Dani McKenzie, Girls, 2025, oil and acrylic on linen, 52 x 60cm. Courtesy of MARS and the artist.

“Women just paint women differently.” ~ Andy Dinan, MARS Gallery Director

As subject matter, women have long been subject to a male interpretation of the female form. Capturing the eyes and minds of artists, from drawers to sculptors, and especially painters, the woman has historically existed only as muse. Featuring the work of twelve female artists, She Paints Her shifts our gaze to the Australian women painting women.

Redefining the image of the woman, these twelve emerging to established artists are developing new ways to communicate womanhood through their practices of painting, sculpting and etching. Whether in surreal, imagined spaces or familiar everyday scenes, these twelve artists each channel an impulse and experience; something, and someone, who has always been forgotten in depictions of ‘womanhood’.

Featuring: Alissa Brooke Lamb, Grace Cram, Nicola Higgins, Jacqueline Hennessey, Dani McKenzie, Georgina Mills, Sophia Hewson, Jessica Murtagh, Saffron Newey, Jacqui Stockdale, Lily Walker, Prudence Wilkinson.

Opening event: Saturday 12 April, 5-7pm