This exhibition celebrates two of Canberra's most influential artists, Hiroe Swen and the late Cornel Swen who, together, led a uniquely creative life in this region.

Cornel Swen emigrated from Europe in 1951 and worked in Sydney and Singapore as a freelance artist and graphic designer. While in Japan he met Hiroe, who had defied expectations of Japanese society to pursue a formal apprenticeship with a master craftsman and develop a contemporary creative practice in ceramic art.The couple married in 1966 and moved to Canberra, purchasing a sheep farm and establishing the Pastoral Gallery in 1973. They continued to work in parallel on their own work as well as coming together to collaborate on joint exhibitions, sharing their unique design language with the community. Hiroe went on the become one of Australia's most respected ceramic artists and influenced generations of practitioners through her teaching at the Australian National University.

Significant ceramics by Hiroe will be shown alongside Cornel's batik paintings to celebrate this extraordinary creative partnership.