BEYOND

The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Charles Sturt University is excited to host BEYOND -a new art exhibition made for our discombobulating times.

Artists Kati Görgényi, John Pratt and Ujala Aftab and I, reckon with profound environmental and political change with diverse visual responses. A shared material is newspaper.

Chapel Gallery, May 7-23, 2026, Weekdays to 5pm, Weekends 1-4pm

MEDIA

  • Read online: Four artists explore grief, hope and global strain. Robert Kennedy’s review of BEYOND as "a collection of social statements with heart", offering of voices, “well worth the time it takes to see and experience this one-off unique exhibition.

  • Radio:

  • Watch the video of the show’s opening; a conversation led by my friend - author, advocate and podcaster, Virginia Haussegger AM (pictured with John, far right on stage, Kati, and me)

Listen: John, Kati and Toni yarn with Neil Doody about BEYOND
ArtsSound FM

Images clockwise: Toni Hassan, Untitled from series Scissors, Newspaper, Prayer, Rock (pastel on newspaper), 2023-4, Ujala Aftab, Veil of Order (Newspaper transfer with embroidery), 2025 John Pratt, Held I, (Woodcut and collage) 2026, Kati Görgényi, from the Beyond series (Encaustic wax, pigment, newspaper), 2026.

Panel image: John Pratt, Kati Görgényi, Virginia Haussegger and I at the opening of BEYOND.

Below: Detail: Untitled from series Scissors, Newspaper, Prayer, Rock, 2023-4. Pastel on newspaper.

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