In this deeply personal and politically resonant exhibition, Mossman-based artist Anastasia Klose presents new drawings, video, and performance works responding to her ongoing involvement in conservation efforts across Far North Queensland.

Over two and a half years, Klose assists Rainforest Reserves Australia in campaigning against poorly located industrial wind developments, focusing in particular on the proposed Chalumbin wind farm near Ravenshoe. For thy sake I in love am grown emerges from these “random, exhausting, and depressing adventures in conservation,” offering a raw and reflective portrait of environmental advocacy through an artistic lens.

The exhibition draws on Klose’s extensive engagement with scientific reports, government policy, community testimony, and Traditional Custodian knowledge. It expresses both a critique of ecological mismanagement and a profound, personal love for the unique biodiversity and landscapes of Queensland, demonstrated by her operatic odes sung in the gallery at lunchtime each day of the exhibition – as a dedication to the threatened environment and to raise awareness of the complexity of environmental management at play. The exhibition highlights the emotional and ethical stakes of conservation—and the role of art in shaping public discourse and connection to place.

The exhibition and publication Anastasia Klose: For thy sake I in love am grown are presented in partnership with the University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery.

About the Artist

Anastasia Klose lives in Mossman, Far North Queensland. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Melbourne University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Drawing from the Victorian College of the Arts. An exhibiting artist since 2004, she has presented works at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Museum of Contemporary Art, GOMA, Muma, National Gallery of Victoria, University of Queensland, Artspace and Art Basel Hong Kong. She has held solo exhibitions at Spacement, Tolarno Galleries, Gertrude Contemporary and Lilac City Studio. Her work is held in public institutions and private collections. Most recently her work was included in the exhibition “Know my name” at the National Gallery of Australia. She is a conceptual artist known for her videos, drawings and performance-based works.

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