An interior space in Stonygrad, the self-built home of modernist artist Danila Vassillieff 2025. Photo by Sean Fennessy.

An interior view of Stonygrad, 2025. Image by Sean Fennessy.

DETAILS

Free, booking required

Private address, ticket holders will be informed prior to event
Warrandyte VIC, Australia

DATES

Sat 23 May 11am – 4pmBook now

Entry will be staggered

Sun 24 May 11am – 4pmBook now

Entry will be staggered Limited availability

Stonygrad, the iconic self-built home of modernist artist Danila Vassilieff, was constructed by hand in the Warrandyte bush from stone and timber found on site. Taking decades to complete, it is at once crude and considered, collapsing the distinction between art and design and challenging conventional ideas of dwelling.

More than eighty years on, the home’s cave-like spaces will host a curated intervention of contemporary works, bringing into focus their material decisions while the house itself becomes animated.

Stonygrad: Material Encounters offers the opportunity to experience this singular home.

Exhibiting artists

Another Bureau of Design
Claire Ellis
Charlie White
Ashley Eriksmoen
Brendan Huntley
Sean Brickhill
Billie Civelo

Participants

Jessica Lillico + Sean Fennessy
Jessica Lillico and Sean Fennessy are the co-creators of Bush Modern, a book that explores the enduring, uniquely Australian architectural aesthetic of Melbourne’s bushy north-eastern fringe. Jessica is a creative director, interior stylist and author. Sean is a photographer known for his warm, minimal style and sense of observation.The couple live in Warrandyte, on the outskirts of Melbourne/Naarm, in a 1960s house designed by Alistair Knox.