Past Projects:

Symbiosis​
Tactile Arts Gallery Space, 19 Gonacher Street, Fannie Bay, Darwin. 
27th August -15th September 2019


​This exhibition explored the human/ natural world relationship by playing with the similarities between plant and human forms. This collection of fine porcelain and stoneware sculptures were presented as a series of installations inspired by seedpods, flower parts, coral, lichen and fungi. The minimalist colour palette of white, creams and pinks unifies the work and hints at 'fleshy' delights.

"When I started this work my focus was the exploration of growth, life and regeneration within nature, but as I studied the intricate details within plant forms I began to notice just how similar plant and human reproductive organs actually are, and this provided me with the opportunity to play around with visual double meanings to create work that hinted at both. At the curating stages of this exhibition I decided to play on this more with the development of vinyl graphics to be displayed alongside the ceramic works. These 'plant labels' full of double entendres added to the visual play of human/nature: is it or isn't it? ... and hopefully made people smile too!"

The exhibition as a whole challenged the viewer to reconsider our view of nature as something separate from us; a commodity for us to enjoy and/or exploit. We are nature, and everything we do that harms nature harms us too!

​"Symbiosis (from  Greek συμβίωσις "living together", from σύν "together" and βίωσις "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic."

7 Skins (Until envious time has fled)
​Tactile Arts Gallery Space, 19 Conacher Street, Fannie Bay, Darwin. 
18th May -1st June 2018

Intricately depicted Top End natives; Gum nuts, Golden Penda Flowers, Banksia seedpods, Paperbark leaves and Lotus, appear and reappear in different forms across different surfaces.
​Rich with ‘momento mori’ symbolism and combining processes including batik, digital pattern design, metal leaf, paint and a range of ceramic decorative techniques, Beasley’s work reveals the dialogue between artist and subject matter in the analysis of surface and process, as she explores the narrative surrounding the fleeting nature of life.