Liz Gridley - Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare

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Liz Gridley’s Still Bodies: Dialogues of Deathcare is a series of allegorical, figurative oil paintings that explore options in how we plan, provide, and advocate for ourselves and others at the approach of—and after—death.

Opening reception: Saturday, June 21st, 5 - 8 pm. Drinks will be provided by our friends at Stomping Ground Brewing Co., Fin Wines and Cré Wines.

This exhibition will run from June 22nd to July 13th 2025, and will coincide with Kazuhiro Hori's FAKE, Izzy Faith V's Soft Gore Wendy Olsen's Inside the Imaginarium and Ana Luna's Fever Dreams .

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Opening reception: Saturday, June 21st, 5 - 8 pm. Drinks will be provided by our friends at Stomping Ground Brewing Co., Fin Wines and Cré Wines.

We are also hosting a ticketed Death Cafe event on Saturday, June 28th, 1 - 3pm. Join us for an open, respectful discussion about death and dying. No agenda, just conversation over tea. Hosted by end-of-life doula Dina Smirnova. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to the Queer As Death Collective. Learn more and purchase tickets here.

Painted on arched aluminium panels that echo both the curvature of the sky and the silhouette of a grave marker, these works serve as contemporary memento mori, inviting open conversation about a topic still considered taboo in Western culture.

This is the first full body of work that channels Gridley's research into death and deathcare—a field she has come to view as one of the few culturally sanctioned spaces where raw human emotion is permitted. Over the past two years, she has immersed herself in the deathcare space—learning from industry leaders about rights, responsibilities, and new technologies shaping how we die and how we care for others through the process. This series responds to the silence and confusion that surrounds end-of-life care: What is necessary? What is optional? What choices are we denied through ignorance or avoidance?

Using the seductive aesthetics of the female nude, Gridley draws viewers into difficult territory. These bodies, painted in collaboration with Melbourne photographer Eliza Cottonwood and life models Pistolina, Ella and Emily, are not just romanticised symbols—they represent a growing shift in the deathcare industry itself. As traditional, masculine-led funeral models give way to more compassionate, diverse and home or family-led practices, the labour of death is increasingly taken up by women and gender-diverse communities, mirroring pre-20th century traditions.

Yet these same bodies remain disproportionately vulnerable to violence in contemporary Australia. Still Bodies confronts that contradiction head-on: the beauty of these figures cannot soften the fact that death is often unjust, hidden, or forced upon the young and vulnerable. Advocacy in death care cannot remain confined to the elderly or terminally ill. Death is as relevant to all as birth, and it demands the same attention, clarity, and choice.

Using her beautiful muses as bait, Gridley challenges viewers to link visual iconography with bodily reality. These works ask: What are your plans? What are your rights? What conversations still need to happen? And how can we begin to normalise these conversations?

Because at the end of it all, we will all be still bodies.

Liz Gridley is a figurative oil painter from Melbourne, whose work centres on 'hyper-emotion'—distress triggered by overstimulation and physical overwhelm from external stimuli that cause a physical response in the body. Though her recent diagnosis with ADHD has shed light on Gridley’s emotional nature, 'hyper-emotion' remains a core element of her personality and sense of self.

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Liz Gridley - 'What Does a Good Death Mean to You?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'What Does It Mean To You To Leave A Legacy?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame

Liz Gridley - 'Is Cremation Right for You?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'How Do You Want to Be Remembered?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame

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Liz Gridley - 'What Do You Want Between You and the World?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'What Is the First Thing You Do When Someone Dies?' - oil on aluminium

Liz Gridley - 'How Do We Change Death Ritual Now to Enable Death Rituals in Future?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame

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Liz Gridley - 'What Brought You Here?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'What's Changed?' - oil on aluminium

Liz Gridley - 'Have You Discussed Your End of Life Plans With Family and Friends?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'How Do We Make Death Ritual Sustainable?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'Do You Fear Decomposition?' - oil on aluminium with metal lace frame

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Liz Gridley - 'What Do We Learn From Death?' - oil on aluminium

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Liz Gridley - 'Do You Want to Become the Grass?' - oil on aluminium

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