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Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface Survey Exhibition
About
Jemima Wyman is a Palawa artist who was born in Sydney and grew up in the Isaac and Mackay regions. As a high-profile practicing artist, living and working between Brisbane and Los Angeles, USA, Wyman has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally since 1998.
Using collage across paper, digital and textile media, Wyman hand cuts camouflage imagery from global protest movements to create beguiling pattern-based formations. Both visually delightful and visceral, her compilation-based imagery embeds the genre of pattern and design as a powerful making tool.
We are delighted to support a survey exhibition of Jemima’s work, Deep Surface, presented at QUT Art Museum, Meanjin/Brisbane from 16 February to 31 May 2026. The exhibition will then tour to the Samstag Museum of Art, Tarntanya/Adelaide in late 2026, and to UNSW Galleries, Gadigal/Sydney in early 2027.
Why
Funding Deep Surface is essential to recognising the significant contribution of Jemima Wyman, a Palawa artist with an established international practice spanning Australia and the United States. Her distinctive collage works transform camouflage imagery from global protest movements into complex patterns that are both visually compelling and politically resonant, offering powerful reflections on visibility, resistance, and collective identity.
Presented at QUT Art Museum and touring to the Samstag Museum of Art and UNSW Galleries, this major survey will bring her influential practice to wide national audiences. Supporting the exhibition strengthens the visibility of an Aboriginal artist working at an international level and invests in critical contemporary art discourse across Australia.
