Tash Brobyn
‘Cygnet’ 2025. Watercolour and gouache on cotton paper, gouache on earthenware; 4 paintings: approx. 25 x 21cm each; 2 ceramic pieces: 25 x 23cm, 9 x 14cm.
Artist statement
Part of an ongoing zine project that draws visual reference from graphic novels and medieval manuscripts, Cygnet reveals glimpses into a fictional world, in which a shapeshifting alien raised on earth shares their experiences of belonging and isolation living amongst humans.
Through this narrative, I explore the complex relationship between asexual, nonbinary, and autistic coding of alien characters in science fiction, and the dichotomous feelings of self-recognition and alienation they can create within audiences that share these identities.
Photograph: Anna Kucera
Acknowledgement of Country
аIJʹÙÍø School of Art & Design stands on an important place of learning and exchange first occupied by the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples.
We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land that our students and staff share, create and operate on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend this respect to all First Nations peoples across Australia. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
