The Games We Play

Tegan is a 21-year-old artist from Logan, who first exhibited at the Recovered Futures Art Exhibition in 2022. Having explored many different mediums over the years, she works mostly with acrylic on canvas and tea-stained canvas and ink. This year, Tegan held her very first solo exhibition at the Logan Art Gallery and was fortunate to have received a Regional Arts Development Fund grant to further her artistic endeavours.

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‘The Games We Play’ showcases the push-and-pull of competing forces in our lives, as seen through the dice and fallen King. The King has the most pivotal role in chess - commander, strategist, protector. If the King falls, the game ends. The fallen King illustrates the weight we put on ourselves; constantly thinking five moves ahead, taking risks, doing what needs to be done - only to be defeated. Beside him stands the dice - completely reliant on chance. These two opposing elements remind us that despite the challenges we face, we remain in the game. We pick ourselves up and begin again.