Student Series 2025

Heaven and the Hard Shoulder

Fionn Walker / Lucinda Tennent / Marie Lawrence

Opening 5pm, Wednesday 10 September 2025

Artist talk 12:30pm, Thursday 11 September 2025

Heaven and the Hard Shoulder explores the tension between systems of control and their decline.  Set against a backdrop of civic erosion, the exhibition brings together works by Fionn Walker, Lucinda Tennent and Marie Lawrence.  Fractured symbols and failing structures form a landscape that examines the aesthetics of collapse and the persistence of relentless consumption. 

The Ilam Campus Gallery Student Series is an annual showcase of some of the current practices at the Ilam School of Fine Arts. 

2025 Student Series Exhibitions:

• 16 Jul - 23 Jul - 'SQUELCH', Virginia Ferguson and CJ Maglaqui

• 30 Jul - 6 Aug - 'Re-earth' , Bella Macdonald and Rory Mainwaring

• 13 Aug - 20 Aug- 'Breathe. Draw. Hold. Release', Claudia Du

• 10 Sep - 17 Sep - 'Heaven and the Hard Shoulder', Marie Lawrence, Fionn Walker, and Lucinda Tennent

The Ilam Campus Gallery is generously supported by Three Boys Brewery, Murray and Co, and the University of Canterbury.