Alexandra Clapham and Penelope Benton are collaborative artists working across sculpture, performance and installation. Their practice considers tools employed by architecture and spatial design in ephemeral mediums. The focus of their work is on people and space, spectacle, the domestic, modes of exchange and the (un)limits of the imagination. For the past three years, their performance installation work has drawn on the concept of the tableau vivant, or living picture. They are currently working on a series of new works investigating their relationship as both partners and collaborative artists.
Alexandra has a BFA from UNSW Art & Design. She is currently a casual installer and manages the artists studios at 107 Projects, Redfern NSW. She completed a three-year role as Kudos Gallery Coordinator in 2013, and a two-year Directorship at Firstdraft Gallery in 2012. Penelope is a current MFA candidate at UNSW Art & Design, she has a BA Visual Arts from the University of Newcastle, MArtAdmin from UNSW, Grad Dip in Arts Mgmt UTS. She completed a two-year directorship at Firstdraft in 2008 and was one of the co-founders of The Red Rattler, and artist run warehouse venue in Sydney’s inner west. Alexandra and Penelope were also joint Artistic Directors for Art Month Sydney 2013.
