Step into the vibrant world of Sunday Jemmott, an early-career artist whose colourful, texturally rich works exude joy. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media, Sunday transforms everyday materials into playful works that celebrate self-expression.
As Museum of Brisbane’s Artist in Residence, Sunday is creating an immersive new installation that will transform the Museum’s entryway into a scribble sanctuary, exploring drawing as an instinctive, genderless act and a powerful way of making sense of the world.
During Melt Festival, join Sunday’s drop-in workshops where you can draw alongside the artist and contribute to the Scribble Sanctuary before it opens in early 2027.
Presented by Museum of Brisbane in association with Melt Festival.
MoB’s Artist in Residence program is supported by Tim Fairfax AC.
Sunday Jemmott (they/she) is an emerging artist based in Magandjin/Brisbane. Their work concerns the expression of play through expanded painting.
In her recent work, Sunday mobilises trivialised aesthetics to reframe the devaluing of play in art history and contemporary culture. Their methods include harnessing abstraction, multi-disciplinary painting and sculpture, activated through installation and high-key colour.
Sunday explores play and re-introduces the power of joy to viewers. Their experimental and whimsical work uses the rigour of craft and intense chromatic colour to advocate for play, mediating the intersection between the lowbrow and rigid notions of modern painting.
