Exhibitions Kendal Murray In the Smile of a Tree 27th September 2022 - 15th October 2022

FLG is delighted to present Sydney artist Kendal Murray's first solo exhibition with the gallery.
Her exhibition In the Smile of a Tree looks at the significant relationship between childhood play in nature, children's wellbeing, and the cultivation of their environmental identity. The mixed-media sculptures in the exhibition work as time capsules, offering glimpses into childhood adventures in the natural world as they discover places to hide, explore and imagine.

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Artist Statement - In the Smile of a Tree

The exhibition In the Smile of a Tree looks at the significant relationship between childhood play in nature, children's wellbeing, and the cultivation of their environmental identity.

A child's relationship with the environment begins with the experience of 'place'. Children make connections with the sensory-stimulating forms and structures of the natural world and respond to them physically and imaginatively through exploration and play, giving them personal meanings and interpretations.

When positive environmental experiences are shared and valued with significant people in their lives, childhood memories of pleasurable and fascinating interactions with natural places builds a child's environmental identity and will impact how they experience and value the environment into adulthood.

Kendal Murray has exhibited her artwork regularly in solo exhibitions since 1995, whilst participating in both international and national group exhibitions. Her work is represented in private Australian and international collections, and public collections including the Powerhouse Museum, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Grafton Regional Gallery, the University of New South Wales, and the Western Sydney University Collection. Murray has also been the recipient of several prizes, including The Deakin University Small Sculpture Award (2015), and the Beowulf Prize, as part of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. She lives and works in Sydney, Australia.

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Kendal Murray
Summertime, Local Time 2022
mixed media assemblage
8cm x 13cm x 14cm