Group exhibition: Expanded Textiles

Bringing together nineteen intergenerational artists and their wide range of conceptual, spatial and materially complex practices, this exhibition emphasises transformation and experimentation. Natural processes such as plant-based dyeing, growing plant and fungi fibres, weathering and staining, connect a number of the works. Others are connected by construction and deconstruction through processes of weaving, stitching, twisting, spinning and knotting using traditional manual techniques. In contrast, several foreground biological investigation, or technological processes and innovative fabrication methods. Many make connections between nature and the climate crisis, personal history, ancestry and identity, which resonate as non-linear narratives throughout the exhibitions.

Together, these artists reveal the remarkable versatility of textiles as a contemporary artistic medium, both visually compelling and intellectually engaging, honouring traditional techniques while continually evolving through new ideas, materials and processes.

Artists: Nqa Blayed, Jane Bodnaruk, Julia Boros, Sadhbha Cockburn, Elizabeth Day, Ellen Ferrier, Joanna Fowles, Kath Fries, Agnieszka Golda, Sylvia Griffin, Cecilia Heffer, Waihan Lee, Madeline McGregor, Julie Paterson, Sue Pedley, Catriona Pollard, Venessa Possum, Rhonda Pryor, Jane Richens

Curators: Kath Fries and Sylvia Griffin

Exhibition assistant: Annie Lu

Gallery open Friday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm. Artist talks every Sunday at 2pm.