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MIGUEL ANDRES VILLANUEVA : TRANSITORY STORIESPARKER CONTEMPORARYJUNE 6 - JUNE 2106 | 2025ART GALLERY SPECIALISING IN CONTEMPORARY AUSTRALIAN PRINTMAKING, PAPERMAKING & ARTIST BOOKS Message
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Stories (installation view)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsm100x70cm each
Miguel Andres Villanueva: Transitory StoriesJune 6 - June 21, 2025 PARKER Contemporary38 Hope Street, South Brisbane, 4101Transitory Stories is an exhibition centred around a large-scale linocut print by Chilean-born, Australian-based artist Miguel (Andy) Villanueva. Previously exhibited as part of the 2024 Burnie Print Prize inTasmania, this latest iteration in Brisbane extends the work’s evolving narrative—one shaped bymovement, shifting perspectives, and the layered experiences of migration.At its core, Transitory Stories explores everyday urban life through the lens of a migrant, documentingthe social, cultural, and political textures of Narrm (Melbourne) and the fleeting moments in public life.Carved using traditional linocut techniques, the work blends personal memory with collective history. Itdraws on the visual language of the Lira Popular, an 18th-century Chilean print tradition that madestories accessible to those with limited literacy—using bold graphic forms and direct narratives to fosterengagement. In a similar spirit, Transitory Story seeks to open up space for recognition and belongingthrough visual storytelling.This new presentation not only introduces the work to Brisbane audiences but also adds to thetransitory nature of the piece itself—reshaped by geography, context, and the evolving stories it carries.Rooted in the artist’s own experience of arriving in Melbourne in 2018, Transitory Stories maps theintersections of place, identity, and the ongoing search for cultural connection through the language ofprintmaking.
Miguel Andres Villanueva is a Chilean visual artist who has been based in Australia since 2018. Hecurrently works as a Master Linocut and Etching Printmaker for Aboriginal Art Centres, bringing 18years of experience in relief printing on paper and textiles using wood and linoleum. Andy’s workcritically engages with themes such as poverty, folklore, culture, and social inequality.He has published five books and regularly conducts community-focused printmaking workshops. Hiswork has been exhibited in Chile, Peru, Italy, and across Australia, with solo shows in Melbourneincluding En Tránsito (Soma Gallery, 2018), Human Vices (Soma Gallery, 2019), The Blood is Money (BlakDot Gallery, 2022), and Blood and Earth (Red Gallery, 2023). In 2023, Andy was awarded the A1 DarebinArt Salon Exhibiting Prize, and a solo exhibition at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre in 2024.This is Villanueva’s first exhibition in Brisbane and with PARKER Contemporary.
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Stories (installation view)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsm100x70cm each
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Stories (installation view)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsm100x70cm each
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story #1, 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cm
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story #2, 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cm
Transitory Stories exploreseveryday urban life through thelens of a migrant, documentingthe social, cultural, and politicaltextures of Narrm (Melbourne)and the fleeting moments inpublic life.
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story #3, 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cm
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story #4, 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cm
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story (installation view)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsm
List of worksMiguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story Series #1 – #42024Transitory Story #12024Transitory Story #22024Transitory Story #32024Transitory Story #42024Transitory Moments2024Echnida 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cmHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cmHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cmHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cmHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cmHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmDimensions variableHand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief onSomerset paper 300 gsmDimensions variable$1,600 $450$450$450$450$15 Small $20 Medium$350
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story #1, #2, #3, #4, 2024Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm each | Image: 100 × 70cm each
It draws on the visual languageof the Lira Popular, an 18th-century Chilean print traditionthat made stories accessible tothose with limited literacy—using bold graphic forms anddirect narratives to fosterengagement.
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story, 2024 (detail)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm | Image: 100 × 70cm
Miguel Andres VillanuevaTransitory Story, 2024 (detail)Hand carved and hand printed linocut ink relief on Somerset paper 300 gsmPaper: 112 × 76cm | Image: 100 × 70cm
This new presentation not onlyintroduces the work to Brisbaneaudiences but also adds to thetransitory nature of the pieceitself—reshaped by geography,context, and the evolving storiesit carries.
PARKER Contemporary acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands, and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.Presented by: PARKER ContemporaryCurated by: Emily ParkerArtist: Miguel Andres VillanuevaMIGUEL ANDRES VILLANUEVA: TRANSITORY STORIESJUNE 6 - JUNE 21, 2025ISBN: TBCCatalogue design by Emily Parker | Images courtesy the artist and Emily ParkerPublished: June 6, 2025
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