The Domain Casuarina Beach Resort Art Exhibition will be open to the public from April 23 until April 25.  It will be held at the Conference Centre located within the chic Casuarina Beach Resort.  Admission is free.

 

Some of the artists exhibiting include: Howie Cooke (Byron Bay), Tania Wursig (Sydney),  Darryl Miller (Tweed Coast), Daryn McBride (New Zealand), and Mal Leckie, Dean Cogle and Lisa O'Brien who are all from the Gold Coast.

 

Hyundai Malfunction event organiser, Sean McKeown, said there will be more than 40 stunning pieces of art on display during the exhibition which will be available for purchase.

 

“Most mediums will be well represented at this year's exhibition, including oils and acrylics on canvas or board, watercolours and pastels, and even oils on black velvet harking back to the style of the 1940's and 50's Tahitian and Hawaiian artists,” he explained.

 

He said all the featured artists at the Domain Casuarina Beach Resort Art Exhibition have a very close affinity with the Pacific Ocean and this will be strongly reflected in their work.  

 

“One theme evident in this year's exhibition is the campaign to save the whales, which is a subject close to the hearts of most surfers in this part of the world,” he said.

 

Don O’Rorke, developer of Domain Casuarina Beach Resort, said several artists will be creating new pieces solely for the exhibition.

 

“There are so many talented artists in the region so the Hyundai Malfunction offers the perfect opportunity to get some of them together to showcase their work,” he said.

 

The Hyundai Malfunction Surf Festival will celebrate all the unique facets of surfing life including the beach, music, food, art and transport. 

 

Now in its 25th year, the Hyundai Malfunction will attract more than 300 competitors from around the world as well as a large contingent of spectators who can join in a host of events to be held out of the water including the Von Weirdos Surf Memorabilia Auction and the Salt Village Surf Vehicle Rally.

 

In the water surfers will have the chance to compete for a number of open amateur and aged divisions for traditional surfers, a leg of the ASP World Longboard Qualifying Series the Surftech Pro for Men & Women, the Golden Breed Retro divisions for boards constructed prior to 1981 and the new craze of Stand Up Paddle Surfing.