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Exhibitions

Thursday 21 May
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Rob Mchaffie

Designer Shell

Daine Singer
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 30 May

Group Show

Octopus 26: Melange

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 11 April – Saturday 30 May

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

Continuum

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Yoko Ozawa

Mountain Edge

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Archer Davies

Borrowed Blue

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Group Show

dribbling onward and nowhere

CAVES Gallery
Friday 1 May – Saturday 23 May

Marina Rolfe

The Edge of Holding

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 15 April – Saturday 23 May

Loretta Lizzio

Naiades

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Stella Im Hultberg

Convergence

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Juz Kitson

All I Need

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Jonathan Ben-Tovim

Hardwares

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Group Show

White Light/White Heat

Station Gallery
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 6 June

Jo Darvall

Changing States

Fox Galleries
Thursday 7 May – Friday 29 May

Group Show

Floras Localis: Colour + Place

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 7 May – Saturday 11 July

Ken Whisson

Ken Whisson

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 22 April – Saturday 23 May

Jill Kempson

The Language of Flowers

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

"In 'The Language of Flowers', Jill Kempson presents a series of floral still lifes that invite the viewer into an intimate, sensuous encounter. Each bloom, arranged in a vase or urn, is painted with deliberate clarity, its curves, edges, and surfaces rendered to highlight presence, colour, and materiality. The works are front-on and immediate: the flowers assert themselves visually and physically, drawing the eye into their subtle rhythms and textures.

Depth of field shapes the compositions, allowing individual blooms to dominate without isolation. Light glides across petals, emphasizing softness and volume, while shadows lend weight and depth. This careful interplay creates a layered visual experience, encouraging close, contemplative observation. The flowers occupy the pictorial space with confidence and tactility, engaging both vision and touch, and fostering a corporeal sense of presence.

The Australian context informs the vibrancy of these works. Local light and landscape sharpen the colours, while the varied species of flowers bring distinctive forms and hues to each composition. The blooms respond to their environment, offering a floral language that is familiar yet freshly perceptive, immediate, and distinctly Australian.

Materiality is central. Petals are rendered with awareness of texture, weight, and the way light interacts with surface, while vases and urns act as stages, giving structure and presence. Shadows, overlapping forms, and subtle shifts in focus create depth and a sense of space, encouraging the viewer to linger, move, and engage intimately with each composition.

These paintings are not allegorical or sentimental. They do not dwell on decay or fragility. Instead, they celebrate intensity, sensuality, and the pleasures of seeing. By revisiting a classical idiom, the series demonstrates that even familiar forms can feel immediate and compelling when approached with attention, curiosity, and devotion to the visual and tactile qualities of the subject.

Ultimately, the works in 'The Language of Flowers' are meditations on presence and perception. They reclaim the floral still life as a site of sensory engagement, demonstrating the power of colour, form, and materiality to surprise, excite, and resonate. Through this intimate dialogue, Kempson shows how a classical genre can continually reveal new richness, offering intensity, pleasure, and a uniquely Australian sensuous experience of seeing."

Andrew McIlroy, Arts Writer and Visual Artist, 2026

Location

Lennox St. Gallery
322-324 Lennox St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia

Date

Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

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Exhibitions

Thursday 21 May
2026

Adam Elliot

Making Memoir of a Snail

ACMI
Thursday 8 August – Sunday 1 November

David Bradley

EPOCH

Lyon Housemuseum
Thursday 31 July – Sunday 31 May

Group Show

Darebin Art Prize 2026

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Wednesday 25 February – Saturday 20 June

Group Show

TarraWarra International 2026: System Release

TarraWarra Museum of Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 5 July

Aleks Danko

A(GAP)E

McClelland Gallery
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 14 June

Group Show

The Chelsea Hotel Years 1967–69

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 16 August

yEAH / dUNNO

Jon Campbell

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 24 May

Group Show

A New Universe—Architecture in Print

Geelong Gallery
Saturday 28 February – Sunday 7 June

John Perceval

All That We Are

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 21 March – Sunday 12 July

Simone Slee

Light Time

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 28 March – Sunday 28 June

Badra Aji

Get the boy a dog and call it a day

Heide Museum of Modern Art
Saturday 14 March – Sunday 16 August

Rob Mchaffie

Designer Shell

Daine Singer
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 30 May

Group Show

Octopus 26: Melange

Gertrude Contemporary
Saturday 11 April – Saturday 30 May

Julius von Bismarck

This is not the storm

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Friday 17 April – Sunday 14 June

