Factum | Curated by Zoe Kean | Exhibition Opening Celebration

Come join us to celebrate the opening of Factum curated by science author Zoe Kean showcasing the work of David Charlie, Chris Charteris, Michaela Gleave, Penny Byrne, Maree Clarke and Jarra Karalinar Steel at Eloise Cato Gallery this Friday 7th November 2025 at 6pm.

RSVP is essential, please book through Humanitix. For further information or to register your interest in the pricelist please get in touch directly at info@catogallery.com or by calling +61 403 902 498. If you are unable to attend the opening, the exhibition will be on show from the 5 November - 22 November during gallery hours of 10 - 5pm Tuesday - Friday and 10:30 - 3pm Saturday or by appointment.

We also have an exciting salon discussion planned for the following day (Saturday 8 November, 2pm) hosted by Zoe Kean in conversation with Robyn Williams AO, the iconic science journalist and broadcaster, alongside exhibiting artists Michaela Gleave and David Charlie. Unmissable! To learn more or to join, RSVP here via the Humanitix link- spaces are limited. RSVP is mandatory!

Factum is an exhibition that interrogates the epistemological and biological foundations of thinking systems through the framework of evolutionary science. A fact needs to be proved, contrastingly Factum positions knowledge itself as a dynamic product of evolutionary processes rather than a fixed truth. The exhibition situates cognition, consciousness, and social behaviour within an ancestral continuum, proposing that the human capacity for abstraction, morality and collaboration emerged through adaptive pressures favouring complex forms of cooperation. By tracing the evolution of thought from the cellular to the societal level, Factum examines how systems of reasoning and belief form the way we view life, from the smallest cell to the complex systems of human care. In doing so, it invites reflection on the ways our evolutionary past continues to inform our understanding of evidence, truth, and the construction of knowledge. As a question, why are we like this?

Image: 'Where I Really Went That Night' 2018 inkjet print on premium archival photo paper. Ed1 of 5+2ap 74x120cm. Image courtesy of David Charlie and Eloise Cato Gallery.