IN THE GALLERY: Walking Practice

Olivia Chin

1 - 23 May 2026

THIS IS NO FANTASY is pleased to present Walking Practice, a solo exhibition of new work by Naarm/Melbourne-based multidisciplinary artist Olivia Chin, her second with the gallery.

Walking Practice brings together a body of works transcribed from sketches made during Chin’s time on the Jatbula Trail, located outside Katherine in the Northern Territory.

Traversing ancient tablelands shaped by extraordinary plant life and geology, the works emerge from a landscape carrying thousands of years of memory. Through processes of translation, from movement to mark, from sketch to material form, Chin captures the durational experience of walking: the slow accumulation of sensation, the shifting awareness of the body in space, and the quiet intensities of extended time on Country.

The resulting works function as traces – layered material records that hold something inherently ephemeral. They evoke the rhythm of footsteps, the weight of time, and the embedded histories of the land. In the Australian context, where walking is inseparable from the presence of deep and often painful histories, Chin’s practice acknowledges the gravity of what has been lost and stolen. At the same time, Walking Practice holds space for the joy and subtle magic of moving slowly through the landscape: the intimacy of shared experience, the act of noticing, and the possibility of seeing more fully.

Watch Exhibition Walk Through HERE

View Exhibition Catalogue HERE