Camie Lyons’ practice examines how we navigate life’s pivotal moments of metamorphosis – when we find ourselves in unknown territories yet instinctively seek regeneration.
In this exhibition, water serves as both metaphor and method as daily swims in the wild crashing blue ocean taught Lyons “that, like water, transformation cannot be tightly contained – it must be held with gentle, cupped hands.” Paintings, sculptures and drawings reflect this understanding through their flex and tension, restraint and release, mirroring the experience of being tumbled by waves, the sea or our own tears.
Camie Lyons, Overflow Into Unknown Territory, 2025, bronze, 88 × 8 × 29cm. Courtesy the artist and Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Scott Livesey Galleries
3 to 24 May 2025
Melbourne
