SELECTED FOR SUMMER SOLSTICE EDITION - OBSCYRA MAGAZINE - BASEL SWITZERLAND LAUNCHING SOON - 2026

I’m delighted to share that I have been selected for inclusion in the Summer Solstice edition of Obscyra Magazine, an artist-first contemporary art magazine founded in Basel, Switzerland 🇨🇭✨✨✨

Chosen through an international open call, my work appears in this issue alongside invited artists from around the world in response to the theme “Brise + Surrealm”…a poetic fusion of architecture and fever dream, where the boundaries between the built and imagined worlds begin to dissolve.

I’m especially grateful to the Obscyra team for embracing my work so wholeheartedly. I was humbled and genuinely surprised to learn that this upcoming Summer Solstice edition will feature an entire double-page spread dedicated to my artwork.

Founded by Arlo Jake Lagmay and Emy Vicencio, Obscyra champions raw, unfiltered and powerful artistic voices across surrealism, expressionism, abstraction and lowbrow art. Launching on the summer and winter solstices, the magazine is accompanied by exhibitions in unique and unexpected spaces.

This Summer Solstice edition launches on 21 June in Basel, coinciding with the final day of Art Basel, with the exhibition taking place in the Gundeli district.

My sincere thanks to founder and owner Arlo Jake Lagmay, curatorial partner Emy Vicencio, and the entire Obscyra team for their generosity, support and belief in the work. I never expected this much love and encouragement, and I am incredibly appreciative of the opportunity.

I’m so grateful to be included in this international publication and to be part of a conversation that celebrates artists working beyond conventional boundaries.

Pre-Order your copy online here!

The magazine features:
108 pages of stories, features and articles.
5 Artist Feature
5 Art Stories
25 selected artists from all over the world.

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Front cover of this Summer Solstice edition of Obscyra Magazine launches on 21 June in Basel coinciding with the final day of Art Basel, with the exhibition taking place in the Gundeli district.

'SHADOW SANCTUARY' - DEBUT INTERNATIONAL SOLO - MARIE GALLERY5 MALTA

Very pleased to announce I’ll be having my debut international solo exhibition ‘Shadow Sanctuary’ with the lovely Maria Galea Gallery owner and Art Advisor of Marie Gallery5 in Sliema Malta opening 3rd Nov 7.30pm. Please feel free to come along.

Maria is a passionate advocate for artists and unstoppable force in the Arts industry in Malta/Europe representing Maltese and international talent. As a Maltese Australian artist I’m super excited and proud to be working with her and looking forward to my upcoming exhibition soon.

…”Just as the the moon needs the sun to reflect light, I need the moon to cast my shadow."…

Louisa Chircop

'Shadow Sanctuary' by Louisa Chircop invites viewers on an evocative journey into the profound depths of the artist's conceptual realm. Chircop's oeuvre is a contemplative fusion of personal experiences, art history, and the intricate tapestry of psychological phenomena. Within this exhibition, each artwork serves as a portal, unlocking the enigmatic "shadows of the self," as guided by Chircop's subconscious wanderings within her inner sanctum, intimately intertwined with her Maltese Australian heritage.

Chircop's artistic inquiry transcends conventional boundaries, daring to explore the intricate facets of the human condition-pain, pleasure, guilt, and shame. Her exploration delves into an innovative interpretation of religious sexuality, an intersection where the sacred and the profane merge to construct a deeply personal tantra. This fusion is a vibrant celebration of the terrestrial, the cosmic, and the spiritual-a form of contemporary self-devotion that venerates the Earth, the universe, and spirituality. Amidst the encompassing corporeal darkness, fragments of illumination emerge, unveiling metamorphosed, reinvented, hybrid, and reborn iterations of the artist herself. This creative rebirth finds its genesis in Chircop's immigrant European lineage, rooted in the resolute traditions of medieval antiquity.

3rd - 22nd November
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