Artworks are first available to purchase in person at the exhibition held from 4-10 Oct at King George Square.
Online sales will open following the exhibition.
Roo is a Brisbane/Meanjin based artist mainly working with ball point pen. Due to her challenging and traumatic upbringing, she found the beauty in escaping into all things creative. Coming from a family not able to afford much, she often scavenged pens to teach herself how to draw.
Fast forward to her adult years, half of her adulthood was faced by life adversities year after year, with many sick family members and subsequent deaths, she found solace once again in art. It is through art she often gains insight of peace, compassion and empathy for all living beings. Her work often combines nature or animals with elements of modern life, creating multi-dimensional meanings behind each piece.
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This piece has a multi-layered meaning, playing with both images and words. It explores my experience as a girl and woman striving for gender equality.
Coming from a culture, family and environment that was highly patriarchal and women were severely repressed, I yearned for gender equality where all humans are treated equal.
This drawing brings hope that a woman (as vulnerable as a ladybug) can find her independence (castle) in a patriarchal society (chess game) through her intelligence, grit and perseverance.