Platform 2025
Shannon Toth, Jarrod van der Ryken, and Keemon Williams
18 January–30 March 202418 Jan–30 Mar 2024
This is the second iteration of our annual Queensland new-artists project. It presents three artists. Shannon Toth’s assemblages combine timber, confectionary, and sound in sticky performances that evoke the body. Jarrod van der Ryken is known for his moody video installations, evoking spaces of illicit sexual encounter and discovery, dens and beats. Keemon Williams queers Australianness and Indigeneity through comic mischief.
Platform is a part of Tropical Ecologies, the IMA’s Queensland-artist commissioning program.
Artists
Shannon Toth (b.1992) has shown at Firstdraft in Naarm/Melbourne in 2023 and at Wreckers in Meanjin/Brisbane in 2024. They are based in Naarm/Melbourne.
Jarrod van der Ryken (b.1990) has shown at Carpark, Wreckers, Outer Space, Boxcopy, and Metro Arts in Meanjin/Brisbane, at Firstdraft and Pompom in Gadigal/Sydney, and at Screenspace in Naarm/Melbourne. He is based in Meanjin/Brisbane.
Keemon Williams (b.1999; Koa, Kuku Yalanji, and Meriam Mir) has had solo shows at Kuiper Projects in Meanjin/Brisbane in 2021 and North Site in Gimuy/Cairns in 2023. He is based in Meanjin/Brisbane.
