Judith Wright’s installation showcases an extension of her Tales of Enchantment series that formed a key component of the 2020 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Monster Theatres. The series, with additional new works, invites viewers on a mesmerising journey through the artist’s imagination, where mythic creatures take flight and mysterious tableaux emerge. Drawing on her background as a dancer, Wright creates a theatrical and poetic odyssey in which winged eyes, ethereal figures, and echoes of ecclesiastical imagery converge in dreamlike scenes. The mixed-media installation animates the inanimate, bringing props and objects to life in a world that feels both sacred and surreal.

 

A multidisciplinary artist, Wright explores themes of love, loss, and the impermanence of life. She began her career as a dancer with The Australian Ballet before transitioning to the visual arts, working across painting, drawing, video, sculpture, and installation. Her dance experience has endowed her with a deep sensitivity to spatial relationships and the psychological interplay between bodies, objects, and light. This understanding underpins the theatricality of her practice, where choreography, emotion, and material form coalesce into a deeply affective visual language.