping of identity. Beard\\u2019s practice situates sincere and intimate exchanges with his Thai family alongside broader cultural signifiers to generate slippages of identity and query \\u2018Thainess\\u2019. Within this collision of aesthetic and emotional influences Beard\\u2019s practice personalises broader perspectives around diasporic identity.\\n\\nBeard holds a Bachelor of Arts (Arts) with First Class Honours from Curtin University. He has recently exhibited at Firstdraft (2020), Cool Change Contemporary (2019), Bus Projects (2019), Turner Galleries (2018), and Art Gallery of Western Australia (2017). In 2017 Beard was selected for the 4A Beijing Studio Program, shortlisted as a finalist for the John Stringer Prize, and awarded Highly Commended in the Fremantle Art Centre Print Award.\\n\\nhttps://ima.org.au/exhibitions/the-churchie-emerging-art-prize-2020/'