The ‘esoteric’ is inner as opposed to ‘exoteric’ (outer), so the title of this Gallery may seem self-contradictory as erotica is generally associated with the physical body and its sexual expressions.
However Orryelle depicts more than just the outer forms in their interactions – hir images show the inner kundalini fire which inspires such activity, and the spirits and elemental phantasms which may emanate therefrom. From the figurative to the abstract and the spaces betwixt, this esoterotic Art is about the divine inter-play between the flesh and the spirit.
ABOUT The ARTIST
Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule is an esoteric artist in many media, including painting, writing, sculpture, sound, film and performance art.
He is the writer-director of Australian-originating Metamorphic Ritual Theatre Company who have presented many major original productions based in (and updating/mutating) various ancient mythos.
Creator of the Tela Quadrivium Alchymic book web from Fulgur Press (Conjunctio 2008, Coagula 2010, Solve 2011, Distillatio 2015) and Esezezus (Grayle Press 2023) a book on and of the Magic of Language, ‘Time Fate and Spider Magic’ (Avalonia Books 2014) and The Book of Kaos Tarot (iNSPiRALink.Multimedia Press). He is currently growing an esoteric sculpture garden in the Ardennes forest, Belgium.
Orryelle is interested in the ensoulment of objects through aesthetic obsession; the merging of mental, spiritual and emotional relationships with creativity, in the vanguard of the current resurgence of the esoteric in art with its processes of re-enchantment.
Artist Curriculum Vitae
(Condensed version with emphasis on visual arts -does not include all musical performances, nor all exhibitions & theatrical productions prior to 2011)
CONTACT: email odxob@yahoo.com
2024
- Medicine Festival Gallery UK – August 15th-18th. Paintings, wood and clay sculpture at the second International Gallery for this annual festival.
- Lammas Gathering Labyrinth Installation with interactive ritual performances, new sculpture presentation and workshops, August 9th-11th at Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
- Music Magic Medicine Festival ‘The Rites of Spring’ near Homme, France. May. Three performances with Myrgon (Greece) incorporating live sculpting on ourselves and each other with clay, bones, horns, wood, moss; dance and live music (violin, voice, panpipes)
Hastings Museum and Gallery
2023
- Exhibition with Melissa Shemanna ‘Oneiropraxis’ at The HASTINGS MUSEUM & GALLERY, Hastings UK 30th September – 29th of October, with performances and presentations at the Opening and the Closing event ‘The Bliss of New Tongues & Eyes’ on 27th.
- Exhibition of Paintings, drawings and sculpture at Occulture Festival, Berlin Germany, 19th-22nd October. Plus live ritual dance-theatre performance ‘Hermes Trismegistus’
- SOLO EXHIBITION ‘Escherotic Ecstasies’ at Gallery X, Dublin Ireland, 8th-23rd September. 33 works (paintings, sculpture, drawings) on display. Performances on Opening Night (left) and Dublin Culture Night.
- Medicine Festival Gallery UK – August. 4 paintings, bronze, wood and clay sculptures at this inaugural International Gallery dome for the annual festival.
- Lammas Gathering Labyrinth Installation with interactive ritual performances, new sculpture presentation and workshops, August 9th-11th at Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
2022
- Exhibition of Paintings, drawings and sculpture at Occulture Festival, Berlin Germany, October. Plus live ritual dance-theatre performance ‘Skin Surface Substance’
- Live ritual dance performance with new short film ‘Hermes’; and Hermes bronze sculpture in group exhibition at Trans-States Conference, Northampton Uni UK, 10th Sept.
- ‘Carouselle au Naturelle’ Exhibition of New Works, at ‘Cfou’, Antwerp Belgium 5th June (performances on opening and closing nights) to 5th July
Lammas full moon Gathering Labyrinth Installation with interactive ritual performances and workshops, August 13th-14th at Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
2021
Labyrinth Installation with interactive ritual performances and workshops, Oct.30th and 31st at Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
Fifteen international awards garnered over the year for ‘Solve et Coagula’ feature film, inc. several screenings.
Exhibition (with two other artists) of drawings, paintings and sculpture, with ‘Skin Surface Substance’ ritual dance performance (interacting with installation) at Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium 28th and 29th Oct.
Exhibition of drawings, paintings, sculpture and jewellery, with ‘Skin Surface Substance’ ritual dance performance (interacting with installation) at Edge Galleries, Maldon Vict, Aust. 7th May.
