Catherine Weng
You’re faster if you don’t breathe.
A speculative extension of the internal body. Through painting and textiles, microscopic bodily forms are abstracted to construct images of imagined internal spaces and forms. Weaving fragmented forms to produce spatial tension, the work evokes the body in flux.

Catherine Weng, Installation view, 2025. Image courtesy of the University of Melbourne. Photography by Astrid Mulder.

Catherine Weng, Fascia, oil, acrylic, calico, chicken wire, 2025

Catherine Weng, Cytoplasmic, installation view, vinyl, PLA, yarn, 2025

Catherine Weng, Distal Vacillation, oil, acrylic, calico, yarn, chicken wire, 2025

Catherine Weng, A Torrent Beneath, oil on canvas, 2025

Catherine Weng, Soft Orbit, installation view, oil, acrylic, calico, yarn, 2025
Faculty of Fine Arts and Music
University of Melbourne