Shadows Grown

Talitha Kennedy’s black leather soft sculptures and black ink drawings bring to life a shadowy inner landscape of bodily engagement with nature. Created with an intuitive understanding of how plants grow, her work emphasises a tactile, hands-on encounter of the natural world.

In the shadows, we feel our way through the dark, guided by memory to sense what is real or imagined. The mind’s eye draws on folklore, emotion, and anthropomorphic gestures. It’s from this uncanny realm that Talitha’s sculptures and drawings grow.

Talitha Kennedy has shown sculptures, drawings and installations throughout Australia. Solo shows include Artisan Brisbane, Stockroom Kyneton, Chapman & Bailey Melbourne, MARS Melbourne, Umbrella Townsville and NCCA Darwin. Her work has been curated into survey exhibitions, including PRICK! Needlework Now RMIT Gallery Melbourne, Fresh Material: New Australian Textile Art, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville, Fecund: Fertile Worlds Artback NT Touring Exhibition, and Legacy: Reflections on Mabo, which toured with Visions Australia (2019 – 2023) to 10 public galleries. Talitha is based in Naarm, Melbourne and holds an MVA from Charles Darwin University, Darwin.

Photography by Darren Tanny Tan

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