From taking umbrage, Rainbow me hope!
ARTIST: Jai DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Acrylic paint, appliqué and beads on fabric ‘Where we are says a lot about the journey we have travelled and continue to travel. This is about hope, curiosity and wanting to explore what life has to offer. Through my struggles I have built relationships, friendships that have given me hope. […]…
Pieces of me
ARTIST: Jai DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Acrylic paint, appliqué and beads on fabric ‘Where we are says a lot about the journey we have travelled and continue to travel. This is about hope, curiosity and wanting to explore what life has to offer. Through my struggles I have built relationships, friendships that have given me hope. […]…
Faith
ARTIST: Gina DATE: 2025 MEDIUM: Photographs on fabric ‘My name is Gina. I’m a Polynesian transgender woman. I was born and raised in a very strictly religious, supportive, traditional and loving family. It’s fair to say that I was/am a richly blessed “fa’afafine” (transgender woman) who grew up with strong Christian and cultural values and […]…
Untethered
ARTIST: Fiona DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Fabric soaked in salt on metal ‘My work is about the environment I grew up in, a reminder of things, etched on my body, that cannot and should not be forgotten. This art is an alchemy, and within it, a conduit of understanding. I found a bed frame in the […]…
Nevertheless She Persisted
ARTIST: Evie DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Photographic digital print on velvet ‘The catalyst that led me to leave a violent relationship was when my grandmother, who I was so close to, chose to end her relationship by jumping in front of a moving train. I was so worried that this would be my […]…
The River
ARTIST: Elena DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Appliqué on fabric ‘My people, when we’ve got nowhere to go, we go to the river. This was my home for many of the years before I got my own home. This is now our gathering place for my Dad, children and grandchildren. The struggle is hard. […]…
The Power of Water: Opportunity, Oppression and the In-Between
ARTIST: Denise DATE: 2024 MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas ‘I know the power of water – both good and bad. As a woman with physical disability – specifically cerebral palsy, which means I walk with crutches, I have embraced water as a source of opportunity and potential. Water has been a place of […]…