Curated by ARTCLUB founder Claudia Lowe, and featuring Studio Lauren Flora, Emily Handlin and Tom Butterworth, Mirage is a dreamscape of native blooms, reflective planes and carved stone — art you feel as much as you see.

“With Mirage, there is an extra challenge that excites me — all the works meet across different levels and dimensions. Tom’s practice rises from the ground up, Lauren suspends her pieces throughout the space, and Emily’s paintings hang high on the walls.”
— CLAUDIA LOWE

An immersive desert where light shimmers, textures shift and native blooms appear to float, Mirage reimagines The Art Department studio as a living, breathing landscape. Rather than a traditional gallery layout, the exhibition unfolds as a journey — one where visitors are invited to move slowly, notice small details and experience the work from multiple vantage points.

Claudia worked closely with Studio Lauren Flora, Emily Handlin and Tom Butterworth to shape the flow of the space. Sculptural florals spill across plinths and hover overhead, anchoring the room in scent and colour. Stone vessels echo the weight and permanence of the earth, while paintings pulse with warm, luminous tones that recall salt flats, dunes and distant horizons.

As you walk through Mirage, the eye is gently guided rather than instructed. Unexpected sightlines open up between works, encouraging you to look back, look sideways and look up. Each piece holds its own presence, yet the installation is designed to be read as one continuous environment — a sensorial field where time seems to slow down.

Mirage is less about spectacle and more about attunement. It asks visitors to pay attention to how the room feels: the hush of fabric, the depth of colour, the way a single bloom can alter a whole corner. In doing so, it offers a quiet, powerful reminder of our connection to landscape, material and the subtle beauty of the natural world.