March 2025 update on upcoming exhibition
Dear friends,
It’s been a while since my last newsletter, and life has been wonderfully busy. One of the greatest joys of recent months has been my father’s visit—his first time experiencing my home, city, and daily life. It was truly special to introduce him to my dear friends at Capricornia Printmakers and take him to the Rockhampton Museum of Art, where I was fortunate to have work on display in Collection Focus | Capricornia Printmaker and to be engaged in Making Space during the Know My Name traveling exhibition. We made lasting memories, and I’m deeply grateful for that time together.
I’m also excited to share news of my recent and upcoming exhibitions in the order of opening dates.
CYPRESS GROWING SEASON
Exhibition view at Whitehorse Art Space, image courtesy of the artist.
I had the privilege of receiving a solo exhibition offer from curator Marguerite Brown at Whitehorse Artspace. The exhibition opened beautifully on International Women’s Day, with the help of many friends and printmakers from the gallery and the Print Council of Australia.
It was especially meaningful for me to open the exhibition on IWD and share my personal experience as a woman navigating my art practice in regional Australia with a diverse multicultural background. It was also a privilege to express my views on women's rights, which, at their core, I see as a simple mother’s wish for her children to experience fairness in the world, regardless of gender, race, religion, or borders.
In acknowledgment of women in my country and around the world, Cypress Growing Season reflects my ongoing exploration of resilience and hope. Inspired by Persian gardens and poetry, I wanted to create a vision of forests growing into peaceful landscapes. The cypress tree, a symbol of strength and endurance, became central to this work, a reminder that even in difficult times, we can plant hope and nurture change.
The exhibition showcases my passion for sculptural works, with three new pieces accompanying ten new lino prints.
WHEN
8 March - 26 April 2025, Tue - Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat 12pm - 4pm
WHERE
Whitehorse Artspace, 1022 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128
EDITION 6
Echoed Shelter, 2025, Hand printed lino on Unryushi & Okawara, hand sewn together, 64 x 96 cm. Images: @loui_slim Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
Annual Edition exhibition series for International Women's Day curated by More Than Reproduction.
ED 6 marks the sixth iteration of the annual Edition program, an exhibition series which navigates the breadth and depth of contemporary print-practice, occuring in March each year to align with International Women’s Day (8 March).Artists: 5 PRESS, Angela Hayson, Annabelle McEwen, Annika Romeyn, Bea Buckland-Willis, Bridget Baskerville, Claire Fletcher, Emilee Robinson, Freyja Fristad, Isabella Kennedy, Jacqui Driver, Jenny Robinson, Juanita McLauchlan, Lucy Bird, Maria Thaddea, Mia van Dort-Gilmore, Niloufar Lovegrove, Nina Juniper, Vedika Rampal.
WHEN
8 - 29 March 2025, Friday - Sunday 11am - 3pm
WHERE
Our Neon Foe, 411 Parramatta Rd, Leichhardt NSW 2040
TENSILE CONNECTION
Equable Goddess, detail, 2022, lino print on Kitakata paper. - Harvesting the Seeds, 2025, Hand printed lino on Unryushi & Okawara, hand sewn together, 64 x 96 cm. - Images: @loui_slim Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
An exhibition showcasing a dynamic collection of works on paper by Sonja Carmichael, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Niloufar Lovegrove (Pishva), and Elysha Rei. This exhibition explores the tensile qualities and materiality of paper, while metaphorically highlighting the deep connections these artists maintain with their cultural identities.
The exhibition features Equable Goddess, an ambitious 54-panel linocut print that spans the gallery’s largest wall, as well as several of my new prints from the Hand Series, which I originally created for my solo exhibition Cypress Growing Season in Melbourne.Essay writer Sally Molloy eloquently states, “… it might be this shared approach to materiality that lends works in Tensile Connections a collective sense of powerful softness: a tactile strength registered in the artists’ use of paper toward cultural resurgence, but also resistance.”
WHEN
7 March - 5 April, Wed - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 12-5pm
WHERE
onespace, 25A Bouquet St, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101
Opening Event
Saturday 15 March 2025, 5 - 7pm | Artist Talk: 4 - 5pm
This past year has been full of family, reflection, and creative opportunities. As the new year unfolds, I’m grateful for the connections, support, and inspiration that continue to shape my journey.
Thank you, as always, for being part of it.
Warm wishes,
Niloufar
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