Haldee

Haldee (turmeric), an exhibition of new artworks by Samantha Sederof representing the artist’s lived experience of transition; cultural, symbolic and psychological.

Cultural difference, prejudice, joy and sadness permeate these artworks as the artist confronts the consequences of marriage between two distinct cultural domains. Combining old and new methods of painting, photography and textiles, images emerge signifying the sacred and the mundane.

As the artist navigates her new hybrid identity, she focuses on the ingredient as the thread that binds together Indian ritual practices. Her use of representational oil paintings, emotive abstraction, textiles and documentary photography are combined together to capture the multifaceted and experimental nature of her practice.

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Samantha Sederof

Since studying visual anthropology in Melbourne and fine art in Florence, Samantha has contributed artworks to both group and solo exhibitions. Exploring multiple media but always returning to paint, she draws inspiration from her cultural heritage, social environment and natural world. She currently works as an accredited Art Therapist in the community mental health sector providing art psychotherapy to improve participants’ wellbeing.