Exhibitions

Guruwa gunya
(gum tree home)

30 August - 6 October 2024

Guruwa gunya (gum tree home), is an immersive solo exhibition of new work by muruwari artist, Dr Virginia Keft. The exhibition invites audiences to an experiential and sensory encounter that blends concepts of Country and the natural world of the Australian bushland, with the domestic and urban space of ‘home’. The exhibition incorporates installation, painting, assemblage, weaving and textiles.

As a muruwarri woman, artist, and single mother living in suburban Dharawal Country beneath Geera (Mt Keira), the works in the exhibition speak to ‘home’ in multiple senses.

Firstdraft
13-17 Riley St,
Woolloomooloo NSW 2011

Opening Friday 30 Aug 6-8pm

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I invite you into my home of three. Experience the crunch and crackle of the gum leaves and bark beneath your feet, breathe in the scent of Eucalyptus oil in the air, conjure the ethereal quality of Country at dusk. Look to the matjam getting ready to fly and consider the kinship bonds that keep them safe. Some of us are guests here, we are on Aboriginal land.

Pinampi (listen to remember)

19 June - 14 July 2024

Pinampi (listen to remember) was fashioned through the acts of learning, listening, and engaging with Culture. Drawing inspiration from the suburban and the domestic, Dr Virginia Keft seeks to override assumed knowledges of these spaces to shed light on narratives of Country, truth and healing.

Dr Virginia Keft is a proud Muruwari woman, living and working on Dharawal Country. She is a multi-disciplinary, award-winning artist, curator, producer, and researcher.

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