Scott Perkins returns to Michael Reid Sydney in April 2025 with a new series of expertly crafted photographs and lightboxes. Located within art, design and architectural frameworks, Scott Perkins’ treatment of the photographic medium is precisely engineered and refreshingly original.

Presented in three distinct modes, Scott Perkins’ images of unidentified landscapes have been captured in a state of balance, occupying a space between light and dark. Brooding, atmospheric and technically imposing, Scott Perkins’ images are a dynamic viewing experience.

In this exhibition, viewers will be treated to impeccably presented lightbox photographs of bespoke design that transform their surrounding spaces. The artist’s use of Hanhnemule metallic paper add a complementary lustre to the surface of his mysterious still photograph images.

For information about out up-coming show, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

Tamara Dean’s magnificent entanglements of human and natural worlds reach a wild crescendo with her operatic new series of lushly romantic, hyper-floral photographs, The Flower Duet – a landmark body of work in which lithe figures plunge through prismatic thresholds in a dazzling pas de deux with camellias, roses and other blooms.

While Dean’s fecund fantasias might at first appear like digitally conjured dreamscapes, they are, in fact, an extraordinary feat of practical effects, with the artist immersing and lensing her subjects in actual gardens and elaborately constructed underwater sets.

To receive further information about works in this exhibition, please contact dean@michaelreid.com.au

Across February, Vicki Yatjiki Cullinan’s deeply personal, visually epic stories of Country will unfold in a dynamic, colour-soaked display in the upstairs exhibition space at Michael Reid Sydney, when her solo exhibition Kuṉpu – Strength officially opens from Thursday February 7.

Working at Iwantja Arts – the Indigenous-owned and -governed art centre in the rocky desert country of Indulkana on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytatjara Lands (APY Lands), the Yankunytjatjara artist is at the forefront of one of the most exuberant, innovative and globally celebrated movements in contemporary painting.

Kuṉpu – Strength sees five new paintings grace the gallery walls and coincides with Cullinan’s inclusion in Art Collector magazine’s annual 50 Things issue. Paintings on view introduce a refreshing spectrum of warm colours into the artist’s compositions.

Kuṉpu – Strength will preview by appointment at Michael Reid Sydney before opening officially on Thursday  February 7, 2025. To receive further information about works of art exhibiting in this exhibition, please contact danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au

In January, Michael Reid Sydney will exhibit 20 significant Australian photographs – across two folios of ten masterworks each – bringing together iconic artworks by Australia’s most celebrated 20th-century photographers, spanning six decades of cultural and artistic evolution.

These two master suites of ten photographs each capture the nation’s diverse creative vision and much of our core photographic history. From Olive Cotton’s elegant Teacup Ballet to Mervyn Bishop’s powerful portrayal of Indigenous land rights and Greg Weight’s portrait of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, these images reflect Australia’s ever-changing social and environmental narrative.

Showcasing masterful storytelling and enduring legacies, the two folios are cornerstones of Australian photography.

For further information about this exhibition please contact colinesoria@michaelreid.com.au

Michael Reid Sydney will commence the calendar year with a presentation of Trent Parke’s Species series. Species made its Australian debut with a selection of photographs at Sydney Contemporary 2024. In January, we will present a more comprehensive collection draw from this technically astounding photographic series.

Photographs from Species have already garnered international acclaim after being shown at Milan Design Week in a touring exhibition specially commissioned by Magnum Photos and Veuve Clicquot. A centrepiece of the series was selected for Australia’s most prestigious photo-based media award, the William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize.

Captured through an extraordinary feat of endurance and technical wizardry, Species is a thrilling synthesis of Parke’s exceptional skill and aesthetic sensibilities. “Shooting directly into the sun, with what could be considered a telescope, is a challenge in itself,” says the artist, who lensed his subjects from a distance of 700 metres. “It was 1/2000th of a second, but three months in the making.”

Parke sees Species as a meeting of two “symbols of universal energy” – the sun and the ocean melting together in a sumptuous pool of colour.

Photographs from this exhibition can be viewed at Michael Reid Sydney. To discuss and acquisition, please email danielsoma@michaelreid.com.au