From Looking to Feeling reflects on the ways that gender frames how we see ourselves in the world and considers the ambivalent emotional and psychological experience of un-learning gendered behavior. The works in this exhibition launch from the sense of frustration, pleasure and desire that come with transition. By sitting with these feelings Colgan hopes to observe the felt edges of bodily autonomy and self-determination; exploring the power individuals have to change how they see themselves and how others see them.

Liam Colgan is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Perth. Colgan’s work broadly investigates the fields of sexuality and queer theory in relation to art practice. Their work often deals with complex and unseen social codes within everyday life, drawing from their personal experiences as a queer person. Liam’s practice takes multiple forms including video, performance and installation. Through these media, they consider how individuals might challenge social power structures and navigate complex emotional and psychological states.

Since graduating in 2014, Colgan has shown in multiple exhibitions nationally including Hatched National Graduate Show at PICA (Perth); Passing/Parades at SUCCESS ARI (Fremantle); King Single/Expanded Queen at FELTSpace (Adelaide); Of
All Others at First Draft Gallery (Sydney) and The TV Show at Wollongong Art Gallery (Wollongong). Colgan has participated in development programs and residencies at Vitalstatistix (Port Adelaide), Proximity Festival (Perth) and Cool Change Contemporary (Perth). More recently they have published a small text as part of the book Maybe It’s the Weather released in Perth/Glasgow and produced a curated playlist for Runway Australian Experimental Art’s online publication Conversations.