Term: May – July 2026
Jarrad Martyn (b. Aberdeen, 1991) is an Australian artist based in Melbourne. His practice explores humanity’s relationship with the natural environment, and the framing and evolution of the archive. By responding to a wide range of imagery, from archival photo albums to found and artificial imagery, Martyn is interested in the movement of these images through time – how the legacy of symbols and motifs transform to produce a range of new associations in the present. Through collapsing the distinctions between figuration and abstraction in painting, drawing, and collage, Martyn creates a state of flux – visually representing something that is not fixed and is constantly changing. By hindering precise representation and creating an ambiguous sense of place, Martyn encourages the viewer to shift between modes of thinking and looking, deducing links and deciphering their own conclusions about the events unfolding, and the symbolic meanings within.
