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Olga Cironis

Why Are You Here?

Olga Cironis, Why Are You Here?, 2018, woollen blankets and cotton thread on repurposed domestic fabric, 200 x 130cm

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Why Are You Here?

About The Artist

The work of Olga Cironis contains layers of research, collected stories, muted voices and cultural heritage. Her work is psychologically loaded with meaning, provoking and seducing the viewer, navigating them through history and inviting them to question our social and environmental connections.

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Other Work

Olga Cironis, I Will Build You a Home, 2022, repurposed garden tools, woollen blanket and cotton thread, varied dimensions. Acorn Photo
Olga Cironis, Why Are You Here, 2018, woollen blankets and cotton thread on repurposed domestic fabric, 200 x 130cm
Olga Cironis, Marika, 2017, archival digital print on paper, 180 x 120cm, ed. 3
Olga Cironis, Grab at the Last Pearl, 2014, archival digital print, 160 x 90cm
Olga Cironis, Untitled, photographic print on archival paper, 176 x 119.5cm, ed. 2. City of Bunbury Art Collection.
Olga Cironis, Into the Woods Alone 3, 2013, archival digital print, 104 x 72cm, ed. 4
Olga Cironis, Look Back and Find Her Weeping, 2016, ceramic figurine, military fabric, and thread, 52.3 x 74cm
Olga Cironis, Fortuna, 2017, repurposed toy, feathers, military fabric and cotton thread, 52 x 20 x 21cm
Olga Cironis, This Space Between Us, Art Collective WA, March 2021. Acorn Photo (11)
Olga Cironis, Keepers of Secrets 1, 2016, repurposed porcelain ornament, 18 x 9 x 9cm; Lost Letter, 2016, repurposed porcelain ornament, 35 x 12 x 12cm; Keepers of Secrets 2, 2016, repurposed porcelain orname, 20 x 9 x 9cm
Olga Cironis, Played Blue Boy 2015, repurposed porcelain ornament, feathers and plastic game, 33 x 20.5 x 17.2cm
Olga Cironis, Penelope and Odysseus 2016, repurposed porcelain ornament, military fabric, hair and feathers, 35 x 30 x 12cm
Olga Cironis, Star Gaze, 2016, gold leaf on porcelain with grevillea thorns and jute, 46 x 35 x 8cm
Olga Cironis, Chorta, 2013, archival print, 50 x 90cm, ed. 4
Olga Cironis, 2015, repurposed crutch, deer antler, military fabric and thread, 120 x 100 x 30cm. Collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia
Olga Cironis, Seeing Red, 1999, animal bones and velvet, installation dimensions variable
Olga Cironis, Remember Me, 2016, repurposed gun barrel, hair and cotton thread, 65 x 16 x 1.8cm
Olga Cironis, Stoli, 2020, archival digital print, 49.5 x 72cm, ed. 2
Olga Cironis, As Above as Below, 2022, repurposed frame, velvet and gold thread, 20 x 25 x 3cm
Olga Cironis, Horizon, 2020, repurposed wooden frame and acrylic, 56.5 x 58 x 3cm
Olga Cironis, Should Never Have Loved Him, 2002, vinyl on silver tray, 35.5 x 25cm
Olga Cironis, Pearl, 2019, engraved pearl shell, 18 x 20cm
Olga Cironis, Under Cover, 2002, repurposed wooden cots, military blankets, cotton thread and castors with projected wall text, installation dimensions variable
Olga Cironis, Mountain of Words (detail), 2013, human hair weaving on metal loom, 9 speakers, amp, sound performance
Olga Cironis, Horizon 3, 2022, repurposed frames and acrylic, varied dimensions, 11 pieces
Olga Cironis, Thank You for Radicalising Me, 2020, repurposed domestic fabric, Balkan embroidery, velvet amd cotton thread, 230 x 160cm
Olga Cironis, Alexandra, 2013, archival digital photographic print, ed. 4. Art Gallery of South Australia Collection
Olga Cironis, Janis and I, 2012, archival digital print, 50 x 75cm, ed. 4
Olga Cironis, Prey, 2010, stool, woollen blanket and thread, 34 x 46 x 45cm
Olga Cironis, Naked Whisper, 2020, military blankets, 12 stools, bones, dimensions variable
Olga Cironis, Falling Into Your Arms (detail), 2018, two repurposed stock horse saddles and tapestry, feathers, military fabric, cotton and gold thread, 300 x 640 x 1200cm. Janet Holmes a Court Collection
Olga Cironis, Home Grown, 2013, repurposed ceramic ornaments, wooden furniture and woollen blankets, 60 x 110 x 40cm
Olga Cironis, Forest of Voices, 2020, steel chairs, red velvet cushions and speakers. Acorn Photo (2)
Olga Cironis, Forest of Voices, 2020, steel chairs, red velvet cushions and speakers. Acorn Photo
Olga Cironis, Hush, Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020. Photo Jessica Wyld.jpg
Olga Cironis, There is Distance in Your Shadow, 2021, canvas, steel and feathers, 230 x 294 x 175cm