
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11 – 4 pm
Exhibition Dates: Sept 19th to Nov 2nd
Opening Gala: Sept 20, 2-4 pm
Curatorial Team: Angela Menzies, and Kim Money
Juror: Scott Robertson
Exhibition Video
A talisman is anything imbued with meaning—an object, image, or idea that holds the power to influence, protect, or transform. In Talisman, this concept is explored and expanded through the work of artists who breathe life into the symbolic and the sacred, offering deeply personal interpretations of what it means to carry power.
The exhibition expresses this idea through a wide array of works that blur the lines between the physical and the metaphysical. Some pieces emerge from ritual and ancestry, others from memory, intuition, and imagination. Artists transform tattoos into maps of identity, heirlooms into living narratives, and mundane objects into vessels of significance. Through sculpture, painting, textiles, installation, and performance, the artworks act as talismans themselves—charged with the energy of protection, resistance, grief, hope, and transcendence.
By embracing both traditional and unexpected forms, the exhibition pushes the boundaries of what a talisman can be. It asks: What do we consider sacred? How do we hold meaning in our lives? And how can an object—or even an idea—carry us through the unknown?
Talisman is not just an exhibition; it is a gathering of symbols, memories, and inner truths. Together, the works create a space where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and the invisible is made tangible.