Group Exhibition: After the Earth

“Along with myriad other life forms, we are part of the earth. It is our home, our green and blue anchor in the dark. At times, it is a fraught relationship. We burn and pillage its resources. At other times, we treat it with care, reverence and respect. Undoubtedly, one of our most fruitful connections to the earth is how we engage creatively with its materials and the infinitely complex experience of living upon it. For millennia, artists have been inspired by the earth, the endless cycle of life and death playing out across its surface. Brought together here for After the Earth, six Australian artists work across painting, ceramics, collage and photography to consider how we engage with the earth and how lived experience shapes our understanding of all the beauty and mystery it contains.”

— Catalogue essay excerpt, Briony Downes, 2026