Griffith University Art Museum presents Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line, the largest exhibition of Catherine Griffiths’s work ever shown in Australia. Touring from the Melbourne School of Design and curated by Ela Egidy and Megan Patty, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the physical, spatial, and provocative qualities of Griffiths’ practice .
For more than four decades, Griffiths has explored the potentials of language, materiality, and drawing in space. Working at the intersection of graphic design, typography, sculptural form, and public art, her interdisciplinary practice reconfigures how language is perceived and experienced—shifting from the concrete to the abstract through immersive scale, light, sound, and site-specific interventions .
Through typographic installations and time-based media, Out of Line invites viewers to read between the lines, engage in spatial dialogue, and consider alternative ways of seeing and understanding language. The exhibition is particularly resonant within its Queensland College of Art & Design context and will be accompanied by public programs announced throughout its duration .
Image: Installation view of Catherine Griffiths: Out of Line at The Design Gallery, Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne. Photo: Tobias Titz.
