PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS | UPCOMING EXHIBITION

OPENING NIGHT: Fri 29 May 6pm - 8pm  | DATES: 28 May - 12 June 2026

BACK GALLERY

THE VASTNESS IS BEARABLE ONLY THROUGH LOVE
by Kate Belvedere

CATALOGUE

‘For small creatures such as we, the vastness is only bearable through love’ - Carl Sagan 

This exhibition explores my experience of my grandmother’s dementia. Through these works, I examine grief as an active process of learning how to love and care in the face of cognitive decline. 
Native satin bowerbirds are a metaphor for cognitive theft—animals notorious for stealing blue objects have come to represent the indifferent reality of the nature of illness. 
To counterbalance this loss, faithful dogs and rituals of care surround. These works recognize the solemn privilege of witnessing Nan’s journey and act as a visual representation of my love and care for her. 

SIDE GALLERY

QUIET FOREST
by Neha Gupte

CATALOGUE

The Quiet Forest series for me is a way to cope with the challenges life has brought my way and the life I am living while navigating grief and appreciating how it can slowly convert into a spectrum of emotions, quiet moments of joy and calm self-acceptance.

The process of making these artworks has been a much-needed sensory reset. It’s a pause and space for me to breathe while learning to navigate life with endometriosis and adenomyosis alongside the mental health challenges that accompany them.

I started sketching the artworks from a place of longing to be in nature but not being able to on most days and spending time making these artworks instead. I wanted to create an environment in the artworks that facilitated a sense of grounding and emotional safety capturing the sensory effect nature has - the concept of forest bathing.

 

 

UPSTAIRS GALLERY

ENCOUNTERS
by Steve Lees

CATALOGUE

Developed during an art residency in Onishi, Japan, this body of work reflects a series of encounters between materials, place, and process. Each form draws from the town’s relationship with rock and everyday building materials. Designed as vessels that hold nature, the works mirror the way nature is present throughout the town, embedded in buildings and structures. Fired in an anagama kiln for four days, flame and ash move across the surface of each work, producing subtle shifts in tone and texture. These works interpret place through materiality, holding relationships between objects, nature, and their surroundings.