IN | SITE RESIDENCY 
Odessa Mahony-de Vries

Odessa Mahony-de Vries will undertake a four-week residency with IN | ARI at The Old Lock-Up, developing a new body of sculptural work that explores the racially ambiguous body and the dynamics of objectification. Working in close dialogue with the architecture and material presence of the site, Mahony-de Vries will create highly responsive sculptures shaped by the scale, texture and spatial conditions of the environment. Throughout the residency, Mahony-de Vries will experiment with form and material while deepening her ongoing investigation into identity and the complexities of social and cultural belonging. The resulting installation will unfold as a spatial encounter between body, object and site, inviting audiences to reflect on the ways bodies are read, positioned and mediated within space. 

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About the IN | SITE RESIDENCY 

The IN | SITE RESIDENCY is a paid, four-week opportunity for artists to create and present new work at The Old Lock-Up. The program invites projects that are site-responsive, site-specific or site-designed, encouraging artists to engage the building as a total environment. Emerging from IN | ARI’s long-standing culture of dialogue and collaboration, the residency supports artists to move beyond the contours of their current practice - testing new materials, ideas and conceptual trajectories that may not yet have a public form. It provides a platform for research-led experimentation and immersive, spatially responsive work that unfolds across the site. IN SITE RESIDENCY is designed as a space for risk, depth and new propositions - a context where artists are trusted to expand their practice and develop ambitious, sensorial projects that respond directly to place.

RESIDENCY SHOWING | OPENING NIGHT
Friday 10 April 2026
6pm - 8pm

The Old Lock Up
4 First Ave, Maroochydore, Kabi Kabi Country

Stay tuned for more details.

Photos by Christine Hall
Widi Studio (Indonesia) | Courtesy of the artist

This program is proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council.