Ami Vowles

Amy Vowles is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Meanjin who explores the mystical experience of spirituality through contemporary abstract art. Her practice presents a vibrant abstract visual language she has developed through the mediumistic process of automatic drawing. Through this experimental and subconscious process, Vowles collaborates with higher energetic forces to create abstract imagery, typically consisting of spiralling zig-zagging lines, biomorphic forms, circles and eyes motifs of radiant colour. Vowles iterates these drawings across multimedia such as painting, installation, projection and performance to facilitate personal transcendence, curiosity and moments of presence through immersive and optical experience.

Amy Jane Collins

Amy Collins is a Meanjin (Brisbane) based visual artist who creates multi-sensory art through sculpture, installation and time-based media. Her practice currently explores the complexities of the human experience, examining the societal paradigms that govern our perspectives on medication and mental health through the lens of feminist discourse.

Andrew Measham

Andrew K is an emerging artist based in Brisbane. His distinctive style comes from a need to filter out the detail and increase definition. Andrew predominantly creates in oil paint and charcoal. Large format art is a speciality.

Gai Woolrych

I've been drawing and making as long as I can remember. Painting in oils, I have a passion for traditional subjects such as people, figures and also inspiration from nature such as plants and flowers.

Georgia Dawson

Georgia is the creative human behind their artist brand, Geo Illo! What started as a way to document their art journey turned into a full on passion platform for sharing and spreading their art and creative journey across a wide range of mediums, such as traditional painting and illustration, screen printing, product development and now tufting! Despite the vast array of mediums and modes of creating, Georgia’s work is very recognisable through a dreamy cool-toned bright colour palette, along with heavy themes of nature, florals, and animals. Most of their work is silly, freeing and aims to provide a sense of calmness and gentleness to viewers, sometimes with touches of self-validation, self-compassion and inner healing.

George Park

Garment Engineer/Patternmaker/Design

Heather Bourke-Bashar

Heather Bourke-Bashar is an Irish-Australian multi-disciplinary artist and mentor for the arts based in Brisbane Meanjin. Employing an autoethnographic studio-based approach, her practice explores diasporic themes, unpacking the dichotomy of existence in a challenging transnational third space. Heather’s creative practice provides rich visuals, in the form of painting and sculptural responses informed by her research into the impact of migration on the formation of personal identity and relationships with national identity. Her established career in international arts education places her uniquely to be an empathetic witness to the experiences of child migrants. Observing the Third Culture Kids phenomenon firsthand within an Australian context, she contributes meaningfully to existing research through the facilitation of workshops and curation of exhibitions that provide TCKs with the opportunity to voice their migration stories, reflect upon their journeys and existence in a hybrid cultural space. Heather’s studio-based outcomes are concerned with the challenges presented by global nomadism, as well as a celebration of the formation of individual and hybrid culture fusions. Her practice expands upon the idea of contending cultural hierarchy and dominate cultural perspectives, exploring complex ranges of emotions brought about by dislocation, displacement and involuntary migration. Her research is underpinned by Postcolonial and Neo-colonial paradigms, asserting that to better understand our futures, we must better understand and re-historize our pasts. She currently balances her practice-led research and PhD candidature at QUT with teaching the International Baccalaureate in visual arts at Queensland Academies Creative Industries. Heather is an honours graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. She completed her masters in secondary education at Crawford College of Art and Design, UCC, Ireland. She has amassed an international career in the arts and education in locations such as Iran, Uzbekistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Ireland, Britain and Australia. Heather completed her Grad Cert (MAVA) at Griffith University, Queensland College of Art in 2021 before undertaking her PhD journey at QUT in the faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice.

Janna Imperial

My name is Janna. I'm a proud Queer POC living in Meanjin/Brisbane, and I'm passionate about graphic design and bringing ideas to life. I graduated from Shillington Brisbane in 2022, and have been refining my skills ever since. I love all things creative from DJing, Photography, Videography, Editing, Painting and more.

