I’ m a ghost, I’m gone …
… ‘cause we don’t sleep when we’re working
we don’t bleed when we’re hurting

~ I’m a ghost – lyrics, Hilltop Hoods

Sally Bourke’s latest exhibition I’m a ghost, I’m gone features a suite of her beguiling and idiosyncratic portraits; rendered through expressive brushstrokes, abstracted forms, and a kaleidoscope of colours.

About the works, Sally shares: “The show is about becoming invisible. Maybe it’s age. But in turn, it gives the power to be a real observer. And see the real human you’re looking at. Even yourself.”

She draws on an archive of personal memory and internal experience to create characters that feel both familiar and strange.

Sally Bourke, Untitled 3, 2026, acrylic on ampersand, 61 x 46 cm