Caroline Rothwell

Caroline is a leading Australian multidisciplinary artist with a research driven practice looking to the intersection of art, science and nature. She works across two and three dimensional media in the expanded disciplines of sculpture, installation, drawing and video. Caroline looks to archive, history, data and site to consider multi-species interconnection, environmental care, technology and the future.

In 2024, she was a Creative Australia Cité Internationale des Arts resident in Paris. She has exhibited in major biennales and exhibitions

Caroline Rothwell’s practice engages with the politics of place, migration, conflict and mortality through the lens of the environment. Her work often draws on the anatomy of endangered or extinct species, though she is equally known for creating mutant and hybrid forms that explore the impacts of biotechnology and environmental contamination. What may at first appear playful or innocent in Rothwell’s work – shiny surfaces, toy-like contours, the allure of a flower or animal – are typically decoys for more ominous or unsettling subjects.
 
Art Gallery of New South Wales