Alison Campion
‘Memory Portals’ 2026. Acrylic on unprimed and unstretched linen canvas, 3 pieces - 1 large canvas and 2 smaller canvases overlayed onto the larger piece. Overall dimensions: 201cm x 74cm.
Artist statement
Memory Portals explores the way objects, artefacts and souvenirs can hold ties to culture and how the items themselves can act as 'portable homelands'.
As a Chilean-born Australian, my cultural identity is fluid and constantly shifting between two places. Chilean landscapes, voices and memories hum inside the objects I paint. Through layering, abstraction and omissions of material, I reflect on the fragmented nature of memory and the role of these objects in shaping my cultural identity.  Â
Photographs: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
91É«ÇéƬ School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
