The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks

Venue: Court House & Mulgrave Galleries

Exhibition: 31 Oct 2025 - 29 Jan 2026
Launch: 5.30pm, Fri 31 Oct
Venue: Mulgrave Galley

The exhibition will be officially launched by Professor Darren Crayn, Director Australian Tropical Herbarium

European-born artists Claudine Marzik (Switzerland) and Tijn Meulendijks (Netherlands) have lived in Cairns for over three decades. The Body Language of Plants is their fifth collaborative exhibition, continuing their exploration of the natural world through painting and ephemeral, site-responsive installation. Their work reflects close observation and a deep sensitivity to nature’s underlying structures and organic rhythms.

Tijn Meulendijks creates sculptural installations from carefully sourced organic materials. His contemplative process encourages a slower, more attentive engagement with nature’s interdependence. Claudine Marzik presents new abstract paintings alongside earlier works on paper, created using recycled materials, including mounting paper from the Australian Tropical Herbarium where she volunteers. Her work responds to the energy and cycles of vegetation with a strong material focus.

Together, Marzik and Meulendijks shape a quiet dialogue between rhythm, growth, and stillness – an aesthetic rooted in mutual respect for nature’s subtle intelligence and expressive, embodied language.

Cost: Free
Weekdays: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday: Closed
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Botany and Art Workshop

16 & 23 November 10am
Tickets $65 (materials included)
Botany and Art workshop with artists Claudine Marzik and Tijn Meulendijks, joined by a botanist from the Australian Tropical Herbarium (ATH).

Learn how to mount a plant specimen professionally as it's done in a Herbarium, followed by transforming your mounted specimen artistically with a contemporary approach.

- Identifying your specimen with the assistance from a Botanist.
- Collect and press your own specimens about 14 days prior and bring these to the workshop.

Further details and tickets can be found on Ticketlink.

Other upcoming events for this venue 'Court House & Mulgrave Galleries'
	Fri, 21st Nov 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 21st Nov 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 28th Nov 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 28th Nov 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 5th Dec 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 5th Dec 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 12th Dec 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 12th Dec 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 19th Dec 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 19th Dec 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 26th Dec 2025 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 26th Dec 2025 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 2nd Jan 2026 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 2nd Jan 2026 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 9th Jan 2026 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 9th Jan 2026 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 16th Jan 2026 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 16th Jan 2026 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries
	Fri, 23rd Jan 2026 The Body Language of Plants - Claudine Marzik & Tijn Meulendijks 9:30AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries		Fri, 23rd Jan 2026 Rites of Passage - Ed Koumans 10:00AM Court House & Mulgrave Galleries