Mia Boe

@miaboeartist

Mia Boe is a painter from Brisbane with Butchulla and Burmese ancestry. The inheritance and disinheritance of both cultures is the focus of her practice. Boe’s paintings respond, sometimes obliquely, to historical and contemporary acts of violence perpetrated on the people and lands of Burma and Australia.

Boe received a Bachelor of Art, majoring in Art History from the University of Queensland in 2020. In 2021, she was a recipient of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship from the Art Gallery of New South Wales and in 2024 she was the Fiona Foley Residency recipient, where she undertook a residency on K’gari and Hervey Bay in Queensland. She was a Gertrude Contemporary Studio Artist between 2022 and 2024, and has undertaken further residencies in Mexico City and Sydney.

Boe has presented significant solo projects in public institutions including the National Gallery of Victoria and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Her work is represented in notable public and private collections across Australia and overseas, including Kadist (San Francisco/Paris), University of Melbourne, Monash University, University of Queensland, University of Western Australia, City of Darebin, and Artbank.