Gender Fluids by The Huxleys is a celebration of the natural world’s ingenuity and resilience, spotlighting the gender fluidity of marine creatures like the starfish, sea slug, and oyster. Through a dazzling mix of framed photographs, textile banners, costumes, and video, the exhibition captures the luminescent glory of these organisms in playful, sparkling tableaus. Each piece radiates the exuberance of life beyond rigid binaries, inviting viewers to revel in the freedom of fluidity and the boundless spectrum of identity. 

Will and Garrett Huxley (Aus/Gumbaynggirr/Yorta Yorta) are Melbourne-based collaborative performance and visual artists who work together as The Huxleys. Together they often draw inspiration from nature, which brims with colour, beauty, and the bizarre. Its surreal shapes and colours, particularly in sea creatures with their lurid hues and unusual bodies, resonate deeply with the duo’s creative vision. Their work frequently subverts traditional ideas of gender and body type, transforming them into something magical and unique and occasionally grotesque.  

In this series, they create images and costumes emulating these gender-fluid sea creatures, reflecting nature’s ability to adapt, evolve, and forge its own extraordinary path. 

The Huxley’s will also be hosting an Artist in Conversation presentation as part of Midsumma at the Pride Centre. To book for this discussion, find the link here.