Jessika Spencer - Matriarchy 2025

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This exhibition brings together a body of work by Jessika Spencer, a Wiradjuri artist living and creating on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. Working with both traditional and contemporary fibre art techniques, she explores themes of land management, cultural heritage, and sustainability.

Using natural materials and native reeds such as raffia, lomandra, mat rush and cumbungi, alongside found soft plastics, each piece reflects a deep respect for Country and cultural practice. Some of the works include woven wall hangings and adornments.

At the heart of this exhibition is a celebration of matriarchy, sisterhood, and feminism. Spencer's work honours the strength and wisdom of women, past and present, who have nurtured, protected, and passed down cultural knowledge through generations. Each fibre, knot, and weave become a gesture of care and resilience, echoing the roles women have played as knowledge keepers, healers, and leaders within community.

This collection of fibre works offers a space to reflect on the power of feminine connection, the importance of intergenerational storytelling, and the ways cultural knowledge is sustained through acts of making, sharing, and remembering.