This new body of work by SpiderXdeath examines the architecture of contemporary unease. In a series of meticulously rendered images, the Melbourne-based artist documents the tensions of a world in systemic decline—the spectres of conflict, violence, and imminent threat.

Employing ink, acrylic, and fine pens on archival paper, SpiderXdeath builds compositions that are both graphic and exact. The severity of the subjects—war, surveillance, technological disquiet—is sharpened by the artist’s unflinching draftsmanship. This is work that operates without abstraction, offering a form of visual reportage from the edge of an unsteady present.

The effect is deliberate and direct, recalling the stark, confrontational ethos of underground visual culture. SpiderXdeath does not provide commentary; instead, he constructs a space for unresolved looking. The work asks the viewer to witness what is already here, and to consider the weight of what may follow.

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Atiba Jefferson
Atiba Jefferson is a photographer and director, renowned as Thrasher Magazine’s staff photographer and for holding the SLAM magazine cover record. His work, rooted in skateboarding and basketball culture, includes the Emmy-nominated, Clio-winning ESPN documentary Monochrome. A Canon Explorer of Light and Vans curator, his clients include Nike, Adidas, Supreme, Netflix, and Red Bull.

Jack Rudder
Jack Rudder is an Aria Award nominated director & photographer based out of Newcastle, NSW. With strong roots in punk/hardcore culture those ethics shine through in his raw and energetic way of documenting live shows and the moments inbetween.

James Hartley
James Hartley is an Australian-born photographer based in New York. Beginning in Adelaide’s skate and hardcore scenes, his work has taken him to more than 40 countries - touring with bands, and capturing the people and cultures that form around them. His self-published photo books serve as an ongoing archive of his life, and the people and places that inspire him.

Jesse Lizotte
Jesse Lizotte is a photographer and director based in New York City.
His work is driven by an interest in how those on the fringes of society influence popular culture and fashion, with a recurring focus on subcultures. His imagery is defined by a filmic quality that captures both tension and movement, blending documentary realism with a refined cinematic sensibility.

Shaun Daniel Allen
Shaun Daniel Allen (Shal), a Yugambeh-born Bundjalung artist, has quickly risen to prominence with his bold, lyrical paintings that bridge cultural worlds. His debut solo show, Balun (2021), introduced his distinctive visual language and connection to Yugambeh Country, earning institutional recognition including commissions for the Art Gallery of NSW, Powerhouse Museum, and Museum of Contemporary Art. Shal’s exhibitions, Nyanyahlila (2022), Distant Familiarity (2024), and a Louis Vuitton collaboration showcase his ever evolving practice. Global brand partnerships with Apple Music, Chopard, and Nike further highlight his versatility. Rooted in punk, tattooing, and surfing, Shal’s unconventional path informs his art. His works blend Bundjalung ochre, foraged dyes, and topographical motifs to explore Country, identity, and personal history. The emotional depth of his paintings resonates widely, marking him as a vital voice in contemporary art

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YEARS OF RIVER AND OF SUN, OF SAND, THE WIND AND THE SKY selected recent paintings by Max Berry. Courtesy of China Heights Gallery  and their on-going offsite at Louis Vuitton Brisbane.

Berry, who was born in 1987 in Katherine, NT, currently lives and works in Sunshine Coast QLD he has been exhibiting his work since 2011.

Using photographs and images from film and other media, he tackles a breadth of subjects and motifs, including landscape, figures, the mythic and seemingly banal everyday objects and their environments. The resulting paintings suggest an allegorical atmosphere and posses poetic power. 

The process of finding and transforming the images is in the manner of a collector, amassing libraries of material that is not necessarily understood yet intrigues or engages. These are worked through in various stages before reaching the canvas, where he makes the final piece in oils relatively quickly and in some instances in a single session. 

The resulting pictures work together to create a place, where motifs can be symbolic, obscured or warped. this way, they express the slipperiness of representation through painting and the inherent subjective nature of experience and memories.  

Berry’s seemingly understated works combine to prompt careful contemplation.