	{"id":187592,"date":"2026-05-24T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=187592"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:52:08","slug":"jessi-rebel-celebrates-connection-culture-and-country-with-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/jessi-rebel-celebrates-connection-culture-and-country-with-new-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessi Rebel celebrates connection, culture and Country with new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORQUAY First Nations artist Jessi Rebel wants audiences to feel something when they step into Platform Arts&#8217; latest exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Yarrangany is the first exhibition Rebel, who uses they\/them pronouns, has curated independently.<\/p>\n<p>After months of collaboration with the Platform Arts team and fellow artists, they said the result feels deeply personal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The team at Platform Arts are really amazing. I felt really supported and trusted,&#8221; Rebel said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2026-05-1913.01.55_05073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessi Rebel has curated an exhibition solo for the first time. Photo: Matthew O&#8217;Donnell\/Hails + Shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It felt really nice to be given the opportunity to realy take over the space and explore doing an exhibition, but doing it my way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition brings together works exploring connection to ancestry, culture and place. Pieces from First Nations, M\u0101ori and Arab artists sit alongside one another throughout the installation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoyed how everything is still tied in together,&#8221; Rebel said. &#8220;They all explore ancestral lineage and roots, how we&#8217;re all really connected beyond the borders and beyond oceans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2026-05-1913.24.05_05075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The word yarrangany translates to roots in Wiradjuri language. The artists&#8217; works reflect on their experiences with systems that hold us beneath the surface across generations and beyond borders. Photo: Matthew O&#8217;Donnell\/Hails + Shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Getting to display that was really cool. I don&#8217;t think anyone went in going &#8216;That doesn&#8217;t belong here&#8217;, everything just intertwined really beautifully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Creating a contemporary viewing experience was central to Rebel&#8217;s vision, with the curator keen to move beyond the traditional gallery format of paintings hanging on white walls.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they wanted audiences to feel immersed in the space itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2026-05-1913.25.42_05112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exhibition curator Jessi Rebel wanted Yarrangany to feel immersive as people moved through the space. Photo: Matthew O&#8217;Donnell\/Hails + Shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was great to have the opportunity to create this space in a way that the exhibition spills out beyond the walls, getting to paint the space and explore different ways that we could really make the exhibition immersive,&#8221; Rebel said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It is] more than just walking in and looking at paintings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This desire flowed into the exhibition opening.<\/p>\n<p>Wadawurrung Traditional Owners welcomed patrons to the exhibition and held a Smoking Ceremony<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2026-05-1913.25.13_05122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yarrangany features works from First Nations artists on the themes of roots and belonging. Photo: Matthew O&#8217;Donnell\/Hails + Shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really wanted it to be an experience that people were a part of and left feeling like they weren&#8217;t just there for an art exhibition, but they were there for something really beautiful and powerful,&#8221; Rebel said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based off a lot of the responses I got from people, that was exactly what we were able to pull off, and so that was what I wanted. I wanted people to come and leave and be like, &#8216;Wow&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on their own experience as a Wiradjuri person living on Wadawurrung Country, Rebel said the exhibition&#8217;s theme of roots helped them explore how they are connected to the land they have called home for the past decade.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/2026-05-1913.19.10_05142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessi Rebel is a proud Wiradjuri person living in Torquay on Wadawurrung Country. Photo: Matthew O&#8217;Donnell\/Hails + Shine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They said they feel like they have created new roots in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really immersed in the community and the culture of this Country,&#8221; Rebel said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That really shows up in a lot of my work too. I&#8217;m really thankful that I am down here and have kind of that relationship to the Country and Wadawurrung community and share that through a bit of my art and storytelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yarrangany runs at Platform Arts until 11 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORQUAY First Nations artist Jessi Rebel wants audiences to feel something when they step into Platform Arts&#8217; latest exhibition. Yarrangany is the first exhibition Rebel, who uses they\/them pronouns, has curated independently. 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