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Paige Northwood is an interdisciplinary artist working in the realms of clay and painting. Her practice explores memory, emotion, and the sensory body experience. The artist’s personal practice of connecting with and awareness of the body, sensation and movement are evident in her work. Northwood is interested in self-empowerment, in reclaiming our bodies and in our psychic abilities, and sees her work as a ritualistic honouring of this process. 

Northwood graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wollongong University in 2010, a Bachelor of Design from the Whitehouse Institute of Design in 2013, and a Diploma in Ceramics from Gymea TAFE in 2018. Post-study, Northwood worked in Aboriginal Art Centres in Central Australia — she currently works in Arts Education in NSW.

Northwood exhibits across Australia and internationally, and is currently represented by Leighton Contemporary in Queensland and Jerico Contemporary in New South Wales.

Paige Northwood and Skye Jamieson

‘promise paintings’

‘promise paintings’ brings together the work of Paige Northwood and Skye Jamieson. This is a collection shaped by movement, mark making, and an ongoing inquiry into relationship—between body and material, artist and environment, self and other.

Paige Northwood is an interdisciplinary artist working in the realms of clay and painting. Her practice explores memory, emotion, and the sensory body experience. The artist’s personal practice of connecting with and awareness of the body, sensation and movement are evident in her work. Northwood is interested in self-empowerment, in reclaiming our bodies and in our psychic abilities, and sees her work as a ritualistic honouring of this process. Skye Jamieson’s work engages with water, light and her environment. Her painting and drawing practice can be understood as a restorative process. Incorporating ceremony and bodily intuition into her making, she offers the space for serendipity and balance to come forward as a co-creating power. Blue, oils and plasters are recurring elements in her work just as they are recurring motifs in the urbanity in which she lives.

At first encounter, it’s evident that both artists work from a deeply embodied place. Northwood moves expressively, allowing internal sensations and emotional states to guide her gestures. Her process is physical, intuitive, and often rhythmic, creating work that feels immediate and alive. Jamieson approaches the studio with a quiet attentiveness—her body a compass, her movements deliberate, shaped by a practice of listening, preparing, and responding. Themes of connection and reciprocity are woven throughout the exhibition. The title, promise paintings, speaks to the trust and care involved in forming and sustaining relationships—with each other, with place, with  practice. The artists engage in a dialogue—not only through their individual works, but through their shared process, their affinity for natural materials, and the spaces between them. There is also a subtle choreography at play between the paintings themselves, and between artwork and viewer.

Each artist brings a distinct rhythm and tone. Northwood’s work is bold and expressive, rooted in sensory experience and emotional release. Jamieson’s is slower and contemplative, shaped by repetition, restraint, and the quiet rituals of making. Together, their practices reflect a shared commitment to presence, process, and the subtle conversations that emerge through paint.