Sarah Rowlands and Wendy Barbour-Clarke
2 Apr 2026
26 Apr 2026
Cycles of Return
Cycles of Return
Wendy Barbour Clarke | Sarah Rowlands
Wendy Clarke and Sarah Rowlands practices includes explorations with photographic processes and material experimentation. Both artists incorporate elements that fade, transform, or degrade over time, an intentional gesture that mirrors the changing conditions of the local environment, shaped by both regenerative and destructive human actions.
Sarah Rowlands is an Ōtautahi-based photographic artist whose practice investigates the entanglement of humanity within a post-colonial natural environment. Working across conventional and alternative photographic methods, she examines perceptions of landscape alongside intimate botanical studies. Rowlands’ work invites viewers to consider their place within fragile ecological systems and the enduring legacies of human activity on the land.
Together, their work deliberates on notions of time, transformation, and impermanence, prompting reflection on sustainable practices and the possibility of a more circular relationship between human activity and environmental conservation.
Wendy Clarke is a Whakaraupo / Lyttelton Harbour–based artist whose work is informed by living in a landscape marked by both resilience and rupture. Through photographic sculptural forms and the development of biopolymers embedded with imagery, Clarke reflects on cycles of damage and repair within the environment. Her use of environmentally conscious materials situates photography as a medium that parallels ecological processes and demands responsibility and care in artistic production.
Sarah Rowlands is an Ōtautahi-based photographic artist whose practice investigates the entanglement of humanity within a post-colonial natural environment. Working across conventional and alternative photographic methods, she examines perceptions of landscape alongside intimate botanical studies. Rowlands’ work invites viewers to consider their place within fragile ecological systems and the enduring legacies of human activity on the land.
Together, their work deliberates on notions of time, transformation, and impermanence, prompting reflection on sustainable practices and the possibility of a more circular relationship between human activity and environmental conservation.