At her studio in Los Angeles, Australian artist Jemima Wyman is trying to come to terms with the cancellation of her 30-year survey show.

The internationally-known Palawa artist could have shown her career survey at a range of prestigious institutions, but went with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, where she has both studied and taught.

“It has a really special place in my heart, and that’s why I was excited to do the 30 year survey show there, because I had such a long relationship with the institution,” she told AAP.

In November, Wyman was told QUT’s Art Museum was cutting its 2025 program, and her show would be axed.

The free-to-visit museum at QUT’s Garden Point campus has eight staff and describes itself as one of Queensland’s premier visual arts institutions.

The university is facing financial challenges due to funding shortfalls, but staff would not be impacted by any of the university’s current plans, a QUT spokesperson said.

“We have had to make a number of difficult decisions with regard to pausing activities across a number of areas of the university, including some programming at QUTAM for 2025,” they said.

It appears the museum will show one exhibition of items from the university’s art collection during 2025.

Wyman is not the only artist left hanging, with an exhibition of two of Australia’s most significant ceramicists, Vipoo Srivilasa and the late Gwyn Hanssen Pigott also affected, as well as a group show by six Barkandji/Barkindji artists.

AAP