Things I Carried Quietly
Solo Exhibition by Nani Puspasari
Things I Carried Quietly
Exhibition Dates. 2 May - 19 July 2026
at Counihan Gallery
Brunswick Town Hall
233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Things I Carried Quietly by Nani Puspasari reflects on the unseen emotions tied to migration, cultural transition, and remembering the places once called home. Drawing from her Chinese-Indonesian background and life in Australia, Nani brings together hand-built ceramics, paintings, and drawings that are shaped by her fragmented childhood memories.
Playful, tender, and poetic, the works reimagine hybrid fruits, altered household objects, forgotten toys, shy animals, and figurative forms. Arranged in loose constellations, they suggest closeness without resolution, tracing the subtle imprints of belonging and displacement.
Exhibition view
The Artwork
Island Girl Who Still Can’t Swim, 2026, Installation, glazed ceramics, gold lustre, gold leaf, plexiglass, textile, mixed media, 70x130x70cm
A Head Full of Wanting to Be, 2024, Glazed ceramics, gold lustre, 24x24x24cm
Unfolding in Another Realm, 2025. Glazed ceramic, feldspar rocks, gold lustre. 25x25x25cm
All the Small Lives at Once, 2026, Acrylic on 2 panel canvases, 120x240cm
Blooming Elsewhere, Far from Home, 2026, Glazed ceramics, gold lustre, gold leaf, 34x37x37cm
The Toys That Survived the Fire, 2026, Glazed ceramics, 26×50×20cm
Shining Star, 2025, Glazed ceramic, gold lustre, 31x20x11cm
Things I Carried Quietly, 2026, Glazed ceramics, gold lustre, gold leaf, installation, 44x60x44cm
After the Outage, 2026, Glazed ceramic, gold leaf, 29x22x22cm
The Water Tries to Keep Me, 2022, Glazed ceramics, resin, 15x20x14cm
Platter of Unfamiliar Familiar, 2026, Glazed ceramics, gold lustre, gold leaf, 10x26x26cm
Poppy, The Golden Girl, 2024, Glazed ceramics, gold lustre, gold leaf, 37x27x32cm
Unlearned Swimming, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 66x66cm
Photos by Peter Yifan Lee, Nani Puspasari