A Southeast Asian fiesta collides with coastal Aussie bogan culture to playfully traverse trauma and identity in She’ll Be Right?, the upcoming solo show by Burmese-Australian artist Shân Primrose.

Exploring her lived experiences over the past 29 years, from the Mornington Peninsula, to Naarm, Myanmar, Newcastle (NSW), Mexico and Italy, the artist draws influence from the anguish, beauty and growth that each geographic transition has bestowed upon her.

Inspired by kaleidoscopic watercolour creatures crawling out of dusty year 12 folios, this multi-scale body of work explores resilience through themes of small town queerness, evil share houses, mental health care plans, cultural identity crises, relationships and more.

Confronting, but relatable. Raw, but colourful. Like the ‘This is fine’ house fire meme that has come to represent a generation living amidst perpetual horrors, Primrose invites viewers to have fun in the midst of the shitshow.

She’ll Be Right? illuminates the darkest parts of our personal journeys, with a knowing nod to the effervescent experiences beneath our eternal Aussie affirmations.

Laugh, cry and overshare… but no worries if not :-)

Shân Primrose is a Burmese-Australian Visual artist and designer. She grew up on the Mornington Peninsula (Boonwurrung country). At the age of 16 she secured her first mural job and the same year she showed work in her first exhibition.

After a turbulent gap year in London, she went on to study a Bachelor of Visual Art and Design at ACU where she was awarded the ‘Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Visual Art Student Award’. After graduating, she worked as a Graphic Designer for 2 years. In 2019 Shân undertook an Artist Residency in Puebla, Mexico, where she spent 4 weeks exploring themes of self-identity and the complexities of her own cultural background. When she returned to Australia, she moved into her first studio at Honey Bones gallery. In November 2021 she had her debut solo show ‘Dog’s Breakfast’, which explored her lived experiences of growing up as a multiracial woman on the regional coast of Australia. In 2022, Shân moved to Newcastle, NSW (Awabakal Country). During this time she had studios at Playstate on Fern in Islington, and Onwards Gallery in Broadmeadow. In May 2023, she undertook her second overseas residency in Naples, Italy, where she spent 3 weeks exploring new mediums and materials. Over her career she has worked with many brands such as Converse, Platypus Shoes, Splendour in the Grass and Dangerfield. Shân is currently working from her home studio in Fitzroy North, Naarm.