In Profile is an exhibition space featuring works by selected local artists working in a variety of art media.

KATE RAE: Recent Paintings

11 January – 27 April

Balmoral artist Kate Rae has been inspired by the enthusiasm and daredevil of people who leap off the Balmoral Baths boardwalk into the water below. Their flight into the air are captured beautifully in oils and acrylic as Kate explores the experience of the body in space. In this series of works Kate Rae uses the figure to explore the landscape of the ‘self ‘ and the lessons we learn through our actions. The falling body is used as a metaphor for the discovery of caution and courage which make us our ‘self’ as physical and emotional beings.

MICHELLE BELGIORNO: Enso-Closing the Circle

3 May – 31 August

Michelle Belgiorno revisits the inscrutable culture of Japan, which she first fell in love with as an 18-year-old exchange student many years ago. Drawing on her knowledge of the Japanese language, people and traditional aesthetics, the works are a personal journey, and an attempt to close the Zen Circle (Enso) of this enigmatic culture after so many years.

• 2014 Exhibition summary