In Middle World: Every change a continuation, every season a story, Teho Ropeyarn carves his deep love for Cape York Country into an exhibition that maps the region’s shifting seasons. Through organic design and highly detailed vinyl-cut prints, Ropeyarn explores the interface between cultural memory and time, moving through the landscape in its wet, dry, and burnt states.
Essay writer Shonae Hobson describes the exhibition as “a spiritual metaphor that speaks to how First Nations people understand and interact with Country. The exhibition is deeply rooted in themes of cultural memory, connection to place, and the intimate, interwoven stories that are passed down by family and community.”
Drawing from childhood journeys along the 571-kilometre Peninsula Development Road—from Lakeland to the northern tip of Australia—Ropeyarn reflects on one of the country’s last great wilderness tracks, transforming lived experience into powerful visual storytelling.
Exhibition: 12 – 20 December 2025 + 12 – 24 January 2026
Opening Event: Saturday 13 December 5 – 7pm | Artist Talk, 4 – 5pm with Jocelyn Flynn
Image: Teho Ropeyarn, Cape York, Peninsula Development Road – Night Time Drive (State III), 2025, Vinyl-cut print, 100cm x 160cm (block), 117cm x 177cm (paper), 2AP + Edition of 10. Image: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and Onespace.
