KNOWHERE

KNOWHERE - The 3rd Solo exhibition by Melbourne Artist JESWRI. An exploration of the mind during stage 4 lockdown. There was no plan. No direction. No destination. An art exhibition about the struggles of mental health

From the artist:
I've spent some time sneaking into the studio for therapeutic reasons. Trying new things and experimenting with a completely different style has helped my ongoing battle with mental health, more specifically - constant crippling depression & anxiety since. I've ultimately surrendered to a chaotic approach in hopes of untangling my terrible thoughts and yet I find myself in a deep, dark voice with no way out but to keep digging. I don’t know where I am and I don't know where I'm going. This is my release. This is my therapy. I find myself KNOWHERE.

Post-show
This show was a great experiment for my soul and even better launching pad for my career. After this show; I felt like I had exhausted myself but at the same time, I felt like I had upskilled in a way that I could probably never explain. I had taken a piece of this show and introduced new textures and applications into my everyday practise.

“Twenty canvases later, they found themselves on this nice structural journey back into this really weird style. I kind of took that style into what I’m doing now, which is cool.

It was almost like I revisited my graffiti routes of just buffing things and just using very tribal tools and application as opposed to trying to force really non-expressive line work. It felt really cool”

KNOWHERE

“Twenty canvases later, they found themselves on this nice structural journey back into this really weird style. I kind of took that style into what I’m doing now, which is cool.

It was almost like I revisited my graffiti routes of just buffing things and just using very tribal tools and application as opposed to trying to force really non-expressive line work. It felt really cool”

INTERVIEW w/ SPLATRS