Karryn Argus is a visual artist based in Melbourne, working in textiles, sculpture, assemblage and performance. Her art explores themes of materiality, the body, vulnerability and loss, integrating feminist methodologies of feeling and listening. Karryn's projects frequently repurpose found and recycled materials, and gifted and collected objects.
CURRENT AND RECENT EXHIBITIONS
The Weight of Silence at Glimpse Art Space from May 17th until June 18th 2025
The Weight of Silence is a mixed media installation that explores the emotional burden that silence can carry and the tension between concealment and exposure. This work is grounded in the personal experience of estrangement—the silence that comes when connection is severed but not forgotten. At its core, a solid plaster form evokes both protection and oppression, compressing fabric and gesture within its mass. In contrast the surrounding textile elements are light and flowing - stitched from the same muted palette, they mirror what is held within the plaster, offering both continuity and relief. Together, these elements create a visual dialogue between weight and weightlessness, density and softness.
The Weight of Silence is to be installed at Glimpse Art Space on High Street Northcote on May 17th, IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia). By aligning my personal narrative of the silence associated with estrangement with IDAHOBIT, a day that acknowledges the ongoing struggle for queer rights, I'm drawing attention to the marginalisation that can be felt not only in public spaces but in families, communities and internally. Installing on IDAHOBIT positions The Weight of Silence as an act of visibility, a declaration of queer presence, agency, and personal resilience.
The Weight of Silence is to be installed at Glimpse Art Space on High Street Northcote on May 17th, IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia). By aligning my personal narrative of the silence associated with estrangement with IDAHOBIT, a day that acknowledges the ongoing struggle for queer rights, I'm drawing attention to the marginalisation that can be felt not only in public spaces but in families, communities and internally. Installing on IDAHOBIT positions The Weight of Silence as an act of visibility, a declaration of queer presence, agency, and personal resilience.
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CALM
Calm exhibition has been extended until Sunday 8th June 2025
I have three crocheted mandalas in this exhibition. Still plenty of time to visit Adelaide.
Calm exhibition has been extended until Sunday 8th June 2025
I have three crocheted mandalas in this exhibition. Still plenty of time to visit Adelaide.
I acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people who are the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land on which I currently live.
I recognise their continuing connection to land, water and culture. I pay my respects to Elders past and present and extend respect to
all First Nations People.
© Karryn Argus
