Time begins.
in the soft quietness of place
a space
flowing
into and beyond time
Nada Murphy
August 2025
Nada Murphy Artist
Nada, a Western Australian Artist, has developed a versatile arts practice, and is agile with a range of media including paint, print, glass, and textiles.
Nada’s work discloses stories held in our landscape. Her process reflects both on story held in our social histories and our need to respect, work together and conserve country.
Her approach inherently pays respect to those who have walk here before us and shows gratitude to traditional owners for their patient sharing of knowledge and asking us to listen.
Only then will conversations hold a full meaning.
Her most recent exhibition “Beyond Time” using a science artist collaboration made a comparison between two saltmarsh & estuaries, those of the Swan Estuary Reserve in the Derbarl Yerrigan and Pipeclay Lagoon in Southeast Tasmania.
Currently Nada is collaborating with Dr Alan Cottingham Harry Butler Institute with a project to highlight the critical role of Carter’s Mussel in river ecology.
Nada has recently exhibited in:
- “Conversations with the Salt marsh”: Rosney Tasmania January 2025
- Vicki Torr Memorial Glass Exhibition Poatina Tasmania Feburary 2025
- Glass in Isolation Perth Western Australia June 2025
- WAMA Salon des Refuse Halls Gap
- Beyond Time Solo exhibition Mossenson Galleries September 2025
- Her work "Interwoven" has been shortlisted for the Tom Malone Glass Prize 2025.
Nada is represented by Mossenson Galleries.
Beyond Time draws upon my exploration of Saltmarsh in the Derbarl Yerrigan (Swan River) Saltmarsh and at Pipeclay Lagoon in Tasmania asking to imagine what might be yet to come beyond our times.
My visit to Pipeclay Lagoon in early 2025 meant marking time with a different beat to that of contemporary life. My exploration of the Saltmarsh in the Darbarl Yerrigan found only three remnant ecologies in Doontanboro (Melville Waters). Our consciousness can exist beyond the "time bound" between the establishment of the Swan River Settlement and the present.
Questions emerge for me as to: “What sits at the edges of time and beyond? “
