Opening Event
Sat 3rd Dec 5-7pm
Artist Talk:
Sat 3rd Dec 4.30pm
Artists in conversation with Holly Anderson
Accompanying text by Sally Molloy
Opening Times
Fri 2nd Dec 12pm – 5pm
Sat 3rd Dec 10am – 5pm
Sun 4th Dec 12pm – 4pm
Words from the artists
Australia always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We acknowledge and respect the Turrbal and Jagera people, the traditional custodians of this land.
“The colonial additions to the earth, all of the concrete and the bitumen covering the ground are human-permanent things that aren't really permanent. They're like a jacket, this little layer, and the earth gets all hot and bothered and moves and wants to shrug it off.
My paintings are very ~Brisbane-y~ but I think if I lived somewhere else they would be more like that place rather than here. I scratch lines onto the surface of timber boards, abstract shapes and scapes that echo out from around here where I live and spend most of my time.
Steep streets with timber and tin houses, attempting human-straight lines, warping and crack(l)ing in the heat and humidity, the wet and the earth. Walking around here all you ever need is a light jacket."
- Loki Groves, November, 2022
“My work depicts suburban scenes and textures captured and collected whilst roaming the suburban landscape.
I’m often drawn to stop and look at the older, more modest houses, endeared by their wonky, unpretentious charm. There is a kind of resistance and resilience to these places. Resisting the pressure to change, resilient in their sustained existence. And, deliciously textural: peeling paint, rusty fences, squeaky gates and crumbling concrete surrounded by sprawling gardens and a random pot plant, dotted here and there. Caught in a pre-nostalgic moment. A warm welcome, a kindness, a gentle embrace.”
- J.F.A. Hynd, November, 2022
Biographies
Loki Groves
Loki currently lives in Paddington, and has lived in the Samford Valley, Wights Mountain, Ashgrove, Red Hill, Milton, Rosalie, around Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. They studied History and Politics at UQ before majoring in painting at the Queensland College of Art. They've exhibited locally and in NSW and WA.
Instagram: @loki.groves
J.F.A. Hynd
Jess Hynd is originally from Aotearoa New Zealand and has lived predominantly in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. Hynd’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) from the Queensland University of Technology (Distinction) in 2002 and undergraduate studies in Design at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (2008). Hynd has exhibited her artwork, designs and performances in both solo and group contexts in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. An adoptee, Hynd’s initials honour both of her biological Grandmothers: Frances and Adriana.
Website: jfahynd.com
Instagram: @jfa.hynd