Exhibitions

The world around us is in constant motion, a series of actions and reactions that make up our time on Earth. Back and Forth is a celebration- willing the chaos to be calming and finding inspiration in the everyday. 

Artist Callum Preston spent his first 20 years in Hume, growing up in the suburb of Westmeadows. An energetic child, he skated streets, biked under flightpaths, splashed through creeks, and explored neighbourhoods, always chasing the next adventure. To Preston, Hume represents this ongoing movement and youthful energy. 

This series of paintings capture sense memories- flashes of light, colour, and feeling. Using sharp, controlled brushstrokes, Preston draws on the bold visual language of everyday signs: shop fronts, bus stop numbers, council wayfinding, and school notes. These simplified flashcards represent ordinary moments that quietly shape the experience of growing up, balancing self-purpose with an uncertain future. 

Preston is a self-taught graphic designer and artist focused on nostalgia. His work spans murals, commercial projects, and solo exhibitions worldwide. His installations invite viewers to revisit personal memories while sharing his own stories. 

Created in his Broadmeadows studio with mostly salvaged materials, Back and Forth highlights reuse as a core part of his practice. 

This exhibition was commissioned as part of the 2025 Hume Winter Lights Festival, Hume City's premier arts and cultural event, held biennially in Broadmeadows.