Material Matters: Textile Artist Group Exhibition
- Artemisia Gallery & Event Space 248 High St Windsor Australia (map)
Curated by Nicole Kemp, Material Matters explores the diverse and expressive potential of the textile medium as a powerful tool for contemporary artistic practice. Moving beyond traditional associations with craft and domesticity, these materials become vehicles for storytelling, emotion, and conceptual exploration. Each artist draws on personal memories, thoughts, and experiences, embedding meaning into every fiber and gesture.
Ultimately, Material Matters asks what defines art? Is it the medium, the intention, or the context in which it is presented? The exhibition offers new interpretations and deeper appreciation of traditionally overlooked materials and techniques.
Catalogue
Hooked loop rug, cotton, wool, silk, polyester
70 x 50cm
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Reclaimed ceramics, recycled kimono silk fabric, cotton and gold metallic or cotton thread
19 × 13 cm
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Reclaimed ceramics, recycled kimono silk fabric, cotton and gold metallic or cotton thread
13 × 11 cm
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Reclaimed ceramics, recycled kimono silk fabric, cotton and gold metallic or cotton thread
6 × 13.5 × 13.5 cm
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Reclaimed ceramics, recycled kimono silk fabric, cotton and gold metallic or cotton thread.
25 x 13 × 13 cm
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Reclaimed ceramics, recycled kimono silk fabric, cotton and gold metallic or cotton thread.
37h x 16 x 16cm
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Painted linen, cotton embroidery, glass beads, framed
22.5 x 22.5 cm
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Painted cotton sheet, cotton embroidery, framed
32.5 x 32.5 cm
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Cotton pillowcase, acrylic embroidery, framed
32.5 x 32.5 cm
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hand embroidery and cyanotype on calico
24 × 27 × 7 cm
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hand embroidery and beads on calico, polymer clay, chain and wire
35 × 16 × 9 cm
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found parts, polymer clay, cyanotype and hand emboidery on calico
30 × 12 × 7 cm (dimensions variable)
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hand embroidery on calico, polymer clay, wire, chain, beads
44 × 18 × 12 cm
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hand embroidery on calico, polymer clay, wire, found fabric, sequins
40 × 14 × 8 cm
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hand embroidery, calico, cyanotype, polymer clay, chain, wire beads, ostrich feathers
41 × 34 × 7 cm (Dimensions variable)
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Stoneware, beads and hand embroidery on calico
45 × 20 × 10 cm
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Rumi’s Garden – with Paradise flycatchers, pomegranate, Fleur de Lis, swallows and flowers 2025
Reclaimed antique & vintage needlework, antique silk damask, beading pins, archival mount board
105 x 71 × 5 cm
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collage weave of repurposed carton card, cotton thread and acrylic paint,approximately
82cm x 65cm
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fabric, thread, paint, beads.
Size – various
Price (per item) = $50, (or group of 2) = $75, (or group of 3) =$120
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Paper, handmade paper, thread, sticker
Framed 23 x 28 cm
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Paper, handmade paper, thread, sticker
Framed 23 x 28 cm
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Paper, handmade paper, thread, sticker
Framed 23 x 28 cm
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Natural/botanical inks with cloth on textured canvas
70 x 100 cm
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Reworked digital reproduction of Paula Modersohn Becker “Two Girls” 1906 (Hamburg Kunsthalle)
32 x 36 4cm
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Reworked digital reproduction of Natalia Goncharova “The Carriers” 1911 (Pompidou Centre)
32 x 36 x 4cm
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Nativity of St. John the Baptist c.1633/35 (Museo del Prado) - Reworked digital reproduction of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschim
39 x 43 x 6cm
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Judith and Maidservant c.1623/25 (Detroit Institute of Arts) - Reworked digital reproduction of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
34 x 39 x 4cm
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Judith and her Maidservant c.1618/19 (Palazzo Pitti) - Reworked digital reproduction of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
35 x 41 x 3 cm
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Judith and Holophernes c.1620 (Uffizi) - Reworked digital reproduction of paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
34 x 42 x 6cm
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hand embroidery, wet felting, ecoprinting. Wool, silk, paper
84 x 16.5 cm
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Hand embroidery, ecoprinting, sun dyeing, shibori. Repurposed fabrics; wool, cotton, silk, linen. Cotton, silk, rayon threads
82 x 68 cm
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Wet/needle felting, hand embroidery. Wool, silk, cotton/silk/metallic threads, grass matting
47 x 31 cm
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Hand printed cotton with linocut and botanicals with botanical inks made by the artist- hand stitched with linen thread
Various dimensions
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hand embroidered silk, bridal tulle
Width approx. 1.1 m, height minimum 1.1 m to approx. 3m
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Raspberry felt fabric, thread, stuffing.
162 × 67 × 12 cm
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Lino print, fabric paint, cotton calico, fusing, aerosol paint
As a set of 10 - $1,465
1) (2025) (top left)
2) Parent (2025) (top middle)
3) Stop Nomalising (2022) (top right)
4) The Fly (2025) (left middle)
5) Fashion Chelsea (2025) (middle middle)
6) Medical Misogyny (2022) (right middle)
7) HC? (2022) (lower left)
8) Girlfriend 1 (2025) (upper-lower middle)
9) Girlfriend 2 (2025) (lower right)
10) Wine (2025) (lower)
Mixed textiles and hand stitching
58 x 50 cm
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