“Changing States builds on ideas developed during my 2024 Edith Cowan University and Western Australian Parliament Artist in Residence program, as well as my recent group exhibition Paper Thin, Skin Deep at Mundaring Arts Centre 2026 curated by Annette Peterson. The work explores what it means to inhabit a body—through material, metaphorical, and cultural layers of skin.

With over thirty years of experience across Australasia, including a decade working in Singapore, my practice examines my relationship to place within the Western Australian landscape. Originally from Melbourne, where I studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and majored in Printmaking, this exhibition marks a full-circle return—bringing together the journeys and experiences that have shaped my work internationally.”

– Jo Darvall, 2026

Jo Darvall, Brown Stick, 2026. Etching and monotype on Arches BFK, 45cm by 48cm.