Becoming Her

Curatorial essay for In the fibre of her being Exhibition
Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, October 2021- February 2022

Atong Atem, Crossing Threads®, Monika Cvitanovic Zaper, Paula do Prado, Julia Gutman, Nadia Hernández, Kate Just, Linda Sok, and the Tjanpi Desert Weavers 

In the fibre of her being contemplates the role of women as anonymous carriers and preservers of heritage. With fibre as their dialect, these artists speak to their personal and collective histories, exploring legacies of womanhood, female subjectivity, diaspora, resilience, and community. The transference of intergenerational knowledge underpins the exhibition. It is through these familial and gendered lineages, that the artists navigate their cultural and hybridised identities, and by extension their sense of self and being.