Matilda Kirkwood's practice centres on oil painting, portraiture, and the emotional life of everyday moments. Drawing from candid imagery, memory, and the emotional charge, her practice explores themes of vulnerability, beauty, labour, and urban life through layered compositions.

During the residency, Matilda will expand her work through larger canvases, non-traditional surfaces and found materials, developing paintings that reflect the tensions and textures of the city while engaging with local narratives.

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