Seven Marks Gallery is pleased to present TEMPEST, a new exhibition by Australian multidisciplinary artist Mikey Freedom.
Shaped by Sydney's 1980s graffiti culture, Freedom's practice moves between urban mark-making and 20th-century art sensibilities, guided by what he describes as rhythmic classicism - a language informed by jazz improvisation, gesture and cut-out form.
Working from Kiama on the NSW South Coast, his work privileges line, distils form and embraces restraint, creating a visual language where instinct and imperfection remain visible. Across exhibitions, public commissions and community engagement, Freedom's practice returns to the potency of the human mark/ gesture as a record of presence, memory and labour. Drawing on historical dialogue, Mikey champions the need for and continued importance of, critical rigour in contemporary art.
TEMPEST gathers fragments and debris from the artist's passage, exposing remnants of thought, labour and refusal, held briefly in tension.
Wilful and unresolved, the exhibition weaves a personal interpolation of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest', a meditation on uncertainty, endurance and the persistent force of the human hand.
SEVENMARKS is a contemporary art space located in Kiama NSW, dedicated to exhibiting work that is intentional, relevant, and rooted in dialogue. With a growing identity and regional presence, the gallery serves as a site for inquiry, experimentation, and connection.
