Bushranger series

Bushrangers are symbols of colonial mythology. My questioning mind is always wondering what is fact or fiction.
Do we reevaluate our unconscious bias, memories, social histories and store of knowledge?
How do we form our opinions?

Bushrangers are seen as heroes to some and villains by others. But to me, they have been dehumanised for the sake of others.

Ned Kelly, for instance, was symbolised with his armour, but his humility, diversity, vulnerability, strength, fragility and humour escape attention. In our (male-dominated) troubled world, I think it is important to reevaluate our unconscious bias, our opinions and our store of knowledge to allow for other discoveries.

Kim Barter, 2025

Kim Barter is a painter and printmaker living in Central Victoria. Barter has a Bachelor of Visual Arts with a major in Textiles from the Charles Sturt University, where she lectured throughout her early career in Printed textiles and Drawing. Since the mid-1980s, Barter has exhibited throughout Australia, including notable exhibitions at Linden Contemporary, Libby Edwards Gallery, Australian Galleries, the Albury Regional Gallery and Stockroom. Her work has been shortlisted for the Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Prize and the Frankston Art Prize and has been commissioned by the Print Council of Australia and Wagga Wagga City Council.
Collections include the Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, the Ararat Art Gallery and private collections in Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan and the Netherlands.

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