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What triggers nostalgia? It carries the warmth of memories, the weight of longing, and the bittersweet recognition of our lives lived. Yesterday is a group exhibition by the gallery's represented artists that explore nostalgia as an emotional and cultural force.
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VIpoo Srivilasa 'Central to Vipoo Srivilasa’s creative practice is art’s ability to elicit the sense of joy, whilst also acting as a conduit for serious issues...'
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Marilyn Russell Marilyn Russell is a Bidjigal woman from the coastal community of La Perouse. Her artmaking practice is a continuation of the centuries-old tradition of shellwork, passed down through generations of Aboriginal women.
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Christopher Zanko 'Zanko creates permanence through the action of carving and simultaneously gives these homes and memories an enduring place to survive.'
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Tom Blake Tom Blake’s practice draws on fragmented moments, looped imagery and recurring motifs as potential sites for contemplating the psychological, architectural and technological frameworks that surround us.
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Louise Zhang 'The greatest tool in painting is colour, because colour has the greatest way of manipulating perspective.'
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Darrell Sibosado Darrell Sibosado is a Bard man from Lombadina situated on the Dampier Peninsula of the Kimberley coast, Western Australia. His practice explores the innovative potential of the riji (pearl shell) designs within a contemporary context.
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Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro Working as a collaborative duo since 2001, Claire Healy & Sean Cordeiro's practice reflects a preoccupation with the dynamics of global mobility, fallout of consumer society, and contemporary notion of home.
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Natasha walsh 'My practice thrives on experimentation... I actually don’t enjoy confronting my reflection. At times the vulnerability of this can be very disheartening and unpleasant.'
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Joshua Charadia 'Oil painting allows me to arrest a moment in time and capture a complexity of detail and form that are hidden within these images...'
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Casey Chen Casey Chen’s ceramics practice references historical illustrations from an eclectic mix of folklore, mythology and pop culture.
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Sally Anderson 'Deep within, her paintings carry autobiographical elements heavy with memory and meaning...'
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Sally Scales Sally Scales creates vibrant landscapes that represent her ancestral home and tjukurpa. Her unique aesthetic combines elements of the artistic styles of her two grandmothers, Kuntjiriya Mick and Kunmanara (Wawiriya) Burton, and her mother, Josephine Mick.
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Holly Anderson From across a room, Holly Anderson’s paintings appear to swim in the brightness of a clear sky. Bursts of sunlight populate familiar subject matter – interiors, figures, skies, and water are monochromic planes pierced with white light...
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James Tylor James Tylor is a multi-disciplinary visual artist whose practice explores Australian environment, culture and social history through photography, video, painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, sound, scent and food.
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Kyra Mancktelow Kyra Mancktelow’s multidisciplinary practice investigates legacies of colonialism, posing important questions such as how we remember and acknowledge Indigenous histories.
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Thea Anamara Perkins ‘It’s about taking charge of representation – I find that painting is a very simple and direct way of communicating things that I want to say.’
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Fiona Lowry Lowry’s paintings of the Australian landscape portray the bush as strangely beautiful, alluring and steadfast. Rendered in vibrant, dreamlike colours and made nebulous by the artist’s distinctive airbrush technique.
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Joan RossCan I help you?, 2025watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on paper76 x 58 cm (sheet) / 86 x 67.5 cm (frame) -
Joan RossLove won't save you, 2025watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on paper76 x 58 cm (sheet) / 86 x 67.5 cm (frame)
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Joan RossWhat we learn from our parents, 2025watercolour and synthetic polymer paint on paper76 x 58 cm (sheet) / 86 x 67.5 cm (frame)
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Joan Ross Bold and experimental, Joan Ross' practice investigates the legacy of colonialism in Australia with a particular focus on reconfiguring the colonial Australian landscape and drawing attention to the complex and ongoing issues surrounding the effects of globalisation and colonisation.
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As visitors move through this exhibition, they are invited to reflect on their own relationship with the past, and ask the questions: What do we choose to remember? What do we long for? And how does nostalgia shape the stories we tell about ourselves?
Through painting, sculpture, photography, and multimedia works, the artists in this exhibition revisit personal and collective histories. Some reconstruct childhood memories, while others explore the aesthetics of bygone eras, lost traditions and mediums, or the fleeting nature of human connection. These artworks do not merely look back – they interrogate the act of remembering itself.
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