OUT IS OUT
6 February - 8 March 2020 Wyndham Art Gallery

Featuring artists Alison Bennett, Susan Maco Forrester, David Sequeira, Peter Waples-Crowe and invited guests Jemi Gale, Anj Odessa, Lee Stain and Nick Mullaly.

Co-Curated with Dr.Megan Evans who selected the featured artists and developed the premise for the exhbition.

Elders, olders and young queer mob in dialogue about freedom, self and expression.

OUT IS OUT examined the generation gap in queer politics, exhibiting work by people who paved the way for LGBTIQ self-expression and freedom and a new generation of activits; young queer mob who challenge gender identifying language and norms.

This exhibition included an Artist in Conversation event, this was a special iteration in that it included a live tattooing along with the panel discussion between Lee Stain, Susan Maco Forrester and Alison Bennett.

Presented as part of Midsumma Festival, photos courtesy of Wyndham City.

Click here to read the exhibition catalogue



REVEAL

16 March  - 19 April  2020
Wyndham Art Gallery


Featuring works from the Wyndham Art Gallery & Wyndham City Council Art Collection.

Co-Curated with Dr.Megan Evans

A peek into Wyndham City’s treasures; past, present and future.

Wyndham Art Gallery pulled back the curtain and opened the doors to reveal the City’s treasures for community and visitors to see. Join us on opening night and discover the changing identity of Wyndham City expressed by its historical, civic and contemporary art collections.

Wyndham Art Gallery debuted new works to the collection, including a Mirka Mora which had been on loan to the Heide Museum of Modern Art, a photograph by Leilani Fuimaono, a painting by Sue Anderson, and a collaborative work created by Jessie Deane and Wyndham community members. In addition we juxatposed the Michael Cooks juxtaposed with Wyndham landscapes in an exhibition that will have something for everyone.

Due to COVID-19 this exhibition never opened to the public, but a video tour was produced (view here) as well as an Exhibition Catalogue, which you can read by clicking here. 



Photos courtesy of Wyndham City.
PINK

04 February - 08 March 2021
Wyndham Art Gallery
PINK -  A hue where feminine and feminism collide. 

Presented in the lead-up to International Women’s Day this exhibition explored the use of pink and other feminine motifs in creative practice by women. Once maligned for being girly and diminutive, pink is reclaimed and presented in hues ranging from hot pink to millennial with works exploring the social, biological and performative intersections of colour in practice.

Intended as a platform for dialogue, PINK explores where the combination of second wave feminism and neo-liberal feminism has brought women artists today. Covering a range of mediums, the pieces in this show presented a variety of creative practices and approaches to feminist narratives, each using pink as an element to strengthen their work not minimise it.

Featuring artwork by Anastasia Klose, Trace Lamb, Lola-Mae Pink, Maja Malou Lyse & Arvida Byström, Honey Long & Prue Stent, Jessie Adams.

Exhibition Catalogue

Go Deeper: PINK Artist in Conversation




Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic PINK was presented as a digital exhibition except for the last day, International Women’s Day.




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Acknowledgement 

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the country on which I live and work and their connections to the land. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Indigenous peoples today.