Continuum Exhibition & Opening Event
Presented within the historic sandstone walls of Salamanca Arts Centre, Continuum brings together a comprehensive selection of John Wren’s work, spanning from his earliest explorations to his most recent and resolved paintings.


WHEN & WHERE
28 May 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Salamanca Arts Centre, 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point TAS 7004, Australia
ABOUT
The exhibition traces the arc of a sustained creative life, revealing shifts in technique, scale, subject and confidence that define the development of a rigorous artistic practice. Early works expose a raw instinct; bold gestures, restless surfaces, and an urgency to understand material. As the work unfolds, mark-making becomes more deliberate, compositions more assured, and a distinct visual language begins to emerge.
Operating slightly outside the traditional art world, Wren has developed his practice with a high degree of independence, free from rigid expectations, and guided instead by instinct, discipline, and an ongoing commitment to exploration. Rather than presenting a singular style, Continuum embraces multiplicity. It reveals an artist unafraid of change; one who revisits, reworks and reimagines. Structure and abstraction exist in constant dialogue, each informing and challenging the other, creating a dynamic tension that underpins the work.
Set within a space steeped in Tasmanian cultural history, the exhibition…