New Zealander Kelly Thompson has fluttered into Melbourne eyes already this year - but it could never be enough.  Her particular brand of girly goodness is right at home here.

You know why?  Because she knows that girls with glasses do it better.  That nerds are hot and that geek chic is more than a media catch phrase.

Her big solo exhibition at Gorker Gallery - Bookworms Never Go To Bed Alone - celebrates the sexiness of the thinking gal.  In her trademark tender renderings, this body of mixed media works offers up her take on modern femininity.  This is the transformative journey from being a four-eyed freckle-faced outcast in the school yard into that elusive alternative geeky swan with her own kinda beauty. 

These artworks take the cliched fantasy of the sexy-slash-stern over-the-glasses librarian glance to the next logical level.  And you'll like it.

Bookworms Never Go to Bed Alone
by Kelly Thompson
2 July - 19 July 2009

Gorker Gallery
395 Gore Street
Fitzroy Melbourne