We’re Closer Than You Think brought together the work of 19 artists based in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. The exhibition questioned the notion of ‘regionality’ and the perception that artists working outside of metropolitan areas are hindered by location. In various stages of their careers and working across a range of disciplines, each artist in the exhibition was chosen for inadvertently refuting the association between location and success, population and production, and that the quality of their practice should be determined by these imaginary borders.

Curated & produced for Artstate 2017 Arts Program

Images | Yield, 2017, Charlotte Haywood, image: , Opening event, image: Katelyn-Jane Dunn, Fun Times, 2017, Natalie Bull and Zoe Robinson Kennedy image: Katelyn-Jane Dunn

Artists | Skye Baker, Amanda Bromfield, Kylie Caldwell, Ben Crawford, Michael Cusack, Karla Dickens, Kathryn Dolby, Penny Evans, Stephen Garrett, Natalie Grono, Charlotte Haywood, Helle Jorgensen, Jenny Kitchener, Mahala Magins, Robert Moore, Jess O'Connor, Kat Shapiro Wood, Amber Wallis, Christine Willcocks