SICK AF

Exploring the languages and personal stories of chronic illness and injuries, and the process of healing, through contemporary craft and the arts.

The healing arts places craft firmly within their discipline for recovery, though medical language coldly straddles the tactility and expressive ability of craft and the act of making.

The artists/crafts practitioners in this exhibition identify as having gone through a life changing illness or event. The language of their journey is intrinsically embedded through their work.

SICK AF shares our stories.

On Show +

SICK AF has been selected to tour Western Australia with Art on The Move for two years in 2025 to 2027.

UPCOMING DATES
25 July 25 — 31 August2025
Rose de Freycinet Gallery
Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery & Visitor Centre
Malgana, Nanda and Yinggarda Country

About +

Amanda Alderson is an artist and independent curator, with 25 years experience in arts and cultural management. Current collections and curatorial projects centre on traversing the human condition, borne out of her complex healing journey after becoming SICK AF from a disabling medical injury.

Art on The Move
As the only Western Australian organisation dedicated to touring visual art exhibitions throughout the regions, interstate and beyond, Art on The Move plays a critical role in connecting art, people, and place. SICK AF has been selected to tour Western Australia with Art on The Move for two years in 2025 to 2027.

Nyisztor Studio
Inaugural exhibition on show 29 September – 20 October 2024
Nyisztor Studio is an independent artist run space, run by Ron Nysiztor since 2006. It is a significant space for emerging and mid-career exhibitions, the building incorporates artist studios.

2024 Indian Ocean Craft Triennial
Festival Venue
In 2024, the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial will investigate the multi-various languages codified in contemporary craft at major international exhibitions, a conference, and a festival program of over 50 other exhibitions and events. SICK AF is a festival venue exhibition.

Contact +

Curator
Amanda Alderson
amandaalderson.com

Exhibition enquiries and bookings
Alex Fuller
Exhibitions Touring Manager, Art on The Move
exhibitions@artonthemove.art

Images:
Amanda Alderson, Uncharted Waters, 2021-2024, photo: Brad Coleman
Lucinda Crimson, One of millions missing, 2024, oil, enamel and acrylic on wood, photo: artist
Helena Bogucki, Bird Island, 2018, installation at Nyisztor Studio, photo: Brad Coleman
Kate Campbell-Pope, Collect, 2016, floristry wire, bandage, thread, carved cuttlefish, photo: Brad Coleman