Exhibition Opening: Primavera, Jodie Munday, and Right to Work

Celebrate with us as we open the first exhibitions for 2025!
Primavera: Young Australian Artists, sees Tiyan Baker, Christopher Bassi, Moorina Bonini, Nikki Lam, Sarah Poulgrain and True Truong investigate themes of protest, perseverance, identity and history.

Curator Talia Smith asks what are artists creating to challenge society's prescribed structures, built by a select few to supposedly serve and protect us?

Through new and recent works in various media, including installation, video, painting, sculpture, mark-making and text, Primavera is an exhibition as call to action. Drawing on their lived experience, these early-career artists work to disrupt the dynamics of power and deliver compelling alternatives to the status quo.

Primavera is an annual exhibition for Australian artists aged 35 years and under. It was initiated in 1992 by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in dialogue with Dr Edward Jackson AM and Mrs Cynthia Jackson AM in memory of their daughter Belinda, a talented jeweller who died at the age of 29. The exhibition commemorates Belinda Jackson by celebrating the creative achievements of young artists in the early stages of their careers.

A Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Museums & Galleries of NSW touring exhibition, curated by Talia Smith. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Visions of Australia program.

Exhibiting in Gallery 2, Jodie Munday presents Woven Stories. Living and working extensively across the Goulburn region, Wiradjuri artist Jodie Munday holds an artistic practice that spans drawing, painting, printmaking, pottery, wood burning and weaving. Woven Stories presents an installation of weavings inspired by significant people, places, and events in the artist’s life. Culturally and technically influenced by her Aboriginal and Celtic heritage, Munday’s works feature a combination of native plants and fibre, including Lomandra and Flax, along with both natural and hand dyed raffia.
Curating this iteration of The Window is a team of Goulburn's Right to Work Learners. Right to Work is a social enterprise working with our local community to enable employment opportunities for young adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. Working with Program and exhibition coordinator Hannah Gee, the Right to Work Leaners selected incredible works from the Gallery's permanent collection for display.

Host or Publisher Goulburn Regional Art Gallery