EDGEWORK

2025

Exhibition with Jo Isabel Klima
Field Trip Gallery

  • 'EDGEWORK brought together the work of artists Emily Devers and Jo Isabel Klima, whose individual practices investigate visual thresholds — the elusive spaces where boundaries dissolve and definition propagates in unexpected ways.

    Through their distinct yet complementary approaches, this exhibition of small works invited viewers to consider how we navigate the intersections of subject and space within an image, and the role of light and material in the definition of edges.


    Together, they employed common graphic devices such as the grid, and shared material resources to create personal and collaborative artworks as an opportunity to define the edges of where their individual practices may coalesce. 

    Each artwork in EDGEWORK presents slippages between various boundaries — where light, materials and images shift, overlap, and transform. Together, Emily and Jo created a series of artworks as small moments of potential, sparking contemplation around how we interpret the public and private spaces we occupy.

OPEN STUDIO

2024

Open Studio
Vacant Assembly

  • These works were exhibited at an open studio event, while I practiced out of Vacant Assembly, West End, Meanjin (Brisbane) in 2024.

    My research as a Master in Visual Art (QCAD) explored the democratisation of space. This democratisation takes place through the interrogation of “High” and “Low” art systems using collage as a means to deconstruct the value within an image.

    My ongoing research is committed to developing a contemporary visual language that integrates public (new-genre mural art) and private (institutional art) methodologies within an expanded painting practice.

FORM/FROM

2024

Group Exhibition
Cornerstone Pop-Up

  • Studio Flek curated FORM FROM - a pop-up exhibition and showroom at the Gold Coast’s Cornerstone Stores.

    A curated collection by Studio Flek’s Chris and Lisa, this two-week exhibition presented the work of makers, designers, and artists from Southeast Queensland and the Northern Rivers.
    Located at Cornerstone Stores in Currumbin, each piece was carefully chosen because of its mindful construction and sensitivity to its material relationship with the environment.
    This event proudly articulated the region’s art & design emergence on a national scale, and invited visitors to experience the thoughtful design and creative innovation that defines this part of the country.

    Featured Artists, Makers and Designers -

    Studio Flek
    Five Mile Radius
    Fearon
    Tim Wilson
    Fluxwood
    Claudio Kirac
    Lex Williams
    Isaac Chatterton
    Xander Atkinson
    Emily Devers
    Jordan Azcune
    Ajar Studio

VA IN-HOUSE

2024

Resident Artist Group Exhibition
Vacant Assembly

  • This series of works was exhibited as part of Vacant Assembly Gallery’s annual Artist In Residence Showcase - VA IN HOUSE.

    Other participating artists were Laura Pascoe (Brush & Wheel Ceramics), Sarah Sumutin (furniture & installation), Tony White (painting), Sam Eyles (painting), Chloë Waddell (jewellery), and Julie Smeros (ceramics).

    It’s a collection of material and process explorations that supported current research as a Master of Visual Art at Queensland College of Art & Design (QCAD). A number of the works were prototypes for larger pieces, or represent the departure point for future works.

Upper House
Permanent Collection

2024

ARIA
UPPER HOUSE

  • This series is a reflection on the role of art institutions in the display of high-value art objects and the subsequent proliferation of their value mythology.

    Each piece features original found imagery, film photos and studio textures by the artist, and each reproduction is uniquely hand embellished with oil paint.

    Upper House is an ARIA property residential development, designed by the renowned Koichi Takada Architects. Upper House is inspired by the organic forms of the Daintree Rainforest, and is located only moments away from the heart of the Southbank cultural precinct.

    The Upper House permanent art collection has been thoughtfully curated by Prudence McComish, and includes a diverse collection of Australian artists who pay particular attention to capturing and interpreting their natural environment.

<play/ground>

2023

Still Living Arrangements
Howard Smith Wharves + Museum of Brisbane

  • Museum of Brisbane partnered with Brisbane City Council on their 2023 Outdoor Gallery exhibition <play/ground>.

    <play/ground> celebrated the playful charm of Brisbane’s concrete playground and reminded viewers of the importance of daily routines that ground and connect.

    The painted elements in this projected composition originated from studio artworks, which were fed through an Application Programming Interface (API). As we witness AI swallow up original imagery and rebirth millions of new assets, artists everywhere navigate an unclear path through Web 3.0.

    By using this technology to attempt my painted works, I then used analogue collage as a tactile, destructive means to take back control of the creative process. The final composition was a video loop of 8 artworks exhibited simultaneously on both the Howard Smith Wharves cliffs (projection) and in the foyer of the Museum of Brisbane (video).

    Curated by: Rozelle Tan (    MCRT Studio). Exhibition at Brisbane Museum + Howard Smith Wharves.