Au Creative Network is excited to present a monthly 'Artist’s Social' event in Melbourne. Beginning on the 22nd March and then on the 4th Thursday of every month. We invite you to Loop Project Space & Bar for drinks and mingle with the community of Melbourne Creative Network. MCN is a community of over 34000 artists and creative beings! Yes 34 THOUSAND! Meet the people you see in our groups and form real life connections. Our friendly team will be present to talk to you about the network as well as introduce you to some of our Guest Artists. An opportunity to start a conversation with some heavy weights in the arts and fashion industry; Jean-Paul Rosette Co-Director/Hairdresser Saint Louie Hair, Alexander Mitchell curator/founder of Blackwood Gallery, Mike Makatron artist from Everfresh, Ed Bechervaise aka: Unwell Bunny artist from Juddy Roller, and Claryssa Humennyj-Jameson model and photographer from Bella Management, ISKA Photography & 12 Plus UK Model Management. MCN Social is proudly sponsored by The Brooklyn Brewery, Boothalicious, Pop Click and Loop Project Space & Bar. Our GUESTS: **Jean-Paul Rosette, Co-Director/Hairdresser of Saint Louie Hair** Jean-Paul has 27 years experience in the hair industry both locally and overseas. Jean-Paul has worked as a senior stylist in salons in London and New York, is an ongoing contributor to Gorman look book shoots, and has created looks for New York and London Fashion Weeks. He has worked for numerous magazine editorials such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Elle and I-D magazine. Some of their better-known clients include Drew Barrymore, Selma Blair, Charlize Theron, Jessica Biel and Owen Wilson, as well as those Melbournites in the know of where to go to get a cool hair snip and chat. His salon’s philosophy is simple, “we would rather do real hair on real people”. (Source http://www.saintlouiehair.com.au) ** Alexander Mitchell Founder of Blackwood Gallery ** Alexander Mitchell is an Australian born curator, photographer, film maker and artist. Alexander has spent the last decade promoting and developing communities of artists in Australia and Japan. He is the founder of Backwoods Gallery. Alexander sees his art, film, photography and curatorial work as products of the same process: “I naturally feel the need to organise things into groups, with new meaning – a kind of obsessive tendency. As a curator I sort artists and artwork, as an artist I sort symbols” (soruce http://www.ahmitchell.com/) ** Mike Makatron Art Artist from Everfresh ** Mike Maka is primarily a painter who works in a variety of media, mainly on walls, canvas and illustration on paper. He has traveled and created work around the world, painting the Berlin Wall to the River Ganges. At 20, he received a scholarship to study art in New York, which lead to working as a bike messenger for 10 years in 10 cities, and leaving his mark on many walls. An active member of Everfresh Studio since 2006, Mike has exhibited extensively through Australia as well as group shows in Brazil, Japan, Miami and New York, and has works in private and public collections locally and abroad, including acquisitions by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, as well as working in institutions such as National Gallery of Victoria and MONA - Museum of Old and New Art. His artwork captures a world in which the natural forces fight back against humanity, reclaiming the earth from the uncaring advance of civilisation. Focusing on the friction point between man, beast and machine, Maka presents a message to mankind to step foot outside of the concrete jungle and reconnect with mother nature and the animal in all of us. He is based in Melbourne Australia, but has been known to wander in other dimensions. (source: http://makatron.com photo: Keren Dobia Photography) * Unwell Bunny (Ed Bechervaise) artist from Juddy Roller Unwell Bunny's artist history begins in Adelaide, Australia as a young 16 year old teen spraying walls and train lines. His initial ideas grew from 90s graffiti following a mix of both letter and character based aerosol art. He moved to Melbourne in 2002 and began showing his work in Melbourne galleries. He became active in Melbourne street art scene leaving past up and graffiti works through the lanes and suburbs of Melbourne. He had his first solo exhibition at Per Square Meter in Melbourne, was run by LA based duo Dabs Myla at the time. In 2012, he lived in Amsterdam and spent time with London graffiti and street art heavy weights D*Face Art and Parisian pop graffiti icon Tilt. There he painted projects for Amsterdam street artists The London Police - Official. In 2014, he was included in Metro Gallery's international street art exhibition' with the likes of ELK, Rone, D*Face, Blek Le Rat and Faile Art earning a place as an emerging international Australian urban based artist. In early 2015, he had a solo show at Galerie Lacroix in Paris, which continued the theme of figurative abstract painted works based on subconscious dialog and drawings based on a build-up of popular culture imagery. He is currently working on future projected based both in Australia and internationally focusing on the further investigation into the popular subconscious. (source: http://www.unwellbunny.com/) * Claryssa Humennyj-Jameson from Bella Management, ISKA Photography & 12 Plus UK Model Management. Claryssa Humennyj-Jameson’s first experiences of professionally working as a photographer were in 2003 at age 16 ability was noticed by international award winning celebrity photographer and cinematographer, Dennys Ilic. This strong mentorship gave Claryssa invaluable industry experience, where even at that young age, she began working for renowned clients such as Roadshow Films and Warner Music Australia, as well as countless magazines, world-class events, on film sets and for television networks. Claryssa’s progression into high-end fashion photography was initiated by her successful and long-lasting career as a fashion model. Claryssa’s passion for working with other creative people saw her soon become a much loved photographer chosen for capturing live performances in music, theatre and actors, and it was party due to her extraordinary ability in this field that lead her to being chosen to tour North America in 2009 with Australian musician Xavier Rudd - Official. Claryssa now owns and directs ISKA Photography; a boutique photography business made famous for it’s unique, bold imagery, high quality timeless portraits, and edgy modern style. ISKA Photography caters for all types of photography required: from eye capturing portraits and head shots, to chic fashion portfolios and editorials, brilliant and mesmerizing promotional images for bands and musicians and high-end commercial imagery. (source: http://iskaphotography.com/)