Girl Masters: Badham/McCartney is a bold, intergenerational conversation between feminist artists Lauren McCartney and Van Badham that interrogates “mastery” as a gendered concept.

This dual exhibition confronts the tension between the public and private realms of feminist expression, with the artists exploring how time, shared history, and personal evolution shape their practices. McCartney, celebrated for her satirical critiques of male art-world paradigms, presents intimate, delicate watercolour renderings of traditionally masculine grids, while Badham - once McCartney’s teacher and now mentored by her former student - returns to visual art through theatrical digital compositions and found objects.

Together, they stage a subversive, multi-voiced inquiry into who gets to be a “master”-and where, how, and under what conditions “girls” can assert mastery at all.

OFFICIAL OPENING: Wednesday, 11 June, 5:30 for 6pm (with beer and pizza!)

RSVP: vanbadham@gmail.com – friends welcome!