RhysG Artist

About the Artist:

Rhys Garven is a New Zealand artist based in Brisbane, Australia. His work focuses on the unknown expanse of inner and outer space. Fascinated by the energy of heated gas molecules seen in the night sky, he mediates, through his art, patterns of light emitted from the Southern Cross Constellation. Primarily photographic, Garven’s work employs techniques from the digital arts, sharing with the beholder the emission of light from energy particles ordinarily not visible to the naked eye.

Each space object portrayed in the artist work displays its own unique signature based on its mass, and is made visible only through the artist’s mediation, showing different light intensities. Each time the artist works with source material, he is able to extract from it unique and ever-finer details not previously seen. Depending on the amount of energy and the type of gas molecules present, a different colour is emitted.