BORN ROMANTIC is the debut solo exhibition of Aretha Brown.

'The only thing harder than being born Aboriginal, gay, and a woman… is being born a romantic.’

• Aretha Brown

In the age of the internet, I have chosen a post-cringe perspective on the meaning of love, dating and romance; leaning into the vulnerable, awkward and the uncomfortable.

Rejecting the assumption that Aboriginal art must be purely educational and political, this show delivers a dissection of my heart, a deeply personal insight into the experience of being a young, queer, Blak girl. It’s sexy, stupid, tender, awkward, and a little bit perverted.

This show is my love letter to being embarrassingly human.

Born Romantic is supported by Abbotsford Convent.