Expanded Textiles
Stained_Sylvia Griffin
Sylvia Griffin_Stained CU
Sylvia Griffin & Kath Fries – Soft metal
Sylvia Griffin & Kath Fries – Soft metal
Sylvia Griffin & Kath Fries – Soft metal
Jane Bodnaruk – Convewrsations ’round Circularity; Sue Pedley – Gentle Art #1 and #2; Waihan Lee – The Endurance of Making
Expanded Textiles
Ellen Ferrier – Touching the world otherwise (kith and kin)
Sue Pedley – Gentle Art #1; Waihan Lee – The Endurance of Making
Expanded Textiles
Jane Bodnaruk – Convewrsations ’round Circularity; Sue Pedley – Gentle Art #1; Waihan Lee – The Endurance of Making
Madeline McGregor – Strange Lands VI
Venessa Possum – Ngurra bayali manga ngaliya; Cecilia Heffer
Cecilia Heffer – Lace as Sound & Graphic Music Scores
Rhonda Pryor – Plaka & Faita
Sadhbha Cockburn – Hay Bale
Jane Richens – Plant portrait series
Julie Paterson – The Menindee Memorial Loop
Elizabeth Day – Cewsnock & Liverpool
Nqa Blayed – Frigid
Cecilia Heffer – Data Lace
Expanded Textiles
Articulate Project Space,
497 Parramatta Road,
Leichhardt NSW 2040
Expanded Textiles: 5 – 27 Sept 2026
Gallery hours: Friday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm
Expanded Textiles investigates contemporary textile and fibre practices beyond their conventional boundaries, reflecting the growing intersection of sustainability, environmental awareness and contemporary textile and bio-textile art. Bringing together nineteen intergenerational artists and their wide range of conceptual, spatial and materially complex practices, this exhibition emphasises transformation and experimentation. Natural processes such as plant-based dyeing, growing plant and fungi fibres, weathering and staining, connect a number of the works. Others are connected by construction and deconstruction through processes of weaving, stitching, twisting, spinning and knotting using traditional manual techniques. In contrast, several foreground biological investigation, or technological processes and innovative fabrication methods. Many make connections between nature and the climate crisis, personal history, ancestry and identity, which resonate as non-linear narratives throughout the exhibitions.
Together, these artists reveal the remarkable versatility of textiles as a contemporary artistic medium, both visually compelling and intellectually engaging, honouring traditional techniques while continually evolving through new ideas, materials and processes.
Exhibiting artists: Nqa Blayed, Jane Bodnaruk, Julia Boros, Sadhbha Cockburn, Elizabeth Day, Ellen Ferrier, Joanna Fowles, Kath Fries, Agnieszka Golda, Sylvia Griffin, Cecilia Heffer, Waihan Lee, Madeline McGregor, Julie Paterson, Sue Pedley, Catriona Pollard, Venessa Possum, Rhonda Pryor, Jane Richens.
Curators: Kath Fries & Sylvia Griffin. Exhibition assistant: Annie Lu
See the Catalogue essay by Sylvia Griffin here: https://sylviagriffin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Expanded-Textiles-Essay-Sylvia-Griffin.pdf
Images: Waihan Lee, Sylvia Griffin