Christina Lowry is a multidisciplinary artist with a research focused practice, working at the intersection of natural history, art and preservation. Recognised for her photography and installation work with central themes of nature, memento mori, and speculative archive.
In 2025 she was the Maroochy Wetlands sanctuary artist in residence.
Christina has exhibited at several regional and private galleries.
As species disappear, go missing, become gone those who knew and cherished their presence are left with nothing but memories. Even the mnemonic lifeless forms become replaced by vague conceptualizations of once vivid beings. There is still a life to them however. That missing something, that catch at the edge of our perception, that sound of fluttering and calls in the distance. Christina’s call is for us to recognise the things that are missing before they are completely lost.
Dr Carl Warner
Queensland College of Art & Design
Subverting both artistic and museological displays, Lowry highlights the frivolity with which early collectors treated their bird, animal and insect subjects. Both lusciously decorative and haunting, the works draw attention to the one-sided relationship between the collector and their subject. Reframing our urge to collect and display, and our environmental impact more broadly, Lowry offers a view into the future if we decline to change our practices. Lowry’s works straddle uneasiness, their uncanny beauty reminding us that we possess the skills and technology to change the future.
Dr Bree Di Mattina
Curator and Arts Writer