Gillian Kayrooz is an artist from Western Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney. In 2018 she was awarded the Create NSW Young Creative Leaders Fellowship which led her to exhibit internationally in the Asia-Pacific region. She most recently completed residencies at the Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts and the Sapporo Tenjinyama Artist Studio, ARTnSHELTER, Tokyo. In 2020, Kayrooz is a studio artist in residence at Parramatta Artists’ Studios.