COMMUNITY ARTIST
My professional practice is centred around community-oriented public art/street art. This often involves engaging a diverse range of communities in ‘co-creation’ or community-partnering projects to create artworks that are owned, situated in, and influenced by communities.
I am investigating the methodologies that can be used to foster positive impact of these projects and how they can help enrich connection within communities. By engaging community members in dialogues that are important to them, and co-creating artworks in response, community members have an opportunity to reclaim the public spaces they are part of and uplift the voices and life stories of those members.
I hold a deep passion and belief in the importance of these projects as a tool for enriching community spaces, as well as my responsibility to be an informed and critical practitioner.
Themes that frequent my work are the connections between humans and nature, Climate Change, Conservation and Biodiversity, First Nations representation and collaboration, Feminism and feminist voices, science communication, and cultural diversity.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, 2018 - 2021
Sociology
Environmental Studies
The Australian National University (ANU), Australian Capital Territory.
Bachelor of Visual Art, 2018 - 2021
Painting
Art History
The Australian National University (ANU), Australian Capital Territory.
Bachelor of Studies Scholarship, 2016 - 2017
Biodiversity
The Australian National University (ANU), Australian Capital Territory.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship Leadership Residential. Singapore, 2022.
Emerging Artist Support Scheme Belco Arts Award Recipient. Canberra, Australia, 2021.
Panellist on Art is Good Business – Canberra Women in Business. Canberra, Australia, 2020.
Speaker at TEDx Canberra – FEARLESS. Canberra, Australia, 2020.
Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship Recipient, 2021.
Westpac Scholar Leadership Residential, Singapore 2022.
TEDx Canberra Women FEARLESS 2020.
In 2020 I was invited to speak at TEDx Canberra Women FEARLESS Event. I spoke on my journey of discovering how Street Art can be an instigator for social change and this talk marked the beginning of sharing my investigations into methods of community engagement in Public Art through co-creation, education for participants and education for the wider public.
Westpac W100 2022 Scholarship Summit.
These photographs feature the 2022 Westpac Scholarship Leadership Summit in Sydney, Australia.
It was the precursor event to the Leadership Residential in Singapore, 2022. At this event I had the opportunity to network with other scholarship recipients across the Westpac Scholarship program and be inspired by the innovative and inspiring projects and people of this program.