I want to lie in the clouds with you is a series of new paintings that responds to themes of love, comfort, loss and grief by two-time Archibald Prize finalist Katherine Edney.

These themes are conceptualised through the symbolic use of bed sheets.

"I’m drawn to the movement and energy of sheets as I see a duality within them. They provide security. A retreat from the world. Yet they're also the place where my mind wanders and my thoughts are laid bare. Recently, I lost a dear friend—and this contrasting tension between comfort and unrest is a state that I now constantly find myself in."  - Katherine Edney 

This project is supported by an Arts and Creativity Grant from Northern Beaches Council.

Exhibition hours

• Wed - Sun, 10am - 4pm 
• Mon & Tue, Closed 

Exhibition Opening

• Sat 30 Nov, 2pm - 4pm 

Artist Talk 

• Thu 07 Dec, 11am
• The artist will discuss mental health in relation to the themes explored in this body of work. 

Artist Biography

Katherine Edney lives and works in Sydney. She holds a Master of Fine Arts by Research (Painting) from COFA, UNSW (2008) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours Class 1 (2004).

Edney has been a multi-time finalist in the Archibald Prize (2020, 2019), Salon des Refuses (2024, 2022, 2021), Portia Geach Memorial Award (2020, 2014, 2012), Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (2019, 2018), Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship (2012, 2011) and STILL: National Still Life Award (2021), and NEAP National Emerging Art Prize 2024, among others.