ARTIST PROFILE

Heidi Yardley collects imagery from 20th-century archives and reworks this source material on her computer, often using collage techniques to reimagine existing photographic images. Yardley’s new exhibition,

The Thin Veil, contains mostly charcoal drawings although painting is an ongoing preoccupation. A finalist in the Archibald, Wynne, Sulman and Doug Moran National Portrait prizes, the allure of Yardley’s work is the way known genres, such as still-life and portraiture, enfold film stills and photography. The Thin Veil, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne, May 22–June 9. nicholasthompsongallery.com.au