2026 Exhibitions
About the artist:
Virginia Lloyd-Tait began sculpting in 1994 with Tom Bass at his former studio in Broadway. Since then, Virginia has had the good fortune to experience the guidance of many teachers. While these teachers are too numerous to mention individually, they have all shared the same guiding principle: rather than being simply teachers, they are artists who help students and fellow artists develop and create their own vision.
Over the years, Virginia has completed three commissions. The first was a sculpture of Bill Woodfull, one of Australia’s cricket captains who led the Australian team during the 1932–33 Bodyline series. The sculpture now sits in Jubilee Park, Cootamundra, as part of Captains Walk, a collection featuring more than 20 Australian cricket captains sculpted by TBSSS artists. The Board of Sonic Healthcare commissioned a sculpture of its founding CEO, Dr Colin Goldschmidt. Virginia was later commissioned to sculpt a portrait of Bob Dylan for someone whose life had been profoundly affected by his music.
In 2018, Virginia began carving under the guidance of Usama Alnassar, attending his summer workshops at TBSSS over the past eight years, as well as workshops in Carrara, Italy.
Virginia is now fortunate to attend classes with Elena Murgia, who has taken on the mantle of continuing the marble carving tradition at Erskineville.
This exhibition is a 30-plus-year retrospective of the Virginia’s clay work and carvings.
Heads & Tales brings together both existing and newly created works that explore themes of courage, resilience, and determination.
The individuals represented in this exhibition have each followed their own path, often through difficult, uncertain, or dangerous circumstances, remaining true to their convictions regardless of the obstacles they faced.
What unites these subjects is not only their strength of character, but the impact they have had on the lives of others. In their own ways, they have challenged divisions and rejected the notion of “them and us,” choosing instead connection, empathy, and humanity.
Some of the stories behind these works are marked by extraordinary acts of bravery; others reveal quieter forms of courage expressed through compassion, kindness, and perseverance.
During the development of this exhibition, I encountered many more remarkable stories than I could represent visually. Yet each one reinforced a belief that, when circumstances demand it, most people will quietly choose to do the right thing.
This exhibition is a celebration of those individuals and a reflection on the enduring capacity for courage, integrity, and hope.
Wendy Black, 2026
Precarious is a collection of artworks inspired by Stonehenge and the craft of ancient builders and artists. Highly detailed graphite drawings capture imagined rock forms, in precarious balance to suggest stylised human figures.
The works express the primeval power and majesty of rock whilst their precarious balance hints at the vulnerability that lends such a human aspect to these figures.
Modern Interaction was a collaborative celebration of form, friendship, and the enduring influence of Mid-Century Modernism. Featuring the works of sculptors Nicky McGinn and Margaret Fitzgerald, this exhibition at the Clara Street Gallery explored the dialogue between two artists who have shared ideas and inspiration for over 30 years.
The collection showcased a sophisticated range of mediums, including:
Classic Stone: Hand-carved marble and alabaster pieces influenced by the organic forms of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
Contemporary Finishes: Nicky’s new 'Modern Metallic' range, featuring embellished stone, plaster, and glass.
Timeless Bronze: Margaret’s recent explorations into aesthetic simplicity and the abstract.
Both artists are long-term members of the prestigious Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School community. Their work reflects a deep immersion in the tactile, meditative process of carving and turning raw stone and metal into three-dimensional objects that capture inner peace and modernist elegance.
Tim Jubb is a self taught artist working on Cammeraygal Land, Sydney. He often chooses reclaimed supports on which to paint his expressive portraits or figures in surreal landscapes, upcycling them with the conviction that they bring a unique energy and a sense of time to his work.
In the 1983 song by The Smiths, ‘These Things Take Time’, Morrissey declares: “You know where you came from, you know where you’re going, and you know where you
belong”.
Such knowledge on big questions about oneself isn’t always obvious. And does he mean where in the world? Or where spiritually? Or mentally? Or next to whom? Or
where in life… or in time… or in human existence…?
Self and Whereness is Jubb’s first solo exhibition and documents three years spent navigating time, space and midlife; daily discomforts, existential anxieties and art.
Where do you belong?
