Jenna Mayilema Lee: Of Smoke and Rain

Of Smoke and Rain marks the debut major solo exhibition of Jenna Mayilema Lee, a Gulumerridjin (Larrakia), Wardaman, and Karrajarri Saltwater woman. 

Spanning five years of practice, the exhibition brings together new and existing works that reflect Lee’s ongoing exploration of language, materiality, and the transformation of inherited histories. Lee explores the elemental forces that shape life in the tropical north,  reflecting on the cyclical nature of the seasons, centering on moments of transformation, when the first rains break the build-up, and when life returns after fire. Anchored by a new installation that evokes shifts brought by these first rains, Of Smoke and Rain also presents a second body of work that speaks to renewal and regeneration after fire.

Image Credit: Jenna Mayilema Lee, Archive of an Invasive Native, 2020, Dual channel video projection, Dimensions variable, animation by Sai Karlen