{"id":869697,"date":"2026-08-27T01:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869697\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T01:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T01:40:17","slug":"artist-turns-strangers-memories-into-paintings-for-moonah-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869697\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist turns strangers\u2019 memories into paintings for Moonah exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven of 11 original artworks have already sold before tonight\u2019s opening of Lindisfarne artist Adele Auchterlonie\u2019s new exhibition at Moonah Arts Centre.<\/p>\n

The collection, titled Collective Memories, was born from more than 50 anonymous memories submitted by people from across Australia and around the world.<\/p>\n

Auchterlonie asked her social media audience and mailing list to share a memory they never want to forget, without limits.<\/p>\n

The responses ranged from love stories and grief to heartbreak, first loves and friendship.<\/p>\n

\"\"Auchterlonie used her signature memory map process to create the paintings<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like what brings us together and shapes us as humans,\u201d Auchterlonie told Pulse.<\/p>\n

She translated those submissions into 11 original paintings using her signature \u201cmemory map\u201d process, which turns personal memories into symbols, colours and elements set against an abstract background.<\/p>\n

\"\"Seven of 11 original artworks sold before the exhibition\u2019s opening night<\/p>\n

Despite the memories coming from people in the United States, Dubai and across Australia, Auchterlonie said the same themes kept surfacing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe warmth of the summer, like moments of people that they love,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are individual to the people\u2019s specific memories, but I feel like everyone will find a piece of them in these artworks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the people who submitted memories have already purchased the paintings inspired by their stories.<\/p>\n

\"\"Moonah Arts Centre is hosting the Collective Memories exhibition<\/p>\n

Four works remain available for the opening night, which runs from 5:30pm to 7pm at Moonah Arts Centre.<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be on display until September 19.<\/p>\n

The show follows Auchterlonie\u2019s sold-out Melbourne exhibition earlier this year at fortyfivedownstairs in Flinders Lane, which she described as a turning point.<\/p>\n

The Lindisfarne artist has since taken another year of leave without pay from her job to pursue art full time.<\/p>\n

\"\"Themes of love, grief, heartbreak and friendship emerged from the submissions
\n\"\"Auchterlonie plans to release Collective Memories as limited edition prints<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gone better than I ever could have imagined,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for the support and the response to my work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Auchterlonie said she also plans to release the Collective Memories collection as limited edition prints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven of 11 original artworks have already sold before tonight\u2019s opening of Lindisfarne artist Adele Auchterlonie\u2019s new exhibition…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-869697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}