WINDOW ROOM: JEN SELMORE

Exhibition Dates : 23 September - 5 October 2025
Opening Reception : Wed 24 September 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Creating paper entomology and the idea of using something so small, beautiful and seemingly innocuous such as a hand drawn butterfly, to commentate on societal issues is a main focus for the artist. Hints to the key messaging are subtly shared in the artwork title, positioning or condition of the hand drawn insect/s.

Using vintage materials, often reminiscent of fabrics and colour palettes from her childhood- helps create a nostalgic longing- an escape to simpler times past while giving new life to reused materials making the pieces truly ethical and sustainable. These materials, not only help to give a home to the creations but also hopefully cloak their messages in the warmth of nostalgia.

‘Living on Mute’
Pencil on toned paper & wire with vintage frame 34cmwx114cmh

Living.on.Mute explores the strength found in self-acceptance. Hundreds of hand-drawn butterflies, rendered in delicate pencil on toned paper, cascade downward—spilling beyond the frame and into the viewer’s space creating a flow and momentum.

Each butterfly represents a moment of transformation, a whisper of identity once suppressed, now released and joining force. The vintage frame evokes a sense of containment or expectation, while the paper butterflies break free from it, symbolising liberation and growth.

This piece invites reflection on the tension between silence and expression, and the beauty that emerges when we allow ourselves to be fully seen. It is a visual metaphor for reclaiming voice and space in a world that often asks us to shrink.