MADI⭐️MERCER

‘How I See You’ finishes up next Sunday the 22nd! Head down to @koorieheritagetrust if you haven’t seen it yet ✨🦢🐞 It’s has been one of the proudest moments of my little life to have these works on display, and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to honour my family in the process 😊🌸 Hope you can see it!

Better late than never!! I had the privileged of having a work of mine in @ku.arts ‘Gathering’ the first ever, National Weaving Salon earlier this year! This show ran alongside the incredible @kurdinthi National weaving symposium, that I was lucky enough to attend with my mum ☺️✨ This work of mine is called ‘Unknown’ and it speaks to the bodies and belongings of our ancestors that sit within institutions. Their remains housed within metal draws, waiting to be a subject of colonial voyeurism. These remains belong on country and in the loving care of their people… but who are they and where do they belong? ————————— It was such an immense privilege and I am honestly so grateful for the opportunity for my work to sit in an environment carefully, and lovingly curated by blak curators and makers! 🦢🌟 Thankyou to @ku.arts for having me and my piece, alongside so many other incredible weavers - some of which are in the following slides, and some that I have looked up to for years 🌟🦢 there were so many beautiful works, and I really wish I took more photos! My work was a heavier topic, but I cried out of pure Blak joy as soon as I walked in, and can honestly say it was one of the proudest, most joyous moments of my life ❤️💛🖤 #weaving #colonialimpact #unknown #colonialinstitutions #kuarts #kurdinthi #weavingsymposium

✨ Time to experience Madi Mercer: How I See You — a deeply personal exhibition exploring how we see and are seen within community, culture, and connection. Through striking portraiture and storytelling, Madi Mercer aka @_ghostgum invites audiences to reflect on identity, belonging, and shared humanity. This exhibition celebrates the beauty and strength of First Peoples’ voices and perspectives, blending contemporary practice with powerful emotional depth. 📍 Location: KHT, Yarra Building, @fed.square 🗓️ Exhibition Dates: Open now until 23 November 2025 💫 Entry: Free . . . #MadiMercer #HowISeeYou #KoorieHeritageTrust #FirstPeoplesArt #MelbourneExhibition

🌟🦢‘How I See You’ 🦢🌟 I am so excited to announce that I have my first ever solo exhibition opening next Tuesday!!! 🥹💗 I feel very privileged to have been chosen as a Deadly @melbfringe fund recipient, and even more so to have my work shown in the @koorieheritagetrust , alongside the extremely significant woven exhibitions now showing 🪶✨ If you are free, I would love to celebrate this extremely monumental moment with me. The opening event will be a small morning tea: 🌟Tuesday, the 30th of September 🌟Koorie Heritage Trust 🌟11:30 am I have been working tirelessly on the body of work in this show, and I am so proud to share it with you all!!! 🦋🤭💗 . . Thankyou @p333ta for your beautiful image and all your support 💗 love you x

I am so excited to say that I have a new woven work being shown in the @ku.arts National First Nations weaving salon! 🤭🦋💗 This is a new work that has never been shown before, and definitely a heavier subject than I have ever worked with, so I am feeling so honoured to have it shown in this exhibition! This exhibition and the @kurdinthi weaving symposium next weekend in Tarntanya, are such amazing initiatives uplifting the significance of First Nations weaving 🧚🏽‍♀️🌷 If you are in Adelaide, or looking to for a weekend trip I highly recommend having a look at the weaving symposium program, and the multiple woven exhibitions happening! There’s a little sneak peak of the work in the second pic…🤭 Yippeee!!

Yeah.. me and my friends are deadly AND beautiful 🥹💗🌟multidimensional!☝🏽🤓 All my friends make me so happy - as you can see I am literally shining with joy in these pics! I’m so glad my love for them, and my pride can be pictured 🥹 I love NAIDOC Pride gala hehe 😘🤭💅🏽 Thankyou for taking these beautifullll pics @eden_bren AKA the next big thing @crav3n_moorehead 😏 .. also yes if you clocked it I am an outfit repeater.. but it’s giving 💸🤩💗🫦🧚🏽‍♀️

🌟NAIDOC exhibition opening night!🌟 ❤️ This Friday 11/7 🌟 5:30 - 7:30pm, 🖤 @marsgallery Come by and see some amazing Blak art and celebrate this NAIDOC week - The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy!

I am so excited to be a part of @marsgallery NAIDOC Week show: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy. The exhibition will run between the 3 July – 2 August, with opening night is Friday 11 July, 5:30 – 7:30pm!! 🌟 This is my first commercial exhibition and it feels surreal to have work alongside other artists i love, and have been admiring for years!! 🥹🌷 Young Madi would be so proud 🦦😌 So come by to see some AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, DEADLY, BEAUTIFUL works! ☺️🥰 For more info, head to the exhibition link in my bio xx

My works for ‘Memory, Time and Country’ exhibition at @kingstonartsau Art Gallery!!! ⚡️🌷🌟 This exhibition was so special - where I got to exhibit with some of my FAVOURITE people; @grumpyenoki and @sureasshit 🥹💗 The exhibition coincided with IDAHOBIT day, and as all of us are queer identifying, blak artists, it felt natural to have our opening night alongside the city of Kingston IDAHOBIT events. I ran a weaving workshop on the night, and thankyou to everyone who came! It was so special and it makes me so happy being able to share that time, space and Culture with others ☺️💗🌟💕🌷

Colonisation continues to threaten the deep, sacred relationships between Country, native species and First Nations peoples. With over 2,200 species at risk of extinction, this crisis isn’t just about numbers, it’s about entire ecosystems unravelling. Every loss is felt by many. Madi Mercer aka @_ghostgum  artwork Not Just One, But ALL speaks to those fragile interconnections and urgent need to protect and honor them.   They suggest supporting Country Needs People – an NGO which works with over 50 Indigenous partners to support and strengthen Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas across Australia.   Tune in this month to learn more about Madi, their piece and how they came to be an artist and don’t forget to see the piece yourself, proudly displayed in our shop windows all month.

Here are the light boxes I created for @kingstonartsau alongside the ‘Memory, Time, Country’ exhibition ☺️💗 I LOVE how they look so much and so appreciative to have been able to make something for the public to see! 🌷☺️🌟(sorry for the dodgy video, it’s all I got!) Both of my parents grew up in the area close to the city of Kingston art gallery, with my surviving grandparents still there, so I have a lot of memories in the area!! It was so special to be able to create something so close to them, and to also create new memories for others that see my works 🌷💗☺️🌟 . . . . #lightboxart #aboriginalart #blak #publicart #digitalart

The Future’s Our Creation is a platform in which we ask upcoming artists to create a piece which represents a future they would like to see. This month we are proud to have collaborated with Madi Mercer aka @_ghostgum on their piece Not Just One, But ALL. Madi is a proud Wadawurrung person living and creating in Naarm. Their artistic practice stems from Cultural identity, connection to themselves, family, Country and Ancestors. Not Just One, But ALL represents the natural systems that are at threat in our country and reminds us of the importance in caring for the land. A future of Madi’s creation is one where land caring, sustainable living and our health and wellbeing are prioritised. It’s about reflecting on how Traditional Owners care for the land we have the privilege of living, working and playing on. They suggest supporting Country Needs People – an NGO which works with over 50 Indigenous partners to support and strengthen Indigenous Rangers and Indigenous Protected Areas across Australia. Tune in this month to learn more about Madi, their piece and how they came to be an artist and don’t forget to see the piece yourself, proudly displayed in our shop windows all month. Explore the resources in our stories to learn more on this incredible initiative.