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Jessica Rankin Solo Exhibition: Notes from an Earlier Sky

Where
54 Kellett St
Potts Point NSW 2011
Australia
CASSANDRA BIRD
When

Tuesdays to Fridays, 10am to 5pm Saturdays, 11am to 5pm Wednesday 19 March to Saturday 26 April

Cost

Free

In Notes from an Earlier Sky, Jessica Rankin unveils an exciting new body of work, featuring a stunning series of delicately embroidered paintings on linen, alongside a captivating collection of hand-embroidered works on paper.

Rankin’s intricate hand-embroidered paintings weave together words, memory, and landscape, creating multilayered narratives that draw inspiration from topographical, cosmological, and psychological realms. Her works explore time and memory through a deeply personal lens, often referencing the poetry of her mother, while seamlessly bridging the past and present in an ornate exploration of memory, identity, and place. 

This exhibition marks a significant return to the city of her birth, Sydney, reconnecting with her personal and artistic origins that shape her journey. 

Jessica Rankin was born in 1971 in Sydney, Australia and lives and works in New York. Solo and duo exhibitions include White Cube Hong Kong (2024); Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin (2023); White Cube Paris (2022); White Cube Bermondsey, London (2021); Touchstones Rochdale, UK (2017); Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2016); Salon 94, New York (2014); Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta (2013); The Project, New York (2009); MoMA PS1, New York (2006); and Franklin Artworks, Minneapolis (2005).

Group exhibitions include Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2025), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy (2024); The Uptown Triennial, New York (2017); Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2015); Fie Myles, New York (2011); Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (2011); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2006); The Project, Los Angeles (2005); and Artist’s Space, New York (2003).

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