It was a pleasure to have a studio visit from Australian Women Artists podcaster Richard Graham recently. We chatted about the ideas, experiences and processes that have come to underpin my practice. Richard also asked me to reflect on an Australian woman artist who has influenced or inspired me. Our conversation is episode 9 in a new series that I’ve enjoyed listening to.
photo by Sammy Hawker
I’m delighted to announce that ‘Waterhole (Old Mutawintji Gorge)’, 2024 and ‘Entering and Returning (Old Mutawintji Gorge)’, 2024 have been acquired for the rotational art collection within the Australian Parliament House Art Collections. This collection comprises works of contemporary Australian art and craft that reflects aspects of Australian culture, character and identity. The Rotational Collection is on display in general circulation areas at Parliament House, in the parliamentarians’ suites, and public exhibitions.
‘Waterhole (Old Mutawintji Gorge)’, 2024, watercolour monotype on paper, 56cm x 76cm.
‘Entering and Returning (Old Mutawintji Gorge)’, 2024, pencil and watercolour monotype on paper, 56cm x 76cm.
More Than Reproduction is a Sydney-based artist-run initiative who celebrate and promote women printmakers. It’s a pleasure to be featured as their February 2025 Artist Profile. You can find a wonderful, growing archive of Profiles and more on their website.
studio portrait, 2023, photo by Sammy Hawker
I’m honoured to have three of my recent works included in The Shape of Things to Come at Shepparton Art Museum, Yorta Yorta Country, on display from 22 Feb until 9 June 2025. There will be opening event on Friday 21 March 6 - 8pm.
Featuring SAM collection works paired with key loans, The Shape of Things to Come presents a selection of evocative and inspiring artworks that invite us to think about the future, through both fantastical apocalyptic visions of disaster and utopian ideals of environmental sustainability and connection to place.
The Shape of Things to Come, Shepparton Art Museum:
Annika Romeyn, Old Mutawintji Gorge 1, 2023
Lin Onus, Floodwater Woorong Nucko, 1995
Anne Wenzel, Silent landscape (detail), 2006-2010
Borrowing its name from a 1933 science fiction novel written by H.G. Wells that imagines an alternative future society, The Shape of Things to Come provides a window into an unknown future where artists investigate ideas of progress, transformation, and adaptation through diverse mediums and bold visions. The artworks grapple with both the destruction we face and the potential for renewal, offering a powerful reflection on how art can act as both a warning and a catalyst for change.
Exhibition highlights include River, 2023, an immense linocut work from Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Bridget Hillebrand, on loan to SAM from the artist, and The Bird Agents, 2007-2008, a large-scale work on paper from artist Locust Jones.
Exhibiting artists: Penny Byrne, Penny Evans, Bridget Hillebrand, Locust Jones, Douglas Kolk, Lin Onus, John Perceval, Annika Romeyn, Anne Wenzel
It’s wonderful to be exhibiting new work in Seasonal Shifts alongside Matt Arbuckle, Wona Bae and Charlie Lawler, Tamara Dean, Brian Robinson, Hiromi Tango, and James Tylor.
The exhibition is on display from Wed 5 February 2025 until Sat 26 April 2025 at Town Hall Gallery, 360 Burwood Road Hawthorn, Naarm/Melbourne. Free entry.
I’ll be part of the artist and curator talk at 1pm on Saturday 22 Feb, followed by the official opening from 2 - 4pm.
Endurance 14, 2025, watercolour monotype on paper with watercolour additions, 228cm x 168cm.
Tracing the rhythms of life, memory, identity and human influence on the environment, ‘Seasonal Shifts’ is a group exhibition presenting artists whose works unveil our multifaceted relationship with the passage of time and our natural surroundings.
As observers of nature we bear witness to moments of seasonal change, and the beauty and unpredictability of our environment. We feel the impact of natural forces on our minds and bodies, and actions. A favourite flower, the smell of rain, or a familiar rock formation can become markers of experience, a record of our personal histories told through objects and places. As time unfolds, we see the traces we leave behind and the ways human presence alters the landscape, both subtle and drastic, temporary and permanent.
‘Seasonal Shifts’ reflects how we experience nature in cycles—its transformations marking time and seasons, anchoring memories, and stirring metaphors that deepen our sense of self. Through exquisite depth and imagination, each artist invites consideration of our role within, not apart from, the natural world.
Curated by Alana Seal