David Sequeira

The 2024 APW Collie Print Trust Printmaking Fellowship was awarded to Melbourne based artist David Sequeira.

Born in India, David is a Melbourne-based artist, curator, and academic. Renowned for his multidisciplinary approach, David’s work has been widely exhibited across Australia and internationally and is held in significant public collections.

The APW Collie Print Trust Printmaking Fellowship allowed David to explore his ongoing interest in the contemplative aspects of colour and geometry through the medium of printmaking.

David collaborated with APW printers to produce a series of 32 multi-colour lithographs, including four works that were each printed in editions of 20. The works point towards infinite colour intensities that are possible through the layering of transparent inks in lithography. 

in Sequeira’s work, colour attains its fullest and richest potential when it is organised within the confines of geometric structure. The circles in Sequeira’s diagrammatic compositions overlap allowing the colours to merge into each other to create complex variations.

The titles of the prints are drawn from the lyrics to Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s hand) recorded by Diana Ross in 1969. Referencing this context in these prints, Sequeira links the metaphysical aspirations of his coloured geometry with the romantic optimism of 20th century pop.

David’s work was launched in an exhibition, I hear a symphony at APW Gallery in February 2025.