“More and more, my work taps into something that feels quite ancient—all that history that’s been absorbed, especially in our bodies—and that only comes through the process of layering.”
—KIRTIKA KAIN
irtika Kain’s Western Sydney apartment on Dharug Country is crowded with boxes of materials and new canvases. She came back from a three-month residency in Italy in November 2022 and since then she’s been living alongside her work, preparing for her solo exhibition at Roslyn Oxley9 and for the Biennale of Sydney next year. The cohabitation has been intense and sometimes messy, but Kain says studio life
