Collective 24 presents Creativa Xi
All the artists from Collective 24 are busy in their studios, deep in the making for this year’s exhibition Creativa XI.
Coming together again this September at Kindred Camera. More soon.
Merri bek Summer Show 2025
A mannequin turned into a martinet to represent cohesive control.
Suspended
Mixed Media Sculpture
120 × 70 × 60 cm
Suspended explores love in the context of coercive control, a form of family violence that quietly strips away freedom, voice, and identity.
The marionette figure, suspended by strings and without a head, represents the loss of agency experienced under coercive control. When autonomy is removed, even love itself can be manipulated and used as a tool of power.
By presenting the figure as a puppet, the work makes visible what is often hidden behind closed doors. The absence of a head underscores the erasure of selfhood and choice, revealing coercive control not only as a private experience but as a broader social issue, one reinforced by systems that rely on silence and submission.
Created for the Love in Crisis theme of the Merri-bek Summer Show, Suspended asks how we can stand together in divided times.
GenU ArtX Metro
Wild Empress: Oracle of the Untamed
Mixed media mask sculpture | 220cm W x 38cm H
Crowned in antlers and gold, draped in vines and vision, the Wild Empress embodies the meeting point of wilderness, ritual, and regality. She is both mask and monarch, oracle and archetype, a reminder of feminine strength that is untamed yet sovereign.
This large-scale work combines handmade deer antlers crafted from paper mache and armature, a gilded crown, and a masquerade mask. Adorned with looping vines, the piece explores transformation, hidden power, and the balance between nature and ceremony.
Creativa by Collective 24
I'm so excited to share that I’m exhibiting in Creativa, the very first group exhibition by Collective 24 — a group of emerging artists who’ve come together to celebrate creativity without limits.
Being part of this collective has been such a meaningful experience. It's about connection, collaboration, and the courage to share our unique stories and approaches with the world.
Creativa brings together work across a variety of mediums and media — a vibrant, heartfelt celebration of what can happen when different perspectives meet and spark new ideas.
Merri-bek Summer Show 2024
The Unseen Woman
This artwork depicts a sheer, ghostly figure of a woman, symbolising the growing invisibility that women often face as they age. Working with the theme of (Be)Longing, this piece explores the conflict between the desire to belong and the reality of becoming overlooked. The ethereal form captures the silent struggle of women yearning for recognition in a society that frequently sidelines them. Through this work, I aim to create a dialogue about the value of ALL women. We must acknowledge their presence, their contributions, their Wisdom and their worth. ALL women deserve to be seen.
Kintsugi of the Soul: Embrace the Broken
Journey through Resilience
This is Ange’s first solo exhibition, featuring plaster cast torsos that create a visual representation of the effects of Family Violence. Examining the impact of words on the body, to the golden mend of kintsugi, showing the of strength and renewal. Each piece, a celebration of beauty emerging from vulnerability. The art extends beyond the cast to torn canvases adorned with Kintsugi, symbolising resilience. The ceramic bowls highlight the original concept. Amid the exhibition is additional artworks by the artist.
Emerge
Join us for the opening of our Certificate IV Visual Arts exhibition encompassing drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and more.
Late to the Party - Rediscovering Creativity
Rediscovering Creativity - highlights the transformative power of pursuing artistic passions later in life. It acknowledges the courage and dedication of mature-aged students who are embracing their artistic potential and embarking on a new chapter of personal and creative growth. Each artist has created works in their own unique style reflecting their diverse life experiences and using different mediums, including printmaking, painting, and sculpture.
The General Public
In 2022, 99% was a year-long schedule of exhibitions, public programs, texts, and conversations that untangle the complex connections between populism and contemporary art, staged in a dedicated gallery space in the Nicholas Building in Melbourne’s CBD, and with a public-facing online platform.