Plant Life at Stockroom Kyneton: Exploring Human–Plant Relationships

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Beverly Downs, Yankunytjatjara Wapar (detail), 152 x 122 cm, polymer paint on linen

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Laetitia Olivier-Gargano, Composition 1 (Early Spring), 2025, polyurethane, plaster, polymer clay, polymer paint, branch, 35 x 15 x 50 cm

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Julie Millowick, Cassinia Foliage and seeds, 2023, digitised gelatin silver lumen, inkjet print on 100% cotton rag paper, open edition

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Sara Lindsay, Tatami Drawing No 7, 2022, handwoven tapestry, cotton, silk, linen, cotton, hemp, 32.5 x 44 cm

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Peter Ellis, Plant, Life on Planet Venus, 2025, ink, gouache, collage on Arches Aquarelle paper, 27 x 20.8 cm (paper size), 50.5 x 40 cm (frame size)

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Stockroom Kyneton’s next exhibition Plant Life – curated by Rhett D’Costa, Magali Gentric, and Jason Waterhouse – brings together twenty-three artists who draw on the vegetal world to explore a range of ideas, including human–plant relationships, storytelling, beauty, fragility, ecologies and the environment.

Running from 24 January until 1 March, this dynamic and ambitious show utilises the three exhibition spaces at Stockroom Kyneton, presenting a diverse range of materials and forms, including drawings, paintings, artist books, ceramics, photography, sculpture, video, and performance.

Artists include Sofi Basseghi, Steven Bellosgardo, Kris Coad, Amber Cronin, Rhett D’Costa, Beverly Downs, William Eicholtz, Peter Ellis, Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, Clare McCracken & Heather Hesterman, Anthea Kemp, Sara Lindsay, Sally Mannall, Julie Millowick, Betty Mula, Laetitia Olivier-Gargano, Petra Rodgers, Sarah Rudledge, Jason Waterhouse, Lisa Waup and Rosie Weiss.

Exhibition details

  • Dates: 24 January – 1 March
  • Opening: Saturday 24 January, from 4 pm
  • Opening hours: Monday: by appointment | Tuesday: closed | Wednesday: closed | Thursday: 10:30 – 5:00 | Friday: 10:30 – 5:00 | Saturday: 10:30 – 5:00 | Sunday: 11:00 – 4:00

 

About Stockroom Kyneton

Stockroom Kyneton is regional Victoria’s largest privately-owned contemporary art space, housed in a 1850s butter factory across 1000sq metres. Located in Kyneton’s thriving style precinct of Piper Street, Stockroom showcases some of Australia’s most visionary and highly respected contemporary artists, makers and designers.

Established in 2010, Stockroom Directors Magali Gentric and Jason Waterhouse are passionate about cultivating a vibrant arts hub and providing a forum for artists, makers and designers of all disciplines. Across two main galleries, a dedicated ceramics gallery and a project space, you can expect to encounter exciting and critically engaged artists within the program of solo and curated exhibitions. Our openings are held every six weeks.

Stockroom is committed to an ethos of supporting a mix of local, national and international artists, where art enthusiasts and collectors can buy affordable artworks by established artists and rising stars.

 

More information: stockroomspace.com

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