Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia
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Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia is a soulful exhibition by artist Lucy Gray, exploring grief, loss, suffering, resilience and hope.
The exhibition offers a quiet space to consider experiences that are often kept private or unseen. For Lucy, art has become an important language for moving through pain, loss and renewal, providing a way to express lament while holding onto the possibility of hope.
Bringing together large scale paintings, video works, linocut prints and drawings, many of the works have emerged from specific moments in Lucy’s own journey through loss and suffering.
The title Serotiny refers to the botanical ability of some banksias to release or germinate their seeds in response to fire. Using the banksia as an allegory, the exhibition considers how suffering and endurance can lead to transformation, and how healing, resilience and new growth can emerge from life’s most fractured places.
More than simply a botanical subject, the banksia becomes a guide through the exhibition, offering a reflection on resilience, renewal and the legacies we carry forward.
Exhibition Opening
Friday 11 September 2026
6pm–7.30pm
Join us at CASM to celebrate the opening of Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia and experience Lucy Gray’s work in the gallery.
Artist Talk
Saturday 19 September 2026
2pm–3pm
Hear directly from Lucy Gray as she discusses the ideas, experiences and creative processes behind Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia.
Exhibition Details
Dates: Saturday 12 September – Sunday 11 October 2026
Location: Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, 63 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah
Opening hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 10am–4pm
Tickets: Free, no bookings required
Accessibility: The gallery is wheelchair accessible and has ACROD parking and an accessible toilet.
Presented by the City of Mandurah and Lucy Gray as part of Mandurah Arts Festival 2026.
Related Mandurah Arts Festival Events
CASM After Dark: Shaded Banksias
Friday 18 September and Friday 25 September
6pm–8.30pm
Experience CASM after dark with an evening inspired by the banksia and Lucy Gray’s Serotiny exhibition.
Serenity: Yoga in the Gallery
Saturday 3 October
5pm–6.30pm
Slow down, breathe and find a moment of calm with yoga in the gallery, surrounded by the artworks of Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia.
The exhibition offers a quiet space to consider experiences that are often kept private or unseen. For Lucy, art has become an important language for moving through pain, loss and renewal, providing a way to express lament while holding onto the possibility of hope.
Bringing together large scale paintings, video works, linocut prints and drawings, many of the works have emerged from specific moments in Lucy’s own journey through loss and suffering.
The title Serotiny refers to the botanical ability of some banksias to release or germinate their seeds in response to fire. Using the banksia as an allegory, the exhibition considers how suffering and endurance can lead to transformation, and how healing, resilience and new growth can emerge from life’s most fractured places.
More than simply a botanical subject, the banksia becomes a guide through the exhibition, offering a reflection on resilience, renewal and the legacies we carry forward.
Exhibition Opening
Friday 11 September 2026
6pm–7.30pm
Join us at CASM to celebrate the opening of Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia and experience Lucy Gray’s work in the gallery.
Artist Talk
Saturday 19 September 2026
2pm–3pm
Hear directly from Lucy Gray as she discusses the ideas, experiences and creative processes behind Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia.
Exhibition Details
Dates: Saturday 12 September – Sunday 11 October 2026
Location: Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, 63 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah
Opening hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 10am–4pm
Tickets: Free, no bookings required
Accessibility: The gallery is wheelchair accessible and has ACROD parking and an accessible toilet.
Presented by the City of Mandurah and Lucy Gray as part of Mandurah Arts Festival 2026.
Related Mandurah Arts Festival Events
CASM After Dark: Shaded Banksias
Friday 18 September and Friday 25 September
6pm–8.30pm
Experience CASM after dark with an evening inspired by the banksia and Lucy Gray’s Serotiny exhibition.
Serenity: Yoga in the Gallery
Saturday 3 October
5pm–6.30pm
Slow down, breathe and find a moment of calm with yoga in the gallery, surrounded by the artworks of Serotiny: Parables of the Banksia.
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63 Ormsby Terrace, Mandurah, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6210
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Host or PublisherContemporary Art Spaces Mandurah
