TarraWarra Museum of Art today announced the major solo exhibition Breathing Helps by acclaimed Australian artist Rose Nolan.
The exhibition will be the first time Nolan’s large-scale, sculptural forms have been shown together, highlighting the recurring spatial and performative threads in Nolan’s practice. Presented from 9 August to 9 November, 2025, the exhibition will showcase these significant works alongside a new series of performances by Australian artist Shelley Lasica. Curated by the Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, Dr Victoria Lynn, the exhibition positions specific works from across Nolan’s career, together with a series of new site-specific commissions.
Framed by the unique sight lines of TarraWarra Museum of Art’s expansive spaces, the exhibition offers a fresh encounter with Nolan’s significant body of work. Drawing on modernist legacies and the disciplines of architecture and design, Nolan’s works are characterised by a radically reduced colour palette of red and white, and a commitment to utilitarian materials and methods.
Curator and Director of TarraWarra Museum of Art, Dr Victoria Lynn says: “For the exhibition Breathing Helps, Rose Nolan invites us into a deeply contemplative and sensory space, one that encourages presence and connection. Over many years, I’ve observed the deft way in which her spatial practice has evolved from her desire to extend the possibilities for painting — allowing it to unfold across time and space and to actively engage the viewer in motion. It is a privilege to present a major exhibition of Nolan’s work at TarraWarra Museum of Art, where visitors are invited not just to view art, but to inhabit it, to breathe with it, and create their own journey.”