Kathy Temin — 'Large Chartruese Ball Tree', 2020

'Large Chartreuse Ball Tree (2020) reflects Kathy Temin’s ongoing exploration of memory, material culture and the visual language of 1970s interior design, with its sense of optimism, repetition and nostalgia. Drawn to the work’s heightened chartreuse hue, Temin uses colour and materiality to evoke personal and collective memories. Influenced by topiary, idealised landscapes and repeated forms, the sculpture belongs to her broader My Monument and garden series, in which themes of remembrance and the symbolic role of gardens are recurring concerns. This singular tree also informs a larger public artwork commissioned for the 97 Alma Rd development by Neometro, designed by Kerstin Thompson in East St Kilda.

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Kathy Temin studied at Victoria College, Prahran and at The Victorian College of The Arts. She has exhibited widely across Australia and internationally since the 1990s. Temin is known for her signature monumental and domestic scaled objects made from synthetic fur in monochrome engaging with themes of remembrance and domesticity.

Kathy Temin’s work is represented in museums across Australia, in private collections nationally and internationally and My Monument: Black Gardens, 2011 is currently on display in the collection exhibition Super Nature at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until February 2027. Her recent solo exhibitions include Wall Works, 2023, and Woven, 2025 at Anna Schwartz Projects.  Wall Works, 2026 was shown at Ames Yavuz Gallery in Sydney. Kathy Temin is Professor at Monash University in Fine Art at MADA (Monash Art, Design and Architecture).