CAROLINE WALLS

CURRENT EXHIBITION:

MOTHERLOVER
13TH OF OCTOBER - 5TH OF NOVEMBER 2022

Jerico Contemporary is pleased to present our second solo exhibition with Australian artist Caroline Walls, MotherLover. The show will open on Thursday the 13th of October and continue through to Saturday the 5th of November 2022.

In her latest body of work, Walls moves in a new figurative direction, capturing the quiet, unseen moments of life. Far from the gestural, abstract works she has become known for, this latest series see’s the artist make intimate paintings that thoughtfully and carefully capture the ordinariness and extraordinariness of the everyday experience. For Walls, the everyday is the beauty and tenderness of motherhood and (same-sex) marriage; and in each painting we see glimpses and moments of these two seemingly opposing forces, motherhood and sexuality come together.

PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS:

SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY PRESENTS
1ST OF OCTOBER - 31ST OF OCTOBER 2020

Caroline Walls’ latest body of work for Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020 is an intimate meditation on various states of love, longing and identity. Having experienced contrasting emotions of chaos and calm as a new mother, these paintings see Walls lay bare expressions of her innermost thoughts and feelings. Forming part of the artist's ongoing exploration of the female form, these themes are at play with one another and refer back to her recent exhibition Resemblance.

‘RESEMBLANCE’
2ND OF APRIL - 25TH OF APRIL 2020

Using a restrained colour palette of neutrals, rich blues and earthly natural tones, combined with a deep consideration for the line and composition that makes up each artwork, Caroline Walls’ paintings hover somewhere between figuration and abstraction. Fluidity of form and heroic silhouettes loom, in a substantial yet tender light, emanating a nuanced reading of femininity.

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WALK THROUGH THE EXHIBITION

WATCH:
ARTIST TALK | CAROLINE WALLS

Walk through Caroline Walls Resemblance with the artist as she gives insight into the process behind her practice and first solo exhibition with Jerico Contemporary.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:

Caroline Walls was born in 1984, Auckland, New Zealand. The artist holds an Honours degree in Visual Communication (Swinburne University of Melbourne) and a Post-graduate degree in Visual Arts (Victorian College of the Arts). Her solo exhibitions include ‘Resemblance’, Jerico Contemporary (2020), ‘Darker Places’, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne (2018), ‘Maybe She’, Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney (2017), ‘Another Thought’, Modern Times, Melbourne (2017) and ‘The Women’, Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne (2015). Her group exhibitions include Sydney Contemporary Presents, Jerico Contemporary (2020), ‘Friends and Family’, Diane Singer, Melbourne (2019), ‘Rituals’, Modern Times, Melbourne (2019), ‘TDF Collect’, The Design Files, Melbourne (2019), ‘Nobody’s Baby’, The Ladies Network, Sydney (2017). The artist currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.