Sydney Exhibition

Scarlett Stokoe

Opening Wednesday 14 February, 6 – 8pm
On Show 15 – 25 February 2024

Scarlett is often in an ongoing state of daydreaming which is reflected throughout her practice, continuously creating this sense of being in an un-real world of wonder. A new graduate of the National Art School, Scarlett’s work spans across a variety of mediums, predominately sculpture, photography, drawing and painting. Her works are made through focus and attention to detail, combing these elements to form hybrid creatures that become unrecognisable and the creatures of the unknown, while still retaining a connection to truth of organic growth.

Scarlett’s practice comprises of hours of meticulous work, the processes of collection, analysis, close looking, and detailed acts of construction. Setting out to the beach or national parks, Scarlett focuses in through the lens of a camera, capturing the minute details of shells and sea sponges, flowers, and plants. Simultaneously there is a physical process of collecting happening in nature and at second-hand shops, gathering organic, textile and unique objects, like a banksia pods or barbie doll hands. She takes inspiration from collecting and photographing microscopic elements of nature, Australian flora, and sea life, either it be the tepal of a grevillea or the tentacles of a sea anemone. She believes their weirdness, variety, detail, shape, form, and function are extremely captivating, especially at a microscopic level.

Her work has been included in numerous NAS exhibitions, including the NAS NEO after hours events, as well as groups shows at Saywell Gallery (That Place & Blue Surpasses Dimension) in 2023.

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