EXHIBITIONS: Mia Boe and Julie Rrap

Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and disinheritance of both cultures is the focus of her practice.

Mia’s strikingly recognisable paintings are incredibly intriguing, populated with long-limbed figures, eerily present in flat, richly coloured landscapes: distended black bodies with elongated legs reside within vibrant stylised worlds. Personal narratives are embedded deeply within the brushstrokes, drawing on a hybrid of histories and an amalgamation of heritage in an alluring and timeless aesthetic that is difficult to define.⁠

The Aboriginal Robot is Mia Boe’s first exhibition with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. ⁠

The work of Julie Rrap is considered to have contributed to the foundations of contemporary feminist art in Australia. Working for over four decades with a range of different mediums Rrap challenges, subverts and reinterprets the definition of women and their image in surprising ways, often using her own nude body to do so. She is one of the most recognised female artists working in Australia today.⁠

⁠Julie Rrap has been exhibiting with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery since 1982.⁠

Opening reception: Friday, 16 August from 6–8pm

Exhibition dates: 16 August – 14 September 2024⁠