Gallery 144

Past exhibition

Lily Mortensen

Grænseløs (Boundless)

17 April – 16 May 2026

Lily Mortensen is a Danish-Australian artist based in Sydney. Her paintings are defined by bold colour and fluid compositions which unfold according to the logic of dreams. Through emotive colour and spontaneous expression, Mortensen manifests rich, vibrant worlds saturated with ungraspable meaning.

Installation Views

Lily said to me that she is painting her world, and that the interpretation of her paintings is up to the spectator, but that the place she is painting is without a border. It should come as no surprise that this boundless place stretches across time and space... and necessarily touches the Surreal minds of others who have interpreted the same thing differently.

– Nick Collerson

Artworks

Grænseløs

Lily Mortensen

Grænseløs, 2026

Soft pastel, oil, vinyl emulsion, aerosol, collage on canvas

130 x 160 cm

Sold

purple rain

Lily Mortensen

purple rain, 2026

Soft pastel, aerosol, collage, vinyl emulsion on canvas

130 x 160 cm

Sold

air horse one

Lily Mortensen

air horse one, 2026

Soft pastel, ink, aerosol, vinyl emulsion on canvas

84 x 77 cm

Sold

as above, so below

Lily Mortensen

as above, so below, 2026

Ink, oil, vinyl emulsion, aerosol, collage, soft pastel on canvas

150 x 150 cm

$4,450

exhibit a

Lily Mortensen

exhibit a, 2026

Soft pastel, ink, aerosol, vinyl emulsion on canvas

40 x 40 cm

$1,800

last resort

Lily Mortensen

last resort, 2026

Soft pastel, ink, aerosol, vinyl emulsion on canvas

122 x 153 cm

Sold

About the artist

Lily Mortensen is a Sydney-based painter whose intuitive, process-led practice explores subconscious states and emotional perception. Working primarily on unstretched canvas, she layers spray paint, vinyl emulsion, oil, and watercolour to create compositions that shift between spontaneity and control.