Meet The New Quilt Artist: Neroli Henderson

Name of Artwork: Whitewash 2020

Neroli Henderson is an internationally award-winning artist based in St Kilda, Victoria. Her works often form pointed social and/or political commentary and this has gained her a reputation as an "artivist". A former graphic designer Neroli uses a range of media and techniques in her art, including photography, digital printing, collage, painting/drawing and other surface manipulation, almost always incorporating stitch as an integral component for both texture and line. Her Whitewash series explore the illusion of serenity when the reality is anything but, and like many of her works explores a lack of control in the world around us.

This piece was created during the hard lock down in Melbourne, when residents could only leave their home for up to an hour a day for exercise or for essential food or medical treatment. Yet while this harsh mandate was in place with up to 750 cases a day of Covid-19 being reported, a glance out the window revealed a city quiet and still, seemingly at peace.

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The New Quilt, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 5 February – 11 April 2021. 

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