reservoir of the everyday
Solo Exhibition @ Land Street Gallery (Brisbane, Australia).
19 November - 6 December, 2025
"Toyah Robinson's debut solo exhibition 'Reservoir of the Everyday' is an oeuvre developed over the last two years. It combines, alters and refines imagery of the everyday from public and private spheres through oil painting. Robinson holds up a mirror to the audience to reify the inherent interconnectedness between people that is formed from the transient areas of life.
Her work deliberately points to the naturalised mundane:
Viewing paintings beside one another.
A strangers messy chaos.
Seeing something that reminds you of home.
A sticker stuck in the street by a stranger.
Where light comes through, falls and fades.
Collecting ephemera.
Organising your laundry.
The passing of time.
Toyah Robinson's heedful and realist paintings aim to act as a physical representation of the invisible string that connects us, and challenges the audience to not only notice more in the everyday, but to develop a deeper appreciation of it."
Exhibition documentation by Louis Lim
Opening night captured by @soggybreadissad
Film photos coming soon... developed and scanned by sponsor Your Local Film Lab
proudly supported by.
The opening night of 'Reservoir of the Everyday' was proudly sponsored by Felons Brewing, Unico Zelo, ALTR and Your Local Film Lab, I can't thank them enough.
hint: click on the images to watch the animation and on the logos to read a bit more about each of them
All animations and posters for this exhibition were created by Toyah Robinson (without the use of AI).