Flood Lines

Flood Lines is a collaborative project and exhibition by artist Kylie Stevens and historian Margaret Cook.

Exploring the histories and impacts of Urarra (Bremer River), flooding, this project traces the intertwined story of Ipswich and its waterways.

Flood Lines is at the Ipswich Art Gallery from Saturday 19th April to Sunday 8th June 2025.

Margaret Cook is an Ipswich-based historian and author of A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods and has researched the history of Urarra (Bremer River) and the river's relationship with the people of Ipswich.

In her practice Cook works with archives, oral history, communities, various professions, and different communication methods to bring history alive and relevant for the present day.

Kylie Stevens is a visual artist who has established her career in Ipswich, with a recent focus on Urarra (The Bremer River).

Career highlights include Ways of Water, a solo exhibition presented at the Ipswich Art Gallery in 2020, projection of her work during Spark 2023, and a commission by Queensland Health to produce Urarra Meanders and Heals, a 6x2 metre painting in the foyer of Ipswich Hospital's new Mental Health Unit.