In Soul Shaped Devolution, sculpture and painting become processes of excavation, reassembly, and intuitive biology. This body of work fuses evolutionary awareness with cultural and industrial memory—collaging gestures, fragments, and figuration into layered forms.

I see the artist as a catalyst: a physiological amplifier and a builder of psychological tools. My process resists linear storytelling. Instead, I explore the space between comprehension and intuition—gathering, dismantling, and reforming materials in a practice rooted in causality and instinct.

While I incorporate technology, I’m more intrinsically drawn to repair. Reconstruction and deconstruction aren’t chaotic—they’re methodical. My use of discarded or dystopic materials has been linked to Arte Povera, but my aim is not aesthetic commentary; it’s deeper. These objects become totems—biological, psychological, and symbolic.

Originally the title of my first solo show in WA (1978), Soul Shaped Devolution reflects cycles of erosion and evolution, referencing ancient cultures, forgotten histories, and Jung’s notion of the “first bubble”—the inner voice of the cellular self.

My residency at UWA, where I studied electron microscopic form, profoundly shaped my visual language. I began to work like a macrophage: absorbing, responding, breaking down and rebuilding.

This exhibition does not aim to resolve or explain. It navigates a path shaped by compulsion and curiosity—a journey into the horror of beauty, where process erodes craft, and meaning is felt more than understood.

Subiaco Gallery
15 March - 31 March 2025

Margaret River Gallery, Cherubino
24 April -31 August 2025