Kāryn Taylor considers complex concepts within refined material structures. Her works are constructed with meticulous precision exploring challenging themes that require the viewer to engage (albeit unknowingly) with concepts bridging a trajectory between metaphysics and quantum physics. To this end, her works attest to a visionary symbiosis of aesthetic sensibility and conceptual rigor.

Helen Smith’s work is influenced by a formal, minimalist viewpoint with simplicity of form and geometric abstraction generally contributing to the outcome. Oil on canvas paintings, large-scale wall works and a number of ongoing photographic series derived from an interest in social and cultural systems form the basis for her enquiry.

Ed Bats practice is deeply rooted in the notion of evolution through material experimentation. While the many facets of their work can be undeniably linked together, there are branches that deviate and allude to the many influences and references they consume. A visual language primarily focused on abstraction and minimalism, their paintings can include found objects and constructed elements to create assemblages and installations that oscillate between painting, assemblage and sculpture.

Jeremy Kirwan-Ward's work revolves around his connection with a coastal existence, his paintings evoke the complexities of weather and the endlessness of spectral phenomena. While predominantly determined by colour, outcomes are a result of problem-solving, allowing intuition to ride alongside formal structure.

Press release courtesy Gallery 9.