Gillian Kayrooz & L-FRESH The LION
‘The Sky Between Us’

Next date: Wednesday, 29 July 2026 | 09:00 PM to Sunday, 13 September 2026 | 04:00 PM

Image credit: Silversalt Photography

Respected Western Sydney artist, Gillian Kayrooz, and globally recognised hip-hop artist, L-FRESH The LION, collaborate with five emerging Campbelltown artists – Rose Bahatta, Rozana Dedovic, Japneet Kaur Saini (JAPI), Mariah Alone (RIAH) and Kingston L Vaaulu (K3ZRA) – to respond to works in the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, creating a series of compelling transdisciplinary installations titled, ‘The Sky Between Us’.

Commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre, ‘The Sky Between Us’ creates resonant points of connection and a rich dialogue with significant works previously created for Campbelltown by renowned artists, Abdul Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Kate Blackmore and Tom Polo. Local histories move between generations and reveal how communities shape the narratives that define them.

The practices of Kayrooz and L-FRESH are deeply embedded in their experience of growing up in Western Sydney under a shared sky that is both physically present and metaphorically vast. It is under this sky that memory, history, and possibilities of the future converge, and a living thread is created between the past and the present.

The ‘Sky Between Us’ premieres two new collective artworks by Kayrooz and L-FRESH, titled ‘The Sky Between Us’ and ‘Sky Archive’, bringing together places of personal and cultural significance to individuals in Campbelltown. It positions young people as active contributors to an evolving cultural record of Campbelltown, and to the ongoing question of who shapes the story of a place.

In 2026, Kayrooz and L-FRESH will deliver the ReVITALise Public Art Commission, a major transformation of the Hurley Street Underpass in the Campbelltown Central Business District.