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Poet Tree

Chloe Vallance
Poet Tree
19 – 30 November 2024
hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm
Saturdays: 12pm – 4pm
admission: Free
Poet Tree is a collection of drawings that pause in places of wonder. Chloe makes intimate drawings on plywood and paper of people, moments, animals, trees and waterways. Each drawing is made as a response to a long loving look, listening to life sing. Working with colour pencils, Chloe is drawn to a space between the branches, upon the stones, the hum of footsteps, the feeling of being here, witness to all this beauty, this everyday magic. Chloe’s drawings offer a place to dream, to wander, to reflect, to see and to see again, to change perspective. ‘We are all listening to the river,’ words handwritten in Chloe’s studio, spoken by a friend that inspires her heart. Drawing, for Chloe, is a practice of being moved by the wild possibilities of friendship, walking and poet tree.
Chloe Vallance studied drawing at RMIT University, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours in 2009, and a Masters of Art (Fine Art) by Research in 2014. Chloe has held several solo exhibitions within Australia, including showing with fortyfivedownstairs (2021) and Fehily Contemporary at Sydney Contemporary (2015). In 2022 Chloe received the Nillumbik Artist In Own Residence Commission. Chloe’s work is held in public and private collections, including the Macquarie Bank Collection and the National Portrait Gallery.
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