Artists

Emma Armstrong-Porter is an Autistic, Queer artist who lives and works in Melbourne. They were born in 1986 and are known for their work across many disciplines, most notably printmaking and chemistry based photography. Much of their work aims to destigmatise mental illness.

Lucy Goosey Feminist Art Collective is a fluctuating group of around 12 artists who create from within a feminist context. Lucy Goosey both describes the Collective’s low-pressure approach, and names its shared Muse. Formed in 2019, the Collective brings together women and gender-diverse creatives living in the north of Melbourne/Naarm and surrounds.

Monica Rani Rudhar is an artist working on Gadigal Land across video, performance and sculpture. Born to Indian and Romanian migrant parents, her work speaks to longing and loss as she navigates the cultural disconnection that stems from the complexities of her multi-racial ethnicity.

Katie West is an artist and Yindjibarndi woman based in Noongar Ballardong Country, working in installation, textiles and social practice.

Tess Allas holds a Masters of Curation from the University of Sydney and is an awardwinning visual arts curator, researcher and writer specialising in contemporary Indigenous art.

Stephanie Beaupark is a Ngugi artist-scientist-curator working with textiles and Indigenous eco dyes. Her goal is to contribute towards authentic, respectful Indigenous led knowledge exchange between Indigenous and westernised sciences through creative practice andcuration.

Kirli Saunders is a proud Gunai woman, with Dharawal Yuin, Biripi and Gundungurra ties. She creates, to connect to make change. An award-winning multidisciplinary artist, consultant, experienced speaker, and facilitator advocating for the environment, gender and racial equality and LGBTIQA+ rights, in 2020 Kirli was the NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year. In 2022, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to the arts, particularly literature.

Alinta Maguire is a proud Gamilaraay artist and curator who has grown up on Dharawal Country and is currently studying at the University of Wollongong. Her practice is informed by themes of identity, historical narratives, trauma and colonisation. With a deep decolonial intent, Alinta hopes to contribute to an epistemic shift within art institutions and equally, within minds.

Lowell Hunter creates sand art and uses drone photography to capture the scale of his works within breathtaking landscapes, which all started simply, as a way for him to get out and connect with culture, Country and sea.

Quandamooka woman Elisa Jane Carmichael is a multidisciplinary artist who honours her saltwater heritage by incorporating materials collected from Country, embracing traditional techniques, and expressing contemporary adaptations through painting, weaving, and textiles.

Born in the dripping heat and unrelenting pace of Ecuador’s Guayaquil city, and later migrating as a child to Sydney, Sofia Gonzalez has always had a taste for the deep, enigmatic sounds that take you places that are hard to reach.

Lyrical, emotive and oozing with quirkiness, Sydney emcee St. Bedlam is rapidly becoming recognised as one of the most unique artists Australia has to offer.

Wikkid Bandit has been presenting hip-hop radio for almost six years, having created The Cut on Eastside Radio, and now running The New Style on 2ser 107.3.

Queen Bee are a female and non-binary vinyl collective, selectors and collectors with a passion for good music.

Ile Ilu was created to assist the community, particularly women, to experience drumming, dance, music and rhythm as pathways to connection, joy and empowerment.

Honey Trap Sound System is a sound collective and a social design project, creating space for femme folks to practice, experiment and develop their technical skills in audio, live events, production and music.

Gabriel Curtin is an artist, writer and editor living as an uninvited guest on unceded Arrernte Country. His work broadly considers poetry’s ability to locate and enact relations unencumbered by policy.

Aleshia Lonsdale is a Wiradjuri anti-disciplinary artist, arts worker and independent curator who lives and works on Wiradjuri Country in Mudgee, NSW.

Asma D Mather is a multimedia artist who works across research contemplation and drawing who lives and works on Wilyakali lands in Broken Hill, NSW.

David Doyle is a Barkindji/Malyangapa artist, educator, cultural consultant, advocate and purveyor of bush foods and medicines who lives and works on Barkindji lands in Broken Hill, NSW.