'Ferment' suggests origins, a place where a well spring of creativity might emerge. It speaks to the latency and painterly decay in old rooms and of their former glory. Rooms that offer become studios for artists or residences. Ferment suggests the absent creator, absent artist and of their artistic activity in rudimentary spaces and from often very humble beginnings...and endings.

David Ralph, 2023

David Ralph is based in Melbourne and Leipzig and holds an Master of Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne),an MA (Fine Art) from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London and a PHD from Curtin University. Since the early 2000s, Ralph has exhibited solo exhibitions in Melbourne and Sydney and featured in curated, prize and group exhibitions around Australia as well as in New York, London and Paris. He is the former recipient of The Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship and is represented in numerous notable collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Artbank, BHP Billiton, the RACV and the Gold Coast City Art Gallery.

Press release courtesy Gallery 9.