Artists

Samuel Mountford is an Australian artist-filmmaker living in Portugal. He completed a BFA at the School of Creative Arts, University of Tasmania (2017), attended the Maumaus Independent Study Programme in Lisbon (2019), and in 2023 will be commencing an MA with the Dutch Art Institute through the support of an Anne & Gordan Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship.

Born 1994 in South West Sydney where he currently lives and works Yousif completed his Master of Fine Art degree in 2018 majoring in painting at the National Art School, Sydney. Yousif's artistic practice merges technological processes with traditional painting, employing computer software and commercial vinyl cutting equipment.

Emmanuel Assante’s art practice critically examines and reflects his identity as a young Ghanaian migrant to Australia, incorporating traditional African metaphors and cultural symbols, to evoke visual-aesthetic experiences and modes of storytelling.

I was born in Babylon, Iraq and graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in 1988. I worked as a propaganda painter during the authoritarian reign. I'm an active member of art societies across Sydney and in 18 years living in Australia, I have held 10 solo exhibitions, and been a finalist and a winner of over 20 art prizes and also had a studio residence. I

Rekha Dhanaram is an artist of South Asian heritage, born and raised in South West Sydney. Her constant sources of contemplation are nature, spirit, the sacred and the human.

Anney Bounpraseuth is an Australian-born artist of Laotian heritage who lived somewhat removed from these cultural identities as a Jehovah’s Witness for 30 years. Since leaving the high-commitment faith, Bounpraseuth’s art practise now focuses on representing her self-made paradise in the present without god and religion.

Bonnie Huang is an artist playing and creating with textures and dreams on Dharug land. Often referencing queer culture, digital media, and collective histories, their multidisciplinary practice aims to create subversive spaces for reflection on desire and self-identity.

Teresa Busuttil is an emerging artist who graduated with a Bachelor of Contemporary Art from the University of South Australia. Busuttil’s practice investigates personal and familial history, diaspora and the fallibility and flexibility of truth and memory through moving image work, sculpture and installation.

atm, emoeba heartbridge is a domestic artisan, unapologetic fangirl, and auntie in-training. they resummon and redistribute intergenerational recipes and wisdoms thru body memory in response to the needs of their (queer, poc, disabled, working-class) communities; including their own (!)

Liza Moscatelli is a versatile artist, as well as a Social Work practitioner and academic, residing on Darug lands in Western Sydney. Her creative expressions encompass an array of mediums, including photography, videography, graphic design, and illustration. With more than a decade of experience, Liza has been an integral part of the Sydney music scene, capturing moments from both international and local musicians and public figures.

Andy Diep (they/them) is a non-binary filmmaker and artist based in Sydney. Their background is Cambodian and they are a 2nd generation immigrant whose parents grew up in the Khmer Rouge and moved to Sydney’s Western Suburbs in the 1980s. Their work deals with intergenerationality, gender, sexuality and the immigrant experience in Australia.

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Kirthana Selvaraj is a South Asian Contemporary Artist, working on Gadigal Land. Drawing on both individual and collective experiences within a Neo-colonial feminist discourse, her practice is centered on Race, intersections of the seen and unseen, Gender and Sexuality.

Idil Abdullahi, who was born in Somalia, arrived in Australia as a refugee with her family in 1993. Abdullahi is known for her mastery of the delicate art of henna painting, a skill she has been honing since she was a small child, as well as her work with ceramics, photography and textiles.