Emma Jeffery: Growing pains

Emma Jeffery: Growing pains

Emma Jeffery, My first makeup. 2025, oil paints on canvas, 20cm x 20cm. Image courtesy of artist.

2 Apr 2025 — 6 Apr 2025

Emma Jeffery: Growing pains

Emma Jeffery, My first makeup. 2025, oil paints on canvas, 20cm x 20cm. Image courtesy of artist.

DatesWednesday 02 April to Sunday 06 April
Times10:00am — 3:00pm
CostFree
BookingNo bookings are required to visit the exhibition. Opening event: Tuesday 1 April 2025, from 6pm

Growing Pains takes you on a journey of rediscovering your spark and reconnecting with your inner child.

Like pieces of a story, the works begin by reflecting on childhood, depicting vibrant nostalgic memorabilia in oil-paint, then moving onto adolescence, highlighting much moodier and darker themes.

This exhibition aims to ultimately complete a journey in a full circle moment - an adult reconnecting to their inner child. The works developed for this exhibition have been created to instill feelings of joy, hope, and nostalgia through their whimsical dreamlike style, touches of vibrant neon, and plays of light.

Emma Jeffery, Happy Birthday, 2025. oil paints on canvas, 76 cm x 101 cm. Image courtesy of artist.

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