“Life in
squares”
Coming to Qubit Gallery this April 2026
Violet Bond and I have been talking about working together for some time. While she has created works in a range of mediums, I have remained a slave to clay. Violet is my niece and we both lived in the Top End for a long time so communication and collaboration has been a natural, smooth exercise.
For the past few years I have been drawn to the look and texture of dry glazes and I have been experimenting with them on a variety of shapes and clay bodies. While Violet’s work has taken her all over the world het more recent has involved collecting natural and discarded objects and using them to create compelling images in a variety of ways and on a range of surfaces.
The title for the exhibition came from a number of inspirational sources. We both realised that the square is a shape we were drawn to in our current work and is one that is so dominant in all aspects of everyday life. And while not all pieces in the exhibition are square in form there are links and suggestions to the square throughout.
The work is collectable, interactive and inviting to touch. The colours used and obtained combine the natural hues of our northern environment with those we are drawn to in our decorative life spaces.
Words by Cecily Willis
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About VIOLET
Hello!Violet Bond (born 1986) is an Australian multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in the remote Indigenous community of Maningrida in the Northern Territory. Her practice includes performance art, photography, scanography, video, ceramics, and crypto art, often incorporating wild clay, found materials, and other ephemeral elements.
She has exhibited internationally, including a live performance and video installation at NFT Paris 2024 with Achetez de l’Art gallery, participation in Art Basel Miami Beach and Untitled Art Miami , and a solo exhibition, The Broken Portraits, at Uncommon Gallery, Seoul from September 18 to October 2, 2025.
Bond’s practice has been profiled in interviews and featured in private and public collections worldwide, reflecting her ongoing commitment to raw, unfiltered expressions of the Australian outback and her advocacy for Indigenous Australian rights.