Custom illustrated posters suitable for giclee or screen printing. Unique compositions, hand drawn designs, custom typography. Worldwide design service.
Series of work combining screen printing and stencils. Limited edition prints of 55 all signed and numbered. Hand pulled by Poncho Army.
A stencil artist since 2004, Poncho Army has been a finalist in the Australian Stencil Art Prize in 2009, 2010 and in 2011 as part of the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island. She also teaches classes in the medium
Vinyl, CD and music package design. Options are endless with anything from stencil art, hand illustrations, mixed media collages to computer based image manipulation and vector creation available
Affordable, custom, CMS website design and development. CSS, PHP, HTML5, JS & Actionscript. Websites packages start at $500! All sites come with a custom user manual so anyone can easy learn how to keep the site up to date once developed
Things I Like: playing my Ludwig drum kit in the ever awesome fuzz band Handlebar. Australian microbrews, whisky, Sailor Jerry and coffee Baileys are all high on my favourite beverage list. Green eyes melt my heart, a new hoodie feels like a hug and watching a rabbit eat may be the cutest thing in the world. I love the country but over time am coming somewhat resilient to the city. I have a fear of flying but am hoping to travel overseas to exhibit some art soon. Artist bio below.
Trina Collins, also known by her pseudonym Poncho Army, is an artist who isn’t afraid to get some paint under her fingernails. She has appeared in numerous gallery shows and been a finalist in multiple art prizes including Australian Stencil Art Prize (2009, 2010, 2011), Meroogal Women’s (2011) and BSG Works On Paper (2012). Her 2011 ASAP work was exhibited as part of the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island, Sydney where over 86,000 people had the opportunity to view her work.
Poncho Army’s work is held in private collections around the world including New York, Japan, London, Melbourne and Sydney.
In 2011 Poncho Army opened her own urban art gallery in Wollongong, Sinking Ship Studio, where she curated and exhibited in a number of exhibitions before being evicted due to development plans in 2012. After SSS sunk Poncho Army moved into Gallery: 5 Crown Lane, Wollongong where she was a resident artist for 6 months sharing studio space with fellow artists Bec O’Shea, Josh Wiffen and Simon Grant.
Poncho Army is now the artist in residence at Wollongong City Gallery for 2012/2013. Here Poncho Army will be working full time on a series of work that incorporates illustrations, screen printing and stencils. The series of work will be on show at the WCG gallery for 3 months from June 2013 and Poncho Army aims to tour this exhibition later in 2013 overseas. As part of this residency Poncho Army will be teaching workshops in stencil art. For more information contact her at hey@ponchoarmy.com
As well as being a visual artist Poncho Army has built a commercial business in graphic design and multimedia. She holds a BA in Creative Arts from UOW and has been working full time as a graphic designer since 2004. Having a vested interest in all aspects of design Poncho Army can create all the visual elements your business requires including branding, logo, print media, POS, video production, animation, DVD menus and website development and design.
• 2012 – November
Australian Stencil Art Prize 2012
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
• 2012 – November
WCG Art Markets
City Gallery, Wollongong
• 2012 – July
For Love or Munny – Vinyl toy exhibition
Terrarium Gallery, Wollongong
• 2012 – March
Works On Paper
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
• 2011/2012 – November/February
Local: Current
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong
• 2011 – November/December
Australian Stencil Art Prize / Outpost Project
Outpost Project, Cockatoo Island, Sydney
• 2011 – November/December
Swappy Seconds / Viva La Gong
Sinking Ship Studio, Wollongong (Nov)
YoursandOwls, Wollongong (Dec)
• 2011 – November
Sinking Ship Studio Sets Sail
Sinking Ship Studio, Wollongong
• 2011 – August/September
Meroogal Women’s Art Prize
Shoalhaven Arts Centre, Nowra
• 2011 – July
Project Members Exhibition
Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
• 2011 – March/April
Touch That Space - Poncho Army & Jodie Mathews
Gallery: 5 Crown Lane, Wollongong
• 2010 – November
Australian Stencil Art Prize 2010
Oh Really Gallery, Newtown
• 2010 – September
Nude Auction / Exhibition
Blutac Gallery, UOW, Wollongong
• 2010 – July
Project Members Exhibition
Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
• 2010 – April/May
5x5x5
5 Artists create 5 Posters for 5 Bands
Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
& Waves Nightclub, Towradgi
• 2009 – April
FLAC
Fashion, Lifestyle, Arts & Culture
Blue Hotel, Woolloomooloo
• 2009 – March
Australian Stencil Art Prize 2009
Oh Really Gallery, Newtown
• 2008 – July
Rest In Pieces - Poncho Army & Kezia
Music Farmers – Wollongong
• 2006 – June
You Own A Piece Of Art (solo)
Tea’se Me – Wollongong
• 2005 – August
Stencil - Poncho Army, Vexta + more
Wollongong City Gallery (outdoor panels)
Visit the PONCHO ARMY ARTS website to view more visual arts and buy works in the shop. The portfolio below shows commercial work.
