Textiles surround us, comfort us, allow us expression of identity. As Kassia St Clair states in her book 'The Golden Thread', ‘We live surrounded by cloth. We are swaddled in it at birth and shrouds are drawn over our faces in death. We sleep enclosed by layer upon layer of it…and, when we wake, we clothe ourselves in yet more of it to face the world and let it know who we shall be that day.’

Often delegated to the realm of ‘craft’, textiles can be an under appreciated and overlooked artform. The artists of Soft Landings, however, evident the extensive capacity of textiles – using the medium as a raw expression and interpretation of the world, confirming textiles’ place in contemporary art. Subjects such as body, home, identity, desire, and more are explored through embroidery, 2D mixed media textiles, and soft sculpture.

This exhibition celebrates the ongoing collaborative partnership between the Australian Tapestry Workshop and Arts Project Australia (APA). Arts Project Australia is a supported studio and gallery that represents artists with intellectual disabilities, promotes their work and advocates for their inclusion in contemporary art practice. In 2024 Arts Project Australia celebrates it's 50th anniversary.

Fulli Andrinopoulos
Chris O’Brien
Rosie O’Brien
Matthew Gove
Bronwyn Hack
Paul Hodges
Adrian Lazzaro
Anne Lynch
Joanne Nethercote
Lisa Reid
Mark Smith
Terry Williams