Screening of ‘Solve et Coagula’ with live music and dance at Thornbury Picture House, also launching the Solve et Coagula book and DVD/Bluray, April 1st, Melbourne Aust.
2020
Completion and online launch of ‘Solve et Coagula’ feature film Dec. 14th.
2019
Exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculpture at Haekem Gallery, Brussels Belgium 25th and 26th Oct. Orryelle also performed live music with UrZon and Crysopa Occulta at the event.
Exhibition (paintings, drawings, bronze sculpture), and performance of ‘Book of the Spider’ ritual dance theatre at Occulture Festival, Berlin Oct 28th-Nov 1st.
Performative presentation and 4 works in group exhibition at Trans-States Conference, Northampton Uni UK, 13th-14th Sept.
‘Circe’s Banquet’ interactive mystery play at Lammas/Lughnasad full moon gathering, 15th-17th August, Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
Unveiling of Cernunnos statue (8′ tall) at Beltaine full moon gathering, May, Le Chalet Crepuscule, Ardennes Belgium
Solo exhibition at ‘Cfou’, Antwerp Belgium 9th June (performance on opening night) to 7th July
‘Book of the Spider’ ritual dance theatre at the Vigeland Museum/Mausoleum (right), with Ashtoreth and Sysselman, Oslo Norway May 24th
2018
Short film ‘Alchemical Chess’ nominated for 3 awards in the Hermetic International Film Festival, screening in Venice March 1st
New painting ‘That Which Remains’ in group show ‘This Moment’ at Gallery Noir Melebourne Aust Feb 21st- Mar 18th
New painting ‘Itch’ in group show ‘Face to Face’ Black Cat Gallery Melbourne Aust. Jan 19th-Feb 2nd
2017
Solo exhibition ‘Elemental Symbiosis’ at Blaa Galleri Copenhagen Denmark Sept. 23rd-25th, with dance- theatre performance ‘Gunnar in the Serpent Pit’ on opening night
‘Solve et Coagula’ ritual theatre performance, Teatro Turim Lisbon Portugal Sept 6th
Work in group exhibition ‘De Domo Diaboli’ at Living Gallery New York USA, Oct 30th-Nov 4th
Exhibition at Magic Forest bookshop, Portland USA, Oct 7th-16th. ‘Book of the Spider’ dance-theatre performance (with local guest musicians) for Opening
Dance-theatre performance ‘Gunnar in the Serpent Pit’ Bats Theatre Antwerp Belgium.
‘8 Gates’ solo ritual theatre performance at ‘Breaking Convention’ consciousness conference, Greenwich University London, July 1st-2nd
Dance-theatre performance ‘Gunnar in the Serpent Pit’ at Psychomachia Seattle USA 18th June
Dance-theatre performance ‘Gunnar in the Serpent Pit’ at Somaspace Portland USA 24th June.
Large Solo Retrospective Exhibition Soma Gallery Melbourne Aust., May 19th-23rd
‘Blood & Brine’ Exhibition with Meg Nightjar, CASPA Gallery Castlemaine Aust., 6th-30th April
2016
Artwork and interview appearing in the leading Nordic art magazine ‘Kunstforum’, vol.8 no. 4
Work in group exhibition ‘Materia Prima’ Blam Gallery, NY USA Nov 2nd
Solo exhibition Gallery Boheme Copenhagen Denmark Oct 28th-30th. ‘8 Gates’ performance opening night.
4 artworks and performance in ‘Trans-States’ Conference, Northampton Uni UK, Sept. 9th-10th
Two works in group show ‘Cosmic Union’ at Hive Gallery, Los Angeles USA, Aug 6th-27th
‘Book of the Spider’ dance performance Trondheim Norway 22nd July
‘Dance-theatre performance ‘Gunnar in the Serpent Pit’ at Vigeland Mausoleum, Oslo Norway 5th Aug
Artist Residency at ‘Star & Snake’ New Hampshire USA, June.
Work in Inaugural Group Exhibition, opening of Beinart Gallery Melbourne Aust. Mar 12th – Apr 16th
2015
‘Tela Quadrivium Exegesis’ performance and exhibition, Soma Gallery Melbourne Aust. 30th Oct.-3rd Nov
6 works in group exhibition ‘Voices on the Wind’ at Little Tengu Gallery, Melbourne Aust. Sept.
‘Cauda Pavonis’ Exhibition with Dolorosa de la Cruz at Gallery X, Dublin Ireland, 20th Aug-6th Sept.
