Shrinking Violet⁣

Cao Xun, Jess Robins and Motoko Kikkawa ⁣

Play_Station
1/233 Willis Street, Wellington

8 - 23 October 2020

Opening Wednesday 7 October from 5.30pm⁣

Shrinking Violet presents recent photography by Cao Xun, Jess Robins and Motoko Kikkawa. The exhibition thinks about photography as an introverted act—counter to its more common, hyper-social contexts. Each practice unfurls the potential of the medium’s inherently reserved and elusive nature.⁣⁣

Curated by Moya Lawson.

Cao Xun is based in Tāmaki Makarau. He holds an MFA (2017) from Elam School of Fine Arts. Recent exhibitions include Social Practice (2020) Putiki St, Tāmaki Makarau; Fat Duck (2018) The Pah Homestead, Tāmaki Makarau; The Tomorrow People (2018) Adam Art Gallery, Pōneke.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Jess Robins is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She holds a BFA (2016) from Elam School of Fine Arts. Recent exhibitions include Sunset Postcards (2020) Furniture Gallery (Online), Tāmaki Makarau; M. Willow's Guide to Romance (2019) Satchi & Satchi & Satchi, Tāmaki Makarau; Heaven's Now My Home (2017) Window Gallery (Online), Tāmaki Makarau.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Motoko Kikkawa is based in Ōtepoti. She holds a BVA (2010) from Dunedin School of Art. Recent exhibitions include Another alley I strayed into (2020) Favour Gallery, Ōtepoti; Reflections of Mind (2020) Audio Foundation, Tāmaki Makarau; Never an Answer (2018) The Vivian, Tāmaki Makarau.⁣⁣

Design by Riley Karl⁣⁣

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