Summer Aldis - Profile

ArtistSummer AldisResidesAustralia
Websitesummeraldis.comMediumGraphite on paper
Representing
Gallery
Lethbridge Gallery
Paddington, QLD
Emailbysummeraldis@gmail.com
Follow the ArtistInstagramThemesFemininity
Mental health
Introspection
Family
Trauma
Grief
Healing

About the artist

Summer Aldis is a self-taught, award-winning Australian artist working in graphite. Her detailed monochrome drawings depict anonymous women in sparse domestic spaces, exploring themes of nostalgia, absence, and quiet contemplation. With faces turned away, her subjects invite reflection on femininity, vulnerability, and the unseen stories of everyday life.

Summer is the 3rd Prize Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize Victoria Olt Gallery Drawing Award 2025

Artwork Themes & Subject Matter

Summer Aldis works within the restrained medium of black and white pencil, creating finely rendered drawings that situate anonymous women—often turned away from the viewer—within sparse domestic settings. Her practice is imbued with a sense of nostalgia and familiarity, where presence is shaped as much by absence. Themes of femininity, the home, and melancholy recur throughout her work, opening up allegorical possibilities and narrative intrigue. By weaving together intimacy, realism, and subtle symbolism, Aldis explores the ways in which memory, identity, and the quiet spaces of everyday life can hold vast emotional resonance.

Upcoming Exhibitions

WhenExhibitionGallery
October
2025
Group exhibition: “Reverie”
curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Haven Gallery
Northport, NY. USA
2026Group exhibition: Yet to be announcedLethbridge Gallery
Paddington, QLD

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

Old Soul, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Thread of Silver, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

The Figure, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2022

Artist Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2021

Anti-Division, A2Z Warehouse, Brisbane, Australia

Home Artist Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

2020

Within These Walls, Brisbane Street Art Festival, Brisbane, Australia

Glimpse, Side Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

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