Nicola Hooper | Zoonoses

Through drawing and lithography, Dr Nicola Hooper uses fairy-tale iconology and rhymes to explore concepts surrounding zoonoses (animal diseases that can infect humans). The exhibition ZOONOSES explores how we perceive certain animals in the context of fear and disease. The research for the exhibition was completed as part of Hooper’s doctoral thesis and first exhibited in 2018.

“This research conducted during study for my doctorate has resulted in the creation of lithographic diptychs, sculptures, artist books containing created rhymes and a number of zoonotic wallpapers. These works use fairy tales, myths, and rhymes as a metaphor to discuss zoonotic outbreaks in a non-threatening and restrained manner.” 

The exhibition is particularly centred around the experience of young people with opportunities to contribute to the collaborative wallpaper project or create a giant fly.

Opening event: 6pm 1 November 2024. RSVP at www.trybooking.com/CLCUF

Image: Dr Nicola Hooper, Love Potion and Methodology (detail), 2019, hand-coloured lithographs, and Lady Wildes
Toxoplasmosis Wallpaper, 2017, digital vinyl print of hand coloured lithograph, image courtesy the artist.

ZOONOSES is a touring exhibition of works by Dr Nicola Hooper presented by Logan Art Gallery, Logan City Council, in partnership with Museums & Galleries Queensland. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government's Visions of Australia program, and is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy. Proudly sponsored by Haymes Paint.