UN-READ
Group Exhibition
The entanglement of words and image has a long interplay full of push & pull, of love, hate, envy, compassion, rivalry and dependence.
UN-READ plays with the relationship of text and art through the works of Peter O’Mara, Irene Holub, Kim Percy, Jade Walsh and Morgan Williams.
It contemplates un-reading through art, un-ravelling through words and un-knowing through experience.
This exhibition coincides with Paper Animals by David M Lewis as part of the Words in Winter Festival 2025. Join us for the launch of both shows and book signing by David M Lewis.
WHEN:
Friday 22nd August
TIME:
6.30 – 7.30pm
WHERE:
76 Main Rd Hepburn Springs.
PAPER ANIMALS
David M Lewis
Bold colour paper cutouts are the latest body of work by local artist, musician and all-round creative David M Lewis. Paper Animals is a playful expression of symbolic shapes depicting the animal kingdom. This is a book and exhibition that coincides with UnRead as part of the Words in Winter Festival 2025. Join us for the launch, book signing and a glass of bubbles
WHEN:
Friday 22nd August
TIME:
6.30 – 7.30pm
WHERE:
76 Main Rd Hepburn Springs.
Morgan Williams
Morgan is an eclectic artist constantly exploring various art forms via text, image, installation, performance and spoken word. Having been involved in Words In Winter for many years he’s excited to be part of Un-Read for the 2025 festival with his short form ‘motion memes’. His art explores a range of topics from politics, culture, environment and various social issues.
Kim Percy
Kim is a visual artist, working within the intersection of image, space and identity. Her primary practice includes photo-based exhibitions and installations; with a penchant for floating photographic works on the surface of water & lakes. Kims work with images and space invites audiences to reconsider aesthetics and social conditioning. Her recent PhD investigates dyslexia through the lens of visual art.
David M Lewis
David M. Lewis is a prolific visual artist working in a range of mixed media. He is also a much loved musician having been in several local bands. With over 85 exhibitions, 15 music albums, and a knack for sculpting, collaging, and paper-cutting, David is a creative whirlwind. He also wrangles kids as a teacher’s aide—and loves turning trash into treasure via found objects & paper collages.
Peter O’Mara
Peter O’Mara is writer/artist/maker living in Hepburn Springs. His work interplays an experimental semiotic of word, form and space.
He has poetic work published in magazines, journals, anthologies in Australia and overseas. Peter published art/TEXT manuscript, ‘How to do Words with Things’ with Patrick Jones (2008).
See Peters works: @peteromara2872.
Irene Holub
Irene Holub is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and director whose work draws from her Deaf CALD background and belief in the power of creative expression. Her art, often featuring poetry, seeks to evoke empathy and reflection through diverse materials and conceptual themes. Her porcelain series, “What comes around, comes around,” explores Deaf experiences of cultural and linguistic oppression.
Jade Walsh
Jade Walsh is a contemporary Australian artist based in Ballarat, blending paint, textile, print, writing, and performance.
Her emotionally charged work explores themes of loneliness, relationships, female identity, heartbreak, humour, and connection. He medium spans zines, screen‑printing, and public commissions. She also lectures in visual arts and has exhibited internationally.