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Our Plants, Our Heritage - Exhibition

The body of work created by Leila Ashtiani, Sofie Dieu, Humaira Fayazi, Abouk Giir and Rahila Zeeshan was exhibited for the first time at Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery in 2023. It was supported by Maroondah City Council through its Art Grant program.

 

Since, Our Plants, Our Heritage has been shown during the Melbourne Design Week and at the QV Women's Centre. It also travelled to Finland to be included in the FORSSA Textile Week exhibition.

Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery, 2023

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QV Women's Centre, Melbourne 2024

FORSSA Textile Week, Finland 2024

Melbourne Design Week 2024

Born in France, Sofie Dieu’s first encounter with art was through church. With a penchant for ritual and spirituality, the artist is best known for her fragile, sombre, and sometimes violent ink paintings and textile works.

 

Poetic and humanist, her practice draws on her journeys to China and Australia. She explores how identity and memory fluctuate according to their immediate environment. Landscapes, people, secrecy, healing, and the dichotomy between light and darkness are some of her recurring themes.

  

Multi-art prizes and award finalist, her work was included in the Sydney North Art Prize, Waterhouse Natural Science prize and the Contemporary Art Award amongst others. In 2016, she worked on the Camperdown Cemetery installation for Sydney Biennale. In 2017, her work will be shown during Vivid and Mental Health Month in Sydney.

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