Watt Riot – Poster
Smile
The Watt Riot EP
James Loughnan – Web
Build A Better Future
Leaving
Babymachine – Website
Landing! (aka Put A Bird On It)
Typography Design
Occy Doco – Poster
Shonen Knife – Poster
Yardvark – Stencil / Album
Blue
The Spills – Poster
Watt Riot – Poster
Ye Luddites – Poster
Age Of Innocence
Poncho Army – Business Card
Golden – Stencil
The Nice Folk – Poster
Ludo – Poster
Squint
Bulldoze All Bowlos – Poster
UnScene Festival – Poster
Handlebar – Melbourne Poster
SSS – Website
Lost
Colors & The Kids
Morrissey – Invitation
Leadfinger – Poster
Goodluck – Screen Print
Babymachine – Poster
ROAR
Claustrophobic
Abel Cross – Website
Freedom In Ruins
Run Free
Delta – Business Card
Whiskey Train
Hospital
Helter Smelter – Web
The Medics – Poster
ILLCOS Website
Handlebar – Poster
Pink Stampede
Grunge & Groove – Branding
SIXISH – Tee Designs
Decks
Fight To Be Free
The Watt Riot – Album/DVD
Mercury Weddings – Website
MK Chilby – Website
Band Comp – Magazine, Branding, Signage
I will do my best to keep you up to date here with all the things I get up to like exhibitions, new works, new clients, new projects and of course the occasional rant about my current favourite art supply store, colour or the artists I am currently admiring. If you feel inclined to read the random thoughts in my head, many not art related, follow me on Twitter or Facebook
The Australian Stencil Art Prize was on last week and for the 4th year in a row my work made the finals. This year the exhibition was at Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Sydney and the show is open till Dec 2, 2012. The opening night on 21 November was awesome with 40 odd stencil works filling every inch of wall space, Young Henry’s supplying the beer and cider and I was spinning some records from my personal collection to keep the people tapping their feet. Continue reading
I was in the Freddie (The Freddie ‘Mercury’) yesterday. Yep that newspaper that I once worked for…. anyway they done a story on me about being in the Australian Stencil Art Prize. The online photo is slightly creepy, the printed pic was a lot better so grab a hard copy if you can. There was a large stack at the servo in Berry last night. Continue reading
Owners of iconic coffee & retail shop ‘Lee & Me’ recently expanded their horizons and opened a brand new whiskey bar in Wollongong called ‘His Boy Elroy‘. I was asked to stencil the long slanted wall that goes up the stairwell to the second level and after tossing some ideas around I came up with the concept of a whiskey train. Continue reading
For the 4th year running I have been selected as a finalist in the Australian Stencil Art Prize. This year the exhibition will be held at Chrissie Cotter Gallery in Camperdown, Sydney, from the 21 November to the 2 December 2012. Opening night is 21 November and kicks off at 6pm. Young Henry’s are sponsoring the event with beer and I’ll be playing DJ on the night spinning some records from my collection. Continue reading
As part of my residency at the Wollongong City Gallery I will be teaching a number of workshops in the medium of stencil art. The first couple of workshops aimed at high school students, years 7 – 10, started in August and in total I taught 40 students in 2 x 1 day courses. Continue reading
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