
Juz Kitson’s sculptures blossom from the ground like ancient relics newly encountered alive. In Unfolding Earth, these sculpted lifeforms—shaped from porcelain, fur, bone, wax, and glass—echo cycles of rebirth, where objects charged with memory, body, and nature entwine to become the environments we inhabit. Her sculptures are rooted in a deep
curiosity for planetary ecologies that embrace impermanence, where nature is not a backdrop, but an active, breathing presence. The work leaves the viewer with quiet, lingering questions: What shapes our perception? What mirrors the natural cycles we carry within us each day?
The exhibition immerses us in an unfamiliar, intimate terrain where bodies bloom and dissolve. Each element of her work exists in flux—a threshold: part relic, part ritual. Kitson evokes and expands the spectrum of the feminine and masculine, the wilderness, and the unconscious as interconnected sites of sensual rupture. The title of her new video work resonates throughout the exhibition:
“Beneath the frozen sea, shadows make the light shine brighter.”
Shadows reflect and unfold what lies beneath the surface—life shaped through darkness, and the poetic notion of unfolding from deeper ecologies. A current of light and balance flows through the work, allowing these sculptures to come alive—shifting between stillness and gentle motion from beneath.
Juz Kitson (b. 1987) is an Australian artist known for her emotionally charged, biomorphic sculptures that combine porcelain with organic materials. Her practice spans installation, ceramics, and mixed media, exploring themes of transformation, ritual, sensuality, and the uncanny. Kitson completed her BFA (Hons) in Ceramics at the National Art School in Sydney and has undertaken residencies in China, Europe, and Australia. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Primavera (2012), the Adelaide Biennial (2016), and major gallery presentations in Dubai, Singapore, and across Australia. Her works are held in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, and MONA










Juz Kitson’s sculptures blossom from the ground like ancient relics newly encountered and alive. These sculpted lifeforms, shaped from porcelain, fur, bone, wax, and glass echo cycles of rebirth, where objects charged with memory, body, and nature entwine to become the environments we inhabit. Her sculptures are rooted in a deep curiosity for planetary ecologies that embrace impermanence, where nature is not a backdrop, but an active, breathing presence. The work leaves the viewer with quiet, lingering questions: What shapes our perception? What mirrors the natural cycles we carry within us each day?


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