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When Fire Meets Canvas – My Exhibition at BSide Gallery

On the 7th and 8th of June, I had the absolute honour of exhibiting my latest work 'Battle Worn Heart' at BSide Gallery in Melbourne—an electric space buzzing with raw creativity and unapologetic truth. The piece I chose to share was deeply personal. A portrait of fierce female resilience, it stared defiantly from the wall, smeared with war paint and shadowed by a blood-red heart. She is the reckoning and the ache. And she now belongs to the world.

The event, curated by the brilliant Guste—a visionary young photographer whose passion for lifting artists is as fierce as her lens—is one I’ll never forget. The calibre of work surrounding me was nothing short of breathtaking. Each piece in that space whispered rebellion, screamed survival, or wept with beauty too often overlooked. From walls dripping with colour to canvases crackling with emotion, every corner of the gallery demanded your attention—and held it.

I gave a speech that night. A few minutes of standing in my truth, surrounded by strangers who suddenly didn’t feel so strange. And as I spoke—about art, about rage, about being a woman making noise in a world that rewards our silence—I looked out and saw heads nodding. I saw connection. I saw the point of it all.

The other artists' speeches left imprints. There was wisdom, there was grit, and there was vulnerability laced through every word spoken. It reminded me that art isn’t a competition—it’s a conversation. And this weekend, that conversation was loud, luminous, and full of fire.

To Guste—thank you for your courage and leadership. To the artists—thank you for your rawness and strength. And to everyone who came, listened, felt, and saw—thank you for letting art move through you.

This was more than an exhibition.

It was a communion.

It was Silver Moth taking flight.

— The Silver Moth

Silver Moth Studio