From his Melbourne studio, ceramic artist Stephen Benwell has spent fifty years transforming clay into intimate sculptures that speaks to both classical traditions and contemporary desires.

Hazy and sun-streaked, almost yellowed with age, Meriam and Yupungathi artist Christopher Bassi’s paintings are reminiscent of time passed.

Melbourne artist Jessie French seeks answers to our climate issues with algae-based plastic futuristic artworks. Otherworldly and dystopian or utopian (depending on your perspective), the works are conceptually reflective, allowing the viewer to examine humanity’s destructive role in waste and production while opening possibility for future hope.

Working predominantly with oil on canvas, but often exploring the expanse of different mediums such as alkyds, wax medium, marble dust and acrylics, Canberra-based artist Joel Arthur creates bodies of work in dialogue with one another – setting anchor points within each painting that oscillate between abstraction and landscapes.