PRESS RELEASE
ARABELLA CACCIA | Namaqualand
Apr 25, 2024 – May 22, 2025
ARABELLA CACCIA | Namaqualand
25 April - 22 May 2025
Everard Read London presents an exhibition of new work by Cape Town-based artist, Arabella Caccia.
Caccia draws inspiration from the natural light that generously blesses the southern tip of the African continent where she lives, and the wild places to which she travels to find solitude and silence. The feeling of calm and quiet in her work embodies the environment she attempts to creates around her, to find inspiration and feed her creative instincts.
This new collection of work is a personal reflection of the places Caccia explored during 2024. Through her work, she seeks to awaken a playful curiosity and a profound appreciation for the natural world. These places were not just destinations—they became integral to her creative process, subtly yet enduringly shaping her work.
Caccia’s work is fundamentally rooted in the importance of process. Using an ‘alphabet’ of glyphs derived from her study of nature, she employs two- and three-dimensional mark-making to express a state of being. This journey is brought to life through a variety of mediums, including oil, embroidery, and mixed media.
Namaqualand is an extension of this exploration—a tribute to the ephemeral beauty of one of the most extraordinary landscapes on Earth. Inspired by the seasonal transformation of the Namaqualand desert, where barren terrain bursts into a spectacle of wildflowers, this collection captures the interplay of resilience and fragility in nature. The shifting hues, fleeting blooms, the play of light and dark on natural forms and the vast, open spaces mirror the ever-evolving relationship between place and perception.
"My hope is that my art and the journey that shaped it inspires others to cultivate a playful curiosity about nature”, says Caccia. “I believe that focused, meditative creation leads to work of honesty and integrity. Through my work, I aim to invite others to experience the beauty and magic of nature with the same appreciation I've been fortunate to encounter. It is my hope that my creations serve as a bridge, connecting people to the beauty and magic of the natural world."
By immersing herself in wild places, undisturbed by human activity, Caccia seeks to deepen her exploration of the natural world, its flora, rock and land formations, and so refine and challenge the language and the expression of her work.
This is Arabella Caccia’s first solo exhibition with Everard Read London.
