Caitlin Devoy, Out of Breath

Caitlin Devoy – Out of Breath
Opening 5pm, Thursday 7 August 2025

Jhana Millers is pleased to present Out of Breath, a new solo exhibition by Caitlin Devoy.

In Out of Breath, Caitlin transforms familiar objects into intimate sculptures. Castings of musical instruments, cream canisters, a drummer's seat, and other objects—suspended in a state of stillness—as if caught mid-breath. On the boundary between emerging and submerging.

Humour threads through the exhibition: silicone cream canisters nod to sex toys, hollows are filled. The sacred and the absurd sit side by side. What looks like amber is synthetic. What feels like a relic may be waste or an intentional casting of waste. 

Reverence for materials seeps through the works. Her introduction of substances connected to preservation and ritual, such as wax, rubber, silkworm gut, and myrrh—centre the tactile body.

At the heart of the exhibition is casting—not just as technique, but as a form of deep attention. Caitlin casts from undersides, spillages, and residues—revealing what’s often overlooked. Her works invite reflection on what remains: the scent left behind, the shape of something just gone, the breath after sound.

An commissioned essay by Dina Jezdić accompanies the exhibition.