About

Gigi Malherbe’s practice focuses on the incorporation of concealed faces and fragmented parts of the body alongside folkloric/ mythological images and stories from her Lithuanian and Mauritian cultural heritage.  Rendered in high contrasting, glistening acrylic palettes, Malherbe explores paths of emotional fragility and anxiety imbedded within her from experiencing the world with a permanent vision impairment and links them with cultural sites, collected images and stories that mirror and explore universal experiences of adversity and strength. Sourcing images from her own collected photography, internet archival sites and her personal medical eye scans, she creates compositions that present deeply personal recollections of the stages of grief and the fragility and resilience of the human body. 

Gigi Malherbe is an artist based in Eora/Sydney and who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from National Art School in 2022, majoring in painting. She was apart of the Blue Mountains Portrait prize in 2021, selected as a finalist in the Sir John Sulman Prize, held at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2022 and was shown at Sydney Contemporary Art Fair in 2023 with the National Art School booth. Her work is held in multiple collections including the National Art School archive and various personal collections across Australia. Malherbe has featured in various publications including Art Collector Magazine and Russh Magazine.