Jo Klima

Jo is a Meanjin/Brisbane-based designer and visual artist. She runs an art and design studio, The Darling Tree, where she loves seeing creative projects come to life to help you awaken your creative spirit and explore the magic in your soul through publishing works, designing products and creating and leading online courses.

Karissa McLaren

Makeup artist, hairstylist, and educator: Karissa McLaren has created looks for some of the biggest brands in the beauty business over her 20-year career. Karissa spent many years around Australia working backstage, on brand photoshoots and on editorial campaigns, rep’d by a talent agency. Karissa operates as a freelance H&MUP artist, and is widely known for her modern signature looks and enviable kit that enables her work across all genres and trends.

Luca Masnata

I am a diaristic oil painter investigating the relationship between patterns and memory. I re-imagine sentimental textiles from my childhood onto a 2 dimensional plane with rancid and glutenous colour schemes. Through this, I aim to safely explore cognitive developmental changes in response to complex trauma without triggering the viewer or myself. This approach has allowed me to explore, process and accept experiences that I have yet to develop words for, making my practice an invaluably cathartic one.

Michelle Vandermeer

Michelle Vandermeer (aka Shelbyville) is a Brisbane-based designer, maker, and bookbinder who regularly teaches mastercraft workshops in an expanding range of creative bookbinding techniques. Shelbyville Bookbinding also incorporates making/exhibiting Artist Books, DIY bookbinding kits, and a range of custom-made tools and templates for bookcrafters.

Norrie-Jones

Artist, art therapist, poet

Rachel Tribout

Rachel is an illustrator and designer born in France, where she studied visual communication and illustration before relocating to Australia: first Hobart, then Brisbane. She has illustrated several picture and middle reader books, worked with businesses and non-profits, and collaborated with design studios on all sorts of commercial and cultural projects. In her spare time she creates her own picture books that explore the monsters of the Tasmanian’s landscapes, and she’s currently working on the third instalment of that series. Rachel’s passion for illustration has taken her to far away places – She performed as a visual artist in award winning children’s theatre show “You and Me and the Space Between” in China, Japan and the USA.  She has mentored budding illustrators in the Adobe Mentorship Program and served as state councillor in the Australian Graphic Design Association. Her latest book "Cheer up, Blobfish!" published by Affirm Press will be released in May 2024.

Sarah White

Creating Magical Moments
Bespoke events + Content studio
Creative direction & Styling

Taneal Barber

Taneal is a contemporary abstract artist from Brisbane,inspired by the earth and the forever dramatic beauty of the land and ocean. - -As a Professional Artist and Registered Nurse, she is a firm believer in the power of creative therapies. Using mixed media as her own personal outlet and specialising in contemporary abstract art, she hopes to help shift modern medicine/interventions to a more therapeutic approach. By allowing for creative therapies to be part of/an option during treatment and/or a hospital admission, to assist patients journeys and processing. -Now as an internationally-collected artist, she has completed four annual solo exhibitions, as well as a group exhibition at The Brick Lane Gallery, in London. While also featuring in publications such as Vogue magazine, House and Garden, and more. -This has all been achieved whilst completing her Bachelor, with plans to later continue combine both passions - Art and Nursing, through the commencement of a Masters of Mental Health/Art Therapy next year, so as to become a Clinical Registered Art Therapist.

Vince Ropitini

Ko Vince Ropitini toku ingoa, he uri ahau no Taranaki, Ngāruahinerangi me Whakatōhea. I am a Māori designer, inspired by my whakapapa and the world around me. Following the completion of a Bachelor of Design, graduating with First Class Honours in Fashion, I have continued to develop my own label, Obsolescence Clothing. This acts as a reflection of my own journey, as well as being a point of reference for the preservation of Mātauranga Māori. Obsolescence is framed by Kaupapa Māori and continues to guide the evolution of the brand.   Cultural sustainability is found at the core of my design development, not only as a vessel for preserving the knowledge of my ancestors, but as a personal journey of reconnecting with my heritage. Each and every one of my garments tell a story, with the wairua of the storyteller being woven into each piece as it is created. I hope to continue on this journey as an emerging indigenous designer.