Alchemical Chess performance (with installation) at opening.
Two works and dance performance in ’Self Identities’ Exhibition, Venice Biennale Italy, July 10th-12th.
Solo show Hundred Years Gallery London UK, launching ‘Distillatio’ -final volume in the Tela Quadrivium series of alchemical art-books published by Fulgur Limited (UK), 25th-28th June. Performance at Gallery on 27th June.
3 works selected for Modern Panic VI group exhibition Apiary Studios London (curated by Guerilla Zoo) 13th- 22nd Nov
Alchemical Chess performance collaboration with Travesty Theatre at Exeter Uni UK, August
‘8 Gates’ performance and artist talk, Forum Nidrosiae at Bakke Gard, Trondheim Norway, July 16th
2014
Solo Ritual Dance performance and exhibition of paintings at The Hekate Symposium, Glastonbury UK, 6th & 7th Sept.‘
TIme Fate & Spider Magic’ book-launch (publ. Avalonia Books UK) with performance and exhibition of new works downstairs, Atlantis Bookshop London UK, 12th June
2013
Two paintings in I:MAGE Inaugural Exhibition, Store Street Gallery London UK, May 19th-25th
Ritual Dance performance at The Hekate Symposium, Glastonbury UK, 1st June
2012
‘Solve et Coagula’ ritual theatre performance at October Gallery London UK (with artist’s talk following), May 29th
‘Solve et Coagula’ performance at Scarlet Imprint’s ‘Pleasure Dome’ event, Brighton UK, July 21st
‘Solve’ book-launch with exhibition of original drawings from the book (3rd volume in Orryelle’s hardback al- chemical art series The Tela Quadrivium publ. Fulgur UK), Treadwells Bookshop London UK, July 20th
‘Solve et Coagula’ performance Haarlem, Netherlands, 28th July
‘Solve et Coagula’ performance at Bazura, Turin Italy, 29th Sept
‘Solve et Coagula’ performance at Longplay Melbourne Aust., March 22nd
2011
‘Coagula’ (Fulgur Press 2011) book-launch at Long Play Melbourne March 31st, with Performative presentation
‘Solve’ and ‘Coagula’ performances and exhibition of life-size coagulating composite statue at the Esoteric Book Conference, Seattle USA Sept. 10th-11th‘
Solve et Coagula’ performances in Portland (Sept) and Seattle (Oct) USA
2010
Exhibition and presentation/talk at the Esoteric Book Conference Seattle Center, Seattle USA, Sept. 18th- 19th 2009
Performance and art exhibition at the Esoteric Book Conference Seattle Center, Seattle USA, Sept. 19th- 20th
‘Oedipus Tyrannos’ ritual theatre (wrote, directed, performed in) Northcote Uniting Church Melbourne Aust., 27th & 28th March.
‘Oedipus Tyrannos’ ritual theatre The Humanist Hall Oakland USA, May 21st Performance at Occulture Festival, The Courtyard Theatre UK, May 23rd
2008
Book-launch of ‘Conjunctio’ (1st volume in Orryelle’s hardback alchemical art series The Tela Quadrivium publ. Fulgur UK), Treadwells Bookshop London UK 2007
‘Chalice of Ecstasy’ solo exhibition, and performance in collaboration with Theatre of Ophidia, at The Horse Hospital London UK, 28th Sept 2006
‘Loom of Lila’ Metamorphic Ritual Theatre dance production (conceived directed and performed in by Orryelle with cast of 13):
18th & 22nd Aug at The Forest Cafe, Edinburgh UK 8th Sept. at The Speaker Palace, London UK
16th Sept. at Discarica, Reggio Emilia Italy
23rd Sept. at S.Maria Della Pieta, Rome Italy
30th Sept. at Stalkernoiser, Palermo Italy
27th & 28th June at Carlton Courthouse Theatre Melbourne
2004
The Feast of Valhalla -3-hour interactive performance spectacular in the grounds and building of Montsalvat replica medieval village near Melbourne Aust., Aug 1st
2003
‘8 Gates’ performance Lalish Theatrelab, Vienna Austria 12th Sept.‘
Der Gehangte from Downunder’ performance at The Arena, Vienna Austria Sept
Performance at Occulture Festival Brighton UK 19th July
2002
Theatre/poetry performance at ‘Les Orts’ Literature Festival Nov in Nurnberg, Germany