Exhibition: 12 – 20 December 2025 + 12 – 24 January 2026 (Please note the gallery is closed over Christmas)
Opening Event: Saturday 13 December 5 – 7pm | Artist Talk, 4 – 5pm with Jocelyn Flynn
Carving his love for Country, the exhibition Middle World: Every change a continuation, every season a story sees Teho Ropeyarn illustrate the transient seasons of Cape York. With organic design, Ropeyarn draws on the interface of cultural memory and time to traverse the landscape in its wet, dry, and burnt form.
Essay writer, Shonae Hobson states that, “Middle World is a spiritual metaphor that speaks to how First Nations people understand and interact with Country. The exhibition is deeply rooted in themes of cultural memory, connection to place, and the intimate, interwoven stories that are passed down by family and community. In Middle World, Ropeyarn draws from his childhood memories of travelling across the Peninsula Development Road (PDR) in Cape York. Stretching an expansive 571 kilometres from Lakeland to the tip of Australia, the PDR remains one of Australia’s last great wilderness tracks.”
