Barrett House Studios August Opening

Join us as we celebrate and share the work of our current Barrett House Studios artists.

Tia Arya

Behind the smile - Dibalik Senyum

Behind every postcard-perfect paradise is someone doing the work. Using acrylics, crocheted red threads, upcycled jackets, tea dyed paper, recycled cardboard, and fallen wood, Tia reflects on gender roles, exploitation, family duties, and the pressure to embody culture and service. Her raw works ask: who decides, who survives, and who’s left smiling.

Bernadette Smith

Precious Water

This photo-media project was created from two months of intense visual research focusing on the coast and ocean around Bronte and Clovelly Bay. Both the fluid surface and underwater layers of motion within the sea and ocean floor have been recorded on my daily photographic journeys. A selection has been transposed onto different materials.

Keroshin Govender

Nila

Keroshin’s exhibition, Nila draws on his South African Tamil family’s experiences to explore the performative aspects of culture. The exhibition features fabric-dyeing and ceramic-glazing experiments, including a central work comprising screen-printed ceramic tiles, and depicting two concurrent events—his parents’ wedding and the 1989 NSA Solarmax mission.

Barrett House Studios facilitates fully subsidised three-month residencies for multidisciplinary artists. Our August opening provides the first glimpse at works created before studios open to the public.

Three artists will share the fruits of their labour over the last three months. Immerse yourself in their three studio spaces converted to galleries. Exhibition details to come.  

Refreshments will be served.

Access

Barrett House is a single-story home located at 6 Barrett Place, Randwick.

Entrance to the property is via a single garden gate, followed by a short garden path. There is a small lip at the double sliding door to the house. There is one non-gendered bathroom inside the property which is not wheelchair accessible. The garage space is accessible via the street level and is wheelchair accessible.

There is on-street parking located around the property. Limited seating is available, if you require a seat on the night please speak with Council staff.

If you would like to discuss your access requirements please contact the Arts & Culture team via arts@randwick.nsw.gov.au

Barrett House is on the land of the Bidjigal and Gadigal people.
Randwick City Council pays respect to the resilience and strength of Elders past and present.

Image: Merran Hughes, Amanda Torrisi and Anna Voytsekhovich, Barrett House Studios, 2024. Photograph by Mark Bond.