Chun Yin Rainbow Chan

Continuum

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Yoko Ozawa

Mountain Edge

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Archer Davies

Borrowed Blue

MARS Gallery
Thursday 21 May – Friday 19 June

Group Show

dribbling onward and nowhere

CAVES Gallery
Friday 1 May – Saturday 23 May

Marina Rolfe

The Edge of Holding

Arc One Gallery
Wednesday 15 April – Saturday 23 May

Loretta Lizzio

Naiades

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Stella Im Hultberg

Convergence

Outré Gallery Fitzroy
Friday 15 May – Sunday 7 June

Juz Kitson

All I Need

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Jonathan Ben-Tovim

Hardwares

Sophie Gannon Gallery
Saturday 16 May – Friday 5 June

Group Show

White Light/White Heat

Station Gallery
Saturday 2 May – Saturday 6 June

Jo Darvall

Changing States

Fox Galleries
Thursday 7 May – Friday 29 May

Group Show

Floras Localis: Colour + Place

Australian Tapestry Workshop
Thursday 7 May – Saturday 11 July

Ken Whisson

Ken Whisson

Niagara Galleries
Wednesday 22 April – Saturday 23 May

Jill Kempson

The Language of Flowers

Lennox St. Gallery
Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

"In 'The Language of Flowers', Jill Kempson presents a series of floral still lifes that invite the viewer into an intimate, sensuous encounter. Each bloom, arranged in a vase or urn, is painted with deliberate clarity, its curves, edges, and surfaces rendered to highlight presence, colour, and materiality. The works are front-on and immediate: the flowers assert themselves visually and physically, drawing the eye into their subtle rhythms and textures.

Depth of field shapes the compositions, allowing individual blooms to dominate without isolation. Light glides across petals, emphasizing softness and volume, while shadows lend weight and depth. This careful interplay creates a layered visual experience, encouraging close, contemplative observation. The flowers occupy the pictorial space with confidence and tactility, engaging both vision and touch, and fostering a corporeal sense of presence.

The Australian context informs the vibrancy of these works. Local light and landscape sharpen the colours, while the varied species of flowers bring distinctive forms and hues to each composition. The blooms respond to their environment, offering a floral language that is familiar yet freshly perceptive, immediate, and distinctly Australian.

Materiality is central. Petals are rendered with awareness of texture, weight, and the way light interacts with surface, while vases and urns act as stages, giving structure and presence. Shadows, overlapping forms, and subtle shifts in focus create depth and a sense of space, encouraging the viewer to linger, move, and engage intimately with each composition.

These paintings are not allegorical or sentimental. They do not dwell on decay or fragility. Instead, they celebrate intensity, sensuality, and the pleasures of seeing. By revisiting a classical idiom, the series demonstrates that even familiar forms can feel immediate and compelling when approached with attention, curiosity, and devotion to the visual and tactile qualities of the subject.

Ultimately, the works in 'The Language of Flowers' are meditations on presence and perception. They reclaim the floral still life as a site of sensory engagement, demonstrating the power of colour, form, and materiality to surprise, excite, and resonate. Through this intimate dialogue, Kempson shows how a classical genre can continually reveal new richness, offering intensity, pleasure, and a uniquely Australian sensuous experience of seeing."

Andrew McIlroy, Arts Writer and Visual Artist, 2026

Location

Lennox St. Gallery
322-324 Lennox St, Richmond VIC 3121, Australia

Date

Wednesday 27 May – Saturday 20 June

Save to Calendar

Google

Website

https://lennoxst.gallery/exhibitions/115-the-language-of-flowers-jill-kempson/

All exhibition content on this website has been sourced from the exhibiting gallery’s website or provided by other art enthusiasts. We do not own or seek to own any of this material. If you are concerned about any misuse of your content, please let us know here.

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