‘Fibre’ takes many forms across contemporary and historic weaving, bark, textile, and paper works by First Nations women artists represented in the Chau Chak Wing Museum collection.

Fibre Optics celebrates the ingenuity, technical mastery and enduring depth of women’s knowledge woven into fibre works in all their forms, the title itself a playful nod to the rich visual language of fibre and the material transformation of texture, scale and style.

While Fibre Optics revels in the optics of fibre, it also honours the histories, cultural traditions and labour-intensive processes that produced them, recognising the results of women’s fibre practices not solely as women’s craftwork, but as the masterworks of women artists.

Exhibited artworks span three distinct regions: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Zenadth Kes (Torres Strait), Queensland, and  Boggabilla, New South Wales, brought together for the first time.

The exhibition proudly presents artworks loaned from the Moree Cultural Art Foundation (MCAF) and Dr Louise Hamby.

Exhibition open 15 August 2026 - 15 August 2027

Location

Level 3 Gallery
Chau Chak Wing Museum

Cost

Free