Jacqui Driver

2. Jacqui Driver, Pulling at Layers, 2025, lithograph, 38 x 56 cm. $500

The fascination of thickets, specifically those created by the sea hibiscus, intrigues me. I see these entwined branches as a reflection of being caught up in cycles of thinking, sometimes the patterns support and protect me but other times they hold me back, I am caught up in the comfort of their repetition. The challenge is in finding a way through them or maybe it is also inside them by losing myself within the thicket.

Jacqui Driver is a print-based installation artist living and working on Gadigal land. Driver’s practice includes large scale drawings, lithographs and silk drapes (subsumed with her lithographs) which form the basis for her installations, as well as her audio-visual work. Driver is known for her large-scale multiple panel lithographs. She has had 7 solo shows over the last few years and has been selected in various art prizes, including the Salon des Refusés-Wynne, JADA (Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Prize) 2024, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize 2024, Hazelhurst Works on Paper 2023, The Waverley Art Prize 2022-2023 and the Burnie Print Prize 2021, 2023, 2025. Driver has her own Lithographic Studio but has also worked as a casual academic for over thirty years.